Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that I will always feel is monopolized by card companies and a stupid reason to charge people more money for things like chocolate. I promise I don’t really hate Valentine’s Day, I just dislike people who think it’s okay to increase the price of chocolate (because it’s not)….
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Vegan Chocolate Cake with Red Wine Frosting
I have never liked chocolate cake, up until maybe five years ago. The first time I can ever remember eating a chocolate cake and liking it was when we made a flourless chocolate cake for my friend’s birthday in college and topped it with peanut butter frosting thicker than the cake. I think that recipe…
Peppermint Coconut Butter Cups
WOW. Let’s just breeze over the fact that it’s been over TWO MONTHS since I posted. Long story short, a crammed a bunch of major life events into two months and was basically traveling for the entirely of them. All my food blog props were in a box in my friend’s garage and I definitely…
Vegan Chocolate No Churn Ice Cream
Hooray, the days of forgetting to freeze your ice cream maker bowl 8-10 hours ahead of time are no longer! Don’t have an ice cream maker? This recipe is for you. Do you have an ice cream maker but are unable to plan 8-10 hours in advance and then realize as you’re making ice cream…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
It’s about damn time I finally figured out a decent chocolate chip cookie recipe. I swear this is like my 14th time making chocolate chip cookies. I decided to just stick with the basics. “Butter” and sugar are both in this recipe and I’m not even sorry about it. Speaking of being sorry, I’m mega…
triple chocolate stout brownies
Well folks, I know I’m really late to the party where people add booze to baked goods in time for Saint Patrick’s Day but you don’t need a holiday as an excuse to make these brownies. If you’re wondering why you don’t need an excuse it’s because these brownies have 1) beer and 2) three…
mocha oreos
Lately I’ve been digging allllll sorts of healthy treats, like these chocolate chia balls I made for my last post and these peanut butter protein bites from Ambitious Kitchen. Balls/bites are the bomb and in case you didn’t notice, all of these things include chocolate. I ain’t sorry. This recipe isn’t really THAT healthy, but it does…
peanut butter date bombs
HAPPY 2016 2017! For the record, I was definitely the kid that accidentally wrote last year’s date at the top of my papers all the way through mid February. I know I started the first post of 2016 with some memories and blah blah blah but I decided I’m not going to bore you with that…
Coconut Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Cookies and ice cream. Those are the only sweet things I really crave. Okay, maybe also chocolate but that’s a story for another post. Sure, I like cake and pie and all those wonderful things but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if I had to go without them. Cookies though, don’t even get…
No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
I am choosing to turn on the oven as little as possible this week. Seems like it was hot just about everywhere in the midwest this week, and we had a severe heat advisory until Friday night (hence the desire to not turn on my oven). I did cave on Friday night and made Minimalist…
Hi, I'm Dana! I work as a full time engineer and part time foodie in Minneapolis, MN. Outside of food blogging, I love riding my bike, traveling, and anything outdoors.