Fudge Ripple Cashew Cream Parfait (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, keto-friendly) Who else is extremely excited about all the new plant-based milk options now? I cannot believe I can actually pretty easily make oat milk or hemp milk. Just add water and blend – strain or not. Yes, you can buy many too, but making it is… Read More
Healthy Plant-based Dessert Recipes
Thank you for popping by to view my wholefood plant-based vegan dessert recipes, many are chocolate, all are healthy. And I try to reduce ingredients where possible. Leave me a comment on a recipe you love!
Quinoa Chocolate Cherry Protein Bars (no-bake, vegan, gluten-free)
Quinoa Chocolate Cherry Protein Bars (no-bake, vegan, gluten-free) Homemade no-bake protein bars are so easy and customizable, so it makes sense to make them yourself. Generally most bars are made of three elements from three categories (one or more of within each category): Binder (dried fruits, chopped dates, nut butters or liquid sweeteners), Nutrient (nuts,… Read More
5-ingredient Vegan Chocolate Microwave Mugcake (in Strawberry Shortcake)
5-ingredient Vegan Chocolate Microwave Mugcake (in Strawberry Shortcake) A chocolate mugcake has to be the best invention for someone who is craving chocolate cake! All it takes is a quick mixing of ingredients in a measuring cup, pouring into a mug (at least 8 oz), and microwave at 1 min and 45+ seconds. How can… Read More
Perfect Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe – dairy-free, gluten-free, allergy-free
Perfect Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe – dairy-free, gluten-free, allergy-free I think I might have half a dozen cupcake recipes on the blog, and yet not one — until now – is a vanilla cupcake recipe. There was a reason. Chocolate cake recipes — which most of my cupcake recipes are — pass recipe-testing easier and… Read More
Chocolate Vegan Marzipan (almond paste) Cups
Chocolate Vegan Marzipan (almond paste) Cups Such an adventure, making vegan marzipan. Marzipan is really almond paste with varying degrees of sweetening. It is, of course, a sweet creamy concoction long found in pastries. Commercial versions are available of course, but full of processed ingredients and also quite expensive. It used to be hard to… Read More
Sparkling Sugar Chocolate-Coated Cookies & the Boston Marathon
Sparkling Sugar Chocolate-Coated Cookies & the Boston Marathon (vegan, dairy-free) I grew up in Boston. I went to college in Boston. I don’t live there now, but Boston will always be my hometown. So I am in a good position to know that Boston is also home to the sugar cookie. Bakeries abound there dedicated… Read More
Cinnamon Date Sugar Baked Donuts (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, refined-sugar-free)
Cinnamon Date Sugar Baked Donuts (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, refined-sugar-free) Baked donuts are wonderful – so much lighter and airier than fried. In fact, once I tried baked, I never wanted a fried one again. And to increase the health aspect of these, I sweetened them with date sugar. Hmm, you say, date sugar? What the… Read More
Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) If there is any dessert that transcends all barriers, generational, geographical, politics and food tastes, it’s S’mores! A beautiful graham crackery chocolatey carmelly marshmallowy square that sinks warmly in your fingers and melts sweetly in your mouth says so much more than plain old dessert, doesn’t it?… Read More
Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Pumpkin (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Pumpkin (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) Chocolate cake is magical, isn’t it? But the thought of re-making it with a hidden veggie makes it more so. Here, I decided to add pumpkin to see what it would do for the texture. As it turns out, pumpkin is a wondrous ingredient to put… Read More
Cinnamon Streusel Vegan Coffee Cake
Cinnamon Streusel Vegan Coffee Cake (dairy-free, gluten-free) Cinnamon Streusel Vegan Coffee cake for breakfast! Light, cinnamony and crumbly. And such a moist cake! No more adjectives needed. Just a plate, fork and cup of something hot. Weekends are the perfect time to make a light moist plant-based coffee cake, don’t you agree? Sunday mornings at… Read More
