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Please share your favourite vegan or dairy free treats

26 replies

BFPDec21 · 14/09/2022 19:41

I need to go dairy free as DS has a suspected allergy and I will need to go dairy free myself if I continue feeding him.

I know what I can and can't have when it comes to cooking meals but I would love some suggestions for treats if you are willing to share.

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Snoops123 · 14/09/2022 19:49

Ooooh I’d be interested in these too as in exactly the same boat!!

PeekabooAtTheZoo · 14/09/2022 19:52

They’re all much improved these days compared to years gone by. You pretty much can’t go wrong. I’m personally very partial to Tesco own brand bakewell tarts, Walkers Salt and Vinegar crisps, Ben and Jerry’s vegan ice cream and Vego chocolate spread. For chocolate, it depends if you’re into the dark stuff as to what’s good, though.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 14/09/2022 20:11

Co-op jam doughnuts
Sweet and salty popcorn
Iced gems
Ben and Jerry’s chocolate fudge brownie vegan
La Boulangere vegan croissants with either Biscoff spread or Meridan Chocca spread
Jus Rol pain au chocolat

giftswap2021 · 14/09/2022 20:13

Ooohhh are iced gems dairy free now?? I loved them but they used to have milk in! Thank you!

Party rings, cheap Jaffa cakes, Bourbon biscuits, Oreo's are all DF

Tbird5 · 14/09/2022 20:23

Hi.
Join Facebook group called main group-CMPA support. People tend to share things on there, from dairy free snack, sweet and savoury. To accidental finds and even recipe's. Think there's a breastfeeding group as well but I couldn't tell you for sure. Good luck x

Orangesare · 14/09/2022 20:28

There’s a brand of fudge with a woman’s name that’s dairy free and great.
asda orange flavour dairy free chocolate
coop free from rocky roads and brownies.
applewood smoked vegan cheddar is the best one.

JamSandle · 14/09/2022 20:30

Vego. Vegan and dairy free.

Purplehonesty2 · 14/09/2022 20:31

Vegan salted caramel galaxy chocolate is good

Vegan magnums

Oreo's

Biscoff biscuits and spread

Tesco own Jaffa cakes

Paythosebitchesnomind269 · 14/09/2022 20:40

Rhythm 108 is the best chocolate, cathedral city plant based is the best cheddar, honestly tasty does an incredible brie and camembert.

Lurleene · 14/09/2022 20:45

Jammy Dodgers

mellowout · 14/09/2022 20:55

Vego hazelnut bar and Booja Booja Truffles and ice cream are really nice. Vegan Magnums as well.

Fairislefandango · 14/09/2022 20:59

Vegan Magnums are great. I wish I could like vegan cheese. I've tried quite a few, including smoked ones and unfortunately I think they're all disgusting!

Dilbertian · 14/09/2022 20:59

I was in the same situation 15y ago. Fortunately the dc all grew out of it by about 6-7.

For biscuits we often had Bourbon Creams, Party Rings, Jacobs Fig Rolls, Garibaldis.

Ice cream: loads available now, but Swedish Glace is really nice.

If you bake cakes, mayonnaise is a great substitute for butter, especially in chocolate cake. My dc like it in any cake, but I prefer it in cakes with stronger flavours. The full-fat Helmans Mayo is dairy free. For all-in-one cakes you can substitute vegetable oil for butter. But as butter is only 80% fat, and oil is 100% fat, you need to do s bit of maths and use only 4/5 The weight of butter. Mayo is a straight sub, no maths. I prefer the taste of Victoria Sponge cooked with oil, rather than mayo.

Sacla Aubergine Pesto is lovely. Nothing like pesto, though! Great just tossed into pasta, with a few halved cherry toms, pine seeds and some fresh basil. Also good added to meat sauces.

For drinks and cereals we liked Lidl's oat milk and most makes of unsweetened almond milk. Oat milk has a similar mouthfeel to dairy milk. I've never gone back to milk, myself.

