Hot cross buns are synonymous with Easter, and there’s nothing quite like tucking into a freshly toasted bun bursting with fruits and spices and slathered with dairy-free butter at this time of year. Thankfully many hot cross buns you can find at UK supermarkets are made using vegan ingredients.
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Asda
Free From & Vegan 4 Choc Chip Hot Cross Buns
These soft and fluffy vegan hot cross buns from Asda are packed with tempting choc chips. As an added bonus they’re also gluten-free!
£2.20 for a pack of four
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Free From Hot Cross Buns
Asda has buns for everyone to enjoy, with a variety of flavours, shapes and sizes to suit every taste bud, including a simple gluten-free and vegan hot cross bun for those who prefer a more traditional treat.
£2 for a pack of 4.
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Waitrose
Essential hot cross buns
Made with British flour and lemon peel, these quintessentially British buns are part of Waitrose’s essential range and are accidentally vegan!
£1 for a pack of 4.
Ocado
Ocado Gold Easter Hot Cross Buns
If you get your groceries delivered straight to your door then why not pop a packet of Ocado’s Gold Easter Hot Cross Buns. The generously fruited buns are studded with raisins, sultanas, currants, Chilean flame jumbo raisins, lemon and orange zest and mixed spice.
£1.50 for a pack of 4
Kingsmill Hot Cross Buns
Prepare to enjoy the deliciously fruity and subtly spiced flavour of Kingsmill’s wonderful buns that are just perfect for toasting. You can find these in most major supermarkets as well as on Ocado.
£1.25 for a pack of 4
Iceland
Fruited hot cross buns
Iceland’s own brand hot cross buns are happily accidentally vegan and are moist and sticky with just the right amount of fruity goodness.
£1 for a pack of 6
Tesco
Richly fruited hot cross buns
Richly Fruited Lightly spiced, with plump sultanas, currants, raisins and mixed peel.
£1 for a pack of 6
Tesco Finest 4 Red Berry Hot Cross Buns
Packed with sultanas, sweetened dried cranberries, redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries, these Tesco Finest hot cross buns are made from a delicately sweetened dough that makes these buns so moreish!
£1.50 for a pack of 4
Tesco Finest 4 St Clements Hot Cross Buns
These fluffy buns are packed with orange soaked sultanas, plump raisins and orange and lemon peel for a zesty flavour.
£1.50 for a pack of 4
Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s Hot Cross Buns x6
There’s nothing like a freshly toasted hot cross bun slathered with lashings of dairy-free butter to get you in the Easter spirit, and thankfully Sainsbury’s own-brand hot cross buns are vegan-friendly. They’re deliciously flavoured with orange peel and cinnamon for a delicious treat. Don’t get them confused with the Taste The Difference buns however as these contain egg.
£1 for a pack of 6
Marks & Spencer
Kentish Bramley Apple Hot Cross Buns
Flavoured with Bramley apples and loaded with currants, they are fruitier than the original and can be eaten straight from the pack or toasted.
£1 for a pack of 4
Co-op
Co-op Hot Cross Buns
These vegan-friendly hot cross buns bursting with sultanas, raisins and citrus peel.
80p for a pack of 4
