Healthy Halloween "candy" Remember these for your holiday parties as well!

 While everyone else is munching on sugary CANDY have some, or all, of these handy and ready to go when a craving hits!!!!

You can HAVE YOUR CANDY AND EAT IT TOO!!!!!

Chocolate-Raspberry Fudge Bites

80g raspberries (2/3cup)

3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (16g)
4 tbsp coconut butter
Scant 1/16th tsp salt
Sweetener: 2 tbsp stevia (20-30g)

Melt your coconut butter, then add the raspberries (I like to use frozen, thawed berries and melt them a little too).  Add all other ingredients.  Mash until it’s completely smooth, like chocolate butter. (If you wish, you can use a blender, but I never do. I just put it all in a Magic Bullet short cup and mash with a spoon. Use as frosting, or fridge/freeze. (If you freeze, be sure to thaw before eating.) This makes a very small serving, so if you want a regular-sized cake, make a bigger batch!! (Triple or quadruple for a normal-sized cake pan.)

You can eat the entire serving above!!!!!!

Calories: 180
Added Sugars: 0g
Protein Grams: .5

Fudge Babies

(paleo fudge balls)

1 c walnuts (120 grams)
1 and 1/3 cups pitted dates (220 grams) (I often use SunMaid dates, which are super-soft.)
1 tsp vanilla extract
optional: pinch of salt (I always add this.)
3-4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (or even Dutch cocoa)
Stevia to taste

Blend all the ingredients, using a food processor, Magic Bullet, etc. (No need to blend the dates first; I just blend everything all at once in a Cuisinart food processor, which works much better than a blender.) Roll into cutey-pie little balls. (Use plastic wrap if you wish, or smush it all together in a plastic bag so it’ll stay together better.) Or, if you want true brownies, shape the dough into bars!

*2 "bouncy ball" size fudge babies equal 1 serving

Apples or Pears with Date “Caramel” Sauce

Serves: 4
2 large or 3 medium crisp, sweet apples,
or 2 large firm sweet pears, thinly sliced


Date “caramel” sauce
1/2 cup pitted dates (medjool or deglet)
1/4 cup unsweetened nondairy milk (very good with almond or coconut)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

stevia to taste

Arrange the apple or pear slices on a platter, slightly overlapping.

Place the dates in a mug or bowl and cover them with boiling water. Let stand for 10 minutes, then drain.

Combine the dates with the nondairy milk in a food processor, or in the container that comes with an immersion blender. Process until quite smooth, either in the food processor or with the immersion blender. I don’t recommend a blender, simply because it’s a very small amount, and it’s more difficult to get it out from the bottom of the container. Transfer to a small serving bowl.
drizzled fruit with the date sauce.

*** A serving is the equivalent of 1 peace of fruit, so eat 1 apple, or 1 pear with the Carmel sauce.

You can also use this sauce for caramel popcorn!!!!

*Simply pop some "healthy pop" popcorn.  Or if you have a popcorn popper, fresh popcorn,  and drizzle the sauce over the top!

Frozen Yogurt-Covered Blueberries 

Ingredients
1/2 cup Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt
1 tbs lemon juice, plus the zest of 1 lemon 

1 TBS stevia
~1/3 cup Blueberries, fresh (rinsed, dried and picked over), you can use raspberries, grapes, strawberries as well.

Instructions
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and reserve space in your freezer for the pan, set aside.
In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, stevia and lemon/lemon zest
Poke a blueberry with a toothpick, dip in the yogurt, and push the berry off the toothpick with another toothpick. Do this with all of the blueberries, and put the pan in the freezer for 1-2 hours, or until frozen. Put the blueberries into a sandwich bag and store in the fridge or freezer.

Notes


This recipe is: sugar free, low fat!

Nature’s Sweet & Sour Candies 

When I was little my favorite thing was penny candies. The ultimate penny candies were the sweet and sour varieties.

Now that I’m older and in-tune with my body I don’t like the effects of packaged candy in my body. However, I found myself missing the flavor of that intense sweet mixed with the fresh sour. In comes this incredibly simple (I don’t know if you can even call it) recipe.

Only two ingredients… Ready? All you sweet and sour candy lovers are going to love me for this! Oh, and it’s raw vegan, unprocessed and straight from nature.



Here it is:

Sweet purple grapes with fresh squeezed lemon over top.

I use one lemon for 1 bowl of grapes.

This is incredibly simple and is so delicious. If you are like me and enjoy a contrast of flavors this sweet and sour, raw vegan, all-natural snack will be a life saver.

1.5 cups is an awesome meal 2 snack option.