Diary of a dairy-free revolution
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 … Read more
On a visit to Whole Foods, we discovered a new vegan snack: Biena Baked Chickpea Puffs in Vegan Ranch flavor. These puffs are light but rather flavorless, and not really substantial enough to feel like a great snack. We didn’t even finish the bag (which, for this group of tasters, is usually unthinkable). So, while … Read more
One of our tasters glimpsed these cassava root chips from Plant Snacks, a company that makes natural snacks from cassava root flour. All its chips are vegan (as well as free of nuts wheat, and soy). And while these are quite good, they’re not outstanding. For such a natural product, we felt that these vegan … Read more
After slightly mixed reviews of E&C’s Oatmeal Dark Chocolate, we thought it would be worth trying another flavor. These cranberry white chip hunks are lovely; thanks to the abundance of oatmeal, they feel healthy, and the coconut flavor isn’t overpowering as it is in the dark chocolate variety. These bite-sized squares and are also gluten-free … Read more
It was fun to find this gigantic bag of vegan coconut clusters at Costco (where we’d also discovered Hippeas). It’s hard to decide what’s better — the discovery of this snack, or the fact that there’s another organic vegan snack food available at Costco. This snack is best for serious coconut people; the coconut flavor … Read more
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 … Read more