Make Holiday Baking a (Ginger) Snap with PETA’s Roundup of the Best Vegan Cookie Recipes

For Immediate Release:
November 26, 2025

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Sara Groves 202-483-7382

Norfolk, Va. –

With Christmas around the corner, we thought you might like to know that the nice list just dropped—PETA’s list of the best vegan holiday cookie recipes, of course! We’ve checked it twice, and we’re sure that this festive roundup can help anyone whip up scrumptious cookies that are good to the last crumb—but aren’t crumby to animals. And since just about every holiday cookie exchange is bound to include at least one sweet swapper who wouldn’t touch eggs or dairy with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole, these tasty treats make sure that everyone gets a little comfort and joy this year.

PETA’s confection compendium boasts more baked goods than Santa could fit in his sack, including Instagram-worthy chocolate-dipped holiday cookies topped with a sprinkling of crushed candy canes andjam-filled Linzer cookies pretty enough to hang from the tree. Bakerscan put their piping skills to the test by decoratingcrisp gingerbread or oh-so-soft sugar cookies with animal-friendly icing,or keep it classic with a chocolate chip cookie baked to ooey-gooey perfection. And whether the batch is for loved ones or Kris Kringle, no one can resist a crinkle cookie—especially the vegan chocolate peppermint variety.

Of course,readers with their own tried-and-true recipes (or their grandma’s) can take them to the next level with an array of animal-friendly swaps—and taste for themselves how anything can be made vegan these days with just a quick switcheroo. Simply using vegan butter, plant milk instead of cow’s milk, and flaxseed, applesauce, or a few tablespoons of JUST Egg in place of an egg can help make sure that indulgent delights are baked with love for cows and hens.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. TeachKind offers free presentations, lessons, and other resources to help teachers add compassion to their curricula. For more information, please visit TeachKind.org or follow TeachKind on Facebook or Instagram.