Frosted Carrot Cake Bars

My husband is a huge fan of carrot cake.  I have already made some carrot cake larabars and also a carrot cake baked oatmeal, but I decided to try some Frosted Carrot Cake Bars.  I don’t even like carrot cake, but I thought these came out really good!  They are so easy to make too.  No cooking required!

Frosted Carrot Cake Bars - My Whole Food Life

These frosted carrot cake bars are vegan, gluten free and paleo.  They only take a few minutes to whip up.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake

September is finally here and I am so excited for all things pumpkin.  I am kicking pumpkin season off with this amazing Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake.  This healthier cheesecake is vegan, gluten free and grain free.  You can make it super easily too.  No cooking required!

Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake - My Whole Food Life

This pumpkin chocolate cheesecake is super rich.  It starts with a chocolate/almond crust, then a creamy cheesecake layer, and then it’s topped with more chocolate!  This one is a must try.   If you serve it at a party, no one will ever know it was made healthier with no refined sugar.  Trust me,  it’s that good.  🙂

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Grain Free Twix Bars (Vegan and Paleo)

Grain Free Twix Bars. Twix bars were one of my favorite candy bars back in the day. I already have one twix recipe on my blog, but I wanted to create another one that was grain free with much less ingredients.

That is how I came up with these grain free vegan twix bars.  It was really hard to get a good pic, but I promise you they are delicious!  Super easy too. Only 5 ingredients!

 

Grain Free Twix Bars - My Whole Food Life

 

This recipe has hardly any added sugar at all.  There is some in the chocolate chips and only a little in the crust layer.

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Lemon Coconut Cookie Cups

If you like lemon and coconut, you must try these Lemon Coconut Cookie Cups! The other day in my Facebook group, someone shared a recipe for cookie cups.  Well I saw that and had to make my own version of cookie cups.  These cookie cups are vegan, gluten free and grain free.  They also only contain 5 simple ingredients! If you like all things lemon, then you may also like my Healthy Lemon Tarts or my Lemon Cookie Dough Bites.

Lemon Coconut Cookie Cups - My Whole Food Life

It took me a couple days to be able to shoot the photo for this and Marcus kept begging to eat them! These are absolutely delicious.  I used a coconut whip cream to make the filling.  So yummy!

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Coconut Chai Ice Cream (Vegan, Paleo)

I love homemade ice cream.  There are so many possibilities.  Today I made some Coconut Chai Ice Cream.  I love that I can control the ingredients.

When you invest in an ice cream maker, it quickly pays for itself if you eat ice cream often. Healthy, dairy free and organic ice cream is so expensive!

This ice cream is easy to make with simple ingredients.  If you like homemade ice cream, you may also like my Pecan Caramel Ice Cream or my Apple Pie Ice Cream.

 

Coconut Chai Ice Cream - My Whole Food Life

 

This ice cream is gluten free and vegan.  You can make it in about 20 minutes. Feel free to add in toppings if you like.  It might be good with some chocolate chips or caramel sauce!

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Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes

Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes.  I was on Facebook the other day and I came upon this recipe.

I really liked the idea of using avocado in desserts.  I have had success using it in my flourless brownie bites and my chocolate chip avocado cookies.

So I thought I would attempt cupcakes.  The orginal recipe had way to much sugar and it was also not gluten free.  I came up with a version that has less sugar, is oil free and is gluten free.  It’s also vegan of course!

 

Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes - My Whole Food Life

 

These cupcakes are super rich!  You would never guess they were made healthier.

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