Double Chocolate Strawberry Pistachio Bars
I love making my own candy! So last weekend when I was craving something chocolaty, I decided to do just that! I wanted something with strawberries since it is strawberry season and I’ve really been enjoying them lately. So I made some Vegan Double Chocolate Strawberry Pistachio Bars! They have white chocolate, dark chocolate, […]
Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Christmas cookie baking season has always been one of my favorite times of the year, since I was a little kid making cookies with my Mom. We would always pick out several different kinds to make that sounded good to us or old favorites, make batches of them and freeze them to enjoy throughout the […]
Vegan White Chocolate Macadamia Oatmeal Cookies
Fall is the perfect time for baking, so I have been in a cookie baking mood as of lately. So when I was gifted some macadamia nuts and vegan white chocolate chips, I thought what would be better to make than Vegan Macadamia White Chocolate Cookies? I love these two ingredients in cookies after all! […]
Vegan Birthday Cake White Chocolate Bars
I love birthday cake flavored things with sprinkles, all year round not just on my Birthday or around my Birthday. I mean, what is not to like about vanilla and sprinkles?! I have made birthday cake waffles, birthday cake cookies, and birthday cake flavored popcorn, but the other day I decided to try something new […]
Vegan Strawberry Dark Chocolate Bars
I keep seeing ads for delicious looking vegan chocolate bars, and it is so tempting to buy some. I saw some really good looking white chocolate ones with flavors. But what I was really craving was something with a vegan strawberry white chocolate combined with dark chocolate so I decided to make my own. […]
Vegan Matcha Vanilla Cake with White Chocolate Frosting
For my Birthday this year I decided to make my own cake despite being a bit busy, and that is why it has taken me a while to type up the recipe. I have been busy planning my wedding and I just moved a few weeks ago, and this was actually the first item I […]
Vegan Matcha White Chocolate Filled Eggs
I love making Easter candy! One of my favorites has always been filled chocolate eggs. This year I made some raspberry ones, and some caramel, and also some with a matcha white chocolate filling earlier this week! I had enjoyed a white chocolate matcha latte recently and I decided that it would make a heavenly […]
Vegan Strawberry Lemon White Chocolate Cups
Meteorological spring is here, and even thought it is not technical spring on the calendar, I am treating it like it is. I am so ready to wear cute spring clothes, watch everything start to green up outside and to eat delicious spring produce! One of my favorite of which is strawberries. They won’t be […]
Vegan Strawberry Matcha Chocolate Bars
It has been feeling like spring here in Minnesota, so I am in the mood for spring colors and flavors. I am so ready to put away the heavy winter clothes and bring out the fun spring wardrobe! But I know the weather can turn on a dime so it will still be […]
Vegan White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Pie
When I was little, there was this strawberry silk pie from Baker’s Square that they would have around Valentine’s Day that I just loved. My Dad had gotten one a few times and it was sooo good! It had a creamy strawberry layer, plenty of whipped cream on top, and pink white chocolate curls. I […]
Vegan Rosewater White Chocolate Truffles
Rosewater is such a heavenly flavor that I don’t use nearly enough! I recently found mine (it had gotten pushed to the back of the refrigerator), and decided that I needed to make something with it this week. I had recently purchased a big bag of cacao butter, so combining it with white chocolate sounded […]
Vegan White Mocha Truffles
When I was in high school, every Sunday after church my Mom and I would stop at a local coffee shop on the way home and pick up drinks. I started out with a dark chocolate mocha, then graduated to americanos later on. But my Mom always got the same thing every time. […]
Vegan Blue Moon Truffles
When I was little, my Dad and I would go on a trip up to northern Minnesota every year, and the town we would stay in had this awesome little ice cream shop. They had the most delicious ice cream I had ever had up to that point in life. Flavors like blueberry […]
Vegan Lilac White Chocolate Mousse Tarts
Lilacs are one of my favorite things about Spring. I mean yes, it is nice that the weather is warm again, or that I don’t have to wear a coat and the grass is green, but lilacs just make me so happy. I mean tulips are awesome, and pretty but lilacs have that heavenly aroma […]
Vegan Pistachio Lemon White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
This whole social distancing thing isn’t so bad for an introvert like me. I can still do most of the activities I normally do, like going for bike rides, walks and runs outside, doing art like painting at home, and of course baking things. As long as I can still be close to my family […]
Vegan Matcha Chocolate Bars with Cacao Nibs
