We were thrilled to find the vegan cafe Origin in the middle of the gorgeous village of Strasbourg, which has several other vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants — but we were in the mood for pastries and sweets, and this all-vegan patisserie did not disappoint. Origin does have yummy-looking veggie sandwiches, as well as a lovely …
I was first drawn to the lovely packaging of these Green Girl Bakeshop icebox sandwiches … and then I saw they were vegan and had to try them. These goodies (Green Girl offers not only icebox sandwiches but pints of gelato) are made for not only vegans but those with food allergies: all are dairy …
We were, as always, thrilled to visit Voodoo Doughnuts while in Eugene, Oregon. While Voodoo isn’t an all-vegan shop, the whole bottom shelf has its vegan goodies, and it’s an impressive (and delicious) selection. We chose four doughnuts (they offer a vegan dozen, but there were only two of us, so we exercised a bit …
As big fans of Forager yogurt, we were excited to see that the company is also making ice cream, in flavors including Cookies & Cream and Bittersweet Chocolate, as well as Vanilla Bean, Mint Chip, and Salted Caramel. While this brand isn’t our very favorite vegan ice cream (those new to vegan ice cream might …
One of our best discoveries this year is Maya’s Cookies. Maya’s is located in San Diego, but cookies can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. Our cookies took about a week to arrive, and were they ever worth it! The packaging is adorable (and both boxes and paper confetti can be recycled as cat toys), …
We were delighted to try Craig’s vegan ice cream, special-ordered from LA and shipped to Southern Oregon. Craig’s Killa’ Vanilla (“Classic Vanilla Infused With Madagascar Vanilla Bean”) is perfection. It’s creamy and very flavorful, with little specks of vanilla bean. It beautifully topped the apple pie pictured in the background, above. The other flavor we …
We were delighted to find this vegan cookie company, Partake Foods — whose products are not only vegan but allergy friendly all around — and also to find that the cookies are wonderful. We ordered more than a dozen boxes, some of which we gifted to fellow vegans and cookie lovers, but we did sample …
Thanks to summer weather — and perhaps because we have such excellent toppings on hand (among them, Tom Bumble and Unreal vegan M&Ms, in both peanut and plain chocolate) — we have been on an ice-cream tasting spree. This Vanilla Bean oatmilk ice cream from So Delicious is wonderful. While the Oatly version was quite …
We were so excited to see several new vegan ice creams at our local grocer, including Totes Oats, which we promptly bought in Real Real Chocolate. This delicious vegan ice cream is from Hakuna Brands, which makes a variety of “nice creams,” some of which are banana-based. Totes Oats are oatmilk based, with a bit …
What a JOY to find this coconut whipped cream at Trader Joe’s. This whipped cream is a perfect topping for everything from ice cream to waffles (or, to be sprayed directly into the mouth). Made with coconut cream, it does have a hint of coconut flavor (which is fine with us but may not be …
It was lovely (even in this chilly weather) to find several dairy-free flavors of Steve’s ice cream in our local grocery’s freezer. We sampled Chocolate Salty Caramel, Moroccan Mash Up, and Cold-Brewed Cinnamon Coffee. All are coconut based, and all are delicious. The Chocolate Salty Caramel is creamy and lovely, with swirls of rich caramel …
These Tom Bumble chocolates, handmade in Oregon, are simply the best ever for chocolate/peanut butter lovers. These amazing candies (they are the vegan version of Butterfinger bars) come in smooth and nutty, both equally delicious. Both varieties have a light coating of melt-in-your-mouth dark chocolate, and both are crunchy and absolutely sublime. These chocolates are …
Though we are still desperately searching for Just Mayo, we did discover this new item in our local grocer’s freezer. This product is, of course, for baking, but when (after thawing it out in the fridge) we had a taste of this cookie dough straight from the container, it didn’t last long enough to make …
We’ve known about the new Häagen-Dazs non-dairy line, but this is the first time we’ve tried it (naturally, we waited until midwinter — but in fact it’s never too cold for ice cream). Häagen-Dazs has six non-dairy flavors and two non-dairy bars — so there’s a lot to try! We began with Dark Chocolate Crunchy Peanut …
These were discovered by one of our tasters at our local Costco — and anything sweet, chocolatey, and vegan is always worth trying. These “heavenly hunks” got mixed reviews among us: Our original taster didn’t like them, despite a fondness for coconut, and our next taster (me) thought they were very good — sweet enough to …