28 Incredible Vegan Summer Desserts

July 8, 2022
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This roundup of 28 delicious vegan summer desserts offers something for everyone – including quick and easy options, no-bake desserts, refreshing fruity recipes and vegan puddings that will appeal to my fellow chocolate-lovers. Enjoy!

 


Quick Summer Desserts

These desserts are quick and easy to make… and taste absolutely delicious!

Fruity Lemonade Scones

These beautifully soft, delicately sweet scones are made with lemonade which gives a delicious flavour and a fantastic rise to this vegan bake. Serve them with strawberry jam and whipped vegan cream for a quintessentially British sweet treat.

A stack of three fruit vegan scones topped with raspberry jam and vegan cream

Raspberry and White Chocolate Blondies

One of our most popular recipes! These blondies are TO-DIE-FOR. They are deliciously chewy with chunks of sweet white chocolate and tangy fresh raspberries generously stirred through. They’re topped with a swirl of flavoursome raspberry jam so not only do they taste incredible but they look pretty gorgeous too!

Easy Avocado Chocolate Pudding

These easy avocado chocolate puddings take just 10 minutes to make, are made with simple, wholesome ingredients and are rich, creamy and decadent. A much healthier treat to traditional chocolate pudding but you absolutely wouldn’t know it!

3 glass dishes of easy avocado chocolate pudding with whipped coconut cream and grated chocolate on top

Raspberry Trifle Cupcakes

These popular cupcakes feature a soft and fluffy vanilla sponge with a creamy custard centre, silky smooth vanilla buttercream frosting, a drizzle of raspberry jam and topped off with a fresh raspberry.

 

Raspberry Trifle Cupcakes (Vegan) sq

Vegan Lemon Cheesecake

An easy no-cook cheesecake by BBC Good Food that’s dairy-free and gluten-free with just a little agave syrup to sweeten. A lusciously lemony vegan dessert that the family will love.

Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

This recipe by Six Vegan Sisters looks and sounds incredible! For everyone who eats half the cookie dough before the cookies even come out of the oven.


 

No-Bake Summer Desserts

No-bake summer desserts to satisfy those sweet cravings!

Sticky Mango Cheesecakes

These fruity individual cheesecakes have a chewy date and almond base with a creamy filling and a sticky mango topping flavoured with lime juice and maple syrup. They’re vegan, dairy free, no bake, use wholesome ingredients and are served from the freezer making them a great dessert to prepare in advance.

Healthy Millionaire’s Shortbread

These delicious, gluten free Healthy Millionaire’s Shortbread slices have a sweet oat biscuit base, gooey date caramel centre and a creamy chocolate topping. They are filling, satisfying and made with simple, wholesome ingredients. They are ‘no bake’ and can be eaten straight from the freezer for a quick, easy and healthy snack that’ll satisfy your sweet craving!

Easy No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake (Only 6 Ingredients)

This cheesecake has a classic oat biscuit base and is topped with the harmonious mix of dairy free cream cheese and whipped cream with a touch of vanilla. It is incredibly easy to make, has only 6 simple ingredients and tastes so good it could pass for the ‘real’ thing!

Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

This raw vegan dessert by Delicious is as beautiful as it is healthy. Satisfy your sweet tooth without the guilt.


 

Summery Vegan Cakes and Bakes

Beautiful vegan cakes that have a light and summery feel.

Eton Mess Cupcakes

These vegan Eton Mess Cupcakes are a dreamy bake for summer! With a light and fluffy vanilla sponge, filled with a strawberry jam secret centre, topped with a mountain of creamy vanilla buttercream and decorated with diced strawberry and crumbled vegan meringue.

Pretty Eton Mess Cupcakes with a fluffy vanilla sponge filled with sticky strawberry jam, topped with vanilla buttercream, fresh strawberries and crumbled vegan meringue

Lemon and Raspberry Cake with Lemon Buttercream

One of the most popular recipes on this blog! A fluffy and moist lemon sponge cake sandwiched with silky smooth lemon buttercream, tangy raspberry jam and fresh, sweet raspberries.

Jammy Blueberry-Vanilla Pop-Tarts

These homemade Jammy Blueberry Pop-Tarts have a delicate pastry parcel with an easy homemade blueberry-vanilla jam centre. Topped off with 2 ingredient icing and a sprinkle of freeze dried blueberries.