St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow, and although it doesn’t feel so much like it this year due to the virus going around and events being cancelled, I still like to enjoy some festive stuff at home so I made some green chocolate bars! I like to try to stay positive. And even if we can’t […]
Raspberry Rose White Chocolate Latte
Everyone has those little thing in life that make them happy. For me, one of those things lately is lattes. Every weekend Eric and I stop and get a latte of some sort at a local coffee shop. Sometimes it is just a plain oatmilk latte, other times a little something added like a hint […]
Peppermint Vanilla Vegan White Chocolates
The holidays are always hectic. After all, everyone is rushing to buy presents, making plans going to parties, and planning out the food for their holiday gatherings. It is always a bit of a stressful time, but I feel like it is even more so this year. A few weeks back I had my car […]
Vegan White Chocolate Peanut Butter and Jelly Cups
I am a bit obsessed with peanut butter and jelly lately. I made some peanut butter and jelly ice cream last weekend, I am contemplating making a PB and J cheesecake for my Birthday in a few weeks, and I decided to make some vegan white chocolate peanut butter and jelly cups too last weekend. […]
Vegan Strawberry White Chocolates
When I was little I was actually a bigger fan of white chocolate than dark or milk chocolate. I guess I have just preferred vanilla over chocolate most of my life, like whenever I had a choice of cupcakes it was always vanilla and not chocolate. My tastes have somewhat changed now I think the […]
Vegan Key Lime White Chocolate Mousse Tart
I was given a big bag of organic limes and so I thought it was the perfect time to make some key lime pie! Me not being one to make things just the same traditional way as everyone else though, decided to make a key lime white chocolate mousse tart instead. It would be like […]
Vegan Coconut Macadamia Carrot Cake with White Chocolate Frosting
This year for Easter, I decided to make carrot cake. How original, I know but there is nothing wrong with sticking with tradition. You know what tradition I miss? When everyone used to get all dressed up for Easter. I know some parents dress up their little kids all fancy, but I feel like the […]
Matcha Coconut Easter Nests
I love making Easter candy, and so when my Mom asked if I could make some white chocolate macaroon Easter nests I was all for it! I remember people always used to make them back in the day (they probably still do but I am out of the “normal” non-vegan food loop), and they were […]
Rainbow Vegan White Chocolates
It is finally looking and feeling like Spring here. It isn’t very green yet, the grass is still waking up. But the trees are starting to bud and sprout pussy willows. It feels so nice to be outside after such a snowy cold character building Winter. I am making sure I get out at least […]
Vegan Golden Turmeric White Chocolates
Eric and I recently went to the Minneapolis Institute of Art because it was a super cold day and doing things outside isn’t so fun when it is below 10F degrees. That place is amazing. So many beautiful and historic pieces of art, and it is so large that you could get lost in there. […]
White Chocolate Cinnamon Brazil Nut Butter
You would think I would run out of possible nut butters to make, but I am making new ones all the time! I was recently at the store in the bulk section when the brazil nuts caught my eye. They are really good for snacking on, and I used to buy them a lot when […]
Triple Chocolate Popcorn
I have always loved popcorn. Growing up, I would make microwave popcorn all the time, and we always had plenty on hand. Never mind the fact that it probably had artificial stuff in it that wasn’t good for me, I didn’t start thinking about that until I got out of high school. At that […]
CBD Peppermint Chocolate Cups
Maybe it is because it is Summer, it is hot, and I need things that are refreshing, but I have been really into peppermint lately. Peppermint in my drinks, home made peppermint body mist and baths (if you are feeling overheated, just sprinkle a few drops of organic good quality peppermint oil into your bath […]
Vegan 8 Layer Bars
Magic cookie bars, seven layer bars, five layer bars 8 layer bars. They are all similar, and I loved them all growing up because they were all delicious. If you aren’t sure what I am talking about, they are typically made with a graham cracker crust topped off with coconut flakes, chocolate chips, peanut butter […]
Vegan Peanut Butter White Chocolates
I love white chocolate and I love peanut butter, so I figured, why not make some peanut butter white chocolate?! I mean, yes I could have just made white chocolate peanut butter cups, and I did make those recently. But I had another motive for making these. My Mom recently requested that I make some […]
Black and White Peanut Butter Cups
It is no secret that I love chocolate and peanut butter together. I have about 50 chocolate and peanut butter recipes on this blog. Yes, I am a little, obsessed. Or maybe I just know what I like, and I figure that some of you out there have a similar mind set when it comes […]
