This year, a group of vegans from Austin decided to participate in the World Wide Vegan Bakesale. It was held at monkeywrench books, and we raised around $400, which was split between Austin Pets Alive and Austin Food Not Bombs. As always, I waited until the last minute to do something, so I decided to play it easy and make some caramel apples. The caramel is the same recipe I used for the butternut bars, and was an easy choice because I basically just boil it for 30ish minutes, let it cool for 5 minutes, and then dip the apples. Here’s how they turned out:

and my loot: coffeecake from Vegan Brunch, Pineapple right side up cake, and a brownie cupcake!

For more pictures, check out Wes’ Photos!

Well, I started thinking about how I’ve been on this kick of veganizing popular recipes and foods (it seems to be the challenge that I need), and I remembered that a few months back, I made some vegan peanut butter cups from vegweb.com that taste just like reeses! mmm.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups of vegan chocolate chips
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 12 cupcake liners

Directions:
Cut the top half of the cupcake liners to where they are about half the original height. Microwave the chocolate chips for about 2 minutes at 50% power in a glass or microwaveable bowl. Stir until creamy, you might need to microwave them a little more. Make sure you do not overcook them. Using a spoon or paint brush spread the chocolate evenly within the muffin cups making sure you fill the crevices on the sides. Place the coated muffin cups in the freezer so that the chocolate hardens. In a separate bowl combine the peanut butter and salt and fold in the powdered vegan sugar. When the chocolate cups have hardened put the peanut butter mixture into the microwave for 1 minute. Wait a minute for it to cool and then bring out the chocolate cups. Spoon the peanut butter into the chocolate cups leaving a little room for the top layer of chocolate. Allow the peanut butter to harden in the freezer, and then spoon the top layer of chocolate on. Place the cups in the freezer and wait an hour.

makes about 12 peanut butter cups.