I have never envisioned a big juicy orange as a sweet crisp. My dehydrator helped me to achieve that vision with these chocolate orange crisps. With a jar full of crisp slices of orange drenched in dark chocolate, who needs mars or snickers in their cupboards?! Only 2 ingredients, how simple can cookery get! You’ll… Continue reading Chocolate Orange Crisps
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Muddled After Eights
A crisp dark chocolate minty shell filled with a rich, sweet fondant centre. Muddled after eights because the mint is on the outside rather than the inside like the typical version, which as a child, I actually never liked. I was more of a caramel kid- couldn’t’ really appreciate the refined and sophisticated flavours of… Continue reading Muddled After Eights
Chocolate Bark
Chocolate always makes my day. Whether it be that time of the month, beating the blues, happy times, celebratory days, it really does help in any occasion. Because I eat quite a bit of it, diversity is necessary, but no matter how many variations of chocolate are out there, there’s just something special about creating… Continue reading Chocolate Bark
Honeycomb Crunch
Also goes by the name cinder toffee, this honeycomb crunch is a golden, heavenly bubbly delight. Basically the filling of the infamous Cadbury’s Crunchie, this vegan, gluten-free, light and crispy candy is perfect to nibble on, gift to your friends, or just generally keep in the house as an emergency sugar supply. The addition of… Continue reading Honeycomb Crunch
Sea Salt Peanut Brittle
Stuck on what to give your friends and family for Christmas? Well a hamper is always a great one in my books and demonstrates that a lot of thought and effort went into the gift. This vegan sea salt peanut brittle is crunchy, sugary, nutty and of course salty all at the same time, is… Continue reading Sea Salt Peanut Brittle
Simple Vegan Gingerbread Fudge
Unlike conventional fudge, this shockingly simple vegan gingerbread fudge is made with a bunch of healthful ingredients that go down a treat. Perfect as gifts, to nibble on at home and even as a post-gym snack due to their higher protein content. All those years of literally breaking an arm (not so much a leg)… Continue reading Simple Vegan Gingerbread Fudge
Date Candy (vegan | gluten-free)
Lazy day? Then these are the perfect snack. They require negligible effort, you can make a heap and leave them within arm’s reach to eat at your convenience. What more could such a day ask for?! No recipe needed really because the ingredients and the whole ‘process’ of compiling them don’t go beyond what you… Continue reading Date Candy (vegan | gluten-free)
Chestnut, Chocolate and Coconut Fudge (vegan |gluten-free)
If you've got that one annoying person to buy a Christmas gift for and never know what to buy them because they never appear to be satisfied, put together a Christmas hamper- naughty food is the one thing you can never go wrong with (even the health freaks will eat junk over the holiday period).… Continue reading Chestnut, Chocolate and Coconut Fudge (vegan |gluten-free)
Chickpea Fudge (vegan | gluten-free)
When good has triumphed over evil, this is what you eat! An Indian sweet that takes me way back to my grandmother's cosy bungalow that, during every Autumnal October, was swarming with burning candles and muticoloured tea lights for the ancient celebration of light known as Diwali. Celebrated widely in the north of India and… Continue reading Chickpea Fudge (vegan | gluten-free)
Blueberry muffin ice cream truffles (vegan)
Whether in the form of intricate petit-fours or fruiting underground mushrooms, truffles are such a food of decadence and culinary snobbery. Muffins are somewhat the opposite- their consumption reflects the day to day mundane routines we endure, gobbled up non-fussily, any time of the day, usually in a rush, to fill that gap which yearns… Continue reading Blueberry muffin ice cream truffles (vegan)