Chocolate Orange Creamsicle Gone Raw... with cookies
When I saw that Lisa and Nicole had organized a new Raw Recipe Challenge , I knew it was time to roll up my sleeves, put on my apron, and sign up for my first ever recipe blog challenge. The challenge: A Raw Vegan Ice Cream Sandwich. The problem? I'm about the world's worst decision maker ever. Step 1. Brainstorming Here was the short list of what I considered creating: A marzipan cookie with blueberry lavender ice cream (I already had the blueberry lavender ice cream down pat) but too dainty A s uperfood cookie (goji berries, pistachios, mulberry) with a plain vanilla ice cream (it could have been really colorful and pretty) but potentially too expensive for recipe testers A beet-juiced reddened maple cookie with maple ginger ice cream in honour of our upcoming Canada Day but too... patriotic? and maple syrup is an iffy raw ingredient. A chocolate chipotle cookie with a vanilla spice-kissed ice cream ... but potentially too spicy (we had made something s...