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The Healthy Dessert Blog
This isn’t just any dessert blog: it’s the healthy-dessert blog!
The recipes featured here are healthier versions of your favorite naughty treats: Cookie Dough Milkshakes, Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge, Brownie Batter Pancakes…
What will you find on this website?
Naughty treats that have been given a healthy spanking! My aim isn’t for people to say, “This is good… for a healthy dessert.” I want them to say, “This is good. Period.”
For the actual recipes, see: CC Diet Recipes.
This site is for anyone who wants to be healthy but refuses to give up eating delicious desserts in the name of health. Happiness and health go hand-in-hand, and how can you be happy if you’re not eating what you truly desire? My favorite food is chocolate, and I eat it at least once a day. I’ve never been happier. Or healthier.
The ultimate “does not taste healthy” dessert: Chocolate Bar Pie.
Healthy is the new naughty
So go be naughty! And enjoy every chocolate-covered minute of it!
Don’t miss a single recipe:
Click here: Get CC Diet Recipes as emails!
I never imagined this blog would grow to be so popular, and I’m thankful every day for such an incredible following. In other words, if you’re reading this, I’m thankful for YOU! Please feel free to leave a comment on any of my posts. I love comments. Or send me an email: chocolatecoveredkatie@msn.com.
You can also find me on facebook and twitter.
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Katie, we NEED to see a picture of ya GORGEOUS face on this page!!! BE VAIN!!!
So glad to see the new wordpress blog up, love it!
And I agree with Cecilia.
I totally agree with the two above me, add more picture, you are stunning!
YAY
Oh, I love cupcakes and I am just LOVING your blog!!! SO glad I found it=)
amagad. you have no idea how happy i was when i came across your blog, katie! i love your recipes for two reasons;
1- they are SUPER YUMMY!
2- they are all VEGAN!
Katie you are such a cutie!
hey i just wanted to tell you i love your blog! it was the first vegan/food blog i ever read and i think you are beyond precious. your recipes are amazing, super easy and good, which is really important as being a vegetarian (and is your case a vegan) in college can be difficult.
p.s- i go to TCU, so right on for DFW vegan/vegetarians! :]
i was wondering if you like to watch documentaries about issues like the earth/ veganisme?
p/s; i put a link to your blog at mine.
Hey, the new blog looks great. Makes me contemplate a switch… the organizational possibilities warm my little OCD heart
Katie, I am loving the new format and look of your blog! I must admit, I kind of miss the blue background though =)
Hello Katie,
I found your Blog while looking for articles on whether to use Blogger or WP. Apparently you are using both at this time.
Which are you liking more and why?
giving WP a quick look over I see that I can either use it via their free online service or install it on my own server. Has that been a consideration for you and do you know of any discussion of this topic?
Carlos
P.S. I noticed that you have your e-mail address in both your information pages (Blogger and this one). Spam Robots pick up on them quickly and so that is one of the reasons why you are probably recieving tons of Spam in you Spam box or (worse yet) in your InBox.
P.P.S. Your a real Cutie! (:>)
hey lady, don’t you know all that choc. is gunna make you sassy! LOL
Great site. Everything is always better when covered in chocolate- though my affinity is an occupational hazard- I’m a nutritionist
And love the theme week- especially the vitamix Best thing ever!
Seriously, I know you love running, but with how skinny you are, you’re going to waste away! I know my mom would constantly be poking at me to stop exercising (k, sorry I can be like a mom too!)
Hey Girlie! I just found your blog and i loveee it! you have awesome recipes and info i def will be checking it out frequently! I also wanted to share that I too am a senior and majoring in Spanish! Keep in touch!
btw u def have the cutest pics I have ever seen! I love the creativity and photoshop effects. I too am addicted to all of the special effects that photoshop has to offer!
Hey there! I’m a junk-food vegetarian who is going vegan and I’m so glad I ran into your blog! I’m going to link to you from my blog! Later Katie! (Pretty pics too!)
