Sweet Treats

The Benefits of Raw Chocolate

What mental images are conjured up when you think of chocolate? Rich, silky decadence and your secret guilty pleasure, or the ultimate stress reliever after a hard day’s work all spring swiftly to mind. You may...

Mini Salted Caramel Cheesecakes

Did you know that you can make a silky, sweet, creamy and satisfying cheesecake without using any sort of cheese?! It's one of the best kept secrets of healthy desserts, and it's not only simple to make, bu...

Chocolate Caramel Shortbread

My SoSueMe recipe of the week for chocolate caramel shortbread is a dream for anyone who has a bit of a sweet tooth but doesn’t want to totally destroy their healthy eating plan with loads of refi...

How To Make Healthy Vanilla Caramel Sauce

Caramel sauce made from soaked and blended dates, plus a few extra nifty ingredients, is a godsend for anybody that loves their desserts and sweet treats, but wants to enjoy them without guilt. Cheat clean!...

Raw Choc Chip Brownie Bars

Gooey, squidgy, fudgy, rich raw brownies... what's not to love!!? On Sunday, I was in the mood for something sweet and chocolatey, but without any guilt attached! Today is the day of my Eat Yourself Beautif...

Chocolate Almond Butter-Cups

Happy Saturday!!  Hope you’ve all had a great week. It’s definitely been a busy one for me, but it’s also very exciting as my first book was released into bookshops across the country today! Eat ...

Cinnamon-Tahini Cookies

There's something so therapeutic about baking cookies. It just makes me happy! And course everybody loves a homemade offering when they pop over for tea and chats :) I made this batch late last night...

Pineapple, Raspberry and Lime Sorbet

It was a dark, rainy morning in Dublin today, so a frozen tropical sorbet for breakfast for two naturally seemed like great idea to cheer us right up and bring a bit of summer back in! I was up early tod...

Carrot and Walnut Cake with Citrus Icing

I've always felt that carrot cake is the kind of treat that people either love or hate! For me, it was one of the most difficult sweet treats to say goodbye to when I decided to give up foods containing ref...

Toasted Coconut Chocolate Bark

It's a dark, grey and rainy day in Dublin. And that calls for a cosy day with plentiful supplies of chocolate... right?! The inspiration for this toasted coconut chocolate bark came yesterday, when m...