Though not the healthiest, cookies are still nonetheless a prized vegan snack. Lucky for us there are several vegan cookie options that leave out the yucky ingredients. Better yet, these options are available to us right in the store allowing us to enjoy them guilt-free. Plus, unlike some other vegan buys no mission impossible quest to find these delectable snacks is necessary. Simply head to the cookie isle at your local grocer and the gates to guilt-free vegan cookie heaven will immediately open. Here are the best guilt-free store bought vegan cookie options.
Len & Larry’s The Complete Cookie
Len & Larry’s is a family owned brand that you’ve probably seen on the shelves for years. Their cookies are not only vegan, moist and delicious. They’re cookies are also kosher, GMO-free and packed with 8 g to 16 g of protein. So not only will a Len & Larry cookie satisfy your sweet tooth, it’ll also give you an energy boost. However, make this an occasional indulgence because Len & Larry cookies aren’t as friendly to your waistline. Each cookie packs 430 calories and 19 grams of added sugar.
Trader Joe’s Cookies
Per the usual, Trader Joe’s has some goodies in store for the plant based tribe. They don’t just have one vegan cookie option, they have 4 including:
- Soft Baked Snickerdoodles
- Maple Leafs
- Speculoos
- Animal Crackers
You’ll love each option as a light snack and for their hint of sweetness and low price. For play dates, tea time or no good reason at all Trader Joe’s crave worthy cookies are guaranteed to somehow find their way into your basket, then into your home with a soft landing onto your taste buds. Every time, satisfaction guaranteed.
Country Choice Organic Sandwich Cremes
Think organic oreos. Chocolate flavored Country Choice Organic Sandwich Cremes really do look and taste just like Oreos minus the yucky ingredients. Country Choice cookies boast all organic ingredients. Go ahead and get that cold glass of plant based milk for dunking, fun and sheer deliciousness.
Alternative Baking Company Cookies
If you have not tried an Alternative Baking Company cookie my friend, then you have not lived. Not only are they in almost every natural food store and chain supermarket, they come in an array of mouth watering options. They taste so good that you’ll swear they weren’t vegan. Yet, I assure you they are 100% plant-based and made with organic and natural sweeteners. Better yet, Alternative Baking Company cookies are freezable! So you can stock up and enjoy some now and save some for later.
Enjoy Life Cookies
Enjoy Life cookies are not only vegan, they are allergy-friendly. Made with whole grains like sorghum, brown rice, and buckwheat flours, produced in the largest allergy-free factory in Northern America, Enjoy Life cookies are the snack that everyone can enjoy. In fact, they’re sans multiple allergens, including gluten, peanuts and tree nuts. Enjoy Life cookies are also GMO-free and both halal and kosher. From gingerbread, to snickerdoodle, to chocolate chip, Enjoy Life offers a tasty array of crisp and soft textured cookies that will quickly win your heart.
Annie’s Organic Grabbits
Annie’s has done it again. Like so many other Annie’s foods Annie’s Organic Grabbits will quickly garner your fandom. They are reminiscent of a mint-flavored Oreo. Chocolaty with a creamy mint center, these are just plain wonderful.
Mary’s Gone Crackers
Unbelievably, these tasty wonders are organic, vegan, kosher, non-gmo, and produced with whole grains! Upon discovering she has celiac disease, the founder, Mary Waldner, set out to develop a brand that was great-tasting and gluten-free. Suffice it to say that she succeeded with flying colors.
Partake
All gluten-free, made with a blend of cassava flour, sprouted buckwheat flour, and gluten free oat flour Partake cookies are unbelievably amazing. They are best described as light, flaky and extremely satisfying. Trust, you will not be able to resist partaking in more than one. Yet, no worries because the ingredients are just as amazing as the taste. Unlike most cookies the first ingredient isn’t sugar, it’s gluten free flour.
Nana’s Cookies
Nana’s Cookie can only be described as a superbly delicious cookie but without the unhealthy ingredients. As the name suggests, Nana’s cookies taste just like the homemade cookies your grandma used to make. With fun flavors like orange-cranberry and chocolate the quality, the taste is pure excellence.
Newman-O’s Creme-Filled Cookies
Newman-O’s cookies have been around for years. In fact, as a long time vegan, they were the first vegan cookies that I ever tried. To this day they are still my go-to. They are super easy to find in the store. You’ve probably seen them everywhere. Offered in a delicious variety of flavors, Newman-O’s is a delightful Oreo alternative. So go ahead and get that dairy-free milk ready for some serious dunks.
Zac Brown’s Remedy Bakeshop Soft Baked Cookie
Yes, these cookies are produced by the same Zac Brown American country/rock band based in Atlanta, Georgia. Serving up more than cool tunes this sweet, soft-based wonder cookie is allergen-friendly and absolutely satisfying.
Go Raw Cookies
Now admittedly, Go Raw cookies may require an acquired palette, particularly for the newly vegan. However, once your vegan palette has matured you’ll truly appreciate the wonder that these cookies are. They seriously grow on you. If you’re really serious about that healthy snacking plant based life than you’ll be glad that you found these sweet gems. No processing, all raw, all goodness.
What are your best guilt-free store bought vegan cookie options?
