Must Have Vegan Winter Finds

Every year, dozens, if not hundreds, of new products get released for a limited time to all the stores. Often times, these products aren’t vegan, but we found some and we’re sharing our must have vegan winter items.

We recently went to Wal-mart, Target, Whole Foods and Aldis and we found some absolutely delicious vegan and vegan-friendly winter goods (don’t worry, we’ll have a completely separate video for Trader Joes!).

In all, we found almost 2 dozen goodies and we found some new favorites that we think are must haves!

Most of these are seasonal, so with anything like this, if you try it and like it, we highly recommend that you go back and stock up on more of it!

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

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HOW DID YOU KNOW WHICH ITEMS WERE VEGAN AT EACH STORE?

Our primary source was the boxes and packages themselves.

Many times the products say that they are vegan right on the packages.

Other times we rely on our knowledge of which ingredients most likely mean that it’s friendly for vegans.

It’s not always possible to know when it comes to sugar in the US, so depending on how you feel about that, you may want to avoid some of the items we tried in this video/post.

Learn about why sugar my not be vegan.

CAN I GET THESE ITEMS ON DELIVERY OR PICK UP SERVICE?

Yes and no!

For the items at Whole Foods you can use the Amazon Prime app or website, you can add all the items to your cart and select either free pickup or free delivery within 2 hours.

Check out the free delivery or pick-up service from Whole Foods! (affiliate link)

If you have Amazon Fresh in your area, you can also order some of the items there as well.

For Aldi, you can use Instacart, but sometimes the speciality items aren’t listed, but you can leave a note for your shopper to look for it.

Target and Walmart also have their own pick up delivery services that you can use.

MUST HAVE VEGAN WINTER FINDS

WATCH OUR MUST HAVE VEGAN WINTER FOODS TASTE TEST!

Because we had so many items, we split them up in the video by store. We did Whole Foods, Aldi, and then things we found other places.

Below we will combine the items in the sections as we tried them.

*Note: The ingredient list and price were accurate at the time of writing. If you are allergic to any ingredients, always double check labels.

*We will hyperlink with our affiliate link all the items available below that you can add to an Amazon/Whole Foods delivery pick up order.

VEGAN WINTER FINDS AT WHOLE FOODS

• Ben & Jerry’s Cinnamon Bun Dough Chunks
  • Price: $4.99
  • Opinion: These were great! There was another holiday flavor that did contain milk so make sure that you get these specific ones!
  • Ingredients: WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, WATER, COCONUT OIL, EXPELLER PRESSED SOYBEAN OIL, CINNAMON, NATURAL FLAVOR, PURE VANILLA EXTRACT, TAPIOCA FLOUR, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, SALT, BAKING SODA.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Wheat.
  • Note: In the video we mentioned the packaging doesn’t say vegan like others in the line do, but their website does confirm that it’s vegan.

• 365 Everyday Value Oat-Based Whipped Topping
  • Price: $4.99
  • Opinion: Andrew said it wasn’t that bad but Larisha hated it. We both much prefer the Reddi-Whip Coconut Flavor.
  • Ingredients: Water, Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Whole Oat Flour, Palm Kernel Oil, Natural Flavor, Gellan Gum, Nitrous Oxide (Whipping Propellant)
  • Top 8 Allergens: Almonds. May contain milk, dairy, tree nuts.

• Whole Foods Organic Chocolate Truffles
  • Price: $5.99
  • Opinion: We liked these for a little chocolate bite or a holiday sweets displays.
  • Ingredients: Organic Cocoa Mass, Organic Expeller Pressed Coconut Oil, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier).
  • Top 8 Allergens: Contains Soy (Soy Lecithin), Tree Nuts (Organic Expeller Pressed Coconut Oil). May Contain Peanuts, Other Tree Nuts, Milk, Eggs and Wheat.

• Van Leeuwen Vegan Bourbon Vanilla Apple Crisp
  • Price: $7.99
  • Opinion: This is probably the best vegan ice cream that we have ever tasted. It comes at a huge price point though. Definitely a only very occasional treat for us at the price but wow, amazing.
  • Ingredients: oat milk (filtered water, gluten-free oats), coconut cream, cane sugar, dark brown sugar, apples, cocoa butter, organic virgin coconut oil, tapioca syrup, gluten-free oats, buckwheat flour, brown sugar, rice flour, canola oil, coconut oil, vanilla extract (grain alcohol, vanilla bean), salt, bourbon, carob bean gum, cinnamon, lemon juice, baking soda, tapioca starch, nutmeg, allspice, cloves.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Coconut.