Vegan Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake
I make my own Birthday cake every year, and half the time when I tell people that, they are baffled as to why. I even had someone tell me that it was sad that I made my own, and someone else should make me one or buy me one. But that is not how I […]
Vegan Blueberry Vanilla White Chocolate Popcorn
Usually every weekend I make a dessert, like a cake, or pie or cheesecake or something. But this weekend I decided to make a sweet popcorn instead for dessert because that is what I was craving. Is that weird? I like to make gourmet type popcorn, like the kind that you can buy at the […]
Vegan Chocolate Black Raspberry Almond Butter Cups
I know that being a runner doesn’t define me, but I still get kind of sad and feel lost when I have an injury and can’t do the thing I love. It usually takes me a few weeks to adjust, because to me, it is my therapy, and what keeps me from getting as stressed […]
Vegan Salted Caramel White Chocolates
Everyone always thinks to pair dark chocolate with salt, but why not white chocolate? At least that was what I was pondering last weekend when I decided to make some vegan salted caramel white chocolates. The idea sounded absolutely heavenly! For most of my life, I have thought of myself as mainly a vanilla favoring […]
Vegan Hazelnut Crunch White Chocolate Truffles
It snowed for 2 days here, and I really didn’t feel like going outside. I had to go to work, and drive home in a scary blizzard, but after that I just hunkered down until the snow stopped. It was the perfect time to make some truffles. I can’t imagine a better way to make […]
Vegan White Chocolate Coconut Truffles
My Mom is one of my best friends. She has always supported me in whatever I have chosen to pursue in life. She was always at every track and cross country meet growing up, and she still comes to my road races. And, she is one of my taste testers for my recipes, always being […]
Vegan Lemon White Chocolate Truffle Eggs
When I was little, whenever I would go shopping with my Mom at the mall, we would always stop by the candy counter in one of the stores and buy a couple of truffles to enjoy. There were so many delicious options, but the ones that we found ourselves drawn to time and time again […]
Vegan Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
My Mom bought me a bag of cranberries and asked if I would make her some cranberry oatmeal cookies. Of course I wasn’t going to say no. Any excuse to bake cookies, I am in! Oatmeal cookies are her favorite, and I think if she could eat them for breakfast every day she would. She […]
Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Jam Cups
I am in a chocolate making mood lately. Probably because Valentine’s day is coming up, and I want to be able to give some as gifts, and enjoy some for myself. So lots of chocolate goodies are essential. I know people like to buy boxes of chocolates to give their significant others, but I like […]
Vegan Rose White Chocolate Hearts
It feels downright balmy here in Minnesota with a 32F degree temperature! That is because it has been in the below zero temps lately or just single digits. Funny how in the Fall we think 32 is cold after having Summer temperatures, and now it is warm. Well, I am embracing it and getting out […]
Raspberry White Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter
When I was in high school shopping with my Mom at the store, I came across a jar of the most amazing sounding peanut butter ever. It was raspberry white chocolate. I begged my Mom to buy it, and it was pretty amazing. Up until that point, I hadn’t seen anything but the standard peanut […]
Vegan White Chocolate Pumpkin Pie Cups
To be completely honest, pumpkin pie was not my favorite growing up. It was just something I ate because it was tradition. Apple and pecan won over it. But, don’t worry. I have come to appreciate it more as an adult, mostly because my home made version is really good. You know what makes it […]
White Chocolate Hazelnut Pecan Butter
I love me some nut butters. At any given time you will find at least 8 different kinds in my pantry. I make about 3 a week, because I use it in recipes, and of course just straight up eat it. I mean is there any better quick comfort food than a big spoon of […]
Vegan White Chocolate Strawberry Almond Butter Cups
Berries and white chocolate is a simply heavenly combination! So thank goodness I am able to make vegan white chocolate at home so I can enjoy it. I admit, when I went vegan I thought I would not be able to enjoy it again since it has milk a lot of the time, and I […]
Vegan Unicorn White Chocolates
When I was little, I loved unicorns. I know it is not unusual for a little girl to love unicorns, they are after all mysterious and beautiful creatures. But I think at one point when I was about 5 I thought that they were real and I had just never seen one. I had a […]
Vegan White Mocha Chocolates
