I’m not sure when my love for popcorn began but whenever it did start, it got deep pretty fast. And we’re talking hardcore popcorn snobbery, like, I refuse to eat microwave popcorn hipster snobbery. Were you to offer me the opportunity to go to the movies simply to buy popcorn and candy and not watch…
Archives for September 2014
Black Widow Spider Cupcakes
One of my most favorite finds in my hunt for gluten-free vegan Halloween candy was the black licorice rope. I sat there for a few moments looking at the ingredients over and over again to ensure that I was reading it correctly. Once the shock wore off, I was so jazzed (like, the kind where…
Sun Butter and Apple Jack-O-Lanterns
I have taken the classic apples and peanut butter snack into my kitchen lab, tweaked it just a smidge, and created a monster for those with a nut allergy. I call them Sun Butter and Apple Jack-O-Lanterns (cue evil laugh). Anyone else get the image that I’m sitting on my couch with wild hair and crazy eyes,…
Vegan Candy Bar-Stuffed Brownies
You know that period of time in your life when you are trying to really watch what you eat because you are currently in the midst of another round of tons of testing with you doctor but then you make these vegan candy bar-stuffed brownies because you have had them planned for a few weeks…
Halloween Fruit Dip
One of my favorite shows on television as of late is Shark Tank. I don’t know a whole lot about what it takes to build something from the ground up (does this Halloween Fruit Dip count??!) but I do know that I deeply admire and respect those who spend their lives trying to make a business from it. I’m so…
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
A few people have reached out to me to ask why their experience with making my homemade chocolate chip cookies from my cookbook have resulted in a completely flat result. One of the reasons why this happens is because there is too much fat vs. flour ratio. Since creating that book I have lost my…
Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzel Screams
It doesn’t take any more ease to celebrate Halloween than with these Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzel Screams. Talk about simplicity, all you need is a good handful of gluten-free pretzels, melted dark chocolate to dip them into and a batch of homemade googly eyes. Easy as Frankenstein Pie, right? My favorite is the one in the…