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Welcome to The OTHER Side of Mindful BakeHouse
The side for the do-it-yourselfers, the adventurous bakers, and those that live a little to far away to make it to our bakery in person. This is where I post all the fun gluten-free dairy-free things I've been testing/making that aren't official BakeHouse recipes. Most of which we also share on our YouTube Channel, as well as our second instagram account, & TikTok. So if you're like me and you'd rather watch than read, feel free to go follow us on your fav social media app in
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Chocolate Speckled Protein Ice Cream (NO PUDDING MIX!) | DF Ninja Creami
Instead of adding whole chocolate chips to your ice cream recipe, try this hack!! If you melt your chocolate chips, and add them half-way through the mixing process, it will freeze into little flecks like you would get in a store bought mint chip ice cream. Perfectly spread throughout your dairy-free/vegan protein vanilla ice cream, with some snappy chocolate bits in each bite. Enjoy!! Ingredients ► 1 cup canned coconut milk ► 1/2 cup almond milk (or your choice plant based m
5 days ago
Ferrero Rocher Energy Balls
These chocolaty hazelnuty no bake oat energy balls will be giving you ferrero rocher vibes, but in healthier oat/granola ball form. They’re also gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar free & vegan. We start by making a chocolate hazelnut oat energy ball, stuff it with a whole hazelnut, then dip it in chocolate hazelnut coating. Energy Balls ► 1 cup gf quick oats ► ½ cup almond butter ► 6 tbsp maple syrup ► ¼ cup crushed hazelnuts ► ¼ cup ground flax ► 3 tbsp cocao powder ► 1
Jan 12
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies (Buckeye Brownies) | GF/DF/RSF
If you thought my cornflake brownies were dangerous, watch out - these small batch buckeye brownies are going to be your new fav treat! They’re gf/df/rsf and combine some of the best things in life: a rich fudgey brownie base, a peanut butter layer that taste’s like a Reese’s, and a chocolate PB ganache with PB swirls. It’s basically a Reese’s brownie. BROWNIES -1 eggs -1/2 cup coconut sugar -1/4 cup coconut oil, melted -1/4 cup almond or oat flour -2 tbsp + 2 tsp cocoa powde
Jan 8
Chickpea Bark - Sweet Salty & Crunchy!
Sometimes unexpected combos work so beautifully together: If you have some extra chickpeas kicking around, give this a try! Adding crunchy roasted chickpeas creates an amazing sweet salty & crunchy combo. -Lightly spray/coat some drained chickpeas with oil, then roast (we did air fryer at 390F for 20 minutes and they were perfect!). -Then let cool, and add to melted chocolate with a good ol' pinch of flakey sea salt. -Chill until set, then break into pieces and enjoy!! Watch
Jan 4
Cookie Bark | GF/V cookie dough recipe below (with low carb option)
If you have pre-made cookies/dough, this is really just a 2-ingredient chocolate bark recipe. If not, feel free to use our go-to gf/v cookie dough recipe⬇️, that we use for most of our choc chip cookie/dough projects. :) 🍫🍪Choc Bark Instructions: 1) Melt your chocoalte, then spread some on your parchment lined tray 2) Top with cookie pieces 3) Top with more melted choc then chill until set 4) Break or slice & enjoy!! 🍪⬇️CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH RECIPE: 2cups almond flou
Dec 14, 2025
🍫☕️DIY Hot Chocolate Mix | #FallIntoShorts Day 16
With the cool fall weather here, treat yourself to an over the top, chocolately, super rich & creamy homemade hot chocolate. Make a single cup, or make a bulk batch, to make it more often without having to pull all your ingredients & measuring spoons out every time! This creamy hot chocolate can be easily customized with your favourite sweeteners. I love using a milk frother for this!! But you can totally just stir it too. Enjoy! Single: 2.5 tbsp cocao powder 2 tbsp powdered
Oct 31, 2025
Do black beans make a good gluten-free cake?
