Hello! My name is Court and I’m the writer of Kind Mom Blog, a blog dedicated to vegan and natural living. I’m excited to start contributing monthly on VHW with “I Can Vegan That”!
On this months issue of “I Can Vegan That”, I veganized a popular Valentine’s Day Rice Krispies Treats recipe from Pinterest. This was a fun one to do with my 3 year old, Oliver. He was able to measure and pour the cereal, stamp the hearts in the treats, and sprinkle the sugar. I was nervous about the white chocolate since I’d never tried to make chocolate before but I was pleasantly surprised.
If you have a recipe you would like me to try my hand at “veganizing” one of your recipes, feel free to link it in the comments below!
Ingredients:
Crispy Treats
- 1⁄2 cup – cashew nut butter
- 1⁄2 cup – brown rice syrup
- 3 tbsp – organic sugar
- 1⁄2 tsp – vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 tsp - xanthan gum
- pinch of sea salt
- 4 cups – natural rice crisp cereal
- 2 tsp – Maggie’s Naturals pink food dye
- Maggie’s Naturals red sugar sprinkles
White Chocolate
- 1/2 cup – raw cocoa butter
- 2 tsp – vanilla powder
- 2/3 cup – confectioner’s sugar
- 1 tsp – lucuma powder
- pinch of sea salt
Instructions:
Line an 8×12-in pan with parchment paper. In a large saucepan on low-medium heat, combine cashew butter, syrup, sugar, salt, xanthan gum, and vanilla. Stir continually as mixture heats for about 1 minute (reduce heat if mixture starts bubbling). Remove from heat and stir in cereal. Mix in the natural red food color to give your treats a cool speckled look. Transfer mixture to pan and press in evenly (use an edge of parchment paper to press without sticking). Refrigerate to cool completely, then cut with heart cutter.
To make the white chocolate mix the sugar, vanilla powder, lacuma, and salt together in medium bowl. Melt the cacao butter dutch oven style, ensuring no water gets in the cacao. Stir continuously as the cacao butter melts and remove from heat immediately after melted and add to the mixture. Stir the chocolate until smooth, then immediately dip your heart treats. Before the chocolate melts, sprinkle the treats with Maggie’s Naturals sugar. Cool and enjoy!
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Recipe help adapted from here & here
About Kind Mom
Hello! My name is Courtney Rose. I started Kind Mom Blog in 2013 to share my journey being a "work from home" mama, raising a vegan family, and the many ventures I find myself in. I enjoy rummaging for vintage goodies and cooking vegan yummies. I'm excited to continue to grow the Kind Mom blog as a place of inspiration and resource for all things natural and kind. Stop by http://kindmomblog.com
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Very cute! My daughter’s favorite color is red, and I know she’d just love some heart cookies!
I think I would make heart shaped frosted brownies
I can’t wait to try and make these! I think I will also try to make French Macaroons with Maggie’s. Great post!
I would make red velvet sugar cookies!
I’d use them to decorate cake balls!
I would use the dye to color some frosting!
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