Pages

▼

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Rocky Road!

My friend Misti had a baby shower over the weekend, and though none of the hosts were vegan, they were all so concerned that I found something to eat at the snack table. I told them all I needed was hummus with pita chips and a cocktail (yes, this was a fun baby shower ... the kind with liquor). That's plenty to make me happy.

But I knew the fancy, two-tiered, fondant-covered cake wouldn't be vegan, so I brought along some vegan cookies to share — Rocky Road Cookies from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar:

These cocoa cookies were flecked with semi-sweet and white chocolate chips and roasted almonds. I'd been hoarding a few bags of vegan white chocolate chips that Panda Cookie had given me at a Nashville vegan potluck last year, and this was a great way to use some.

The cookies were soft and super-chocolatey. And the almond extract in the recipe gave them a really unique taste. But they didn't hold together so well. If not picked up gently, the cookies would fall apart.

But none of the omnivores at the party seemed to care if their cookies fell apart. One guy even proclaimed, after sampling a few, that he would go vegan if all vegan food tasted like those cookies! Score.
at

12 comments:

  1. dreaminitveganNovember 6, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Those cookies look so good. I need to get my hands on white chocolate chips...lucky girl.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sal - AlienOnToastNovember 7, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    Those are my favourite cookies ever. Every time I make them my (omni) friends go crazy for them.

    ReplyDelete
  3. foodfeudNovember 7, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    Ooh nice! I haven't made those yet because whenever I find vegan white chocolate chips I make biscotti from that book. Those are pretty sturdy. Maybe they fell apart from being so loaded up?

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete
  5. JennaNovember 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Yay for cookie activism! :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. Jess of Midwest VeganNovember 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Ahh... the elusive vegan white chocolate chip... One of these days I'm gonna get my hands on them, one of these days...

    Those cookies look good too! I wouldn't mind if mine fell apart either. :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. AngelaNovember 7, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Hey, just found your blog via onegreenplanet.org. I'm a new vegan from Arkansas, living in Colorado now. I'm very much looking forward to your cookbook and perusing your blog! So fun.

    ReplyDelete
  8. LizNovember 7, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    those cookies look delicious, i'm not a big fan of almond flavored things but throw in chocolate chips and i'm converted

    ReplyDelete
  9. KatieNovember 7, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    Why that's quite a compliment!

    ReplyDelete
  10. EvolveWithFlavorNovember 7, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    Pretty awesome looking. Vegan deserts are really pretty hard to make, I salute you.

    Rich
    Co-Creator
    http://www.evolvewithflavor.com

    ReplyDelete
  11. morganbbNovember 7, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Love that vegan cookie cookbook! Even the basic chocolate chip one's in there are way better than any regular chocolate chip cookie I've ever had.

    ReplyDelete
  12. pret cadastruNovember 8, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    I like this recipe a lot, it is one of my favourites. I`ve tried it this morning and it was very good, thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete

I live for your comments!! Seriously. I'm waiting right now for you to write something.