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Chocolate Pumpkin Loaves (Vegan and Gluten Free)

September 23, 2015May 28, 2017 Melissa King 32 Comments

Chocolate Pumpkin Loaves. I have many pumpkin recipes, but I haven’t made a chocolate pumpkin recipe until now. My husband is a huge chocolate fan, so these chocolate pumpkin vegan loaves were right up his alley.

I am not that into chocolate (gasp!), so I prefer the eat my regular pumpkin muffins. These got his stamp of approval though!

If you want to boost the chocolate flavor even more, you can add in some dark chocolate chips.

These Chocolate Pumpkin Loaves are vegan and gluten free. Super simple to make too. If you don’t have a mini loaf pan, you can also make these as muffins. Just adjust the cooking time to about 10 minutes.

Iced Pumpkin Cookies

September 13, 2015 Melissa King 26 Comments

I am a lover of all things pumpkin. How about you? Especially when we are talking about healthy pumpkin recipes. These Iced Pumpkin Cookies are made healthier. You would never guess by the taste. These remind of those sinful soft batch cookies from the grocery store. You know the kind I am talking about, right? Back in the day, I could inhale a lot of those!! This is my healthier, pumpkin version of those cookies. I hope you enjoy them as well.

These cookies are vegan, gluten free and even paleo approved! All you need is a few simple ingredients.

Pumpkin Chai Donuts

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 Melissa King 23 Comments

I am just loving the flavor of these pumpkin chai donuts! I have been into all things chai flavored lately. First there was my flourless chai sandwich cookies and then my coconut vanilla chai ice cream. Now these delectable donuts. These are vegan and gluten free. The chai flavor was perfect with the pumpkin. I hope you enjoy it as well. If you are not into chai flavors, but love pumpkin, you can always make these muffins instead.

If you donut have a donut pan, you can always make these into muffins. You may have to adjust the cooking time though. These would also be delicious with this frosting recipe spread on top.

Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015 Melissa King 53 Comments

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!

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. 🙂

Pumpkin Raspberry Oat Bars (Vegan)

October 29, 2014May 30, 2017 Melissa King 30 Comments

Pumpkin Raspberry Oat Bars. Wow these are so good! The other day, I came across this recipe in the Facebook recipe group I run.

The original recipe has much more oil than I typically use. It’s also not gluten free. So I made my Pumpkin Raspberry Oat Bars gluten free with 1/4 of the oil.

I also changed a few other things. The recipe came out fabulous! You can custom create your own flavors by changing up the jam.

I used some raspberry chia jam for my filling, but any jam would do well.

Once again this is a recipe I used sorghum flour in. I like it’s cakey texture and I thought oat flour with rolled oats might be too much oat flavor.

Feel free to use gluten free oat flour if you like. I am sure it will work great too. These bars are gluten free and vegan.

If you are not a fan of pumpkin, you could probably use sweet potato or butternut squash puree as well. Applesauce may be another option for you.

Pumpkin Coconut Butter (Vegan)

October 13, 2014May 25, 2017 Melissa King 23 Comments

Pumpkin Coconut Butter is awesome!! Have you tried coconut butter?

It’s so amazing. It’s melt in your mouth delicious. I use coconut butter in a lot of my raw desserts. So I decided to create a Fall inspired coconut butter recipe.

That is how this pumpkin coconut butter came to be. It would make a great spread for toast, you could swirl it in overnight oats or even melt is and drizzle on pancakes or ice cream. Yum!

Of course if you don’t want to use this dreamy coconut butter in all of my suggestions above, you could just eat it with a spoon! I’m not gonna lie. I had a few spoonfuls of this in the process of making it.

Hey, I got to taste test right? 🙂 This coconut butter is vegan, gluten free and paleo. Just about everyone can enjoy it. You can whip it up in minutes!