I wish you could come and cook for me all the time so I can learn how to be vegan!
I always try to go vegetarian and then I somehow crave chicken and fall off the bandwagon…
and vegan must be much harder but you make it seem easy! I love animals so much thats why I keep trying to start becoming a vegetarian, how and when did u start?
xoxo
tanya
Hello! I just stumbled on your blog and it looks great. Im a seventeen year old vegan and i love reading other blogs about vegan health/baking ect.
Michal (lilearthmuffin)
i love your blog! i’m adding you to my blogroll =]
Hi Katie! I just want to say that I love your blog. Being a long time vegetarian I am getting ready to take the next step and go vegan. I will keep checking back to see what yummy deliciousness you come up with. : )
Wow, you are beautiful! And your blog is so much fun. Thanks for giving me a great way to procrastinate doing my homework. I’ve been reading your archives for like an hour now!
Hi Katie, I just found your blog. Love it. You look gorgeous – healthy and happy and your food looks amazing! Love getting new vegan recipes! Thanks!
I love your blog. I can totally relate! And I love coconut butter. Can’t wait to try your recipes!
CHeers,
LCOtter
I LOVE you’re recipes!! I own a magic bullet so i’m going to make that chocolate mouse one asap
Thanks for putting all of these up on a blog!! I wish I could add you, but I don’t have a wordpress so I don’t know how to follow your blog 
A,
Thanks for the sweet comment!
(P.S. You can add wordpress blogs to a blogroll just like blogspot ones. Hope that helps!)
I love your blog Katie! I can not wait to try some of the recipes! They look so good. I can’t wait to start reading more. I am new to the blogging world just started a month ago so I am still learning!
Thanks for the inspiration,
Kristine
Hi Katie,
I love your blog! Your outlook on eating seems very healthy and inspiring. I am transitioning into a healthy vegan diet and loving it…your blog is such a great resource and a lot of fun to read.
xo Lauren
Awww thank you Lauren!
Omg, my sis and I love your blog! And girl you are gorgeous=) way to go by the way on 8 years
Katie,
Firs, I love your blog! I hope to learn something from you as I continue to read it
I had a questions for you, I am wanting to make a vegan dessert for the first time and was curious as to what dessert you would recommended for a first timer. I am not a vegan, but try to eat vegetarian about 90% of the time. I have had vegan desserts before from a good friend who is a vegan, but they seem like a challenge. Any easy recipe you recommend?
Thanks!
Erica
Great blog!
Hello Katie! Love your blog! You should check out NuGo Bars! They are Vegan and covered in real Dark Chocolate….they sound right up your alley!
http://www.nugonutrition.com. My favorites are the Dark chocolate Pomegranate, Dark Chocolate Chip, and they just came out with a Dark Chocolate Chip Mint that is pretty awesome! Hope you like them!
Love the new About Me page Katie!
You and Brad make an amazing and gorgeous couple. Who is the girl next to him?
Your updates to this page are really well-written! Love it! I find the “normal girl, not-so-normal diet” part quite amusing and awesome!
Nice Updates!-I love the pictures!
Great page; I can see what was so time consuming- you put a lot of work into this! How awesome and well organized. You have an interesting blog to follow and so many archives! wow!
Katherine
I would LOVE for you to cover those topics you listed! I have problems with all of them. My family was recently invited to dinner by another family and the main question was “what will Kelsey eat?” Not to mention, I go to camps and conferences all the time where food is provided, and here’s me, lugging in my cooler full of food. Any light you can shed on the matter would be wonderful.
Veganism is not a diet!
Actually, yes it is. The definition of the word ‘diet’ is “the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.” So by eating vegan, that is your diet.
VeganJ,
I’m not sure what your comment means, as nowhere in my page does it say veganism is solely a diet.
LOVE your page girl! Cant wait to keep coming back!
Just found your site! too cute!! love it!!
Gorgeous, girl! You are SO GORGEOUS!!!
I got to get some of dat coconut butter!!! YUM!
Thank you for the great website, and I liked your advice about running and knees, as I’m a relatively new runner (2 years). Your two dogs are cute, I have a Cairn Terrier and a White Highland Terrier — very fun! Thanks for brightening my day!
Thanks, Suzanne! And Molly and Henry (my crazy puppers) say hi
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I love your style of eating/cooking. What are you most conscious about? how many calories something has? how much protein? how much fat? where the ingredients come from?
Hi Nikki!
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Hmmm… I actually don’t really pay attention to fat grams or calories or protein (except to be excited when I discover that something I like anyway happens to have a lot of protein).
I do try and eat organic for the “dirty dozen.” But if I happen to see a reeeaally beautiful peach or something that isn’t organic, I’ll still buy it. I’m pretty easygoing and just normally eat whatever my body’s telling me it wants
Hey darlin, I sent a mail to you and it just bounced right back (like, instantly), is that the wrong one to mail to you? I’m trying to send my Hug a Vegan blog link! Ack!
Thank you!
Hmm… that’s the right address. But no worries; I got the link anyway (through a pingback). I’ll visit your site later today to see it!! And I’ll definitely include you in the wrap-up post
. You’re awesome!
Thanks!!! So are you
Hm I’ll try emailing again to that one sometime, I had a question for you but it’s slipped my mind…… lol (Seems like quite an awful lot of things slip through there these days haha!) I’m excited to see all the Hugga pictures, yay!
Hi Katie,
Can you give me an approx calorie count on your boatmeal for 1 recipe?
Hi Jess,
It depends on a lot of things: the sweetener you use, the milk you use, the add-ins… But since it’s for one, you can easily just add up all the individual ingredients you use, and that’s your calorie count for it.
Katie–
Happy New Year to you!! Just wanted to tell you how much it means that you encouraged your readers to contribute to the matching challenge, and to tell you that….WE MET THE MATCH!! That’s right!! Folks from all over the country, but mostly right here in the Hudson Valley, contributed. We’re thrilled and humbled, and look forward to a wonderful 2011 doing some long range planning to use these funds to deepen our work on behalf of voiceless animals.
Lots of love and thoughts of chocolate to you from all your friends at Catskill Animal Sanctuary, and thank you again for your kindness.
Oh wow, Kathy, thank you SO much for taking the time to leave me a message! And I am THRILLED to hear you met the match. I kept checking and re-checking your website and twitter status for updates!
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Please give my love to Rambo and all the other crazy animals lucky enough to have found you. I think you are one of the most amazing people in the world, and I am so thankful there are kindhearted souls in this world to care for those who can’t defend themselves.
P.S. I loved your first book, and I’m excited to start on the second, which I received for Christmas
Hi Katie! I just discovered your blog & I wanted to let you know how excited I am to start following you! While I am not a vegan I have a few close friends that are and I am always trying to come up with new recipes to cook for them when they come to dinner at my house! Your website will now be my “go to” for vegan recipes and treats!
Hi Katie, just found your blog and I really like it. I will be reading from now on. My hubby and I were vegans for abot 15 years but gave it up. Lots of things we still eat without meat. I want to try some of your recipes. Have a happy new year.
hey cute pics did any one tell u that u exactly like actress emily roberts
Awww you are my new best friend
. And lol yeah, people do say that (if you mean Emma Roberts?)… but I don’t see it at all!
I love your new “About Me” page Katie! I think “about” pages are so important – they seem to make the actual posts more enjoyable because you really feel like you know the author! You did a great job here girl!
Hey Katie, I’d already read your about me page once or twice of course, but it’s nice that you sprused it up and added some info (and the diet/blog intro!). I particularly love this sentence:
surprising others with yummy recipes they can’t believe are good for them.
haha, I just visualize people with their eyeballs rolling out. like when I told my friends tjhe secret ingredients to my chocolate truffle balls was TOFU. priceless, I tell ya.
x sabine
I know this page is still a baby but I like how organized it is. But you definitely are more than a diet so some information about your life, hobbies, etc. besides food will show us the real you.
Love it! You are such a good writer, Katie. I, for one, would love to hear more about your time in China
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I think it’s perfect as-is, with the emphasis on food because it’s a food blog after all. And I appreciate that you talk about your struggles, even though I know you said it’s hard to show you’re not “perfect”.
But I can relate better to bloggers who show their true selves. It makes ME feel better about not being perfect too.
this is a great page so far katie! I would like to hear more about your travels, the food you enjoyed while traveling, and maybe how your diet isn’t “perfect” and how that makes you human! I know you’ve talked about that before but it is helpful to hear again about your perspective on veganism.
Your “About Me” page looks great! I like the organization. I’d love to hear more about how you got into baking and more about your hobbies and travels!
I love the new about page, Katie! I loved your old one too, but this one is even better! And I don’t think you sound me, me, me at all
yay! this is awesome! i loved your last about post, but this shows you as a more real person. i vote for more pictures, though
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More pictures, please!!
Love the new about me page! But yeah more about your life, college etc and some more pictures of the beautiful you would be great!
Love the new About Me page Katie! I just updated mine as well.
Yours is great!
i like it, keep doin what youre doing cause its workin. xx
Hey Katie! Would love to hear more about your running/weight lifting routines. Have you ever done any races? Half Marathons or Marathons? Just my 2 cents!
I haven’t done a race since high school! I really should!! I’d love to do a 15-K. Don’t think I’ll ever attempt any marathons, but a 1/2 might be fun someday!
Love your about you page. Love your blog. Makes me smile a lot.
I’ve always had trouble writing about myself/my struggles as well, especially since my blog is mostly about…me. But it does help to know that someone out there read what you wrote and felt less alone because of it. That makes the self-consciousness of vanity all worth it. Sometimes, listening to someone talk about themselves is exactly what WE need to process our own lives.
You are an inspiration! Love it!
The page looks great as is! I really don’t think an “about page” needs to have your whole life story on it. People don’t need to know everything, and they need to respect your privacy!
One thing I would love to know sometimes, though, is about your travels! You said you moved around a lot (all over the world!), and I would love to learn about other cultures through your eyes.
Oh, and I forgot to tell you, but you reminded me when you said “your try to gain weight time…” I gained 15 pounds last summer (because I was too skinny. Unhealthy for me.) If you ever need advice, email me!
Oh my gosh, Alex, I would LOVE it if you could help me! I’ll be emailing you tomorrow when I get a chance
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I like the new page a lot, Katie! It is really fun to read a little more about you; as for more info on travels, college, etc., BRING IT ON! You’re such a fun, healthy lady, and it’s inspirational to read about. And don’t worry about sharing your struggles; it makes you real. People who want to say something negative because of that just don’t feel good about themselves, and have a lot to learn from you
LOVE it! Again your “loveableness”
just shines through! No need to be shy – this definitely makes me feel more connected and that is a good thing!! Woohoo Katie!! <3
I think this is a really good about me section. It hits on the major points that make up this blog (your path to veganism, your philosophy about food and diet, and your personality comes through). If you think you want to go into more detail about certain aspects you’ve mentioned, perhaps you can consider doing a series of “About me” posts where you talk about your travels and other non-food related things, and just link the pages here as you finish writing them (like you did with the other links above). That way, you can keep things short and sweet, and people can read more about you in more detailed posts if they choose.
Thanks! I really like your idea about just putting in a few links for the rest of the “about” so it doesn’t get too long.
I love your new about me. I might have to steal the idea of dividing into sections. You and your delicious recipes will always amaze me.
This is a great start! Thanks for being open with the world
I’d love to hear more about the Katie behind the blog. You mentioned living in other countries in a few posts, where did you live? what was it like? do you want to live abroad again? I’ve been in pretty much the same place my whole life. I want to hear about the wonders of moving around!
