smores!

Vegan smores! From Sweet & Sara. Arguably the most awesome sweet ever.

brookies (aka brownies meet cookies)

Homemade brookies: chocolate chip cookies baked into brownies. A vegan version of the newest contender for Brooklyn's official cookie.

open-faced coconut chipwich

Open-faced vegan and gluten free chipwich, courtesy of Allison: chocolate chip cookie topped with coconut icing and chocolate chips. In background, vegan black and white cookies.

coconut lemon rice pudding

Coconut milk & lemon rice pudding topped with candied apricots and almond slivers, from Adams Mountain Cafe in Manitou Springs, Colorado.

dulce de guayaba

Dulce de guayaba sandwiched between cookie wafers, direct from Colombia.

chocolate covered pretzel brownie

Brownie topped with faux meringue, chocolate puff, and white-chocolate covered pretzel. Totally vegan, totally amazing. From Atlas Cafe in New York.

chocolate wafer bars

Dark chocolate wafer bars, courtesy of Q bel. Light and crispy wafers sandwiched around smooth chocolate cream, coated by a shell of dark chocolate. A perfect combination of textures... now they just need to make some of those other flavors vegan :)

sugarplums

Fantastic sugarplums, courtesy of Sandy. Made from chopped dates, dried figs, prunes, dried cherries, raisins, grated coconut, chocolate, and sugar.

lemon meringue pie

Vegan lemon meringue pie, from Karyn's Cooked in Chicago. The lemon part was smooth and tasty, the meringue was good too but more like whipped cream than meringue... harder to replicate I suppose.

wine ice cream

Amazing dairy-free ice cream from Helados Miranda, in Cafayate, Argentina. Clockwise from the top, cabernet (red wine), torrontés (white wine), tuna fruit, and peach. They all tasted exactly as they should - as if having a sip of wine or a bite of tuna fruit or peach. Don't try too much of the wine flavors before driving - they pack a punch!

chocolate cupcake

From The Green Beanery in Toronto. As rich as it looks.

korean mochi

Sweet and gooey Korean dumplings filled with red bean, black bean, and mugwort paste.

purple yam with ice cream

The dessert for our Filipino dinner: Sweet purple yam jam with vanilla So Delicious soy ice cream. So delicious indeed!!

Boardwalk Chocolates

Fabulous vegan chocolates from Boardwalk Chocolates in Toronto. Clockwise from top (if I remember correctly): chocolate mint, gingerbread caramel, peanut butter marshmallow, and hazelnut. Thanks Siue!

Bánh Cóm (Sticky Rice)

A Vietnamese treat: two layers of green glutinous rice sandwiched around sweet mung bean paste, with coconut on top. Purchased in Chinatown, Toronto. As tasty as it is fluorescent!

Apricot Galette

German chocolate cake

Homemade for Lisa's birthday party - see recipe

chocolate peanut butter bomb

From Atlas Cafe & Bakery, in New York.

coconut sweets

Colombian coconut treats, from Cartagena's Portal de los Dulces (Hallway of Sweets). On the left is a cassava/yuca patty stuffed with candied shredded coconut. On the middle is a pineapple and coconut ball, and on the right is a fig, sesame, and coconut ball.

tapioca soft cake

Ectoplasmic Vietnamese treats from Toronto's Chinatown. Not only are they gooey and seemingly luminescent, but also tasty! Moderately sweet gel permeated with coconut shavings, surrounding a rich yellow bean paste core.