Sunday
Nov292009
Sunday Sweet Treats
Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 9:47 PM 
Sunday’s the day for sweet treats. Well, any day really….but mostly Sundays. And to those of you who expressed sympathy because I can’t eat sugar, there’s really no need. Over the years I’ve developed devious ways to make delectable goodies using alternative ingredients.
Funny thing is that when I make ‘real’ chocolates, I stick pretty much to recipes I’ve found, inherited or devised myself. But when I make their healthier equivalent, I never measure or follow lists of ingredients. Instead, I tip in a bit of this, a pinch of that as intuition and fancy dictate. Of course the downside to this is that when I come up with something extraordinary, I can never replicate it exactly. But then that’s half the fun of it.
Today’s delightful confections were a mixture of carob, lucuma, coconut butter, mulberries, honey and orange oil. They were drool-ably good. Like little balls of chocolate orange shortbread.
Still feeling sorry for me?
Reader Comments (12)
those sound wonderful!
what on God's Green Earth is Lucuma??? I never heard tell of it before. Your improvised chocolate delectibles look wonderful and I'm sure I would enjoy them very much as long as you told me what is in them AFTER I love them. :-) I am so very glad you can indulge in chocolate and sweets someway. How great there are chocolate, sugar and flour substitutes! Sweets make the world go round so much more happily you know.
I am not really a sweet tooth person but your chocs looks really yummie! I love how you display them too! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far and love to you!
Lucuma is a South American fruit. Looks a bit like a mango. The reason you may not have come across it is that it's not exported as a whole fruit. But you can get hold of it dried then ground into a powder. Lends a wonderfully creamy texture to culinary creations. If you're familiar with shortbread, it has a similar taste. It was known as 'the gold of the Incas'....and it finds its way into lots of my sweet treats.
Hi there! I just wanted to let you know how beautiful I think your blog is! I enjoy popping in here from time to time and checking out all of your posts that I've missed (I wish I could subscribe:)! We were in the fishbowl class together. It is so fun to spend time enjoying the sights and beauty of your spot on earth...and your photo collages are wonderful! Thanks for creating such an inspiring spot online!
Hello, Helen! Many thanks for visiting me at my other blog, A Certain Slant of Light: http://www.pinkpurl.typepad.com/slant_of_light/ It is lovely to meet you and find your beautiful place here in blogland. I look forward to stopping by again. I'm just following you on Twitter. :o) These chocolates look so decadent...mmm... Happy Days!
The sweets look delicious..... guilt free indulgence. What could be better?
oh my gosh...those look divine.
i've been off of sugar for large chunks of my life and love how sweet everything that you wouldn't normally percieve as sweet is. yummers. i'm feeling super inspired to make something like that now!
and thank you so much for your words about my cat helen. i could feel from your words that you so do understand and that helps me feel way less alone.
xoxo viv
i feel sorry for me for not being there to enjoy one with you...
xo
mmm.....!They look delicious!:-] x x x
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my blog -- I'm just visiting yours and you have truffles!! Oh my goodness do those look delicious! I've been threatening to make rum balls one of these days, but I just know that I'd sit there and eat the whole batch before anyone else could get to them. Yours look awesome!
Good morning! I followed you here from Tracy's blog. What a beautiful place you have here! I enjoyed strolling through some of your past posts, and I look forward to visiting again soon. Your photography is beautiful, and your writing is wonderful too!