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    10 Holiday Chocolate Recipes that are Dairy Free

    By Lisa Wells / Updated December 9, 2025 / Leave a Comment

    Looking for easy chocolates to make for the holidays? These dairy-free candy recipes give you plenty of decadent options that everyone will love.

    Easy Chocolate Recipes that are Dairy Free

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    You'll want to make at least one batch of every recipe on this list! First to try out yourself, and then to gift to all of your friends and family! Sweet, satisfying and insanely good, these chocolates are going to be your go-to treats for years to come.

    From decadent truffles to chocolate bark, chocolate covered cherries to pomegranate clusters, and peppermint coconut butter cups, these chocolates have you covered!

    Make gift giving really easy for the upcoming holidays by making a batch of one (or all) of these yummy treats and putting them in a beautifully wrapped box with a ribbon. These chocolates are all gluten-free and dairy-free---and some of them are vegan candy recipes too.

    Easy Dairy Free Chocolate Recipes

    3 Ingredient Salted Chocolate Almond Haystacks

    3 Ingredient Salted Chocolate Almond Haystacks - Cook Eat Well

    Toasted almonds covered in chocolaty goodness! These chocolates are the easiest to make and are sure to impress and delight your guests.

    Chocolate bark in mason jar.

    Easy Pecan Chocolate Bark - Cook Eat Well

    This recipe for coconut pecan chocolate bark is inspired by German chocolate cake! These chocolate shards are so simple to make, and are a perfect hostess gift.

    Dark Chocolate Orange Truffles - The Healthy Foodie

    These decadent truffles are flavored with orange essential oil and are sure to be one of the best things to come out of your kitchen.

    Sweet Salty Chocolate Bark - Paleo Leap | 10 Easy Chocolate Recipes that are Dairy Free | Gluten Free Paleo Recipes

    Sweet Salty Chocolate Bark - Paleo Leap

    Dark chocolate combined with pecans and dried fruit, how could you possibly go wrong?  This one is also going to look amazing on your dessert tray.

    Salted Chocolate Caramels - Nutriholist

    I was convinced at chocolate covered caramel with sea salt. But don't just take my word for it, you will want to make a couple batches of these chocolates filled with vegan caramel made with dates and coconut milk.  

    Dark Chocolate Coconut Buttercups with Mint - Steph Gaudreau

    Forget everything I said so far about gift giving---keep these to yourself! Dark chocolate, coconut butter, and peppermint, this easy recipe is minty perfection.

    Homemade Chocolate Peppermint Candies - Paleo Newbie | 10 Easy Chocolate Recipes that are Dairy Free | Gluten Free Paleo Recipes

    Homemade Chocolate Peppermint Candies - Paleo Newbie

    Use a variety of candy molds, some raw crystallized honey, melted chocolate and pretty ribbon and voila! You have yourself the ultimate dark chocolate candy gift.

    Dark Chocolate Cherry Candies - Plaid and Paleo

    Whoever first thought of wrapping delicious cherries in a layer of chocolate should get some sort of an award---and this recipe should get an award too for this simple version of sweet decadence.

    Chocolate Coffee Coconut Truffles - Bake It Paleo

    Take a rich chocolate truffle, and flavor it with coffee, and you have the perfect treat for the coffee lover in your life---and I think we all have one of those.

    Chocolate Pomegranate Clusters - Flo and Grace | 10 Easy Chocolate Recipes that are Dairy Free | Gluten Free Paleo Recipes

    Chocolate Pomegranate Clusters - Flo and Grace

    Be sure to use gluten and dairy free chocolate chips for this treat, and festive liners, to deliver one of the best chocolate treats you will ever give. Go ahead, give yourself a batch too.

    Coconut White Chocolate Fudge - Empowered Sustenance

    I have yet to meet a fudge I didn't like. Make it with cocoa butter, coconut flour and raw honey, and this white chocolate version will be a favorite.

    Gift giving and eating well through holidays and special occasions can be challenging for a lot of people. Using these recipes for desserts and treats, as well as giving them as gifts to your loved ones will make it easier. Enjoy!

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