Fave sweet recipe for surprising omnis w/ yummy vegan food?

karichelle · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:05 pm

So...if someone's coworkers have been doing a bit of ribbing about vegan food...I'm thinking the best thing to do is to bring them a really yummy sweet treat, have them devour it, and THEN tell them it's vegan. ;)

But I need a really awesome recipe for this and I haven't done a whole lot of vegan baking. Just a muffin recipe and chocolate chip cookies from VWAV.

What's your go-to recipe for surprising omnis with yummy vegan food?

sisterlegume · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:17 pm

I have made the peanut butter pillows from VCIYCJ several times, and brought them on field trips and classmates were all over them.
I've left them puffy like a pillow, and pushed them down flat, and I prefer when they're flattened, because there's a thin peanut butter layer throughout, instead of getting a big mouthful of peanut butter all at once.

rohai · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:19 pm

Anything from VCTOTW.

radish sandwich · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:58 pm

I second Peanut Butter Pillows for this. I've also had luck with vegan pumpkin cinnamon rolls (http://donteatoffthesidewalk.com/2007/11/08/veganmofo-i-hope-you-have-your-fat-pants-ready/)!

pandacookie · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:02 pm

Peanut butter stuffed chocolate chocolate chip cookies from Papa Tofu.
Rumnog Pecan cookies from V'con
Buckeye Balls from Papa Tofu
Any cupcake with the chocolate mousse frosting from VCTOTW
Vegan Diner lemon blueberry loaf
Vive le Vegan chocolate chip cookies
wedding cookies from VCTOYCJ
Pignoli cookies from VCTOYCJ
Cinnacrunch Muffins from American Vegan Kitchen

allisonbrye · **Joined:** Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:22 pm **Posts:** 158

Margarita cupcakes.

Mexican hot chocolate cupcakes. Someone once told me they were "good. like, really good. not just vegan good."

Fudge! My boyfriend's grandpa really loves this: http://anjisgoodies.com/desserts/vegan-fantasy-fudge/. He didn't even think to ask me if it had tofu in it until months later.

Rhizopus Oligosporus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:39 pm **Posts:** 4588

My friends are seriously obsessed with my mini vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting (vctotw). Even simple variations like vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting, or chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting are not nearly as popular. This perplexes me, because usually chocolate is more popular than vanilla. One friend admitted that it's the fact that my mini cupcakes have more frosting than cupcake that does it for her. But still,it's the vanilla on vanilla action that gets them going "Oh, yeah, Rhizo brought the famous cupcakes! How are these vegan? They are soooooo gooooood!!!!!"
I've also had great luck with vwav Chocolate Raspberry Black Out Cake: V'con lower fat chocolate bunt cake (especially made as a layer cake with amaretto coffee buttercream, lemon coconut bunt cake, (with lots of lemon glaze poured on top and extra on the side for the frosting fiends like me!) and chewy chocolate raspberry cookies; and Viva Vegan Flan (coffee or vanilla/coconut).

Phoenix · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:47 am

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pillows (they're addictive!)
Chai Latte cupcakes or Matcha cupcakes from VCTOTW
mbm's Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Oops, radish sandwich was faster than me. But they are amazing!

Gulliver · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:15 am

I made a white chocolate cake once, which was distressingly good for all involved.

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8528

This is the easiest recipe and it always impresses the hell out of skeptical omnis - the lower fat chocolate bundt cake from vcon. it's super moist, super chocolately and super delish. sprinkled with powdered sugar or a chocolate glaze. it's perfecto!

lepelaar · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:55 am

I second the lemon coconut bundt cake from VCON. I brought this to afternoon tea with some omni friends and they devoured it.

Rhizopus Oligosporus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:39 pm **Posts:** 4588

Gulliver wrote:

I made a white chocolate cake once, which was distressingly good for all involved.

Tell me more about this white chocolate cake! I adore white chocolate, but I've never had it in cake form, and now I need to!

monkeytoes · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:08 am

Really, anything I've baked from Isa and Terry's books has impressed. The VWAV pumpkin muffins are great if you don't want to go the dessert-y route. I have gotten raves for the Mexican chocolate snickerdoodles from VCIYCJ, the raspberry blackout cake from VWAV, the apple peanut butter caramel bar things from Vcon, along with everything I've made from VCTOTW.

bexsa · **Joined:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:32 pm **Posts:** 145

I make the raspberry chocolate chip blondies from VWAV all the time. I've had many, many omnis ask for the recipe, and then they make it to take somewhere and then THEY get asked for the recipe. They're quick to make too. Doooo it!

Norelle · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:29 pm **Posts:** 252

the hearty spiced cocoa muffins from joy of vegan baking turned out phenomenal for me. they were definitely more cake-like than muffin-like, so i'd just throw some awesome frosting on there all piped up real pretty.

gaia13 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:02 pm **Posts:** 1674

The Raspberry Blackout Cake(VWAV) is always a huge hit w/omnis.

aiee · **Joined:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:39 pm **Posts:** 239

yes to the raspberry blackout cake and lemon coconut bundt cake.

I'd add the peanut butter blondies from vctoyj - so easy and delicious. I had a co-worker who does not cook ask me for the recipe, claiming they were so delicious that he would learn how to make them.

chaioli · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:40 am

Replace the fat/oil in a baked good recipe with cocoa butter. It works. I made blondies once with cocoa butter, and my boyfriend went nuts. Well, he's vegan, but whatever.

Gulliver · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:13 am

chaioli wrote:

Replace the fat/oil in a baked good recipe with cocoa butter. It works. I made blondies once with cocoa butter, and my boyfriend went nuts. Well, he's vegan, but whatever.

I've had both good and bad results doing this. It does not work in pancakes...

kdub · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:27 am

I'll third raspberry blackout cake. Over the holidays, I made the pumpkin brownie from vciycj and chocolate pumpkin loaf from Isa's blog a few times... both with rave reviews! You also can't go wrong with a basic cupcake all fancied up, because who can resist that?!

MichelleMaBelle · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:56 pm **Posts:** 14

Definitely the chocolate peanut butter pillows. I've made them many times with great success. They also work great with other nut butters. I've tried sunflower seed butter and almond butter.

annak · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:49 pm

Stop wasting your time on Omnis and bake for *meeeeee*!

I second pretty much anything that's been mentioned. I also love Vegan Cookie Connoisseur.

happyfaced · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:33 pm

i veganized a martha stewart carrot cake sandwich cookie recipe almost 2 years ago and i still get requests for them and raves 'bout 'em. they're pretty darn easy to make, too!

and i second anything from VCTOTW being the bestest!

Lil_Witch_Kitty · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:37 pm

My omni's love the Chocolate Chip cookies from VWAV. I don't use margarine tho, I subsitute shortening + water instead.

They also enjoy the Oatmeal Rasin cookies from Vegan Diner.

I've always had good feedback regarding the chocolate peanutbutter pillows. However, I don't usually take those out amongst the public as I worry about people with peanut allergies getting ahold of them accidentally.

karichelle · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:18 pm

I used EB when I made the chocolate chip cookies and they were a little salty -- but now I know to cut back on the salt. ;) They were still good though.

I'm also going to a vegan potluck and haven't completely decided what I'm making for that either.

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