(I originally tasted and reviewed most of these for the holiday season of 2017 (on a different blog). I didn’t realize it was so long ago, but I don’t think the products have changed. I updated the post though, so anywhere it says “last year” really is last year (2021).)

I really like eggnog. 🙂 I used to drink it from the time it’s first in the stores around October, until it’s no longer in the stores around January. 😉 But now I’m avoiding milk, so regular eggnog is “off the table”. 😉

Make your own ~ Last year for Thanksgiving, I actually made vegan eggnog! I’m not currently vegan so I could have used eggs, but I was concerned about using raw eggs and the recipes with cooked eggs seemed tricky. I found this recipe for vegan nog and it’s really good! Even non vegan family members liked it. 🙂

Califia Farms Holiday Nog ~ Last year, I saw this nog that I’d never tried, so I impulsively grabbed it. It is the best store bought vegan “egg” nog! I bought some again yesterday! It’s admittedly not as creamy as real egg nog (more like 2% milk than cream, if you know what I mean) but it uniquely has the right flavour. 🙂 There’s something sort of tangy about it that really tastes like egg nog. 🙂 (And, this is far less important, but it’s the right colour too.)

So Delicious Coconut Milk Holiday Nog ~ This is pretty good! Thick and rich, and doesn’t really taste like coconut! I like that it has flecks of real spices in it as well. 🙂 Visually it’s not quite the right colour for egg nog, and it’s a bit sweet, but overall, I think this is a good vegan substitute. It has a bit of graininess to it.

Almond Breeze Classic Almondmilk Nog ~ I like this one! 🙂 I will say though, it tastes more like milk and not so much like eggnog. Compared to the So Delicious Coconut Milk Holiday Nog, this has a smoother/better texture, but hardly any flakes of real spices. It’s maybe slightly less sweet, but overall seems less flavourful. Still good, but not great. Definitely tastes good, just not very eggnoggy, like I said. I just went back and had some more of the So Delicious, and I think that one’s better so far, despite the graininess.

Silk Nog Original ~ I expected to like this one the best, because generally the taste and texture of soy is more like “real” milk than almonds and coconut. But it turned out to be my least favourite. Visually, it looks the most like real eggnog, except again, not enough spice flecks, although you could fix that at home. But this one is thinner than the other two, and just has a funny flavour to it. Actually, I think that flavour is just soymilk. ACTUALLY, now I feel stupid and ripped off, because here are the ingredients: “Soymilk (filtered water, soybeans), cane sugar, locust bean gum, sea salt, natural flavor, turmeric and annatto (for color).” Is it just me, or is that basically just soymilk?!? The back of the carton says “ring in the season with notes of nutmeg and cinnamon and the smooth, velvety flavor of Silk Soy Nog”. Where’s the nutmeg and cinnamon?!? 😉 Unless they’re included in the “natural flavor”, but the other “nogs” list spices in the ingredients. Actually, the carton does *not* say that those spices are included, it says to ring the season in with those spices AND Silk Soy Nog, so maybe it’s like a “batteries not included” kind of thing. 😉

Conclusion ~ I would say don’t waste your money on the Silk Soy Nog, unless you want to fix it up with some more flavour, because it really does just taste like soymilk. Except there’s also a weird feeling to it, like it kind of coats my mouth.

Between the coconut and almond milk nogs, I do slightly prefer the So Delicious Coconut Milk Holiday Nog, but I think the Almond Breeze Classic Almondmilk Nog is good too, and some of you might even like it better. But Califia Farms wins 🙂

I hope this helps you, and I wish you a very merry holiday season!