Dear Sugar, I miss you.

So today is sucking a fat chode. Yes, I said chode. And I meant it.

Firstly, the weather in the 'ville is crappy and completely non-conducive to my schedule. Rude. Everyone who knows me knows that I live by lists. It helps keep my brain from exploding into a million different pieces, which I find to be fairly important. When my list crossing-offing is interrupted by something as trivial as weather, I become slightly maniacal.

[I'm having trouble concentrating as we speak so I apologize for everything that is happening in this post right now. ]

Anyway, asshole weather is throwin' my groove off. Secondly, I am STARVING today! All the research I've done said that the first couple of weeks would be the most challenging. It didn't lie. I had secretly envisioned myself rising above these challenges with ease. I even shrugged my shoulders while I was reading about the symptoms of detox. "Pish posh. I've been through worse" I thought. WRONG. This sucks. I'm slightly depressed and craving sugar like a mothafucka.

I fortified my resolve by re-reading a few chapters of The Kind Life. Honestly, it helped...mostly because I found a super easy, super tasty, vegan-friendly dessert recipe...Crispy Peanut Butter Treats with Chocolate Chips courtesy of Alicia Silverstone. You should totally buy her book. There are a ton of wonderful recipes to try for any sweet or savory tooth! I think I love her. You can only imagine my sheer delight and excitement!

I had to go to the store anyway, but I was completely dreading it until I found that recipe. I was out the door so fast [I know I should be embarrassed about that, but I'm not]. Luckily, the store had all the fancy ingredients [just kidding...it's super simple]. I was so pumped on the way home. My mood was instantly lifted. Hooray dessert!

I set to work immediately upon storing the perishables in the fridge. I couldn't be bothered to put the non-perishable goods away until AFTER I made the Crispy PB Treats. Obvi.

This is what brown rice cereal crisps, brown rice syrup and chunky PB looks like.

This is what good helpers look like. Except Brisby...she's shifty.

This is what it looks like after you've added the chocolate chips and let it set in the fridge for an hour.

Of course, I immediately tried some and let me tell you...these treats do not disappoint! Delicious, super easy, and satisfying!

There ARE delicious treats out there that don't need dairy to be amazing. Imagine that!