But first, I have an important question to ask:
Cake or Frosting?
Even as a little kid, I was a frosting-over-cake girl; I always vied for those frosting roses. Did any of y’all do that? (I’m not sure I even liked the taste; they were just so gosh-darn pretty!)
Anyway, in my exuberance about the Raw Chocolate-Raspberry Cake, I forgot to mention that you don’t have to make it a cake. You can do this…
Or chocolate-raspberry fudge frosting.
Try this on top of Banana Pancakes for One.
If you dare. You might never want to eat anything else ever again. Or skip the pancakes and opt for straight-up frosting shots. Yeah, frosting shots. And if you’re looking for something with which to wash down said shots, I’ve gotcha covered. Or, rather, Silk’s gotcha covered:
I mentioned the coconut in the New Product Alerts page awhile back, but hadn’t yet tried it.
Unsweetened Almondmilk:
Silk came out with plain, vanilla, and chocolate almond milks a few months ago, but did you know that they now have an unsweetened one as well?
It’s my newest-favorite thing! I’ve always loved Almond Breeze, but this milk is like three times creamier! Plus, it’s fortified with vitamin B12. (Almond Breeze is not.) Price-wise, Silk also holds an edge ($3.50 for 8 cups as opposed to AB’s $2 for 4 cups when on sale).
Coconutmilk:
I love coconut. Did you know? Yeah, um, unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you did. (And even those of you rock-dwellers have probably heard by now.) So I was surprised to find I didn’t like the So Delicious brand’s coconut milk beverage. Even the sweetened one, I found to to be watery and bland. Good news, though: Silk Coconutmilk is much thicker. Even my dairy-drinking mom likes it! I bet it’d be really good in oatmeal!
Final thoughts… and opinions welcome:
I know Silk is owned by Dean Foods, who also happens to be the biggest dairy-seller in the US. I’m not sure how I feel about this… but I think their clout and reputation in the dairy industry give them the ability to make products like soymilk more mainstream (for example: Silk commercials, advertisements in magazines, and availability at places like Starbucks and Wal-Mart). And more easily-accessible vegan products means more people will be turned on to them, which will eventually translate to fewer animal products consumed. Obviously, there are positives and negatives (and I haven’t done much research on them, so if anyone wants to leave their own thoughts on the issue, I’d be happy to hear others’ opinions). But I’m just excited to see non-dairy milks are becoming so popular that even the big dairy guys are taking notice!
Speaking of milk, I thought I’d give a preview of tomorrow’s post:
Hint: It is not a Cookie Dough Milkshake.
What’s your favorite milk?
And do you ever drink it straight-up?
I hated drinking milk when I was little. My mom had to put food coloring or cocoa powder in it to entice me. But now, I really love a big glass of almond milk!
OOH, that looks AMAZING.
And thanks for the SILK update. I’ll have to give their new almond mil, a try.
Its funny that you would mention this today because I have been making my own almond milk for a few weeks now, and just today I was debating whether or not it would be okay to leave out the sweeteners… I usually use either dates or agave syrup, so today I put in just 1/8 cup agave instead of the full 1/4 cup that is called for.. I will taste it tomorrow and hope for the best 🙂
BTW – the milkshakes? YUM!! I tried your Thin Mint one, then I tried the Cookie Dough. Then I combined them.. then I added a few other ingredients.. NOW, I have the most delicious (even if it isn’t the prettiest) shake for (too) many meals 🙂 THANK YOU for the ideas! I’m super excited for the cake batter one, too 🙂
Thin mint cookie dough? Woah, that sounds too good for words! Thank YOU for such a yummy idea! 🙂
Wow! Silk has coconut now… lovely! I do occasionally buy the SoDelicious Coconut milk, vanilla flavor… but mostly because my lil man LOVES IT. I pretty much only use milk in my lil ol iced lattes, lol, and I don’t like the coconut for that – agreed – too watery! But perhaps I’ll give the new Silk one a try!
