Ahem... let's skip the awkward reintroduction of myself and my blog, since I haven't made a post in two months. Sometimes school and life get a bit crazy, and thats all I can really say. Not that anyone actually reads this thing, but I guess just to my future self who will look back on it - it's okay to slip up sometimes. Tonight, a friend of mine is hosting a holiday party with the theme of sustainable vegan food! I was so excited to get invited, since it meant I would have the chance to make some treats of my own. Since we're going to be eating a whole dinner, I decided to control myself, since I had quite a few ideas of sweets to make. In the end, I settled on two little nibbly bits that hopefully everyone will enjoy: salted caramel cookies, and chocolate bark. As the queen of lazy baking and cooking, I feel a bit silly including recipes. But I mean, this is a food post, so I guess it's kind of necessary. Here we go. Salted Caramel Cookies
Mix all of those together. Roll into balls. Whack 'em in the oven. Vegan goodness. A lot of people are surprised to hear that a good number of premade cake and cookie mixes are actually accidentally vegan. Just make sure to check the ingredients, substitute non-vegan additions to the mix with vegan versions and you're good to go! Chocolate Bark
To make your own DIY double boiler, boil some water in a pot. Rest a glass or stainless steel bowl that fits snug in the opening of the pot, and pour in whatever you're melting - in this case, chocolate chips and a couple of teaspoons of coconut oil. In all honesty, I obviously have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to baking. I've just heard many people say that the coconut oil helps the chocolate melt easier and makes it silkier, so I just followed their lead. I added the second pack once the first was melted, and then poured it onto a flat pan lined with parchment paper. Not gonna lie, this whole process made me feel like a Lindt chocolatier in one of those commercials. Except I was a lot more anxious about the boiling water and having to remember to put my oven mits on every time I held the bowl so I didn't burn my hands off. Smooth the chocolate out evenly across the pan, as thick or as thin as you'd like, and while it's still melted, add your toppings. You can add anything, really, but I just crushed pretzel sticks and oreos in a Ziploc bag before sprinkling them on. Once it's finished, stick it in the freezer to harden. Once it's done, you can break it - possibly use a knife, this is way too hard to break with your hands - into irregular shapes, and you'll have some fancy looking chocolate bark. It's so crazy to me that Christmas is already coming up this weekend. 2016 seems to have sped by, but at the same time, feels like it just kept dragging out. It was definitely a difficult year for the world, and also for me personally. I know it's cheesy, but I can't wait for that "fresh start" feeling of the new year. I know a new calendar doesn't really mean anything, and not much actually changes, but I do have a few resolutions for myself in 2017. Maybe I'll make a post about them - one of them is blogging more frequently, anyway. I hope you all have a wonderful end to the holiday season, whatever you do or don't celebrate. Let me know what vegan goodies you've been baking and cooking to celebrate!
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