Eat Your Heart Out! Here Are PETA’s Picks for 2024 Valentine’s Day Desserts
This Valentine’s Day, couples from Kalamazoo to Key West have a world of choices at their fingertips when it comes to decadent vegan sweet treats that show some love to animals, too. From Kirsch-marinated cherries to sumptuous red velvet cake, PETA’s picks are all approved by Cupid—and chickens and cows. That’s because they’re made with vegan butter and dairy-free milk instead of cow’s milk meant for baby cows and vegan egg replacements instead of eggs from hens who are killed once they’re no longer useful to the industry.
Here are our top treats to surprise your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day, available for shipping nationwide:
Vegan Gluten-Free Red Velvet Sweetheart Cake—Karma Baker
This vegan and gluten-free red velvet wonder features a decadent custard filling with a vanilla bean frosting covered with red, white, and pink Valentine’s sprinkles.
Vegan Heart Cream Tart Cake—Giselle’s Vegan Kitchen
We heart this elegant two-layer cake, which has a light, sugar-free vegan buttercream and is garnished with fresh berries, chocolates, and egg-free macarons. Order the small size to share with your love, or opt for the larger size if you’re throwing a Galentine’s celebration.
Vegan French Macarons—L’Artisane Creative Bakery
With flavors like Salted Caramel, Pistachio-White Chocolate, and Strawberry-Rose, this assortment of French macarons is sure to impress. And since they’re made without eggs, you know they’re chicken-friendly.
Valentine’s Collection—Maya’s Cookies
Maya’s Cookies makes great gifts for any celebration, and its Valentine’s Collection is no exception. This box includes three flavors of vegan cookies: Chocolate Covered Strawberry, Double Chocolate Sweetheart, and Classic Chocolate Chip.
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Minikins—Daisy Cakes
Each single-serve “minikin” is filled with layers of rose-tinted vanilla cake and homemade strawberry filling and topped with a vegan cream cheese frosting.
Vegan Cordial Cherries—Rose City Vegan Chocolatier
These Vegan Cordial Cherries are the classic Valentine’s choice, with Kirsh-marinated cherries draped in a rich dark chocolate. They’re classy and simple, and they come wrapped in a gift box tied with a ribbon.
Heart Chocolate Truffle Box—No Whey! Foods
If your lover can’t get enough chocolate, this box is for them. It features five varieties of rich vegan chocolate truffles, including “milk” fudge, raspberry, coffee, Grand Marnier, and salted caramel.
Heartfelt Treasure’s Valentine’s Chocolates—Divine Treasures Chocolates
For the ultimate variety, choose this box from Divine Treasures Chocolates, which features 30 artisan chocolate creations, from caramels to dark ganache.
Vegan Valentine’s Day Gift Box—Baked by Melissa
This box of 25 bite-size cupcakes features six sweet vegan flavors: Vegan Strawberry, Vegan Dark Chocolate Coconut, Vegan Triple Chocolate Chip, Vegan Vanilla Chocolate Cup, Vegan Maple Cinnamon Bun, and Vegan Peanut Butter.
Fatally Yours Coffin Chocolate Box—Vegan Treats
Expertly crafted and devilishly decadent, these chocolates from Vegan Treats are as unique and beautiful as the one you love most.
Vegan Cookies—Uncle Eddie’s
With eight cookie flavors to choose from, you can’t go wrong with Uncle Eddie’s. Plus, $2 of every bag is donated to help PETA’s vital work for animals.
Mini Valentine Cakes—Yvonne’s Vegan Kitchen
Choose from red velvet, chocolate, confetti, or strawberry cake and seven super-cute cake designs for something truly special.
What’s the sweetest thing you can do this Valentine’s Day? Go vegan, of course! Learn more about how you can make the change and spare the lives of many animals:
