Vegan day 81: Vegan SMORES

Warning lol: THIS IS NOT HEALTHY! BUT IT IS VEGAN!
I get excited when I see marshmallows! It all goes back to when I was a little girl. I would sell chocolate covered marshmallows on the neighborhood street corner like kids sell lemonade- the only problem was that I ate at least half of them. That could have been where my sugar habits began but my Mom and Dad both said NO- they caught me with chocolate all over myself at about age 2! I was sitting on the living room floor in my party dress with a box of chocolate all over me and my little black poodle, Monique licking the chocolate off my face. For the record- no chocolate for dogs!


Most of my childhood though, I was a sugar kid with the focus on candy not necessarily chocolate. It actually wasn’t until I went healthy that chocolate became an everyday love affair. 


Let’s get right to the calculations though- your average chocolate bar, one of mine being ALTER ECO 85% organic dark chocolate is about 250 calories per serving with 2.5 servings in the bar. That means you have to break 1/3 of that bar into 1/2 lol- and then, and only then- you can eat chocolate every day! hehe

The marshmallow craze started with selling them on a street corner but it also extended through many a day of fluffernutter (check out the commercial haha)  sandwiches, marshmallow rice crispy treats, sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving with marshmallows and summertime SMORES. Thanks to toaster ovens and microwaves- SMORES can be any season now! (For the record- I dumped my microwave years ago – so toaster oven it was for me.) 

I am a fan of Sweet & Sara. 
I tracked them down after searching for vegan graham crackers (no honey) to make Alicia Silverstone’s peanut butter cups– an earlier blog. This company has an amazing marshmallow sampler (no gelatin).


So here I am looking for a snack- I had vegan graham crackers, vegan marshmallows and vegan chocolate– so I just had too! I really better go for an extra long walk tomorrow or maybe even a jog!






Disclaimer: The information given here is for educational purposes only. You should not use this to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified health care provider.
[Wednesday 21st 2012 blog]