Where haven’t I lived? (Sadly, that answer is “California” hehe.) But I’ve lived in England, Pennsylvania, Japan, Texas, China, and The Philippines.
Hi Katie!
! And I’m working on gaining some weight (actually, right now, I’m pretty happy – at a nice sweet spot! Thanks to lots of pb, coconut butter, and tahini!! 
. So, I eat pretty similarly to you – lots of fresh stuff and veggies and high calorie nut related products 
. Anyway, I’m loving your blog. I think its going to be my destress tool of the semester! And next time I’m in close proximity of a blender I’m going to make some your babies 
. I get similar things from the awesome twins at Pure2Raw – they sell at the farmer’s market I run to on Saturdays 
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I just found your blog! I’m a very active vegan too (running, climbing, dancing
Hey Mallory!
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Ok, first of all I am completely jealous that you get Pure2Raw treats in real life (and even more jealous you actually know the girls in real life. They’re such sweethearts!). And also, your kind words mean the world to me. Thank you so much
Love (and chocolate!),
Katie
Lol, the comment section on todays post was closed (clearly you’re too popular for your own good!). I like the way that you’re divided this into sections and have provided links if people want to read more rather than potentially bombarding new readers with lots of information (personally, I love reading about you and how you got to be who you are now but I suppose it could discourage some). Looks brilliant so far, you coul also include a bit about your travel experiences if you wanted, as reading about overseas adventures seem to be universally enjoyed by all.
i love the links you provided for each section- so helpful to quickly check back on the major posts! awesome Katie <3
I always love everything you write, and everything you do that you write about. And never feel pressured to be perfect. There’s a super good article called ‘The Disease Called Perfection’ on the ‘Single Dad Laughing’ blog if you feel like reading the most inspirational thing on the internet. It follows your philosophy perfectly – just be yourself and you’ll be perfect. You are perfect at being you. (Song of the day: More beatiful You – Jonny Diaz)
I totally love your blog! I’m adding you to my blogroll!
I LOVE YOU ! U are just so damn cute! Love the about me! I love the pics you used on this page too! Dont ever change ; )
hey katie! i’m a new reader and love your blog. i’d love to see more in your life story about the way you grew up – i think it’s so cool that you lived in japan at one time! details!
Hi Carly!!! I’m so glad you found me
. Thanks for the suggestion; I’m definitely going to work on writing more about life in Japan/China/Asia 
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Hey Katie- just stumbled upon your blog today while I was looking for a vegan recipe for German Chocolate Cupcakes to make for my brother’s birthday (who is the ultimate meat-eater, but I like to prove to him and the rest of my family that they’re just as yummy as regular).
Thanks Katie.
I LOVE YOUR STUFF! I too am a self-proclaimed “choco-holic”, but am finding that it’s taking a toll on me. I have a 17month old daughter, and when she was 3 months old, we found out that she had a dairy allergy. In order to continue nursing, I had to change my diet to both dairy and soy-free. I could have started her on some dairy at a year old, but after reading how actually NOT good it is for you, I have opted to keep her dairy free, as well as myself. Upon making this diet change, I in turn lost almost 50 lbs, (my baby weight+an extra 25 lbs) and felt so good! Now, after I have stopped nursing, I have started to notice that I have started to put weight back on, (only like 5 lbs, but still) and don’t feel as good as I used to. Is it possible that my body has gotten used to this diet, and now I’m putting the weight back on because I’ve hit, like, a plateau or something? I have 3 kids, so I don’t get to “exercise”, but I do run around with them, do housework, and go for walks, but do I need to do more in order to lose more weight? I’ve never done well with calorie counting, and I’ve tried cutting out sweets all together, (but found I am on crabby mommy if I do that) and I love baking way too much to not do that! Just wanted your input on it, since you seem like you know your way around the kitchen and exercise world.
Hey Erin!! Thanks so much for the sweet comment
. Unfortunately, I really don’t know much about losing weight or ways to do so. But I’m glad you found me anyways. Sorry I can’t be of more help!
