Holiday Dessert Roundup

It’s been a big day for butter. 🚨 Walmart just dropped brand new Dairy-Free Butter Sticks under their bettergoods line for only $3.48! 🧈✨ The ingredients list reveals a premium blend of coconut oil, avocado oil, and one I wasn’t expecting. It’s also palm and seed oil, soy and corn free. They are rolling out to stores right now, so comment LINK to learn more in my news post and to check out the full ingredients! 🧈👇

After much controversy, Miyoko’s is back on shelves. 🧈 I Spotted them at Sprouts but other sightings include Whole Foods, Kroger and Safeway stores. There were no price signs and it was not in the Sprouts app yet so I cannot confirm pricing. Formulas seem unchanged when I compared it to my older photos of the ingredients. Whether you feel good about buying it again is another question and a personal decision. I report. You decide. That has always been how this works and I try and remain unbiased and report vegan news. Getting angry at me because you’re angry at a situation isn’t fair to me as I do my best to inform and educate. I understand this topic brings up strong feelings and I respect that but please also respect my professionalism and integrity, thank you. Comment LINK for a few of Miyoko’s own recipes for her butter and my full state of vegan butter sticks breakdown on my blog.

NEW! 🥟 Vegan Trader Joe’s Mandu Korean Kimchi Potstickers! Food site Sporked actually broke the leak on these about a month ago after a TJ’s crew member accidentally received a case before the official launch but they didn’t have a picture so I never posted it and wasn’t sure they were vegan as a lot of kimchi contains fish. But, I’m happy see that they’re labeled vegan right on the front of the bag and they contain vegan kimchi with a textured soy protein and glass noodle filling. I’ve included the ingredients panel and description from the TJs website so make sure to scroll through. Keep an eye out for these in the freezer aisle this week! Are you going to try them?

Dirty sodas are having a moment and are also hitting grocery store shelves. From new creamers showing up in the fridge section to frozen treats coming soon, the trend might just become a new category. If you haven’t heard of them, my new guide breaks it all down. One major soda chain lists their creamers as dairy-free but they’re actually just non-dairy. What’s the difference? It’s all in my blog post and it’s something you should know. The good news? Most of a dirty soda is already vegan. You just need to know what to ask for and what to look out for. The @theiceecompany pops should be coming to Walmart soon and the package says they’re dairy-free and made with coconut cream but I don’t have exact ingredients list yet. hopefully soon. Comment LINK and I’ll send you my guide!🥤☀️

It’s fan finds Friday! 🎉 Limited edition @bushsbeans in summer flavors have dropped and have been creating some buzz. There’s also an online only rocket pop flavor but when I looked it up in the @walmart app, that one said it contained pork stock. Eww. @maxinesheavenly new crème pies spotted at Whole Foods. @eatshameless candies and Marketside (a Walmart brand) PB bites also spotted there. It’s also my chihuahua sisters 11th birthday today! Mochi is the furry one and she loves getting brushed more than food. Moka the brown one loves vegan marshmallows and often looks confused. They’ll be getting special treats today. 🎂 Thanks to everyone who sent in finds and if you have any, send them my way and where you found them! 🙏🏼🌱

White Castle is launching a new Southwest Veggie Slider nationwide, partnering with Dr. Praeger’s (again) for a permanent, whole-food plant-based addition to their menu but you have to order without cheese. 🍔✨ Although they’re saying this is permanent, other plant-based options often face quiet discontinuations and limited test runs. It highlights a much bigger, more complicated reality for plant-based diners that the American fast-food landscape has increasingly become a “here today, gone tomorrow” space where plant-based options rarely seem to stay even if popular and well supported. Comment LINK to read my full breakdown of this new menu swap and a deep dive into the complicated saga of vegan fast food at bigboxvegan.com. 💻🌱 What plant-based option or fast-food classic do you wish was permanently available out there? Sound off in the comments! 👇

Some new things! 🆕 @daiyafoods has new cheesecake bites made with their oat cream blend up on their website already so I hope they’re headed to freezers soon! Word from them is that they’ll be at Sprouts first! Trader Joe’s has two new items hitting shelves this week and @coffeemate dirty soda creamers are back and spotted at @walmart are in the refrigerated section now as last time they were shelf stable. What are you excited to try??

@sprouts finds! 🌱 Lemon fest is back there for a limited time so pucker up. 🍋

I’ve been vegan for over 30 years but we’ve all watched this play out before. Gaz Oakley is the latest to walk away but he’s far from the first, and every time it happens some patterns appear. Comment LINK for my honest take but how do you feel about it? 🤔