Last night, I made babies.
Lots of babies.
Lots and lots of yummy babies.
Lots and lots of these: Chocolate Peanut Butter Babies.
Initially, the chocolate balls were to be a Christmas present for a friend on a gluten-free diet. But then I got on a baby-making roll; now all my friends are getting chocolate peanut butter babies for Christmas!
Wah wah wah.
To add color and variety, I also made a few batches of these:
Nut-free: Girl-Scout Cookie Truffles.
If you’re looking for a last-minute gift idea, these truffles are awesome: they ship well, and they’re a cinch to make!
Question of the Day:
What gifts are you giving your friends this year?
Do you have your holiday shopping done? Last week, my roommate and I went to the mall in an attempt to find Christmas presents for all our friends. But every store seemed to be selling the exact same things. How many bottles of hand sanitizer or body lotion does a person need?
So I gave up and decided to make gifts this year. (My roommate also gave up at the mall, opting to do her shopping online. Amazon.com is dangerous; you could spend a fortune on there!)
Surely you have posted about this before, but I like to melt some dark chocolate to dip the truffles in. Gives them a nice crunchy contrast to the creamy truffley-ness inside! Mmmm. Trader Joe’s sells the best unsweetened cocoa mass discs for melting. Mmmm. Oh wait, I already said that. 🙂
Holy hell, Katie – I bought dates when I saw your gingerbread man in a photo a few weeks back but never bit into them. The stars aligned when Mike yelled from the kitchen, “What’s with all the dates? Are you going to eat all of these?” and then your facebook post showed up. I saw it had three ingredients and figured it was worth a shot – but how could it possibly taste like cookie dough? And magically, it does. Insane.
LOL
I always buy dates in bulk when they’re on sale. Then I second guess myself, wondering if I’ll be able to use them. But somehow, they always get used! 🙂
That’s a good idea- I probably spent $12 on two small packages; I had no idea what they should cost. I think he liked the peanut butter truffles though, I can’t seem to find half of them….
I find the SunMaid ones for only $2 (when on sale) per package, and I actually like them better anyway… or rather, my blender likes them better because they’re softer ;).
I’m an Amazon shopper all the way! And I’m making chocolatey cookies tonight for a vegetarian friend, a third (and hopefully final) recipe test!
They look awesome, Email me the recipe so I can make them for Christmas!!
Here is the recipe: https://lett-trim.today/2009/10/30/peanut-butter-babies/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
as always, katie, you are a rockstar. a chocolate-covered star the size of Mars.
thank you for posting! you’ve inspired my primal baking senses awake, and my apron(s) to get dirty. maybe someday we can collaborate on a recipe — I’ve recently made a grain-free, sugar free, chocolately cookie that can be made into linzer shapes and (probably) spread with some kind of jam. i’m thinking marmalade, or home-made vegan COCOA-HAZELNUT SPREAD 😉
I just found your blog last week and I’m SO glad I did! I’ve already made probably 6 or 7 of your recipes and every single one has been delicious. I even got my boyfriend to try them (despite their being vegan) and he agrees! Have you ever thought about making a vegan version of Nutella? Nutella dip, pancakes, shakes, cookies… it’d be a dream! Keep up the great work! 🙂
I definitely want to try making homemade Nutella! It’s on my to-do list… and then I can make nutella cookies! 🙂
I’m actually making coconut butter for my friends. Ive been talking about using it so much, they want to try it too!
These are really cute! For my friends, I made them each individual batches of holiday chocolate bark… because really, who doesn’t love chocolate as a gift? I had a lot of fun and each recipe came out SO delicious!
You can check them out here: {http://ohshineon.com/2011/12/15/christmas-time-in-little-grey/}
Happy Holidays, Katie!
I love baby making…especially the chocolate nutty kind 🙂
Happy Holidays!!!
Katie, I would be so bored during Christmas break if I hadn’t found your blog. My mom (half-jokingly) told me the other day that she would take my computer away if I didn’t stop looking at recipes. Since the beginning of this month I’ve made the chocolate bar pie (for my small group; I commented on the post about that experience), the mint chocolate chip milkshake (twice….in the past week. I love it), the melted-banana-in-the-oatmeal trick, and most recently, the raw chocolate chip cookie dough babies. Oh, and I used your apple pancake recipe to make waffles.
Anyways, let me tell you about the babies. 🙂 I’d seen the posts before and the dates just threw me off, so I didn’t want to try them. Plus, dates aren’t something we keep in the pantry (unless we’re talking about dates of the male variety; in that case, we can hardly get the doors closed (: ). My mom (I’m 19. I mention my mom a lot and sound like a tween, but I’m not. haha. I just love her.) was taking a lonnnnng time at the grocery store so I just wandered over to the dried fruit aisle….you get the idea. Made them last night. I ate those babies like the world was ending. So.Addicting. My little sister (17 years old) liked them, too (she likes healthy stuff like me).
Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that I love your recipes and although I don’t think I could ever be a true vegan, I’ve been eating like one because of you. haha. Have a great day, sweetheart!
Awww Becca, thank you SO much for such a sweet comment!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season… you just made mine so bright!