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New Orleans Gluten-Free King Cake (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

February 18, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 28 Comments

Carnival season in New Orleans means it’s time to bake up a King Cake for Mardi Gras! This Gluten-Free King Cake recipe is vegan, allergy-free, lightened-up, and low in sugar! A rich brioche-style cake ring with a sweet, buttery filling, decorated with icing and bold colored sugar crystals! A classic Fat Tuesday dessert everyone will love!

Mardi Gras always sneaks up on me every year and I never end up getting around to creating a gluten-free king cake recipe! Not this year! I’ve had this recipe planned to test out since I dropped the ball last year. King cake is full of rich culture and contrary to what you may think, not an exclusive treat to just New Orleans. King cake is a broad term that many cultures use for the cake that celebrates the end of the Christmas season and/or pre-Lenten festivities. However, if you’re from the United States, that iconic purple, green, and gold sugary sparkle automatically bring to mind Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras!Read More

Gluten-Free Baked Mini Powdered Doughnuts (Sugar-Free, Paleo, Vegan, Allergy-Free) Copycat Hostess Donettes

February 11, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 36 Comments

Want to make your own homemade copycat Hostess Donettes? This recipe for Gluten-Free Baked Mini Powdered Doughnuts is just the thing! These donuts are sugar-free, grain-free, paleo, vegan, allergy-free, and only require 8 ingredients to make! A healthy dessert or snack perfect for little hands or your own nostalgic indulgence!

Mini powdered doughnuts were a household favorite growing up! When mom brought a bag of Hostess Powdered Donettes home, you know our fingers were coated in powdered sugar before she could even set the bag down! There was nothing better than licking the powdered sugar off your fingers after eating some of those mini doughnuts! I always thought of them as the sweet sister to the savory Cheetos or Doritos finger-licking snack necessity. If you didn’t lick the powder off…did you even snack? (I should also note that the powdered sugar Donettes were the superior variety over the chocolate frosted by far!)Read More

Homemade Copycat Gluten-Free Vegan Hostess Twinkies (Allergy-Free)

February 4, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 25 Comments

A healthier and allergy-free recipe for the iconic cream-filled golden snack cake. Homemade Copycat Gluten-Free Vegan Hostess Twinkies! These sweet little sponge cakes are easy to make, kid-friendly, sugar-free, and won’t last forever! They’re a great dessert or nostalgic lunchbox treat!

No more crying now! If we can all have Twinkies and feel good about eating them, I think we’ll all be able to have a few more moments of joy throughout our weeks! What do you think? I thought it was time for some healthier gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free Hostess Twinkies! Homemade copycat versions of our favorite snack cakes are not only fun to make, but delicious and essential for “sweet treat inclusivity”!Read More

Gluten-Free Vegan Double Chocolate Chunk Brownie Cookies (Allergy-Free)

January 28, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 71 Comments

A chocolate lover’s dream! These Gluten-Free Vegan Double Chocolate Chunk Brownie Cookies are everything you love about chocolate chip cookies and brownies combined! Allergy-free, soft & cakey, but still fudgy and full of melty chocolate chunks, this hybrid dessert recipe is the ultimate chocolate overload!

Why are decisions so hard? Chocolate chip cookies, double chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chunk cookies, brownies, chocolate chunk brownies, AH! They say you can’t have it all, but “they” don’t know what they’re talking about! When it comes to out-of-this-world gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free treats, Strength and Sunshine always finds a way to deliver the goods! So, combining the best of all chocolatey worlds, Double Chocolate Chunk Brownie Cookies were the solution!Read More

Gluten-Free Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie (Vegan, Paleo, Allergy-Free)

January 7, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 42 Comments

Grab a spoon and dive into this warm, ooey gooey, Gluten-Free Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie! It’s vegan, grain-free and paleo, allergy-free, low in sugar, with crispy edges and a melty middle. A perfect healthier decadent dessert recipe for two; pair it with dairy-free ice cream or whipped cream for an ultimate sweet experience!

What’s better than a thick, ooey gooey, soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie? How about one that’s baked in a mini cast iron skillet, topped with some vegan ice cream or whipped cream, and eaten with a spoon (and a friend…if they’re lucky!) Your gluten-free dessert dreams are about to come true and just because no one is ever left out here on Strength and Sunshine, this deep dish chocolate chip skillet cookie is vegan, paleo, allergy-free, grain-free, and sugar-free (minus the chocolate chips!)Read More