Discover 35 easy and delicious vegan cookie recipes, including gluten-free, protein-packed, and holiday-inspired options. Perfect cookies every time—no eggs or dairy needed!

A stack of vegan cookies from one of the recipes in this roundup post

If you’ve been searching for the best vegan cookie recipes, you’ve come to the right place! Cookies are the ultimate comfort dessert—soft, chewy, crispy, or crumbly—and these vegan versions deliver incredible flavor and texture without eggs or dairy. Whether you’re a dedicated vegan, baking for friends with dietary needs, or simply experimenting with plant-based baking, these recipes are guaranteed crowd-pleasers.

This curated collection of easy vegan cookie recipes features everything from classic chocolate chip and decadent double chocolate, to holiday favorites and protein-packed options perfect for healthy snacking. Each recipe showcases unique ingredients, clever substitutions, and expert tips, making vegan baking a breeze even for beginners.

Decadent Chocolate Lovers’ Cookies

Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Whether you are hosting a holiday party or heading out for the festivities, these Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are the perfect treats to make for your friends and family. They are easy and fun to make, and everyone will love them!

Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

These Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies will be a hit at your next holiday gathering. They are buttery, chocolatey, and coated in sugary heaven!
Get the Recipe from Vegan Huggs

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate lovers rejoice! These rich vegan cookies are deeply chocolatey, soft in the center, and studded with extra chocolate chips.

Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

These vegan double chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy and chunky. They taste just like the cookies that come fresh from the bakery!
Get the Recipe from BakedbyClo

White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

White chocolate and macadamia nuts are a match made in dessert heaven, with the buttery crunch of macadamia nuts perfectly complementing the smooth, sweet creaminess of dairy-free white chocolate.

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

These vegan white chocolate macadamia cookies are soft, thick, and chewy! Bake without eggs using the secret to perfect vegan cookies.
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Gluten-Free Vegan Death by Chocolate Cookies

Intensely fudgy and gluten-free, these cookies are so indulgent you’ll swear they’re not vegan.

Death by Chocolate Cookies – Gluten-Free

These sinful death by chocolate cookies contain 4 kinds of chocolate. They’re sure to please any chocoholic. You’ll never believe they’re gluten-free & vegan.
Get the Recipe from Well Fed Baker

Vegan Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

With a crackly sugar coating and soft, fudgy interior, these visually stunning cookies are perfect for special occasions.

Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Vegan Double Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are a decadent treat for chocolate lovers that boasts a rich and intensely chocolatey flavor beautifully balanced with sweetness.
Get the Recipe from Nuts & Twigs

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies Inspired by Alton Brown

If you’ve ever watched Alton Brown’s Good Eats, you might be familiar with his famous chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe. His approach to creating the perfect chewy chocolate chip cookie inspired this vegan chocolate chip version, which swaps eggs and dairy for plant-based ingredients—without sacrificing that signature soft center and crispy edge.

Vegan chocolate chip cookies made with my recipe that includes xanthan gum for the egg substitute

Good Eats Copycat Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Make the best vegan chocolate chip cookies with this chewy, soft, and delicious twist on Alton Brown’s classic! 
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies

Combine the comfort of banana bread with chocolate chip cookies. Moist, chewy, and deliciously fruity, these are perfect afternoon snacks.

Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies

If banana bread and a chocolate chip cookie had a sweet little love child, this would be the result. These Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and chewy and loaded with gooey chocolate, ripe banana flavor, and just the right touch of sweetness.
Get the Recipe from Nuts & Twigs

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pistachios

Crunchy pistachios elevate this vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe, adding delightful texture and nutty depth. Perfect for gifting or enjoying with your favorite hot beverage.

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pistachios

These vegan chocolate chip cookies with pistachios are crispy on the edges, soft in the center, and packed with flavor. A delicious plant-based twist on a classic!
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Warm spices and pumpkin puree add depth and richness to these seasonal vegan cookies, ideal for fall gatherings or cozy evenings.

Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Soft and cakey, these vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are a healthy and egg-free spin on traditional pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
Get the Recipe from Savory Spin

Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

So, what makes these gluten-free vegan chocolate chip cookies different from the rest? It’s all in the details. This recipe introduces the game changing techniques I use to make bakery-worthy vegan cookies at home.

Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

These gluten-free vegan chocolate chip cookies are made with the best vegan egg substitute for cookies to get a perfect bakery style texture. 
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Quick & Easy Vegan Cookie Dough (Edible)

The only thing that may be even better than a baked cookie? The dough! The creamy doughy texture, the sweet buttery flavor, and the bites of chocolate chip.

Quick & Easy Vegan Cookie Dough (Edible)

Just 7 ingredients and 6 minutes and you could be enjoying spoonfuls of this delicious vegan cookie dough! Skip forming and baking cookies and just give me that batter!
Get the Recipe from It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken

Peanut Butter & Nutty Delights

Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies

Classic and comforting, these vegan peanut butter cookies have a perfectly chewy texture and rich peanut flavor everyone adores.