OH MY GOD! KATIE!!!
<3
can i be your fangirl?!
i LOOOOOVEE your blog!!!!!
i love your recipes, tricks and just about all i found here!! :O
maybe its abit (alot) late to just discover your blog
i am new to a food blog world and just started mine this year..
keep it on girl!
have a nice day ^^
http://m3foodpassion.tumblr.com/
Hey Katie, I am another now devoted follower of yours who just recently stumbled across your blog. I wish I had found it sooner but I’ve honestly been so addicted to reading your posts in the last week since I discovered you that I’m probably already caught up on all of your past ones too, haha. I love that your recipes are so simple, creative, & absolutely delicious. I’ve loved the few that I’ve already tried & have a growing list of ones I can’t wait to try. I tend to get stuck in the habit of eating the same things all the time, but now I feel like I can finally add some variety without straying from eating pure, natural foods. I also feel like I can completely relate to you in that I love to workout & struggle with keeping my calorie intake high enough to not lose weight so basically, I LOVE your blog!! Thank you for taking the time to share your awesome ideas, I look forward to reading every day :O)
Hi Joanna! *Waves like crazy* I’m so excited to “meet” you and so honored you went back and read through all my old posts! lol sorry some of them are so messy, with so many links! So glad to know another person like me!
Nice to ‘meet’ you too :O)
Hi Katie,
I have to say I have been reading your blog for a week now and love your philosophy on healthy food and exercise. Your genuineness shines through your words and I really look forward to trying your recipes. Keep on keepin’ on, girl!
Awwww thank you, Tina!
Hi Katie!
I stumbled on your website and yesterday and it will immediately became one of my regulars! I’ve always wanted to try going vegan for a week and your blog gave me the perfect amount of inspiration…your recipes look amazing and accessible. Thanks for sharing with everyone…you seem so genuine and cheery and its a true pleasure to read. I’m a big runner, too, and your fudge babies will be my favorite pre/post run snack
Hi Jess! I’m so glad you found me! So nice to hear from another runner. But watch out for the fudge babies… they are addictive little things!
Hi Katie! Super cute blog! Just thought I would say HI after reading your yummmmmy post over at Fitnessista!
Aww Kimberly, I’m so so excited to “meet” you hehe. I was serious when I said I like meeting new bloggers!
Hi Katie! Just came over from your post on the Fitnessista! LOVE your blog! Such a great collection of yummy, healthy DESSERTS
Love. love. love!
Hey Natalie! Thank you so much for taking the time to say hello! And your comment was so sweet. It put a big smile on my face
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Just wondering what camera you use and what you use for photoshop?
All your pictures are so pretty!
Hi Lisa!
Thanks so much for the sweet comment… I’m trying, but I really need to get better at working my camera! I just recently stopped using the automatic mode. Anyways, I have a Nikon.
For photoshop… well the very first thing I do when I open a photo in photoshop is to crop it. After that, I go to image, then adjustments, then “selective color.” I love playing with the selective color because it only changes the color of one particular aspect of the photo (as opposed to “color balance”, which changes the whole photo). I always make the whites have less black. And usually I go to brightness/contrast and add brightness too!
After that, I often blur the background, using the blur tool.
I kinda just play around.
Hi Katie,
I just wanted to let you know how much I love your blog!
I love your healthy sweet recipes! I’ve just ordered some stevia (not available in the uk) and am looking forward to trying it out in some of your recipes!
katy
Aww aww aww thank u Katy! (And hehe great name!)
Katie,
Thank you for the recipes. My daughter and I can’t wait to try them and the pictures look great. I am really impressed with what you have started here and think it is wonderful that you are already into healthy nutrition. It took me 40 years.
Keep up the creativity and thanks for sharing! Sonja ❤
Thank you for such a great site and giving me the courage to use Almond Breeze to make alfredo sauce (while I didn’t follow your recipe, spur of the moment cooking…). My version turned out just fine. I’m looking forward to trying some of your oatmeal recipes…I love oatmeal.
