The Best Vegan Mocktails to Mix Up and Serve

Posted by Calvin on December 15, 2023

If you want to serve up delicious nonalcoholic beverages this holiday season, vegan mocktails are the move. These drinks don’t contain cruelly produced ingredients, so you won’t see any eggs or dairy on our mocktail list. 🙅‍♀️ Instead, you’ll see how tasty vegan ingredients can create first-rate drinks to enjoy by yourself or share with loved ones. 💞 Here are five vegan mocktails to try over the holidays:

1. Vegan Holiday No-Egg Nog

Thought you needed egg to make a nice nog? Not for ours. 😏 You can easily make this classic seasonal drink without supporting the egg industry, which crams hens into tiny, filthy cages, steals their eggs over the course of about two years, and slaughters those who make it through that time alive. 🐣😰

Here’s how: Grab some of your fave nondairy milk, a can of coconut milk, and a few spices and flavorings. (Follow our instructions to get the mix just right.) Blend it all up and serve it cold. 🥶😋 Our recipe makes enough for three or four servings, so this one’s perfect for sharing with your besties. Check out our blog post for a list of the best store-bought vegan eggnogs.

2. Sparkling Cranberry Sour Mocktail

Sparkling … cranberry … sour. Don’t those words sound like they just belong together? 🤔 We think so, too, which is why making this tasty red concoction should be on your to-do list. 📝 Try the bubbly mix of lip-smacking ingredients whenever you wanna channel your classy side.

You’ll need sparkling water, fruit juices, and the liquid from a can of cooked chickpeas (aka “aquafaba”). 🤯 Also, be sure to come prepared with a drink shaker—and feel free to garnish your drink with cranberries, rosemary, or a cinnamon stick.

3. Vegan Hot Toddy Mocktail

Tea stans, this one’s for you. ☕ One of the hottest holiday mocktails is totally tea-oriented. Here’s another reason to love the Vegan Hot Toddy: All it takes to make one is a cup of tea, five other simple ingredients, and five minutes of prep time. 😅

Enjoy this drink for the same calming, healing effects that you can get from tea. The ingredients—including lemon and agave—can give a boost to your immune system, and the throat-coating warmth of the finished drink can be a huge help if you have a sore throat or a chest cold. 🤧

4. Sugar-Cookie Mocktail

This sugar-cookie drink is made even sweeter by not supporting cruelty to cows. In the dairy industry, workers keep cows in cramped conditions, take their calves away from them, and forcibly impregnate them to steal their milk repeatedly. 😡 To help them avoid this misery, swap out dairy products for superior vegan products in any recipe you make.

For this recipe, use coconut cream* and your plant-based milk of choice to make the drink xtra creamy. Then add a few key ingredients like agave and vanilla extract to seal the deal. 👌 You’ll be left with a mouthwatering mix that tastes like dessert in a glass. 😍

*Avoid coconut milk from Thailand—it may have been produced by exploited monkeys. 😢

5. Peppermint Chocolate Mocktail

Here’s a rich chocolate mocktail that’s sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. Tbh, you really can’t go wrong with ingredients like crushed peppermint candy and vegan chocolate syrup. 💁 Plus, you can top it all off with vegan whipped cream and/or candy canes for the strongest holiday vibes. 🎄❄️

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This drink takes a total of 15 minutes to prep and make, and it’s so worth it. Since you won’t be using gelatin, eggs, dairy, or any other animal-derived ingredients, you can relax knowing that your smooth, chocolatey, minty mocktail isn’t harming defenseless animals. 💞

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Want another fun way to help animals over the holidays? Write holiday wishes for animals on our seasonal ornaments to remind everyone to be kind to them—and decorate your place with cuteness at the same time. 😊