• Lenny & Larry’s The Complete Cookie Peppermint Chocolate
  • Price: $1.99
  • Opinion: These cookies are dense but full of protein so they are great for post workout type of things. This taste just like all of their cookies but a peppermint flavor.
  • Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Protein Blend (vital wheat gluten, pea protein, rice protein), Cane Sugar, Chicory Root Fiber, Palm Fruit Oil, Invert Sugar, Pumpkin Puree, Vegetable Glycerine, Molasses, Natural Flavor, Sunflower Lecithin, Baking Soda, Salt, Cinnamon, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum.
  • Top 8 Allergens:  Contains Wheat. Manufactured in a facility that also processes Peanut, Tree Nut, Soy, Milk and Egg.

• Nadamoo Peppermint Bark
  • Price: $5.99
  • Opinion: If you love peppermint, then you will love this one. Nadamoo has one of the best vegan ice cream lines because of how creamy their products are and this is a seasonal must try for peppermint fans.
  • Ingredients: Organic coconut milk, water, organic agave syrup, sugar, organic tapioca syrup, organic inulin, cocoa (processed with alkali), tapioca syrup, corn dextrin, glycerin, pectin, natural peppermint oil, organic locust bean gum, organic guar gum, sea salt, organic peppermint oil, organic gum arabic, natural color (vegetable juice), locust bean gum, citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, organic rosemary.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Coconut.

• Lesser Evil Organic Popcorn Dark Chocolate & Himalayan Pink Salt
  • Price: $3.99
  • Opinion: We like the popcorn but it’s like a hint of chocolate and not what we were expecting. Would have liked it to have a more prominent chocolate flavor.
  • Ingredients: Organic Non-GMO Popcorn, Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Dark Chocolate Seasoning (Organic Raw Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Powder, Himalayan Crystal Salt, Organic Flavor, Organic Molasses, Organic Maltodextrin), Himalayan Salt, Organic Sunflower Lecithin
  • Top 8 Allergens:  Contains Tree Nuts (Organic Coconut Oil). Produced in a facility that also processes Eggs, Milk and Dairy

• Siete Grain Free Mini Bunuelos Cinnamon Crisps
  • Price: $3.99
  • Opinion: We liked these. They would be great with dessert dips. Reminded Larisha of a chip form of Taco Bell’s cinnatwists.
  • Ingredients: Cassava Flour, Avocado Oil, Coconut Sugar, Agave Syrup, Pumpkin Powder, Cinnamon, Psyllium Husk Powder, Sea Salt, Vanilla Bean Powder
  • Top 8 Allergens: None.

• Emmy’s Organics Coconut Cookies Double Chocolate Mint
  • Price: $5.99
  • Opinion: Not a fan.
  • Ingredients: Organic Coconut, Organic Agave Syrup, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Chocolate Chips (Organic Cocoa Mass, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Vanilla), Organic Almond Flour, Organic Peppermint Oil, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Vanilla Extract, Himalayan Salt
  • Top 8 Allergens:  Contains Tree Nuts (Organic Almond Flour, Organic Coconut, Organic Coconut Oil). Produced in a facility that also processes Peanuts, Tree Nuts.

• Fancypants Baking Co. Vegan Sugar Cookies
  • Price: $4.99
  • Opinion: These reminded Larisha of butter cookies that come in tins for the holidays; however, they were a bit hard for sugar cookies. Still good.
  • Ingredients: Unbleached, unbromated wheat flour (wheat four, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin monitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cane sugar, palm fruit oil, vanilla, water, baking soda, salt, natural colorings.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Contains: wheat. Made on shared equipment with eggs, milk, and soy lecithin.

• Foodstirs Junk-Free Bakery Organic Very Merry Gingerbread Cookie & Cake Mix
  • Price: $5.99
  • Opinion: This was easy to use. We did use applesauce which likely caused the cookies we made to spread out a bit but we still loved the flavor of them.
  • Ingredients: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Molasses Powder, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Organic Cinnamon, Organic Ginger, Sea Salt, Organic Cloves, Baking Powder (Sodium acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Non GMO Corn Starch Monocalcium Phosphate)
  • Top 8 Allergens: Wheat.
  • Notes: We made the cookies and did ¼ cup applesauce per egg called for. For the bread batter if made, we would do plant based milk and butter in addition to the applesauce.

VEGAN WINTER FINDS AT ALDI

Unfortunately we lost the receipt for this currently, so we don’t have the prices currently. Will update when we find.

