22 Best Vegan Easter Recipes • Happy Kitchen (2024)

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What do vegans do for Easter? ›

Alternatives to Egg-Dyeing

Bake and decorate some vegan cupcakes instead of dyeing eggs. You can also set up a creative scavenger hunt for your kids to enjoy, or reverse roles and have the kids get imaginative and the adults do the hunt.

Fortunately, loads of candies are vegan, so we can indulge our cravings (mostly) guilt-free. Most dark chocolate is vegan, as are popular sweet treats such as Smarties (known as Rockets in Canada), Oreos, Airheads, Jujubes, and Swedish Fish (some Swedish Fish contain beeswax, so be sure to check the label).

Jelly Beans, Gummies and Hard Candies:

Sour Patch Bunnies - Another accidentally vegan option. Jolly Rancher Jelly Beans - Original and Wild Berry Flavors are accidentally vegan.

Contrary to belief, a trend among some vegans involves the inclusion of certain types of eggs into their diet. This 'veggan' diet, as it is known, is not truly vegan – instead, it is called ovo-vegetarian.

Level 5 vegan

Level 5 vegans also avoid all animal-derived products such as eggs, dairy products, meats, fish and seafood, and will also avoid any food products where accidental traces of animal products may feature. They will also avoid leather, gelatin, and some food colourings.

With eggs made with BunnyComb (vegan honeycomb), white chocolate bunnies, milk chocolate mini eggs, you're sure to find something for everyone. As well as being vegan, Moo Free offerings are also gluten and soy free. Moo Free chocolate eggs are available from many shops, including the following: Vegan Grocery Store.

Fasting is also observed on Good Friday, which involves eating a single full meal and two light meals that do not together add up to the amount of the main meal. That is, during Holy Week you are only obliged not to eat meat on Friday. On Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday you CAN eat meat.

During this time of spiritual reflection, many Christians identify with the 40-day fast and suffering of Christ by giving up eating meat, dairy, and eggs, drinking alcohol, watching television, swearing, or smoking. Going vegan for Lent also helps the environment.

What can't you eat on Easter Sunday? ›

Traditionally people give up certain foods or behaviour during this time. Eggs, butter, milk, meat and cheese were common foods people didn't eat during this period. I was married during Lent and the church I was married in wasn't able to have flowers due to Lent. Most families were large and Mum was a great cook.