Vegan Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies

Easy, rich, irresistible vegan peanut butter cookies that are FREE from added oil, refined sugar, and gluten. But they’re so good no one will ever know!
Get the Recipe from My Quiet Kitchen

The Best Vegan Biscotti Recipe with Almonds

Achieving the ideal texture in vegan cookies can be challenging without traditional eggs. Xanthan gum, a polysaccharide commonly used in gluten-free baking, serves as an excellent vegan egg substitute for cookies. It acts as a binding agent, providing the necessary structure and chewiness that eggs typically contribute. Using it here is what makes this the best vegan biscotti recipe ever.

Vegan Biscotti

Almond Biscotti Recipe

Master the best vegan biscotti recipe by the ultimate vegan egg substitute for cookies, read more in this vegan cookie recipe guide. This eggless biscotti recipe employs xanthan gum and aquafaba, ensuring your biscotti are perfectly crisp and flavorful. 
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Vegan Peanut Butter Blossoms

Topped with dairy-free chocolate kisses, these nostalgic treats are deliciously peanutty and always a hit at parties.

Vegan Peanut Butter Blossoms

These Vegan Peanut Butter Blossoms are a veganized version of everyone’s favorite classic cookie. The chocolate and peanut butter combination is a match made in dessert heaven.
Get the Recipe from Vegan Huggs

Vegan Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies

Soft chocolate cookies filled with creamy peanut butter—pure cookie perfection with every bite.

Vegan Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies

Gooey, chewy peanut butter stuffed cookies, packed with dark chocolate and a touch of flaky sea salt. The most indulgent vegan cookie out there!
Get the Recipe from School Night Vegan

Gluten-Free Vegan Chewy Almond Butter Cookies with Coconut

Almond butter and coconut create a sophisticated yet approachable cookie that’s chewy, aromatic, and irresistibly tasty.

Vegan Almond Butter Cookies (Gluten-Free Option)

Soft and chewy, these Vegan Almond Butter Cookies with Coconut (optional) are delicious and super easy to make. Gluten-Free option. No chilling or rolling!
Get the Recipe from ZardyPlants

Vegan Almond Cookies

Crispy-edged almond cookies that crumble delightfully, perfect paired with tea or coffee.

Vegan Almond Cookies

Vegan almond cookies are easyk to make, satisfyingly crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. They are flourless and naturally gluten-free too.
Get the Recipe from Lazy Cat Kitchen

Unique Flavors & Creative Twists

Corn Flour Cookies

These Corn Flour Cookies are sweet and rich, with a delightfully crispy and sandy texture thanks to finely ground cornmeal (corn flour). This recipe includes two versions, one made with olive oil (new), and the originally published recipe made with nut butter.

Corn Flour Cookies

Made with finely ground cornmeal, these sweet and crispy vegan cookies are also gluten-free and come together easily in one bowl.
Get the Recipe from My Quiet Kitchen

Milk Bar Copycat Vegan Cornflake Crunch Cookies

Inspired by the famous Milk Bar treats, these crunchy vegan cookies blend sweet, salty, and crunchy flavors that will have everyone asking for seconds.

Feature photo for this recipe post of 4 Milk Bar Cornflake Cookies on a Serving Plate

Cornflake Crunch Cookies

Want a vegan Milk Bar cookie copycat recipe? This vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe is a perfect copy of Milk Bar’s cornflake crunch cookies!
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Blueberry Cookies

Naturally vibrant and fruit-forward, these soft blueberry cookies provide a unique twist on traditional vegan cookies.

Blueberry Cookies

Vegan, jam-packed with blueberries, soft on the inside but crispy on the edges, they melt-in-your mouth, and they are deliciously sweet from all the white chocolate. It’s as if a blueberry muffin and the best chocolate chip cookie you ever had got married
Get the Recipe from Justine Doiron

Vegan Matcha Cookies

These matcha-infused cookies are subtly sweet, earthy, and packed with antioxidants—perfect for green tea lovers.

Vegan Matcha Cookies

These easy Vegan Matcha Cookies are absolutely delicious little sugar cookies with a caffeinated twist with the addition of matcha (green tea powder). The matcha can also be left out for regular vegan sugar cookies (without changing the recipe!).
Get the Recipe from ZardyPlants

Vegan Lemon Crinkle Cookies

Bright, lemony, and refreshing—these crinkle cookies bring zesty flavors perfect for spring holidays.

Vegan Lemon Crinkle Cookies

These are THE BEST Vegan Lemon Crinkle Cookies without a doubt. They’re light, sweet, & perfect zesty, crinkly and easy to make!
Get the Recipe from The Little Blog of Vegan

Thumbprint Cookies Recipe with Raspberry Jam

I don’t say this lightly, but if you’re looking for life changing vegan thumbprint cookies, you found them. You would never guess they’re vegan if you didn’t already know!

Vegan Thumbprint Cookies Recipe with Raspberry Jam

This life changing vegan thumbprint cookies recipe is crunchy with the nutty flavor of almond, the richness of coconut, and the sweet/tart fruitiness of raspberry jam.
Get the Recipe from An Edible Mosaic

Holiday & Festive Favorites

Vegan Cardamom Cinnamon Snowball Cookies

Fragrant spices make these powdered sugar-coated snowballs perfect for holiday cookie exchanges and festive gifting.