When I was in high school, every Sunday after Church my Mom and I would go to a local independently owned coffee shop. It was really small, and it carried locally roasted coffee, and it smelled amazing when you walked in. Much better than Caribou or Starbucks in my opinion. I always appreciate the small […]
Vegan Macadamia Coconut White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Macadamia white chocolate cookies seemed exotic to me as a kid. I remember getting them at bakeries or stores whenever I was allowed to pick out a cookie, and they were so good! At that point in my life I was a white chocolate kind of a girl (I still choose vanilla over chocolate, not […]
Vegan Mango Pineapple White Chocolates
When I was little, my Mom always packed little delicious snacks in my lunch. Sometimes it was veggies, but when I was younger, I was quite the junk food junkie, so I would ask for things like chips or cheese crackers a lot. I didn’t get a lot of fruit, because that tended to go […]
Vegan Matcha White Chocolate Tiramisu Cake
Tiramisu was an exciting dessert to me the first time I tried it in an Italian restaurant. I was on vacation with my Mom up in Duluth when I was in high school, and since we were on vacation, we decided to order dessert (which we didn’t normally do on a regular basis). It was so […]
Vegan White Chocolate Grapefruit Cake
New Years Eve deserves a special cake, so I knew I wanted to make one, but I wasn’t quite sure what kind. Sometimes my brain is a crazy snow globe with all of my recipe ideas floating around in it at once, getting tangled up with the other things going on in my life. I […]
Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Popcorn
When I was recently at a mall in New Orleans, a store filled with popcorn caught my eye. They must have had about 100 different flavors, all sorts of things like birthday cake, pizza, cheesecake, and cotton candy. I didn’t buy any for myself, but it did inspire me to think up some new popcorn […]
Vegan White Chocolate Raspberry Peanut Butter Cups
One of my favorite things about Summer is the raspberries. Being able to buy fresh, local organic ones at the store or even better, finding them on my walks when I am in the woods. It is like finding treasure when you come across raspberries, they are like little edible jewels! I remember my Dad […]
Mini Strawberry White Chocolate Layer Cake
Sometimes I just feel like making a pink girly dessert. Maybe it is the five year old in me that forever wants to wear sparkles and pink. So what if I am 30 I think that way sometimes. So, I decided last weekend I was in that sort of mood and wanted a pink cake. […]
Raw Strawberry White Chocolate Cheesecake
Happy first full official day of Spring! I am so ready for it, and even though it doesn’t feel like Spring yet, I am using it as an excuse to wear my cute Spring clothes and eat Spring like desserts. I even got some beautiful Tulips from Eric which was awesome since I won’t be […]
White Chocolate Matcha Hemp Eggs
I am on an Easter candy making kick. It is really quite fun, and of course you get to enjoy a delicious end product and maybe share it with others if it is good enough. I made some last night that was just that. Delicious. But not what you would expect. I love my hemp […]
Raw Lemon Poppy Seed White Chocolates
My Mom hinted that I should make something with white chocolate and lemon soon, because it is such a delicious combination, and of course I could not resist making something of the sort. It sounded good to me too, and tis the season for all things lemon. I was not however in the mood to […]
Raw White Chocolate Pistachio Butter Cups
Vivapura was kind enough to send me some of their products recently to create some delicious recipes with, and one of them was Raw Pistachio Kernals. I love pistachios! When I was a kid, I used to enjoy shelling them, enjoying the fruits of my labor as I went. I can’t say as much […]
Vegan Raspberry White Chocolate Popcorn
I have been making a lot of popcorn lately. Because I have been craving crunchy snacks, and really, I prefer popcorn to chips unless there is hummus or salsa to go with those chips. And, if I just want something crunchy, popcorn is perfect. Plus, it is really fun to make flavored popcorn. Yes, I […]
Raw White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake
I was hard core craving some pumpkin spice cheesecake last weekend. But just plain pumpkin spice wasn’t going to cut it, I wanted to add white chocolate as well. oddly enough it has been a while since I made a raw cheesecake since I have been working on my book making other types of cakes. […]
Vegan Matcha White Chocolates
I have a thing for matcha lately. Whether it is my cup of mid-morning matcha at work or a smoothie or some chia breakfast porridge, I love the stuff. Everything about it is appealing to me, from its beautiful green hue to its earthy addictive aroma and flavor. I love it in desserts paired with sweet […]
Raw White Chocolate Coconut Rose Macaroons
Raw cacao butter is one of the most heavenly aromas you can ever experience. It is like close your eyes, relax and go to your happy place wonderful. I had just some last week, and I asked my Mom to smell it and afterwords she told me that I needed to make her some coconut […]