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Chocolate Pots de Creme – The Best Dessert in the World

This is the world’s best dessert. I think I’ve been searching for it ever since I was born, and the desire to taste this kind of magnificence is what has led me to spend so many hours of my life in the kitchen. More than anything else I love chocolate. And I really love soft, [...]

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Chestnut Brown Sugar Vegan Ice-Cream

After 3 years of horrible, heart breaking deprivation I can enjoy one of my very favorite treats again: vegan ice cream! My beautiful and oh so easy to use Cuisinart ICE-30BC finally arrived in the mail a few days ago (they don’t sell ice cream makers here!) and I have been falling in love with [...]

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Midnight Ganache Chocolate Pudding Cake

WARNING: THIS CAKE IS FOR SERIOUS CHOCOLATE LOVERS ONLY. IT MAY CAUSE FITS OF ECSTASY, UNBRIDLED PASSION, AND SEVERE DROOLING. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. To call this a cake isn’t really accurate, it is more like a cross between the deepest, darkest chocolate cake you could ever imagine, and a dense, chewy, fudgey brownie. [...]

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The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the Vegan Universe

Gather round dear readers, because this is a post that is YEARS in the making. Yes, years.  You see, chocolate chip cookies are my all time favorite cookies ever. There is something so perfect about the simple combination of slightly sweet dough and decadent chocolate that just makes my tastebuds sing. But you’ve got to [...]

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Sticky Fingers Gingerbread

Gingerbread is one of my very favorite desserts, and this is definitely the best batch I’ve ever made. It is decadently moist and rich, luscious and spicy, with just enough sweetness to keep you going back into the kitchen for slice after slice. The flavors are incredibly dark and complex, the kind of dessert that [...]

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Snowy White Chocolate Cupcakes

“Let is snow, let is snow, let it snow!” I love that song but the sentiment is pretty far fetched here in Saudi Arabia. Luckily, I have found an even more enjoyable way to enjoy the snow – in the form of snowy drifts of white chocolate crumbles topping white chocolate infused vanilla cupcakes. These [...]

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Raw Double Fudge Brownies

These dense, fudgey, over the top chocolaty brownies have been specifically designed to convince even the most die hard dessert lovers that raw treats can be just as indulgent and decadent as the standard sugar laden, over processed, nutritionally void fare we all munch on. These brownies have two epically delicious layers. The bottom layer [...]

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Raw Pumpkin Pie Balls and Raw Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls!

I wanted to title this post A Tale of Two Balls but I suppressed my inner 13 year old, aren’t you glad? I love dessert and I definitely have a sweet tooth, my favorite treat is chocolate! I go through bricks of that stuff a day just to satisfy my cravings. Unfortunately I’m also really [...]

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Autumn Spice Pumpkin Cookies

I know I’m an Aramco Brat because as soon as the weather drops below 100 degrees Fahrenheit I instantly begin thinking of Autumn and Christmas and curling up for cozy evenings with a good book. And what goes better with a good book than a cup of tea and some delicious cookies? I’m really thrilled [...]

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Homemade Almond Milk

I love non-dairy milks of all kinds, in fact, dairy milk was always repulsive to me so the switch to a vegan version was easy. I enjoy soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, even quinoa milk, they are all delicious. But most often we buy soy milk to use in our baking, smoothies, cereal, every [...]

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