Unboxed: 6 vegan holiday dessert recipes for a festive season

The annual parade of pies, cakes, cookies and other holiday desserts is nearly upon us.

Natural products consumers load up on Regenerative Organic Certified flour and cans of organic pumpkin puree. They roam market aisles, filling carts with domestic pecans, Fair Trade Certified sugar, organic peppermint oil and sustainable vanilla, along with jam made from upcycled fruits and pasture-raised eggs.

While many traditional holiday bakes call for dairy, today's natural grocery stores also offer a wide range of plant-based dairy products, alternatives to butter, cream and everything in between.

Whether they are vegans, flexitarians, omnivores or even just cooking for others, consumers now have myriad options to add more plant-based sweets and desserts to their holiday tables, thanks to top-notch alternatives crafted from cashews, soybeans, oats and other popular ingredients.

To make this switch easy for everyone, some of the industry’s leading plant-based dairy brands invest in testing recipes and publishing them online.

Click through the gallery for exquisite holiday desserts recipes from six vegan dairy brands.