Thanks again and keep the wonderful sounding stuff coming.
Whats your body look like? How are people worried?
This blog gave me the confidence to start my own! I had to work to keep a steady weight while making the transition to veganism. All of your recipes are so creative and energy-filled, where do you find inspiration?
Awwww thank you!
And lol I get inspiration from the weirdest places… I’ve even gotten inspiration from Baskin Robbins before. Or magazines, grocery stores… I’ll look at candy flavors or ice cream flavors and say, “Hmmm, now what ELSE can I use that flavor for?”
I love your website, I only discovered it yesterday but I have been reading through and drooling at all your recipes! You are so right about enjoying life and enjoying the things you love in a healthy way, that’s my philosophy too. I have one obstacle that stops me from making some of your recipes though, none of the supermarkets in my town sell coconut butter/oil (I live in Italy).:( I need to find a shop that’s NOT Italian produce-centric, that or wait til the summer when I can go home and buy what I need. I can’t wait to make that chocolate fudge cake, it looks amazing. Definitely an incentive to bake more.
Rx
I’m so glad you found me! As for coconut butter… have you tried making your own? Just as yummy, and much cheaper even if you ARE able to find it in stores
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No I haven’t, I don’t know why I didn’t think about that! Thanks! I will let you know how it goes!
Wow Katie – this is absolutely ADORABLE! I would love it if you wanted to do a guest post on my blog sometime. And I also have a facebook fan page – where on wednesday’s I like to feature websites for health/fitness. I believe this is going to be the featured webpage next wednesday – May 11th – so make sure to check it out. http://www.facebook.com/coachashleysh22
Oh wow, thank you so much, Ashley! I would be honored to be associated with your site!
Just let me know whatcha need from me.
Hey Katie!
Do you have twitter? Shoot me a message via @Ashleysh22 and we can go from there!
I do!
@choccoveredkt
But lol I’m usually too wordy for 140-letter messages! Would email work better?
Hey Katie!
I sent you a message via twitter – but send me an email CoachAshley [at] hotmail [dot] com.
I also posted a link to your website on my facebook page today
https://www.facebook.com/CoachAshleysh22
Talk to you soon!
Hi! I love your blog and have tried a lot of your recipes–you are truly a whiz in the kitchen! As far as your quest to gaining weight goes, have you considered lifting weights (heavy if possible) in order to put on some lean muscle mass?
Running is great, but definitely depletes your muscles.
Hey Alexis!
I do lift weights… but I hate it
. I wish I could be one of those people who loves weight-lifting! Basically, I force myself to do it 2-3 times a week (usually 2 because I am lazy!), and I focus especially on my arms. It’s helped a little! I use ten-pound dumbbells.
hey!! first off you are SOO PRETTY!!! and so many chocolate lovers but you the first that has a blog dedicated to it!!…great stuff!
Aw thank you, Eva!
Ok – stick a fork in me – I’m done!
Just wanted to say how much I adore your site! I cannot wait to make some of everything! First recipe will definitely be a Fudge Baby of some type. I don’t remember what other site I was on which got me to yours, but thank heaven it happened anyway. You’re a sweetie and I’m telling all my friends & family about your site! Just tried my first taste of Artisans Raw Coconut Butter and I’m in heaven. Kudos to you for such a wonderful site! BC
Thank you!!!
I remember when I first tasted the coconut butter… lol I thought it was going to be boring. My mom was like, “You have to try this!” And I didn’t believe her.
I need to learn, Mother always knows best!
So… wow you will never believe how I ended up at this site and what I was expecting and what I got.
That said… I still liked the end result so…… good stuff.
lol thanks!
Don’t mention it!
So I checked out your recipes… very interesting. I made donuts out of almond flour and also formulated a double chocolate almond-flour healthy chocolate cake.
Did you want to party or do you have a “bf”?
AND so…….. soo……. you’re not actually covered in chocolate………?
