16 Black-Owned Vegan Bakeries to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Vegan cookies, cupcakes and cannolis, oh my! Is there anything better than biting into a fluffy vegan donut? Or dipping a chocolate chip cookie into your morning joe? If you’re anything like us, the answer is no. The next time your sweet tooth calls, stop by any of these 16 black-owned vegan bakeries for a treat you’ll be dreaming of long after your last bite.

Buy Black Movement

Frequenting local black-owned businesses throughout the year is a great way to support black entrepreneurs and participate in the Buy Black movement, which encourages consumers to shop with black-owned businesses whenever possible.

Mayer’s Cookies

Between February and April 2020, the number of black business owners witnessed a sharp 40-percent decline, according to Forbes. This steep decline is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused unprecedented shutdowns across the globe. After the resurgence of the Buy Black movement in the summer of the same year, black businesses felt a surge of support. In fact, Bloomberg reported, the number of black business owners rose to 1.5 million in August 2021.

Black owned vegan bakery

Throughout 2023, we’re keeping up the momentum, so whether you’re a vegan with an insatiable sweet tooth or looking for a bakery to supply your office potluck with vegan cupcakes, here are 16 black-owned vegan bakeries we can’t stop dreaming about.

The Vegan Donut Company

1 The Vegan Donut Company

Founded by sisters Kharisma and Kyra, The Vegan Donut Company made history as Ohio’s first and only all-vegan donut shop. The bakery’s iconic square donuts are guaranteed to satisfy even the strongest sweet tooth. Choose between classic flavors or the duo’s one-of-a-kind creations like Lemon Lavender, Banana Pudding, Raspberry Strudel and Neapolitan. We’ll take one of each.
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Mayer’s Cookies

2 Mayer’s Cookies

This fan-favorite, San Diego-based bakery made headlines after coming back from the brink of closure. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced owner Maya Madsen to lay off half her staff, the cookie company saw a 10,000-percent increase in sales following the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, equipped with a new storefront, Madsen and her team are making specialty cookies—from chocolate chip s’mores to snickerdoodles and the annual Black History Month cookie collection. Our favorite part? Nationwide Shipping—Vegan Cookies for Everyone!
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Southern Roots Vegan Bakery

3 Southern Roots Vegan Bakery

After Marcus and Kara Pitts adopted a plant-based lifestyle, Kara Pitts was determined to recreate her favorite meals and desserts without animal products and earn her grandmother’s stamp of approval. She went into the kitchen, and through trial and error, Cara Pitts created a dreamy vegan donut that her grandmother, friends and family couldn’t get enough of. From their humble beginnings selling baked goods at their church to captivating Tabitha Brown and her millions of followers, this husband-and-wife team never disappoints.
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Victor and Meeker Bakery

4 Victor and Meeker Bakery

Mika Altidore knows the power of plants. When the former jewelry designer was diagnosed with several large fibroid tumors, her doctor informed her that she would have to undergo surgery. Instead, he turned to a whole-foods plant-based diet and overtime, he successfully healed himself. Now, Altidore and his life and business partner, Victor Munoz, are Central Florida’s first vegetarian bakery. Between the crunchy cream-filled cannolis, cinnamon churros, and Tahitian berry donuts, you can’t go wrong with Victor and Mika’s.
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Estella’s Vegan Dessert Boutique

5 Estella’s Vegan Dessert Boutique

Entrepreneur Chantel Jones made headlines when she opened Detroit’s first vegan bakery. Jones, who grew up watching her mother and grandmother “turn piles of dough into delicious pastries,” made it a mission to veganize her family’s recipes after going plant-based for health reasons. Named after Jones’ grandmother, Estella’s Vegan Dessert Boutique offers a selection of pound cakes, breads, muffins, blueberry bars and cookies. Pro tip: Muffins, pound cakes and sweet breads are available for shipping.
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Like mom’s only vegan

6 Like mom’s only vegan

Located inside Cincinnati’s famous Findlay Market, vegan bakery Like Mom’s Only Vegan defines family bonding. Led by Naomi Sams and her mother Sakile Chenjira, Sams’ four children work at the bakery in brand identity and communications, production and sales, and administration and accounting. A vegan for over 20 years, Sams raised her children vegetarian and always made sure they could share their friends’ and family’s birthday celebrations with their own plant-based meals. Now, she’s making vegan cupcakes and cookies for everyone! Lemon Cranberry Poppy Seed Cookies, we’re coming for you!
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Mo’Pweeze Bakery

