Vegalicious

It’s almost Valentine’s Day! So, let’s start with a little bit of Valentine’s Day trivia.

Did you know that 58 million pounds of chocolate candy is bought each year during the Valentine’s Day week.  Yes, that’s M-M-M-Million P-P-P-Pounds!

Between today and tomorrow I will give you two more reasons to buy chocolate this week.  However, my chocolate Valentine’s Day treats are a step up from what you will find at the store–they are healthier! Much healthier! But…still treats.

Let’s start with treat #1: Chocolate Roulade Recipe!

(treat #2 is coming your way tomorrow)

(you can get the printable recipe at the bottom of the post)

With very few ingredients, this treat is easy to make.  The tools are very basic: a food processor, a blender or even a KitchenAid grinder will do.

The rest of it is your muscle power–stirring, rolling, folding and cutting. Really simple.

Chocolate is the only “naughty” part of the recipe.  But, it’s Valentine’s Day! So, have a treat!

My niece was the one that came up with this recipe, so, I enlisted her help in shooting photos for this post.  This woman is SUPER creative in the kitchen.

If I run out of recipe ideas, she’s the one to visit for inspiration.

Your “almost finished” product will looks like fruit leather, and you will want to eat it right away, but, wait! When it is all done it will be delightful!

When finished, Chocolate Roulade will be one Valentine’s Day treat you won’t feel guilty about.  You will be eating prunes (!) on Valentine’s Day! I don’t think you can beat that.

Make it. Eat it. Let me know what you think about it.

I will send one more healthy(-ier) chocolate recipe your way tomorrow.