Being a vegan at Christmas comes with its own unique set of challenges.

You’re used to not getting meat, eggs, regular chocolate. All that day-to-day living becomes natural after a while.

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But the festive season is one which requires you spend time with elderly relatives who don’t understand vegetarianism, let alone veganism, and often try and force all kinds of animal products on you.

Take Baileys for example.


All your non-vegan life, you chugged that stuff like Jesus suckling on the Virgin Mary, but the moment you chose plant life, it became off-limits.

Your grandma didn’t understand. She wanted you to drink with her.



Even when a dairy-free version was released last year, it still contained a load of beeswax and honey. You had to pour the glass your nan gave you down the sink.

But not this year.

Because finally, an fully-vegan almond milk-based version is hitting UK this week.

Whole Foods has announced that Baileys Almande will be arriving in stores on 18 September.

It’s made with almond milk, almond essence, cane sugar, purified water and real vanilla.

In a statement on Facebook, Baileys says that there’ll be a national launch later in the year…implying that the plant-based version will be available around the UK in time for Christmas.

What better present could we have asked for?

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