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    Home » Healthy Kitchen

    10 Delectable Vegan Desserts Made with Vegetables

    Published: Dec 1, 2016 · Updated: Aug 18, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links.

    If you can't get your family (or yourself!) to eat enough vegetables, you can try sweetening the deal — literally. By incorporating the orange-fleshed fall/winter veggies — carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, and winter squash into these vegan cakes, pies, muffins, and cookies, you'll be adding a dose of vitamins A and C to your desserts, and a host of antioxidants and fiber.

    But you and yours won't taste any of those — just some lovely sweet flavors that will please everyone. (Trust me!)

    vegan cranberry-carrot cake

    Cranberry-Carrot Cake is festive and luscious, but with a minimum of fat and a plethora of fresh fruit (and a vegetable!) in the batter, not the least bit guilt-inducing. It’s a nice alternative to pumpkin pie as a Thanksgiving and Christmas dessert.

    Vegan carrot muffins - recipe

    Carrots and orange juice concentrate pair up in these moist Carrot-Walnut Muffins. Make them in the evening; enjoy a warm muffin for your evening snack, then the next day for an on-the-go breakfast. Or, pack a couple in your or your kids’ lunch box with fresh fruit for a change of pace from a sandwich.

    Sweet potato pie recipe

    Alicia Simpson's Famous Sweet Potato Pie has made her the official sweet potato pie maker for her family. Try it and see why!

    Vegan sweet potato chocolate cake

    Just as the flavors of pumpkin (or other orange winter squash, especially butternut) and chocolate are surprisingly compatible, so are the flavors of sweet potato and chocolate. Moist and flavorful, Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cake will surprise your taste buds.

    Sweet potato pudding2

    It all started with a leftover baked sweet potato that Carrie Forrest (of Carrie on Living) put in the food processor with some other ingredients including nut butter, pumpkin pie spice, applesauce, coconut flour, almond milk, and dried currants. The result was this yummy Sweet Potato Pudding.

    Vegan pumpkin spice ice cream

    Combining coconut milk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, and sweet spices, Cathe Olson's Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream is a fall treat, on its own or served over a warm dessert. You can cook a fresh pumpkin for this recipe if you like, but canned works just fine.  

    Vegan pumpkin cheesecake with a hint of chocolate

    Pumpkin Cheesecake with a Hint of Chocolate is a version of pumpkin pie that offers a subtle chocolate twist with each bite. What a perfect way to finish a fall or winter dinner!

    Pumpkin bread pudding

    Warm, creamy, and comforting, Hannah Kaminsky's Pumpkin Bread Pudding is the perfect dessert to ward off those autumn chills while celebrating the season’s bounty. It’s a snap to customize depending on your preference; consider the spices as a mere suggestion, and a handful or two of nuts, chocolate, or dried fruit never hurt anything. 

    Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies But I Could Never Go Vegan by Kristy Turner

    You may think that pumpkin is reserved for consumption between the months of October and November. That is true, except when that pumpkin is going into Kristy Turner's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies — then it's perfectly acceptable to use it year round. The pumpkin acts as an egg replacer but also adds a lot of depth to the flavor.

    Pumpkin or squash mini-loaves

    Pumpkin or Squash Mini-Loaves can be made with pumpkin or butternut squash. They make a nice gift to bring when you visit friends and relatives over the winter holidays; they’re also an easy everyday treat, full of nutritious ingredients, to make and enjoy at home. A mug of hot cocoa is the very best companion for this treat, but tea is also quite good.

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    1. Kassy | Enjoying Earth says

      December 03, 2016 at 12:54 pm

      WOW that cranberry carrot cake looks amazing. I'm always excited to add more vegetables to my sweets, and carrot cake is my favorite. Thanks for this lineup! ♥

    2. Nava says

      December 04, 2016 at 10:19 am

      Thanks, Kassy — enjoy!

    3. julie says

      December 19, 2017 at 5:19 pm

      would like to see how to make these

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