Making your own dairy free and egg free eggnog is easy to do at home! Our recipe is creamy and delicious, and doesn’t require a blender or tempering eggs.
No holiday season is completely without some eggnog, but if you have multiple food allergies, sometimes it’s harder to find one that fits your allergies and tastes great.
Our recipe for creamy vegan eggnog is really easy to make and it’s dairy free, egg free, gluten free, soy free, and nut free. You can swap out the dairy free milks in this recipe if needed to create something that better suits your allergies as well.
Technically this probably can’t be called “egg”nog of course since it doesn’t have eggs, but it’s created as an allergy friendly copy of eggnog at any rate!
Why we love this recipe
We love our eggnog recipe since it’s super simple (no dates, blenders, etc. needed), and you know exactly what’s in it since you made it yourself.
You can also have some fun with this recipe by customizing it to your tastes: add a little extra cloves if you like, or more rum extract, etc.
And you can make this any time of year instead of waiting for the dairy free eggnog products to show up in grocery stores (we won’t judge!).
How to make our vegan eggnog recipe
Our recipe for dairy free and egg-free eggnog is super easy to make, just whisk everything together and optionally you can let it sit in the fridge for 30-60 minutes or so to allow the flavors to develop.
Here are a few notes on the ingredients we chose:
- Oatly full fat oatmilk: the Oatly full fat oatmilk works really well in this recipe since it’s so thick and smooth, it helps create a thick eggnog along with the coconut milk.
- Embē coconut milk: I have been using this brand of coconut milk lately vs the Thai kitchen coconut milk I used to use since the Embē brand still comes in a convenient carton and it seems to have a better taste than the Thai Kitchen ones lately.
- Bourbon maple syrup: this is maple syrup that has been aged in bourbon barrels so the maple syrup has a natural bourbon flavor in it and it adds a nice touch to this eggnog if you are leaving out the alcohol. If you don’t have bourbon maple syrup, you can use regular maple syrup.
- Rum extract: this adds a great hint of rum flavor to this eggnog without the alcohol.
- So Delicious Cocowhip: we just added a bit of this on top of the eggnog for a nice extra bit of sweet creaminess. Totally optional, but yummy!
One of our readers made this recipe with Silk dairy free heavy cream and they said it worked out great, so that is an option as well for this eggnog!
Creating an eggnog cocktail or mocktail with this recipe
If you’d like to make this dairy free eggnog into a mocktail or cocktail, you can add some Ritual Zero Proof rum to this for a mocktail, or your favorite rum, brandy, or bourbon.
To keep this thick and creamy while adding some spirits, instead of doing 3/4 cup oatmilk to 1/4 cup coconut milk, you can do 1/2 cup oatmilk and 1/2 cup coconut milk for a thicker eggnog for your Ritual Zero Proof, rum, etc.
This post was originally published in December 2011, just a couple months after we started The Fit Cookie! We recently remade the recipe and updated the text and photos.
Creamy Dairy Free Eggnog (Vegan)
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Oatly full fat oatmilk (or other thick and creamy oatmilk)
- ¼ cup full fat coconut milk*
- 2 ½ Tablespoons bourbon barrel maple syrup (or regular maple syrup)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon rum extract
- Dash ground cloves
- Dash ground cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons So Delicious Cocowhip (or other dairy free whipped cream)
- Dash nutmeg
- Optional: Ritual Zero Proof rum alternative
Instructions
- In a small measuring pitcher, mix together all the ingredients except the Cocowhip and whisk.3/4 cup Oatly full fat oatmilk, 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk*, 2 ½ Tablespoons bourbon barrel maple syrup, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon rum extract, Dash ground cloves, Dash ground cinnamon
- You can serve this immediately, but I think it's best chilled in the fridge for a few hours to let the flavors develop.
- Stir before serving and top with dairy free whipped cream (such as Cocowhip) and a shake of nutmeg.2 Tablespoons So Delicious Cocowhip, Dash nutmeg
- If you want to make this into a mocktail with Ritual Zero Proof rum or a cocktail with brand, rum, or bourbon, you can make this thicker by using 1:1 oatmilk to coconut milk before adding your spirit or spirit alternative.Optional: Ritual Zero Proof rum alternative
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Sarah Jane Parker is the founder, recipe creator, and photographer behind The Fit Cookie which she founded in 2011. Sarah is based in Wyoming and has been managing food allergies for herself and her 2 children for over 20 years. Sarah was also a certified personal trainer for 12 years, as well as a group fitness instructor, health coach, running coach, and fitness nutrition specialist.
I think I will have to try the Creamy version of this recipe – sounds yummy!
Let me know how it turns out!
I am new to egg nog:) Tried once or twice:) Maybe I shall give this recipe a try: ) 🙂 🙂