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No-Bake Vegan S’mores Pie (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

June 22, 2020 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 20 Comments

This easy no-bake Vegan S’mores Pie is made with a gluten-free graham cracker crust, a rich dairy-free chocolate pudding, and topped with homemade marshmallow fluff! This allergy-free, low sugar, & kid-friendly summer dessert recipe is the way to have your s’more without the campfire!

A sweet slice of summer you can enjoy indoors? The dessert of long summer nights around the campfire, the curiously delicious combination of crunchy graham cracker, rich melty chocolate, and sticky sweet toasted marshmallow! Perhaps you find yourself stuck indoors or just don’t have the privilege of a yard or firepit to have that full “s’more experience”. Or, in our case, you’re gluten-free, vegan, and have food allergies. Let’s just make a big s’mores pie to satisfy everyone, shall we?Read More

How to Make Homemade Gluten-Free Cookie Butter (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

December 16, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 30 Comments

Homemade cookie butter is so easy to make! This Gluten-Free Cookie Butter recipe is vegan, allergy-free, and can be made with any cookies you have on hand! This healthy copycat of your favorite Trader Joe’s spread will be a new sweet treat or snack for the whole family to enjoy!

Cookie butter! Have you ever had it? I was gluten-free way before it became a trendy “thing” via it’s rise to Trader Joe’s stardom. It’s everything you love about cookies, but as a spread which you can slather on just about anything you want to make a little more…naughty. Think of it as a sugar/carb-based nut butter. A dessert spread for sure, but a scoop to tame the midnight munchies works too!Read More

Southern Vegan Banana Pudding (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

September 2, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 58 Comments

A 100% homemade, from-scratch, Southern Vegan Banana Pudding! This gluten-free, allergy-free, sugar-free twist on the old-fashioned classic dessert is too easy not to make! A no-bake recipe with layers of vanilla wafers, banana slices, vanilla pudding, and sweet creamy fluff!

Not to be confused with banana cream pie; banana pudding holds its own in cool, creamy sweet Southern desserts! Crunchy sweet vanilla wafer cookies, slices of fresh banana, creamy vanilla pudding, and sweet whipped cream. Let the layers mingle together in the fridge, the cookies soften, and you have a dreamy scoop of no-bake heaven to serve up to your guests. Here’s a twist…let’s take the old-fashioned classic and make it vegan, gluten-free, and top allergen-free!Read More

Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Skewers (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

July 15, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 62 Comments

What’s better than a chocolate-covered strawberry? Chocolate Covered Strawberries on a Stick! Turn the classic chocolate treat into a fun, fruity, handheld dessert, fit for any celebration! This quick & easy skewer recipe is gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, and paleo with just 2 ingredients. A perfect kid-friendly way to decorate, serve, and eat!

Have you ever turned down a chocolate-covered strawberry? (I’ll answer for you…) I don’t think so! They’re the easiest “fancy” dessert! At least, I’ve always associated them with a fancy treat. When you cover anything in a thick glossy layer of chocolate, you can turn any mundane ingredient into a devilishly decadent delicacy! You might typically associate chocolate-covered fruit with Valentine’s Day, but when it’s summer and ALL the berries are just prime and overflowing in your fridge, I think that’s the best time to do some chocolate dipping!Read More

Oat-Free No-Bake Granola Bars (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Allergy-Free)

July 1, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 52 Comments

These 3-ingredient no-bake granola bars are so easy to make! This recipe for healthy homemade granola bars is oat-free, gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free! These chewy bars make a great grab-and-go breakfast or kid-friendly snack! They’re sugar-free and naturally sweet, plus packed with protein and nut-free!

You know those moments when you’re like, “Why didn’t I think of this sooner!?” This is one of those times. Oats are the foundation of any good granola bar, but the hardest grain for a celiac to digest even when they are safe and 100% purity protocol. Noshing into a big ‘ole granola bar doesn’t sit well for many of us. Alternatives to the famed granola bar would be bars made from nuts and loads of sticky refined sugar. Granola bars are not so allergy-friendly, nor are many of the store-bought versions healthy. But what if we could change that with a healthy, homemade, no-bake recipe?Read More