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Easy Vegan Candy Cane Truffles

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adding these Easy Vegan Candy Cane Truffles to your holiday cookie trays is a good idea! these cool minty chocolates are easily impressive.

 

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Easy Vegan Candy Cane Truffles

Just slightly more work than my Chocolate Covered Pretzel Reindeer, these festive pops of peppermint are an impressive addition to your holiday baking gifts.

Everyone loves a truffle, and when I show up to parties with them, people always exclaim, “you MADE these?!” because the general consensus is that truffles are difficult.

I am here to tell you again:…

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Chocolate Covered Pretzel Reindeer

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these salty sweet Chocolate Covered Pretzel Reindeer will bring smiles and fun to your holidays! a fun kid friendly craft for your cookie gift trays!

 

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Chocolate Pecan Reindeer

About this time in the holiday celebrations, I am spending my days baking. I gift cookie and candy trays to a long list of loved ones. I also bring bakery boxes to parties, deliver to the cancer tower at the hospital, and I cannot forget the mail person and delivery drivers.

Each year, it seems I attempt to outdo my previous plates of treats. Adding last minute recipes as I think of them, forgoing the …

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Spicy Chipotle Kabocha Dip

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a Spicy Chipotle Kabocha Dip recipe made from everyone’s favorite squash! spicy, sweet, savory – serving it right in the kabocha shell is a fun detail!

 

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Spicy Chipotle Kabocha Dip

In another chapter of Bringing Party Food That I Can Eat, I give you my latest recipe I am loving. This was my contribution to a recent holiday party, and everyone loved the presentation!

I actually love parties where guests bring food, potluck style. Being vegan, I am always guaranteed I will have something to eat.

I do have to say, I am so appreciative of so many friends who do make a point to have vegan options. At a BBQ last summer…

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Vegan Caramel Twix Cookie Bars

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getting your hands on homemade Vegan Caramel Twix Cookie Bars is easier than you think! this updated version improves on our original recipe. gluten free!

 

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Vegan Caramel Twix Cookie Bars

(recipe for Peanut Butter Twix)

Way back in college, one of my desserts classes had a “copycat” assignment. We were to create a …

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Sugared Vanilla Snickerdoodle Bread

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a sweet loaf of Sugared Vanilla Snickerdoodle Bread has all the sweet and tangy flavors of our favorite cinnamon cookie. vegan and gluten free cake!

 

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Sugared Vanilla Snickerdoodle Bread

My favorite childhood cookie was not a classic Chocolate Chip. 

Nope – I loved the tangy, lightly sweet Snickerdoodle. Not the simple cinnamon cookie so many think it is – a true Snickerdoodle gets that tang from an essential ingredient that not everyone …

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Cranberry Oat No Bake Bars

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leftover cranberry sauce? this tasty good Cranberry Oat No Bake Bars recipe is a great way to enjoy seasonal cranberries for breakfast, snacks, or dessert!

 

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Cranberry Oat No Bake Bars

Y’all.

One of my favorite (and your favorite too!) no bake bars just got a …

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Mini Vegan Sausage Pies

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these Mini Vegan Sausage Pies are a plant based update on an appetizer that works for holidays, game days, brunch, and a random Thursday.

 

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Mini Vegan Sausage Pies

Between all the British based books I read and all the people I know in the …

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Cranberry Fluff Jello Salad

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this Cranberry Fluff Jello Salad is a retro classic! this vegan holiday recipe is a new flavor of the nostalgic side dish we all grew up with, just as tasty!

 

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Cranberry Fluff Jello Salad

I am so SO happy with this recipe.

One of my holiday favorites growing up was that Lime Jello Salad. Why it is called salad, we may never know. (If you know, please enlighten us!)

I looked forward to that pretty green fluffy salad all year long. About age 7 …

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