7 Mo’Pweeze Bakery

You won’t find any of the top eight allergens at Mo’Pweeze Bakery in Denville, NJ. This kosher-certified, plant-based bakery, run by Christine Allen, has been making cookies, donuts, brownies, cupcakes, pies and more since 2013. Allen, whose family of five is no stranger to food allergies (her youngest son is over 30 herself), takes extra care to eliminate sesame and mustard seeds — two growing allergens of concern — from her baked treats. Allergen-friendly does not taste this good!
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8Brewer’s Bakes

Growing up, Tasheka Brewer’s happiest place was baking with her grandmother in the kitchen. The duo fueled their passion by seeing people’s faces light up while tasting the desserts. Today, the brewer keeps Indianapolis satisfied with its soft-batch vegan cookies made with organic ingredients. Choose between Carob Chips or crowd favorite Snickerdoodles for a better-for-you treat.
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Brown Sugar Baking Company

9Brown Sugar Baking Company

When the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut down businesses worldwide, chef-owner Lillian Hill decided to temporarily close her kitchen and focus on helping other small, BIPOC-led businesses succeed. Now, the Seattle-based chef is “back in the lab” working on the top eight allergen-free new vegan desserts. Between Hill’s chocolate acai cake, pumpkin squash spice cake with a hint of maple cream, and strawberry-filled lemon glazed breakfast croissants, we can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
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Devi’s Donuts and Sweets

10Devi’s Donuts and Sweets

16 years ago, Eva Ognibene acquired a donut recipe from a friend and soon began making fresh donuts for family celebrations and occasions. Positive reviews abounded, and Agniben launched a vegan boutique donut business with her husband, Tom. Six years after selling their specialty vegan donuts at local farmers markets in Long Beach, CA, the “Vegan Donut Queen” and Tom Ogniben opened their first shop. Whether you visit their donut shop or stop by their weekly Sunday booth at the marina, don’t miss the Oreo Crumb, Chocolate Pistachio and Coconut Maple Bacon varieties.
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Heavenly Vegan

11Heavenly Vegan

This Bronx-based bakery is run by Diamond, a self-taught vegan baker with over 19 years of baking experience. In 2014, she started selling cake pops, cupcakes and cakes to her friends and family, and Diamonds Corner was born soon after. Two years later, Diamond began her transition to a vegan lifestyle and knew her behaviors needed to change as well. Enter: Heavenly Vegan. Between the Oreo Chocolate Chunk Cookies and the Strawberry Filled Vanilla Cupcakes, we can’t decide where to begin.
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Meghla Donut Co.

12Meghla Donut Co.

This vegan donut shop in New York City’s Brooklyn Heights is making history. The first black-owned food and beverage business in the neighborhood, Cloudy Donut Co. Boston slings pillow-soft donuts in swirling flavors from cream and powder jelly to grapefruit mimosa and mango chili lime. Founded by restaurateur Derrick Falcon, this all-vegan donut shop boasts two locations in Baltimore.
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Plant-based Sweets by Lotus

13Plant-based Sweets by Lotus

After husband-and-wife team Tim Allen and Maria Howard went vegan in 2019, they were on the lookout for plant-based Southern favorites like biscuits, pound cake and cornbread. Unable to find a vegan treat in Baton Rouge, LA to satisfy their thirst, the duo took matters into their own hands. Now, they’re whipping up unimaginable treats like chocolate-dipped oatmeal cream pie, red velvet pecan praline cookies, cream cheese-filled and glazed king cake, and more. Brb, we’re driving to Louisiana!
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14Shay’s Vegan Bakery

Yis’Shyah Yisrael is at the forefront of this Raleigh, NC-based vegan bakery. The culinary pro, with a decade of experience in plant-based cooking, launched her enterprise in 2014 due to a lack of high-quality vegan and gluten-free bread options. A determined Israel soon began making her own bread, and after a positive reception from her plant-based family, she began selling her creations around town, soon adding cakes, pies, donuts and more. Now, she’s slinging cranberry orange rolls, chocolate chip donuts, cinnamon raisin rolls and more nationwide.
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15Vegan Dream Donuts

Vegan for over 30 years, Ras Izes uses natural, organic ingredients to create delicious, better-for-you donuts. A prominent figure in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood, Eyes has become known for his entrepreneurial, health-minded attitude, whether he’s juicing or selling his food on the go. At Vegan Dream Donuts, a rotating array of endless vegan flavors like Banana Strawberry Caramel and French Vanilla Almond Hazelnut keep West Enders coming back for more.
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Sweet Vegan Bakes

16 Sweet Vegan Bakes

Chef Cheryl Nelson adopted a vegan lifestyle nearly 20 years ago, and after skillfully veganizing her favorite foods, she launched Sweet Vegan Bakes in Old Town Chicago. Now, Nelson greets patrons with a sweet and savory menu including chocolate truffles, cake balls, jackfruit barbecue sammies, mac-and-cheese and more.
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