I’m testing out a 1/4 batch of Pancake Princess’ famous “Flourless Black Bean Chocolate Cake (gluten-free!)” for my birthday in a few weeks. I’m looking for something on the healthier side, but also easy to make - no special equipment since we’ll be celebrating with a friend of mine, that doesn’t have a ton of baking stuff. So this recipe could be perfect!! You can swap the granulated sugar for your sweetener/sugar-free-sub of choice (I’m using monk-allulose for my test batch
Aug 26, 2025
🍓🍮🍪 Day 26 of Healthy Summer Treats | Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
Today we’re making a scrumptious treat with fresh strawberries. This combo of juicy strawberries filled with a creamy vegan cheesecake filling that I could (and do) eat by the spoonful!), topped with crunchy gf Nilla wafer crumbs is SOOOO perfect. YOU WILL NEED: 🍓Fresh strawberries 🍮Vegan “liquid cream cheese” (recipe below) 🍪GF/V Nilla wafers or graham cracker crumbs (recipes linked below) HOW TO ►Prepare your liquid cheesecake and cookie crumbs (recipes ⬇️ ) ►Wash,
Jul 4, 2025
🍨🍕Day 19 of Healthy Summer Treats | Frozen Dessert Pizza #SummerOnShorts
Now that you have an easy gf/df/v no-bake brownie batter recipe, and some easy df/v ice cream recipes, TODAY we’re putting it all together and showing you how to make an ice cream dessert pizza, inspired by Dairy Queen’s Treatzza Pizza but better, because there are no rules!! And no limits to the flavour combos you can make at home!! PB chocolate?!? Yes!! Chocolate strawberry!?! Yes!! “Snickers” or “Reese’s”?! Strawberry Banana?? Oreo & fudge?!? Chocolate caramel turtles?? Ba
Jun 27, 2025
🍫✨ Day 15 of Healthy Summer Treats: Frozen Protein S’mores #SummerOnShorts
These are SO UNDER-RATED, OMG! Don’t make these unless you’re prepared to eat the entire batch. 😂😅 Our homemade almond flour graham crackers are perfectly sweet & crunchy, paired with a snappy allulose-sweetened vegan dark chocolate layer, and a marshmallowy layer with added protein - these could be on repeat all summer long. 🍫✨ TIP: try to mix the Coco Whip as little as possible (just enough to get the protein powder mixed in) or it can deflate and get really runny. BUT e
Jun 24, 2025
Day 10 of Healthy Summer Treats: 🌈🥝🍕Rainbow Fruit Pizza #summeronshorts
This one is so pretty (and fun to make with kids!). It starts with a gluten-free, grain-free, vegan almond flour cookie pizza crust, topped with an easy no-bake liquid cheesecake “sauce” you make in a blender, finished with all your favourite fruits. Make it a fun rainbow, OR follow my kids’ creation and make it a copycat pizza using a jam and all their favourite fruits. You will need: 🍪 - cookie “pizza" crust” (recipe below) 🍮 - “pizza sauce”: liquid-cheesecake (recipe bel
Jun 18, 2025
Day 9 of Healthy Summer Treats: 🍓🍮 Fruit Skewers & Cheesecake Dip #summeronshorts
Today we’re making some fun tulip fruit skewers out of strawberries and green grapes, to go with a super easy dreamy creamy vegan cheesecake dip made in a blender (also goes great with some Nilla wafer cookies for dipping). YOU WILL NEED: 🍓 Strawberries (each berry makes 2 tulips) 🍇 Green grapes (you need 2 grapes per tulip skewer) 🍡 Small wooden skewers or toothpicks 🍮 Vegan cream cheese dip (recipe below) 🍪 Nilla wafers for dipping too (optional but also delicious! Rec
Jun 18, 2025
Healthier Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs: Reese’s, Butterfingers & high protein
We made Healthier Chocolate Peanut Butter Eggs 4 ways just in time for Easter: an almond flour Reese’s version, a coconut flour version, a Butterfinger one, and a high protein one too! Make them all for a fun assortment of treats or just make your favourite! They’re gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar free, vegan, and can easily be made low-carb/keto, and/or nut-free too! Watch the full video plus all our tips here: https://youtu.be/qjflPGkmiek&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgF
Apr 16, 2025
Hot Choc & Vegan Marshmallow Fluff | Sugar-Free/Low Carb Options
We finally got winter/snowy weather here, so it’s time to bust out the hot cocao!!! Here’s my go to “healthier” recipe, along with a super fun vegan marshmallow fluff topping that you can make to top your hot chocolate, and feel like that famous/viral NYC shop Glace. You can watch our video here: https://youtu.be/X7vWPOCy04M?si=THSemeA1Qp2ltkHW 🤍 Vegan Marshmallow Fluff/Meringue 1/4c aquafaba 1/4-1/2c allulose/sweetener/sugar of choice (I did 1/4c here) 1/2 tsp cream of tart
Jan 16, 2025
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