I was always so dang dairy intolerant as a kid I didn’t drink cow’s milk either. Sometimes just for cereal, and then I never drank the milk, just ate the cereal and poured out the milk. So that was never an issue for me. Even to this day, I rarely just ‘drink’ a glass of a non-dairy milk. I use it IN stuff. And when I DO have just plain milk, it’s almost always with cookies *giggle* 🙂
(You know, ironically, the ‘foodbuzz’ ad on your post as I was reading was for Hidden Valley Ranch! Blech. Hahhhaha!)
haha blech indeed! But at least they’ve stopped putting meat ads up there! I had to email them about that like ten times!
Ew! I’d definitely write to them about that too! Yuckers!
I’m definitely a frosting person….as long as its the good frosting, not over sugary and processed kind! Anyway, frosting shots sound like a good idea to me! =D
Can’t wait for tomorrow’s post!!!!
YUM! the chocolate-raspberry-butter looks fantastic!!! Now I almost regret making your Pina Colada Cupcakes this afternoon 😉 (well…like I said – almost^^)
I´m Definitely frosting girl, as a kid my mum never made cakes with frosting, but since I´m the queen of my own kitchen (well…almost, I share an appartment with 3 boys, but that still makes me the queen^^) I can´t get enough frosting on cakes, I even make them less sweet so I can use more frosting 😀
I always drink a mixture of soy- and oatmilk, as I don´t like the taste of plain soymilk, it reminds me too much of grass…
hahaha I bet they’re happy to let you be the queen, as long as you feed them yummy things every now and then!
CAKESHAKE!!!
I was never much of a Milk drinker. I prefer using it in Banana “Ice Cream,” in Cereal, cooked in my Oats, in Baked Goods, etc. That Coconut Milk sounds really good! 😀
xoxo
Kathleen
yay cake batter!
I been wondering about the taste! Glad it has your seal of approval! I NEVER drank milk, it always made me gag! When I got my wisdom teeth out they wanted me to drink some milk to coat my stomach, but I told them I only drink non-dairy milk and they said it was fine, so I drank a glass of USVAB straight up and it was so good! I actually liked it, which is a huge step from hating all milk:)
I love Silk Almond Milk; it’s kinda funny, I started drinking almondmilk when that came out. I reeeally want to try the Dark Chocolate one but I know I’d want to down the whole thing at once if I had it.
I have the coconut one at home and it is AMAZING! I love how it makes everything taste so good!
You are the queen of yummy treats, Katie 🙂
I like silk’s almond milk (although I recently started making my own, because it’s cheaper!) but I haven’t tried their coconut milk! I can see the conundrum with them being such a large dairy seller, but I guess it does have an upside, since they are more “mainstream”. I get so excited when I see more soymilk/almond milk/coconut milk options!
I love Silk’s vanilla soy. I basically use that exclusively. Tastes so good and it is usually decently priced at my grocery store.
Wow! Thank you for telling me about this! I literally live off unsweetened, vanilla almond milk. I really hope my Kroger carries this.
Also, does ANYone shop at Aldi? They are opening one near me and my dad will start buying from there since it is so much cheeper, but I wanted to know if anybody knew about vegan products there?
Never heard of it! But my Kroger does sell almond milk :).
Well, Aldi owns Trader Joe’s so you might have some luck with vegan stuff there?
O, I didn’t know that. Maybe it will work out well then, and I can save my dad some money.
It’s TJ’s dirty little secret. LOL.
Folks think they are this cute little independent co-op but nope. Big corporate conglomerate – based in Germany. Wiggidy wack!
Good luck!
That frosting picture kills me! It looks amazing. I haven’t tried Silk’s brand of Almond Milk, but HEB is making their own line of almond milk now, too! I like it better than Almond Breeze. And don’t feel bad–I can’t get myself to like coconut milk either. It’s too water-y and bland.
I can’t wait for the cake batter shake!! 🙂