Easy Vegan Cardamom Cinnamon Snowball Cookies

Melt in your mouth delicious – these little snowballs also happen to be vegan and spiced with aromatic cardamom and cinnamon.
Get the Recipe from Savory Spin

Vegan Sugar Cookies

This classic Christmas cookie recipe is not only perfect for the holiday season, but also enjoyed all year round! They’re great for birthday parties, potlucks, and gifting.

Vegan Sugar Cookies (Soft & Chewy!)

Vegan sugar cookies are soft, chewy, buttery, and sweet! This easy recipe is made with one bowl, dairy-free, gluten-free, and no eggs.
Get the Recipe from Purely Katie

Vegan Dutch Kruidnoten Holiday Cookies

These warmly spiced bite-sized cookies are festive, crunchy, and traditionally enjoyed during holiday celebrations.

Vegan Holiday Cookies on a holiday serving plate with a mug of hot cocoa and a candy cane.

Dutch Kruidnoten Holiday Cookies

There’s nothing quite like the warm, aromatic spices of these vegan Dutch holiday cookies called kruidnoten to capture the Christmas spirit.
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Vegan Gingerbread

This recipe is perfect for making gingerbread men, stars, houses, and much more!

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

These vegan gingerbread cookies are a delicious plant-based alternative to traditional gingerbread.
Get the Recipe from Keep Calm And Eat Ice Cream

Vegan Shortbread Cookies

Classic shortbread cookies made vegan!

Vegan Shortbread Cookies

Delicious vegan shortbread cookies dusted with spiced sugar. Ideal for a vegan Christmas cookie party.
Get the Recipe from School Night Vegan

Healthier & Protein-Packed Options

Breakfast Cookies

Made in 1 bowl and ready in 30 minutes, these easy oatmeal cookies will become your new favorite healthy breakfast.

Breakfast Cookies (Easy 1 Bowl Recipe)

Hearty and healthy breakfast cookies are naturally gluten free, vegan, low in sugar, and not only taste good– they taste incredible.
Get the Recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction

Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Vegan oatmeal raisin cookies (and vegan cookies in general) have a bad reputation, but I’ve got the perfect recipe that will turn it around. I’ve revised this classic and nostalgic treat that were always a favorite at my grandparents house, into the perfect plant based version.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

So, what makes these vegan oatmeal raisin cookies different from the rest? It’s all in the details. Read the game changing techniques I use to make bakery-worthy vegan cookies at home.
Get the Recipe from A Bee Made It

Raw Cookies

No-bake, raw vegan cookies packed with wholesome ingredients, ideal as healthy snacks or energy boosters.

Raw Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – Gluten-Free

These healthy raw cookies with peanut butter and chocolate are a delicious no bake treat for when a sweet craving hits! Vegan & gluten-free.
Get the Recipe from Haute & Healthy Living

Protein Cookie Dough

This recipe has no chickpeas or beans needed, though I do love my chickpea cookie dough, but instead is made with some almond flour, protein powder, maple syrup, peanut butter and non-dairy milk.

Protein Cookie Dough

This protein cookie dough is a simple five minute recipe that is perfect for a post workout snack or healthy dessert. It’s vegan gluten free.
Get the Recipe from Eat With Clarity

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

To start pumpkin spice season right you’re going to need a batch of these gluten free pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.  They are soft, with chewy edges and filled with just the right amount of melty chocolate chips and warm pumpkin spices.

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

These gluten free pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are the perfect treat for fall! With just the right amount of spices, loads of chocolate chips and fresh pumpkin you’ll be making this recipe again and again.
Get the Recipe from Well Fed Baker

Vegan Protein Cookies

Boost your protein intake with these tasty vegan cookies, perfect for pre- or post-workout treats.

Vegan Protein Cookies – Gluten-Free

With 9 grams of protein per serving these vegan protein cookies are a chewy, healthy snack (or dessert) that keeps you on track with your goals.
Get the Recipe from Fit As A Mama Bear

Healthy Banana Nut Cookies

Lightly sweetened with wholesome ingredients, these cookies satisfy cravings healthfully.

Healthy Banana Nut Cookies

These healthy nut cookies are made with just three ingredients! Mashed ripe bananas, oatmeal and walnuts. OMG, these really ARE healthy!
Get the Recipe from Skinnytaste

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Baking Guide to Better Vegan Cookies

Baking without eggs doesn’t have to be daunting. Whether you’re vegan, allergic, or simply out of eggs, there are plenty of plant-based alternatives for delicious egg-free baked goods. This guide breaks down exactly how eggs function in baking, the best vegan substitutes for everything from cakes to cookies, and how to sidestep common vegan baking mistakes. My detailed chart makes it easy—so you’ll always know which egg replacement to use.

Explore The Best Vegan Egg Substitutes for Baking to enhance your vegan cookie baking success!