• Choceur Belgian Chocolate Waves
  • Price: 
  • Opinion: These were awesome! There are other favorites but this one did not contain milk so look for the dark chocolate!
  • Ingredients and Top 8 Allergens: We don’t have this information written out at this time.

• Clancy’s Pretzel Holiday Shapes
  • Price: 
  • Opinion: These tasted like regular pretzels but a bit thicker. A must try if you have little ones or make chocolate covered pretzels!
  • Ingredients and Top 8 Allergens: We don’t have this information written out at this time.

• LiveGFree Gluten Free Snickerdoodle Soft Baked Cookies
  • Price: 
  • Opinion: These weren’t our favorite but we did agree that if you were gluten free you would likely love them. Just a bit too grainy for us.
  • Ingredients and Top 8 Allergens: We don’t have this information written out at this time.

• Winternacht Cherry Stollen
  • Price: 
  • Opinion: This would probably be better warmed but it was decent. We prefer the Trader Joe’s Stollen better.
  • Ingredients and Top 8 Allergens: We don’t have this information written out at this time.

• Winternacht Edelmaripan-Brot (dark chocolate marzipan log)
  • Price: 
  • Opinion: We liked this a lot!
  • Ingredients and Top 8 Allergens: We don’t have this information written out at this time.

VEGAN WINTER FINDS AT OTHER STORES

• Swiss Miss Non-Dairy Chocolate Flavor Non-Dairy Hot Cocoa Mix
  • Price: $3.99
  • Opinion: We prefer our homemade vegan hot chocolate versions, but for packets and easy to locate these are a must have!
  • Ingredients: Sugar, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Nonfat Dried Coconut Milk, Tapioca Maltodextrin, Coconut Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Gum Acacia, Less Than 2% Of: Corn Maltodextrin, Salt, Enzyme Modified Cocoa Butter, Natural Flavor.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Coconut.
  • Store: Target

• Bailey’s Almande – Almondmilk Liqueur
  • Price: Approximately $30, price may vary by state.
  • Opinion: This is not as good as the original but it works.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Almonds. Soy.
  • Store: Liquor Stores

• So Delicious Coconutmilk Holiday Nog
  • Price: $3.99
  • Opinion: This is our absolute favorite vegan eggnog store brand.
  • Ingredients: Coconutmilk (Filtered Water, Coconut Cream), Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Guar Gum, Nutmeg, Natural Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Annatto Extract (Color Added).
  • Top 8 Allergens: Coconut.
  • Notes: Find it at a local to you store.

• Dandies Vegan Marshmallows Peppermint Flavor
  • Price: $3.99
  • Opinion: We love Dandies. These have a light pink tint and a subtle peppermint flavor.
  • Ingredients: Tapioca Syrup, Cane Sugar, Filtered Water, Tapioca Starch, Carrageenan, Soy Protein, Beet Juice Concentrate, Natural Peppermint Flavor.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Soy
  • Notes: Find it at a local to you store.
  • Disclaimer: These were sent to us as a gift for featuring their regular marshmallows on our site. Opinions are our own.

• Great Value Organic White Baking Chips
  • Price: $3.44
  • Opinion: IT’S WHITE CHOCOLATE! If you are vegan then you know how hard this is to find. These are great and taste just like regular ones.
  • Ingredients: Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Palm Kernel Oil, Organic Sunflower Lecithin, Organic Vanilla Extract.
  • Top 8 Allergens: Top 8 Free.
  • Notes: These are Walmart’s brand.

• Bailey’s Original Irish Cream Baking Chips
  • Price: $2.98
  • Opinion: We didn’t hate these but we didn’t like them that much either. Weren’t really getting the Bailey’s flavor either.
  • Ingredients: SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, AND NATURAL FLAVOR
  • Top 8 Allergens: Soy.
  • Store Locator: We found these at Walmart.

TL;DR. WHAT’S YOUR TOP 7 MUST HAVE VEGAN WINTER FINDS?

We understand the post is long and so is the video and maybe you just what the run down. While it’s hard to just pick a few, we don’t think you could go wrong with these vegan winter must haves!

• (Whole Foods) Ben and Jerry’s Cinnamon Bun Dough Chunks
• (Whole Foods) Van Leeuwen Vegan Bourbon Vanilla Apple Crisp
• (Aldi) Choceur Belgian Chocolate Waves
• (Aldi) Winternacht Edelmaripan-Brot (dark chocolate marzipan log)
• (Target) Swiss Miss Non-Dairy Chocolate Flavor Non-Dairy Hot Cocoa Mix
• (Various) So Delicious Coconutmilk Holiday Nog
• (Walmart) Great Value Organic White Baking Chips

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