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Funfetti Mug Cake

· Natalie 32 Comments

It doesn’t have to be your birthday to have cake, ice cream, and sprinkles when it’s this healthy and easy. This Funfetti Mug Cake is a party for one in just minutes!

Funfetti Mug Cake | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free

From the looks of this you would think it was my birthday or something. It is not.

It’s not my blogiversary. It’s not my veganiversary. It’s not any of my friends’ birthday. It’s not even my dog’s birthday.

Funfetti Mug Cake | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free   Funfetti Mug Cake | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free

There is no legitimate reason for cake today, but I’m certainly not objecting! No explanation, just cake. Usually my spontaneous dessert-ing looks more like a handful of chocolate chips or leftover {insert dessert here} from last week’s recipe. But sometimes its nice to treat yourself with a classy no-reason treat–frosting, sprinkles, the whole shebang.

If ever you did accidentally forget your dog/sister/mom/friend/whoever’s birthday, this would be the perfect recipe to save you from that embarrassment. It looks like a party but it all happens in about 10 minutes–mixing and blending time included. Baking time is only 2 minutes tops!

Funfetti Mug Cake | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free

Why a Mug Cake?

I hinted at the cake to come when I posted this Homemade Vegan Sprinkle recipe earlier this week. You were probably thinking funfetti full sized cake not Funfetti Mug Cake, weren’t you?

Well it turns out all that time in an oven takes the fun right out of the homemade funfetti. As the coconut toasts the rainbow fades and you are left with just a tinge of the green, purple, yellow, and pink that once was. However 2 minutes in a microwave preserves all that color and still gives you cake!

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Baking your Funfetti Mug Cake

Most mug cakes call for 1 or 2 minutes on high in the microwave. I find that tends to dry them out though, especially with an oil-free recipe like this one. I played around with cook times and power levels, and I found that a little more time at half power works better.

This recipe took about 1 minute at high power, or 1.5 minutes at half power in my microwave. But the half power cake had better texture and moisture. All microwaves are different, and it might take some mug cake experimentation of your own to find the sweet spot.

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Funfetti Mug Cake

★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 minutes
  • Total Time: 7 minutes
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Ingredients

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  • 1/3 cup oat flour
  • 1 tbsps unsweetened applesauce
  • 2 tbsps maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp tapioca starch or corn starch
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1–2 tbsps coconut sprinkles

Toppings

  • 3 frozen bananas (blended)
  • More coconut sprinkles (or regular sprinkles)

Instructions

  1. Mix together all the ingredients except of the sprinkles.
  2. Gently fold in the sprinkles.
  3. Transfer to a microwave safe ramekin.
  4. Add a few more sprinkles on top for extra color.
  5. Microwave for 1.5 to 2 minutes at half power (see notes in the post).
  6. Cool briefly, then top with nicecream and sprinkles.
  7. Enjoy!

Funfetti Mug Cake | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free

Homemade Vegan Sprinkles

· Natalie 47 Comments

Homemade vegan sprinkles made from coconut and colored completely naturally. This easy recipe has all your funfetti needs covered without any sugar or food coloring!

Vegan Sprinkles | DIY Sugar Free Recipe

I’ve been wanting to post a funfetti something for forever. The fun part is easy. Cupcakes, cookies, milkshakes–all plenty of fun. But I was missing the fetti.

Confetti. Sprinkles. Birthday specks. Hundreds-and-thousands. Glitter of the edible world.

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Sure there are vegan organic sprinkle brands out there, but where’s the homemade messy kitchen fun in that?! Nowhere to be found. What you will find is sugar and artificial colors usually. Not to mention a very small bag of sprinkles inside that $3 box.

You could make your own with confectioners sugar and a piping bag, but why bother with all that when shredded coconut is already the perfect shape, size, and neutral color for the job!

Vegan Sprinkles | DIY Sugar Free Recipe

Coloring the homemade vegan sprinkles

These Homemade Vegan Sprinkles are dyed completely naturally with colors from fruits and few health food powders…

Pink > raspberries
Yellow > turmeric
Purple > blueberries
Green > spirulina

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drying the homemade vegan sprinkles

Many coconut sprinkle recipes call for a dehydrator. If you have one–great, that’ll work. But if you are without, I have tested an oven and no-bake option too…

Oven (fastest!) – Set your oven as low as it can go and bake them for about 1 hour. Check them for dryness, and if they aren’t quite there then leave them for another 15 mins. In my oven at 170F it took 1 hour and 15 mins. You don’t want to bake them at a higher temperature or they will toast and turn brown.
No-bake (easiest!) – Just spread them out very thinly on a pan or plate and leave them in a dry spot in your house. Check them after 24 hours. If they aren’t quite dry then leave them out until they are. Evaporation–it will happen eventually.
Dehydrator (if you have one!) – Probably the most even drying thanks to the screen trays that allow air on all sides. And more energy efficient than the oven too. It will take longer than in the oven, about 2-3 hours.

Vegan Sprinkles | DIY Sugar Free Recipe

Sprinkles were always my least favorite ice-cream topping actually. With cookie dough on one side and chocolate chips on the other why on earth would I choose those near flavorless little rainbow flecks?? But sprinkles in cake…that’s a whole different story. (Hint, hint. Nugde, nudge. Coming later this week!)

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Vegan Sprinkles | DIY Sugar Free Recipe

Homemade Vegan Sprinkles

★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 75 minutes
  • Total Time: 95 minutes
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Ingredients

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  • Pink
  • 1/4 cup frozen raspberries (or for an even brighter pink, pitaya puree)
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • Purple
  • 1/4 cup frozen blueberries
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • Yellow
  • 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • Green
  • 1/4 tsp spirulina
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • b]Blue [/b] (pictured [here)
  • 2 tsps Homemade Natural Blue Food Coloring
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • b]Orange [/b] (pictured [here)
  • 1–2 tbsps carrot juice
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Instructions

  1. For the pink and purple: Microwave the berries to defrost.
  2. Press through a sieve to get out the juice.
  3. Add the coconut. Mix to coat.
  4. Spread on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  5. For the yellow and green: Mix the spirulina/turmeric with the water.
  6. Add the coconut and stir to coat.
  7. Spread on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  8. Bake on your oven’s lowest temp for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 mins. Or see alternative dehydrator and no-bake options in the post.
  9. Keep in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

Vegan Sprinkles | DIY Sugar Free Recipe

Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

· Natalie 46 Comments

Homemade Larabars in a new favorite mint chocolate flavor. These nut-free energy bars are a healthy high-carb low-fat snack with just 5 ingredients!

Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

The elusive exclusive Larabar flavor: Mint Chip Brownie.

It’s not on the website. It’s not in grocery stores. It’s priced so high on Amazon I thought it was a pack of 16 not 5. It’s like the Bigfoot of fruit and nut bars. Does it exist or not??

It does. It’s just a Target exclusive and they are keeping it rather hush hush. How dare they keep mint chocolate chewy snacking from us!

Where I live, the closest Target is not that close to me. Further than I can reasonably justify driving for a snack. There is an entire bridge between me and it. And it’s not a short bridge. Especially further than I can justify to drive for a snack that is so easy to make at home.

Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

Homemade Larabars

Compared to last week’s DIY Clif Bars, these are ridiculously easy. And those were already pretty easy. You may be thinking, “What’s with this current snack bar kick?” It’s really more that I live on a permanent snacking kick, I just try to control myself most of the time and post other stuff too.

Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

Oats or nuts. Typically Larabars are made with nuts–a mix of almonds and cashews. But I love oats, most of you love oats, and homemade Larabars work great with oats! They are cheaper and lower in fat for my HCLF friends. You could still use nuts though if it makes you happy. Just another added bonus of making them yourself–choices!

Mint extract or oil. On my last mint recipe, many of you commented suggesting I use peppermint essential oil instead of mint extract or flavoring. Great idea! It’s much less processed with no additives. And it’s not too pricey either, especially since you only use a few drops at a time. I’m using up what I have right now, and then I will probably start using the oil too. Extract, flavoring, oil–use whatever form of minty flavor you like.

Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

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Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

★★★★★ 4.9 from 7 reviews
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 bars 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup pitted medjool dates
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 2 tbsps cacao powder
  • 1/4 tsp mint extract or 1–2 drops peppermint oil
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips or cacao nibs

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a food processor.
  2. Process until it forms a ball.
  3. Shape into a rectangle. Cut into bars.
  4. Refrigerate.

Mint Chip Brownie Homemade Larabars

DIY Chocolate Chip Clif Bars

· Natalie 52 Comments

Make your own homemade Clif Bars! This gluten-free, soy-free, vegan recipe makes for an easy healthy snack, plus the flavor is easy to customize with different mix-ins or even a high protein option.

Homemade Clif Bars | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Chocolate Chip Recipe

Request for a homemade Clif Bar recipe? I can do that! But I better actually try them first.

Until about 4 days ago I had never had a Clif Bar. I was always more of a Lunabar or Larabar kinda girl. Larabars are still my favorite, but I’m always willing to snack for the sake of recipe research!

Homemade Clif Bars | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Chocolate Chip Recipe

To be thorough, I wanted to try every flavor with chocolate chip in the name. So I sampled the chocolate chip and coconut chocolate chip (they were out of chocolate chip peanut). I do like chocolate and coconut together usually, but not in this form. So I went with just straight chocolate chip for my homemade Clif Bars.

Half a bite into my Clif Bar sampling sesh I already completely understand the appeal of these things. They are chewy and crunchy and chocolatey in all the right places.

My tastebuds loved them. My stomach did NOT! I’ve had issues with soy in the past, but I never imagined these things would give me such an immediate reaction. My stomach hurt for about 2 hours afterwards. Good thing I can make them at home and soy-free because I will probably not be chowing down on the store-bought kind again for a while.

