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In season (or close to it) are also apples, citrus fruits, pears, sweet potatoes, pomegranates...

I did a couple quick searches on tastespotting. It gives a couple jumping off points (like rice pudding, tapioca pudding, and some fruity things)

www.tastespotting.com/search/vegan+dessert/1 

www.tastespotting.com/search/vegan/1 

 

 

Haha I would never saddle an omnivore with a vegan dessert. Salad - yes. Guacamole, sure. Bringing the water for the lemonade - that's easy enough.

FWIW I don't know many vegans who are that critical about sugar and other ingredients where animal bones etc. are used in processing. They might be careful with products they buy and use at home, but not in the wild. Lots of wineries use fish bladders and eggshells in wine and it's almost impossible to know which ones do and don't.

Semi-sweet chocolate chips are generally fine. Read the ingredients. It should say whether there's dairy in them - I find the cheap store brands are almost always vegan.

I like to bring these babies to occasions like this because they are (a) easy although time consuming and (b) most vegans haven't had a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup since going vegan, so they are always a hit.

http://bankruptvegan.blogspot.com/2009/12/full-o-peanut-butter-cups.html

Tofu cheesecakes are easy. Crusts aren't because I've never found vegan graham crackers. So, you need to use Oreo cookies for the crust (Oreos are accidentally vegan) and then go ahead and throw Oreo chunks into the cake part and why not add some cocoa powder and make it a Chocolate-Chocolate-Oreo-Cheesecake. Google tofu cheesecake for the basic recipe or until you find one that seems simple enough.

Cobblers are easy and since the fruit is baked, it doesn't have to be fantastic. Your only challenge might be finding vegan margarine like Earth Balance. Last year for T-giving I made a really good strawberry cobbler and dumped a lot of "chai" spices in it - cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom - so it felt more seasonal.

Thank you for the ideas, Suasoria!

I actually *did* end up making a cobbler-ish apple dish after all (I went to the store for ingredients for the pumpkin pie, where I discovered that raw cashews are not something you can locate at Kroger, and the natural food store was already closed so I had to think of something new) and I thought it turned out pretty good! I had Earth Balance in my fridge already, so I just followed a fairly simple recipe I found online and subbed out the butter for EB and BAM! Done! Super easy!

I'm writing down the other ideas because I am sure I am going to run into this same problem in the not-too-distant future.

I recently made a vegan vanilla pudding and topped it with raspberries and it was very good - almost custard like. I got a creme brulee torch for Christmas, so next time I'm going to try to make a crunchy top for it too.