Best Frozen Vegan Desserts
For regular food, eating vegan is not that big of a deal.
When it comes to desserts, though, vegan choices can be sorely lacking.
You would think ordering a dessert from a specialty vegan restaurant would be passable, if not good.
Yet I have felt disappointed, dejected even, from seriously bad vegan desserts.
What can be done?One option is to be an "Everything Except Dessert Vegan".
Honestly, this seems like a perfectly reasonable choice.
Going off the diet for an occasional dairy or egg tainted treat may allow you to keep your sanity and stay vegan the rest of the time.
I cannot find any fault with that.
Yet I know that others with greater willpower or stronger conviction would disagree.
Are there any decent vegan treats out there worth exploring?Thankfully, I have found a few.
I admit to succumbing to a few slices of lemon pound cake with fresh strawberries, little bites of milk chocolate, and some tiny slivers of real pie at the holidays.
The rest of the time I count on the treats below to keep me satisfied.
I have tried a variety of frozen, non-dairy milk products.
Generally they suffer from poor texture (very hard).
They also taste strange, at least to those well used to enjoying dairy ice cream.
These products honestly cannot compete with regular ice cream.
Fortunately, one product line exists that is not great but still pretty good.
Hands down, to me the best frozen vegan desserts come from Almond Dream, which uses almonds as the base.
Their Almond Dream Bites in vanilla definitely top my chart for the best overall product.
Small, chocolate covered, bite sized tastes made of almond milk, these treats benefit from a brief thaw before digging in.
Overall, they offer a satisfying sweet frozen snack.
Other successful Almond Dream products include Lil' Dreamers vanilla non-dairy milk sandwiches.
These 100-calorie treats hit the spot while still allowing for portion control.
The outside cookie shell is a little damp and overly soft, just like regular ice cream sandwiches.
Almond Dream's chocolate gluten-free non-dairy milk "ice cream" offers another option.
This dessert improves with a bit of thawing, like the Bites.
The flavor and texture are decent, not perfect.
If you can put the taste and feel of regular ice cream out of your mind, this offers a reasonable choice.
Vegan desserts have a long way to go.
At the moment, though, Almond Dream offers fairly tasty frozen treats.
When it comes to desserts, though, vegan choices can be sorely lacking.
You would think ordering a dessert from a specialty vegan restaurant would be passable, if not good.
Yet I have felt disappointed, dejected even, from seriously bad vegan desserts.
What can be done?One option is to be an "Everything Except Dessert Vegan".
Honestly, this seems like a perfectly reasonable choice.
Going off the diet for an occasional dairy or egg tainted treat may allow you to keep your sanity and stay vegan the rest of the time.
I cannot find any fault with that.
Yet I know that others with greater willpower or stronger conviction would disagree.
Are there any decent vegan treats out there worth exploring?Thankfully, I have found a few.
I admit to succumbing to a few slices of lemon pound cake with fresh strawberries, little bites of milk chocolate, and some tiny slivers of real pie at the holidays.
The rest of the time I count on the treats below to keep me satisfied.
I have tried a variety of frozen, non-dairy milk products.
Generally they suffer from poor texture (very hard).
They also taste strange, at least to those well used to enjoying dairy ice cream.
These products honestly cannot compete with regular ice cream.
Fortunately, one product line exists that is not great but still pretty good.
Hands down, to me the best frozen vegan desserts come from Almond Dream, which uses almonds as the base.
Their Almond Dream Bites in vanilla definitely top my chart for the best overall product.
Small, chocolate covered, bite sized tastes made of almond milk, these treats benefit from a brief thaw before digging in.
Overall, they offer a satisfying sweet frozen snack.
Other successful Almond Dream products include Lil' Dreamers vanilla non-dairy milk sandwiches.
These 100-calorie treats hit the spot while still allowing for portion control.
The outside cookie shell is a little damp and overly soft, just like regular ice cream sandwiches.
Almond Dream's chocolate gluten-free non-dairy milk "ice cream" offers another option.
This dessert improves with a bit of thawing, like the Bites.
The flavor and texture are decent, not perfect.
If you can put the taste and feel of regular ice cream out of your mind, this offers a reasonable choice.
Vegan desserts have a long way to go.
At the moment, though, Almond Dream offers fairly tasty frozen treats.
