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Vegan Halloween Treats!

Megan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:37:14 +0000

Halloween is my favorite holiday and this year I have been enjoying lots of different vegan Halloween candy! How could you go wrong with chocolate, marshmallows, and candy corn?!?!

A couple weekends ago I hit up my favorite candy store in San Francisco, Miette (the Hayes Valley location), and bought some Halloween treats. Crystal (owner of Violet Sweet Shoppe) was working and she showed me all the vegan candy they had in stock. My favorite thing that I bought was a dark chocolate skull with Mexican ancho & chipotle chilies, and cinnamon. Chocolate with a bit of heat…..yes please!

I was super stoked to see on Cosmo’s Vegan Shoppe Twitterfeed that they had Sweet & Sara’s vegan marshmallow ghosts in stock for Halloween. I quickly ordered some and tried to patiently wait for them to arrive in the mail. The wait was well worth it because when the ghosts came in they were super cute and delicious. I gave one to my mom and she didn’t believe me that it was vegan; she thought it was too good to be true!

Halloween would not be Halloween without candy corn. Finding vegan candy corn can be quite a task though. Thankfully Melisser of the Urban Housewife came up with an awesome vegan candy corn recipe. I made some for Smack Dahlia’s birthday (she saw Melisser’s recipe in the October issue of Bust magazine and said she wanted some for her birthday).

Go Max Go’s Candy Bars

Megan — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:04:09 +0000

I was pretty excited this last Sunday when I saw a bulletin posted on myspace by Portland Oregon based grocery store Food Fight. The title of the bulletin was “Best Vegan Candy Bars Eva”. I shot right over to their online store to see what the buzz was about. Food Fight is one of my most favorite grocery stores and they know their vegan junk food; so I was excited to see what product they were featuring. Food Fight was pushing recently released Go Max Go brand vegan candy bars. What makes Go Max Go’s candy bars special is that they mimic popular candy bars but without all the crap ingredients that the popular bars use (no hydrogenated oils, trans fats, or artificial ingredients). There were four different candy bars released in early May; the Buccaneer (Three Musketeers), the Twilight (Milky Way), the Mahalo (Almond Joy), the Jokerz (Snickers).

Of course I quickly placed an order for all four types of Go Max Go’s candy bars (they were $2.25 for a 2oz candy bar); I also ordered some snacks for an upcoming vacation (I can’t go on vacation without a stash of snacks). I did some online research about the candy bars and apparently I am out of the vegan junk food loop! These bars have been hyped up on a bunch of different blogs since early this year; I guess I should be paying more attention! It might have been for the best though because the anticipation of the release of these bars might have killed me

My order from Food Fight’s online store came in three business days and I immediately tore open the package as soon as it hit my doorstep. The bars were melted alittle bit (the weather was in the high 70’s) but the bars hardened up with a quick trip to my freezer. Here is what I thought of the candy bars:

Buccaneer: Chocolatey nougat with a rice-milk chocolate coating (similar to a 3 Musketeers candy bar). The rice milk chocolate that coated the candy bar (it was the coating for all of the candy bars) was nice and light (opposed to most vegan chocolate bars that use dark chocolate). The nougat was sweet but not too sweet. It was a yummy candy bar but I liked the Twilight better than this bar since the Twilight had caramel in it.

Twilight: Caramel, chocolate Nougat with a rice-milk chocolate coating (similar to a Milky Way candy bar). Yum, yum, yum! The caramel was so similar to a dairy based caramel that it was freaky; but in a good way! I can imagine chopping up this candy bar and using it as a topping for a chocolate cake.

Mahalo: Coconut and almonds with a rice-milk chocolate coating (similar to an Almond Joy candy bar). My second favorite of the bunch! I’m a big fan of coconut and chocolate candy bars and this was a great candy bar.

Jokerz: Caramel, peanuts & nougat with a rice-milk chocolate coating (similar to a Snickers bar). This was my favorite of the bunch, the caramel mixed with the peanuts and nougat was a perfect mix!

April Update

Megan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:05:38 +0000

I have been so annoyed with myself since I haven’t updated this blog in almost a month. The truth is I have been overwhelming busy between work, school, and roller derby. Work eats up my weekdays, school takes up a couple of nights a week, and roller derby wants to control whatever time is leftover. Poor Hanford (my boyfriend) has to fit in there too. It’s no surprise to anyone that knows me that roller derby take up a ton of my free time. In the span of the past month I have coached two bouts, attended a double header, and have been planning for the Silicon Valley Roller Girl’s first double header (May 2nd at San Jose Skate in San Jose). In between all my activities I have managed to squeak in some much need time in the kitchen.

Here are some quick updates for April:

I ordered a beautiful new apron off Etsy! Natalie at bakeanddestroy.net held an Apron Deathmatch on her blog and I instantly fell in love with the style of Boojiboo’s Aprons.
I made a wonder pumpkin pecan loaf of bread for a trade that I did with one of the ladies I coach. I traded her the loaf of bread for some white caps for my knee pads (my black ones mark up the rink).
For Easter I indulged myself with a chocolate assortment box from Choco-a-go-go. The box came with an assortment of truffles and was pretty amazing! I also ordered a peanut butter filled chocolate bunny (not pictured).
Also for Easter, my parents surprised me with an awesome Easter basket filled full of dried fruits, vegan gummy candy, almonds, and pez. My parents were out of town on Easter and hid the basket in their hall closet. When I went over to their place to check up on their cats my mom texted me to let me know that they hid an Easter basket (I felt like I was 5 again).