A oval white and blue floral dish holding a batch of freshly cooked blueberry vanilla vegan pop tarts, topped with icing and freeze dried blueberries.

Raspberry Jam Tartlets with Almond Pastry and Chocolate Cream

Crisp and buttery almond pastry encases an easy home-made tangy raspberry jam.  These little beauties are topped with a smooth chocolate cream, a sprinkling of toasted flaked almonds and grated white chocolate.  Could there be a more heavenly flavour combination?

Peaches and Cream Layer Cake

This layer cake by The Baking Fairy is as pretty as a picture and looks like the epitome of summer! It combines fluffy, peach-studded cake with cinnamon frosting, fresh peach slices, and a vegan white chocolate drip for the ultimate summer indulgence.

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

This pretty vegan Lemon Olive Oil Cake by RainbowPlantLife is sweet-yet-tart, rich, zingy, and supremely lemony and is so tender and moist that it practically melts in your mouth. It’s easy to make and requires just 10 ingredients! Serve as a sweet snack or breakfast, or dress it up with the strawberry compote.

Nectarine and Raspberry Crumble Cake

The Delicious Team are putting seasonal fruits to good use in this summery crumble cake.


 

Refreshing Summer Desserts

Fruity and refreshing summer desserts for those looking for a lighter sweet treat.

Summer Berry Crumble Bars

These scrumptious dessert bars have an oaty flapjack-style base, a jammy summer fruit layer made with fresh blueberries, raspberries and strawberries, and are topped off with a pecan and oat crumble. Made with wholesome, natural ingredients. Vegan, gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free!

Key Lime Pie with a Ginger Nut Crust

A sweet, ginger nut biscuit base with a tangy lime filling, topped with whipped dairy free-cream and a sprinkling of lime zest. Vegan, fresh, fruity and delicious!

Tangy Lemon Cream Pies with Candied Coconut Flakes

A deliciously flaky coconut pastry case is filled with a tangy, homemade lemon curd and topped with piped coconut cream and a sprinkling of candied coconut flakes.  DREAMY!

Vegan Lemon Bars

These Lemon Bars by Oh My Veggies look so refreshing! Coconut oil shortbread crust is baked up to tender perfection and topped with a luscious coconut cream lemon curd to make these vegan lemon bars.

Blueberry and Lime Tart

What a glorious flavour combination from BBC Good Food! Bring a pop of colour to the dinner table with this stunning blueberry and lime vegan tart. With an oat and almond base, it’s topped with two berry layers.

Vegan Eton Mess

This classic British summer dessert by BBC Good Food uses aquafaba to create a vegan meringue, crumbled and stirred together with fresh berries and coconut yoghurt. Yum!


 

Chocolate and Caramel Summer Desserts

Calling fellow caramel and chocolate-lovers, these rich and delicious deserts will satisfy all of your chocolate cravings and feature either chocolate or caramel, or both!

Fudgy Vegan Chocolate Brownies (That You Can Freeze!)

These vegan chocolate brownies are easy to make and have a fudgy, deliciously rich centre that is sprinkled throughout with dark chocolate chips. They’re truly the best vegan brownies you’ll ever try!

Squares of rich fudgey vegan chocolate brownie studded with dark chocolate chips

The Best Vegan Banoffee Pie

Banoffee Pie as you used to know it! With a crisp sweet shortcrust pastry base lined with fresh banana slices, rich and delicious homemade caramel sauce, dairy free whipped cream and finished with a sprinkling of dark chocolate.

A slice of the best vegan Banoffee Pie on a rustic plate

Decadent Chocolate and Poached Pear Torte

A silky smooth and luxurious chocolate ganache topping with a digestive cheesecake-style crumb. Adorned with sweet, lightly spiced poached pears. Easy to make and totally delicious!

Banoffee Pie Cupcakes with a Caramel Centre

Fluffy banana cupcakes filled with an easy homemade caramel sauce, topped with whipped vanilla buttercream, a drizzle of caramel, a sprinkling of grated dark chocolate and decorated with banana chips.

The Best Vegan Chocolate Croissants

For anyone who loves a French pastry! These vegan pain au chocolat by Carlo Cao look like a dream come true with a crispy outside and soft, flaky inside. Drool!

I hope you LOVE these incredible vegan summer desserts! Share these recipes with someone you think will love them and don’t forget to tag @aveganvisit on social media if you make one! 🙂 x

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Tara

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