Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

I guess you really wouldn't call what I made "cups", maybe peanut butter blossoms, and peanut butter hearts. But semantics, its the same concept.

I bought these Ice Cube Trays at Ikea and they work great for chocolates. Alternatively, you could buy little peanut butter cup wrappers.

The kosher salt was a last minute idea. We ate those ones really quick and I didn't get a picture. The salt goes amazingly well with the chocolate and peanut butter.

Next Challenge Snickers.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound -- vegan chocolate (I used bittersweet, ran out and mixed in some dark)
• 1 Cup -- Peanut Butter
• 1/2 Cup -- Powdered Sugar
• 2 splashes -- Vanilla Extract
• Kosher Salt (optional)

 

STEP ONE:
In double broiler Melt Chocolate.

STEP TWO:
Place a couple granules of the kosher salt at the bottom of paper cups or ice cube trays if you are using them. Spoon in some chocolate. Using a little paint brush, brush the sides of the cups/trays making sure chocolate is covering them fully. Make sure there is enough room for the peanut butter and more chocolate on top. Place in Freezer.

STEP THREE:
While Chocolate is solidifying. Mix Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar, and Vanilla in a bowl. You should get something the consistency of cookie dough.

STEP FOUR:
Press Peanut Butter Dough into trays of chocolate, leaving enough room to be brushed with chocolate on top.

STEP FIVE:
Coat the tops of the peanut butter, allowing the chocolate to fill in all the holes. Brush with a paint brush to make sure its coated well. Put in freezer.

STEP SIX:
Pop the chocolates out of the mold once chocolate has solidified. Enjoy.

-Jordan Halliday

Peanut Butter Cups

Vegan "Jello"

 

So my friend/co-worker Meagan was bummed when she found out she couldn't eat jello the other day.

So I decided to make a recipe to show you all how easy it actually is to make "jello" vegan. 

The hardest thing you will need to find is "agar agar" which is available at most asian markets and some grocery stores.

You can also throw in chopped fruits into this, But I was never a fan of that.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 Cups -- Juice
  (I used Limeade, which is kinda like a juice, you can use koolaid or whatever you want really)
• 4 Tablespoons -- Agar Agar Flakes
• Food Coloring (optional)

Step One!

Add agar to juice and bring to boil in pot.
Step Two!

Reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes or until agar is dissolved.
Mix in food coloring and chopped fruit if you want at this point.

Step Three!

Pour into tray, chill overnight or until firm in fridge. Enjoy!

-Jordan Halliday

Captain Chaos Smoothie

I have a plan to make a bunch of unorthodox recipes off of random forms of media I have. This is my first submission in that regard.

There is this song called "How to make a smoothie" by an individual known as "Captain Chaos". I couldn't find it online. Nor could I find the lyrics. But, I remembered them all because they are so catchy. I have been meaning to try this recipe for years. But, just haven't gotten around to it. It makes a ton. So bring friends. I don't know what to do with all the smoothie I have left over right now. *sips*

But the lyrics are as follows. I will try posting an mp3 on here as well when I pull it off my computer.

RECIPE/LYRICS:
"You're gonna need to large bananas, 3 cups of soy milk too, 1 cup of orange juice, 2 cups of frozen fruit. Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries and Cherries. Any fruit will do. Just use what you like, Pineapples and mangoes, taste good too. Please. Oh Please. Please don't freeze the bananas. You're gonna need a spoonful of peanut butter as well & a little splash of vanilla. Peel the bananas & break them up. Put them in the blender with the liquid stuff. Blend it until it's smooth. Slowly add the fruit. Put in the peanut butter and the vanilla and that's all that you have to do."

-Jordan Halliday

Vegan Cake Pops

So everyone has been talking about these amazing cake pops that they started serving at starbucks. Obviously they needed to be made vegan.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 -- Vegan Cake (I used a strawberry boxed cake mix)
• 16 oz -- Vegan Frosting (I used plain white vegan frosting)
• 1 lb -- Vegan Chocolate (I used bittersweet)*
  *It is better to have too much than not enough. 
  
  
  
  STEP ONE!

Make Your Cake and Allow to fully cool.

STEP TWO!
Soften frosting by nuking for a few seconds. Add to bowl and crumble cake into it. Mix with hand (or a spoon... I suppose).

STEP THREE!
Roll into balls and place onto a baking sheet. Chill for several hours. Insert sucker sticks after about an hour. or leave them out for Vegan Cake Balls. Then continue to chill.

STEP FOUR!
Once chilled, melt your chocolate, and roll cake pops into it making sure they are fully coated. Use a spoon if necessary to drizzle chocolate on. Place finished pops on a aluminum or wax paper covered baking sheet. Chill for another hour or until chocolate is hardened.

 

STEP FIVE!
Effing Profit! Enjoy!


-Jordan Halliday

Really Quick and Easy Banana Ice Cream

A lot of people already know how to do this. But for those that don't... you are in for a surprise.
I decided the picture needed a garnish, but as I went to find one the ice cream started to melt. So I just said Screw it.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 -- Large Banana (chopped and frozen)
• 4-6 oz -- Soy Milk

STEP ONE!
Put all ingredients in a blender and blend.
STEP TWO!
Garnish! Enjoy!

Use less soy milk for a thicker treat, or more for something more like a milkshake.
You can also add spirulina to make a tasty healthy green treat.
Also, Peanut Butter and Chocolate go awesome with this.

-Jordan Halliday