Sardines with the bones in are the best non-dairy source of calcium.

If you're looking for the savouriness of cheese, umami seasoning and nutritional yeast added to white sauce (made with non-dairy milk, of course) make quite a reasonable facsimile of a cheese sauce.

giftswap2021 · 15/09/2022 09:31

If you get the make- it -yourself cake mixes and then ready made icing they are usually dairy free. They are good for birthday cakes, loads of different flavours

Dairylea dunkers- the crisp stick things are dairy free but just don't have the cheese dip

Dilbertian · 15/09/2022 10:12

My dc could eat Ritz crackers and many own-brand plain tortilla chips. Plus, of course, hummus, tahini, guacamole and salsa.

Please remember, whatever we recommend, check suitability for yourself. Ingredients or manufacturing processes can change, and your dc's sensitivity may be greater than ours.

pinkyredrose · 15/09/2022 10:14

Oreo's!

Fivemoreminutes1 · 15/09/2022 15:01

Options hot chocolate is now vegan.

Lastqueenofscotland2 · 15/09/2022 15:52

Most vegan chocolate isn’t great…
but
Jam donuts (think coop and sainsburys are good)
Krispy Kreme do vegan
the vegan cupcakes from asda and Morrisons
most crisps
jammy dogers
most Bourbon biscuits
tescos dark chocolate digestives
bournville fingers
frys chocolate

PartTimeDomesticGoddess · 15/09/2022 21:52

@Lastqueenofscotland2 fry's chocolate cream now has skimmed milk powder listed as an ingredient ☹️
I only found out from social media, so I try and remember to check labels regularly as things can change (it might be worth joining a vegan food Facebook group, just be prepared for 60% of posts to be about the new vegan cathedral city at the moment 😂)

Vegan Kit Kats are reported to be coming back soon, my very sceptical DH said it tasted exactly like a regular Kit Kat

Tony's chocoloney dark chocolate with salted almonds is one of my favourites and I'm not a lover of really dark chocolate

Kindofcrunchy · 15/09/2022 22:04

Lastqueenofscotland2 · 15/09/2022 15:52

Most vegan chocolate isn’t great…
but
Jam donuts (think coop and sainsburys are good)
Krispy Kreme do vegan
the vegan cupcakes from asda and Morrisons
most crisps
jammy dogers
most Bourbon biscuits
tescos dark chocolate digestives
bournville fingers
frys chocolate

Rubbish. Loads of vegan chocolate is great. Vego bars, Moo free, nomo, tony's chocolonely vegan and many other brands plus dark chocolate bars are brilliant. The only truly shit vegan chocolate I've tried is the cadbury attempt, though its only marginally worse than the standard dairy milk.

Passthecake30 · 15/09/2022 22:10

My daughter likes the magic stars dairy free bar, dark chocolate rice cakes (kallo or Asda), free from brownie (Asda or Tescos, same thing - different packaging!)
I love the soreen packed lunch malt loaves, lovely and gooey in the middle.
Jelly, haribos, skittles
homemade cakes made with stork
party rings
popcorn

Blurberoo · 15/09/2022 22:14

Make these chef’s kiss bestofvegan.com/vegan-twix-bites/

Blurberoo · 15/09/2022 22:17

Or there’s these for a more substantial treat thealmondeater.com/easy-vegan-cinnamon-rolls/

BFPDec21 · 19/09/2022 16:34

I'm going to go shopping this week and look for some of the treats recommended from this thread. I'm hoping there's a change from just the dairy otherwise it's cutting out soya too Sad

@Blurberoo Those look divine! Just as well DS keeps me busy, otherwise I'd be making them all of the time.

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blitzen · 19/09/2022 16:36

This happened to me with my ds. It ended up being a misdiagnosed tongue tie but I did several weeks dairy free first. In this time, I absolutely loved Tesco's wicked kitchen vegan range. They did a lovely red velvet traybake which I think is now in a cake shape. Really tasty!

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