These dairy free pumpkin mousse parfaits will be the perfect sweet ending to your holiday meal! Delicious and so easy to make.
Thanksgiving is upon us, and with that comes all the meal planning and recipe searching if you’re hosting or helping with a potluck.
And that can be fun, if you love the holidays, but it can also be a bit of work. And if you throw a few food allergies into the mix, well, suddenly there’s an added layer of stress to the meal.
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I want to help you eliminate some of the stress, so I have a super simple dessert recipe for you today. This recipe for dairy free pumpkin mousse parfaits is so easy, so tasty, and it’s no-bake! Your kids can even help you with this recipe – if they’re older they can probably do it themselves.
Store-bought ingredients help these parfaits come together really quickly. I’ll take any shortcut available during the holiday season!
Some ideas for substitutions for in this dairy free pumpkin mousse recipe:
- if you can’t find cocowhip, you could make whipped coconut cream
- you can use any type of cookies for the crumbs – sugar cookies, graham crackers, chocolate cookies, etc.
- you don’t have to include the vegan buttery spread – it just adds a little richness
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Dairy Free Pumpkin Mousse Parfaits.
These no-bake dairy free pumpkin mousse parfaits are perfect for a holiday dessert!
Ingredients
- 9 ounces So Delicious Coco Whip thawed
- 5/8 cup pure pumpkin puree (1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons)
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 12 Enjoy Life vanilla honey graham cookies
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons vegan buttery spread optional
- 2 Tablespoons pumpkin seeds
Instructions
Place the honey graham cookies and the vegan buttery spread (if using) in a food processor and process on high speed to form crumbs. Set aside.
Place the coco whip, pumpkin puree, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and ginger in a mixing bowl and mix on medium speed until well combined.
Refrigerate the pumpkin mousse for about an hour to chill. You can skip this step if you need to serve it immediately.
Place some crumbs in the bottom of six wine glasses or small bowls. Spoon in some of the chilled pumpkin mousse. Add some more cookie crumbs, and another layer of mousse. Top with a few more crumbs and some pumpkin seeds.
We’re not dairy free, but we are allergic to coconut. Can I use cool whip instead of coco whip?
Yes, cool whip will work well!
You just made my day by posting this recipe!! we are dairy, egg, gluten, nut, drupe, free household and we can do this recipe (with a little substitution) and everyone will love it.
I just wanted to say thank you for what you do, you do it well and you helped this momma out!!
So glad to hear that this will work for you! Thank you for your nice note! :)