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About these Homemade Clif Bars

– They are gluten-free and vegan of course.
– They are low fat and nut-free with no nut butters or oils needed. I used extra date paste to take care of all the binding.
– They contain oat bran for more fiber. If you don’t have it or don’t care to use it, sub oat flour instead.
– Since Clif Bars are meant to be a protein bar, I added some plant-based protein powder. I went with my favorite brand, Kachava. You can use any unflavored or vanilla vegan protein powder, or leave it out and substitute with oat flour instead.
– Or you could make them peanut butter chocolate chip by using powdered peanut butter in place of the protein powder. It will add protein and delicious PB flavor!
– Crunchy bits are a must, so I used brown rice crisp cereal to recreate that texture. Puffed rice cereal will not work as well as the crispy kind.
– They are SWEET! Dates + coconut nectar makes these quite sweet, but I was trying to stay as true to Clif Bar flavor as possible and the first ingredients is a sweetener.
– They are delicious!

Homemade Clif Bars | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Chocolate Chip Recipe

Now I’ve DIYed them, it’s your turn. And if you do, post a pic on Instagram with #feastingonfruit so I can see those chocolate chip snack bar beauties!

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DIY Chocolate Chip Clif Bars

★★★★★ 4.5 from 8 reviews
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 8 bars 1x
  • Category: snack
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: american
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Ingredients

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Wet Ingredients

  • 12 pitted Medjool dates
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/3 cup coconut nectar or maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp molasses
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown rice crisp cereal
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup vegan vanilla protein powder (or oat flour if you prefer)
  • 1/4 cup oat bran
  • 2 tbsps flax seed meal
  • 1/4 cup vegan mini chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300F.
  2. Blend all the wet ingredients until smooth.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
  4. Add the wet to the dry. Mix.
  5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  6. Shape the dough into a long log that is about 3 inches wide and about 1/2 inch high.
  7. Using a knife or a pastry cutter, divide the log into 8 bars (see video if you are confused).
  8. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  9. Bake for 20 mins at 300F.
  10. Cool. Keep in an airtight container in the fridge.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 bar
  • Calories: 275
  • Sugar: 28g
  • Fat: 4g
  • Saturated Fat: 2g
  • Carbohydrates: 44g
  • Fiber: 5g
  • Protein: 7g

Keywords: snack, energy bar, protein bar, clif bars, chocolate chip, easy, vegan, gluten-free

Homemade Clif Bars | Vegan, Gluten-Free, Chocolate Chip Recipe

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Purple Power Parfait

· Natalie 29 Comments

This vegan purple sweet potato recipe turns those tubers into a creamy pudding, perfect for topping with blueberry and coconut layers for a vibrant parfait!

Purple Power Parfait | Vegan Purple Sweet Potato Recipe

Sometimes I create a recipe to highlight a specific flavor, a specific ingredient.

Sometimes I create a recipe to revamp a favorite not-so-healthy something.

Sometimes I create a recipe because my imagination just conjures it from who knows where and it sounds too good not to make into real life.

But sometimes I create a recipe because I just really love purple.

Purple Power Parfait | Vegan Purple Sweet Potato Recipe

This time it’s a little of the both of the last two. But mostly the purple one.

My thought process went something like this…
I have a purple sweet potato, I should make a purple smoothie bowl.
What else is purple?…blueberry nicecream!
Maybe an ombre parfait like this pretty one from Instagram (even though mine kinda turned into more of a color block situation).
Toppings? Toppings? Oooh flowers are pretty and I just planted some purple ones!

Yep, that’s pretty much how it came to be. Well I left out the in-between parts where I was singing embarrassingly loud. Empty house means kitchen time + jams obvs.

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This purple sweet potato recipe starts with a sweet potato pudding. Maple syrup to sweeten and with a touch of vanilla bean powder, this pudding has a very unique you-have-to-try-it kinda flavor.

Next is the lighter, colder blueberry nice cream flavor. One of my favorite nicecream flavors of all time, but even better next to that sweet potato pudding.

And finally the lightest, fluffiest coconut layer. Oh, and then decorations of course!

And if you don’t have a purple sweet potato you could use a white one or even an orange one, your tastebuds won’t care about the clashing colors. The purple ones are really delicious though if you can find them!

Purple Power Parfait | Vegan Purple Sweet Potato Recipe

If you try this purple sweet potato recipe I gotta see it! Share it on Instagram with #feastingonfruit so I won’t miss it!

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Purple Power Parfait

★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings 1x
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Ingredients

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Purple Sweet Potato Pudding

  • 1 medium purple sweet potato
  • 1 ripe banana
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup non-dairy milk
  • 1–2 tbsps maple syrup (to taste)

Blueberry Nicecream

  • 3–4 frozen bananas
  • 1/3 cup frozen blueberries

To Decorate

  • Coconut Whipped Cream or So Delicious Cocowhip
  • Freeze dried blueberries
  • Pretty purple flowers

Instructions

  1. Purple Sweet Potato Pudding: Bake and peel the sweet potato. Let it cool
  2. Blend all the ingredients.
  3. Divide between two jars
  4. Blueberry Nicecream: Blend all the ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth.
  5. Scoop into your jars on top of the pudding.
  6. Decorate: Top each jar with a dollop of coconut whipped cream and garnish with blueberries and flowers.
  7. Enjoy immediately!

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Purple Power Parfait | Vegan Purple Sweet Potato Recipe