I have been hearing much debate about this topic, but most have claimed that oreos are in fact actually already vegan. For the sake of this blog post, I decided to take a look around to confirm this. Peta UK and Huffington Post, two I would deem as reputable sources of information, both included this fact in their 44 Accidentally Vegan Snack Foods and 12 Surprising Vegan Foods posts, respectively. However,
Oreo UK states in their FAQ page that "oreo is not suitable for vegans as they have the cross contact of milk." I could not find a statement from the US branch of the company but I did see that oreos contain
palm oil, and that was a red flag to turn away.
Regardless if they are or not, in the end, we shouldn't be eating this 'food'. Just take a look at the ingredients:
sugar, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, high oleic canola and palm oil), cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, leavening, cornstarch, salt, soy lecithin, vanillin (artificial flavor) and chocolate. Hell to the no thank you.
My ingredients are not only simple, but also contain whole food ingredients, stuff that you can pronounce, identify, and benefit from consuming.
My mom has recently become obsessed, and I mean OBSESSED with making her own nut milk. It's a honestly the cutest thing ever and I am so grateful she is doing so because it is SO GOOD. The only problem is that with this almond milk craze comes almond pulp...what the heck do we do with it all?
Wait, what is almond pulp? It is what results from making almond milk, the by-product from making nut milk that is leftover in the nut milk bag after straining.
This post is sponsored by our cereal fam at 
Creamy, chocolatey, melt-in-your-mouth goodness that is oil- gluten- & refined-sugar free...can I get a what what?
I had tahini leftover from my 
Ahhh, fall is finally here, and you know what that means...pumpkin spiced EVERYTHING.
It was inevitable that I share a recipe here, but I promise you this is a winner -- and of course sweet, simple and vegan ;) I decided I would play around with my 
Cupcakes + cats? Count me in.
I grew up with oreo cupcake cats every halloween, it was our Briones family holiday tradition. So much so that everyone at school would expect it at our yearly celebrations, and boy did we make sure to always deliver ;)
The source of this recipe? A good old Nabisco Oreo Box from when I was about 2 years old. Really, this started about 20 years ago, it's really hard to believe. Unfortunately, we misplaced the original recipe cutout that my mom had saved all of these years, but the memory is so vivid in my mind that it was no longer needed to recreate this treat.
The original recipe used a prepackaged frosting and cupcake mix, artificial orange stuffed oreos, candy corn, licorice, jelly beans and, well, very unhealthy ingredients. But you guys know me, I had to healthy this up before sharing. Using my homemade healthy oreos, vegan chocolate cupcake + chocolate avocado frosting recipes, homemade candy corn and dried fruit, I successfully made it happen.
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