I stumbled across this website through twitter somehow and have now visited it every day for the past week, searching out new and exciting recipes!
I’m spreading the news over here in Australia!
Sooo keen to try your cake batter shake!
xo
Oh my gosh thank you!!!
And will you enjoy Australia extra for me? I’ve always wanted to go!
I definitely will!
You will love it. It is so beautiful here and the people are so friendly
Katie, The thing that keeps me coming back to your blog is the fact that you’re very upbeat and you also cater to those who’re watching their weight—or just want lower calorie options– even though you dont need to. I think that that’s so kind of you and just awesomesauce
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–from a New Orleanian going to Boston for college!
Aw thanks, Jae! I do know that people reading my blog have all sorts of dietary preferences… I have to remember to tag my posts as gluten-free, soy-free, etc. Recipes are so easily adaptable to different diets, though. Especially low/high-calorie. Just by changing up the type of milk you use or the amount of fat added, you can make it as high or low-cal as you want!
Thanks SO much for creating this blog! I just made the cookie dough balls and I’m in LOVE! I eat quite clean, but there are certain times when a girl needs a little sweetness without completely derailing her efforts and your recipes fit the bill perfectly! I’m super excited to try more of your concoctions. Thanks again!
I’m so excited you made them!! Thanks for such a sweet comment
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I just found your blog and am really excited to try some of your recipies. I’ve been browsing for the last hour and have found so many recipies I want to try, especially some oatmeal and Larabars recipes. I love cold oats!!! And of course Jocolate Larabars, yum. I do eat healthy most of the time but do love healthy/naughty food too. ~Leslie
Yay! Another cold-oat lover! I’m so glad you found me
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hi Katie!
you have helped me in my journey to redisccovering that food, fitness and a healthy lifestyle can be fun. as i have recently taken up yoga, running and veganism. i fee like being vegan makes me much more conscious of my food choices and proper nutrition. anyway i was wondering if you have any tips for beginning bloggers?
just wanted to let you l know how much of an inspiration you are to me. I am recently recovered from an eating disorder and have just started reading your blog. i love all your recipies (especailly your chocolate chip blondies and carot cake shake! yummm
thanks so muchh
- O.c.
Hey O.c.
Your comment made me smile so much! I’m actually in the process of writing a post with blogging tips. But here are some quick tips off the top of my head: I think the BIGGEST thing you can do is comment, comment, comment on other blogs. Don’t just comment once on a particular blog; keep on commenting. It might take a while, but soon the blogger (and other commenters) will keep seeing your name pop up and start to remember you.
I commented a lot on other blogs when I first started out. If you’re just starting out, that’s a good way to get your name out there. Otherwise, no one will know your blog exists.
Also, twitter! I dragged my feet and didn’t get a twitter account until about 3 months ago, but it helped me find a LOT more friends!
Good luck!!
What does the rest of your Black Swan costume look like?
Hey!
and no crazy feelings of wanting to binge. I feel more connected to the food, since I am preparing and therefore I guess maybe I appreciate it and can really enjoy it. Plus, it’s more filling and filled with awesome ingredients, so I respect the food more (I know that probably sounds so silly, but it totally makes sense to me 
. And by the way, my almost 2 year old, who is probably THE pickiest eater in my house loves your snicker doodle blondies. I can’t wait to try more of your recipes!
I just wanted to let you know that I LOVE your website. I also want you to know that it has helped me tremendously. I am not a vegan by any means, but I have an incredible sweet tooth. This sweet tooth has led to periods of binge eating (and sadly, purging as well) and feelings of guilt, lack of control, and basically misery. I know that probably sounds overly dramatic, but to one with a food addiction, it is a vicious cycle that is difficult to break free of. Anyway, since finding your blog, I have found ways to satisfy these cravings in a more healthy way, which does not lead to guilt or remorse. I just had a post workout bowl of peanut butter chocolate oatmeal
Thanks for being awesome!
Katie,
I worked on some homemade Larabars last night, and wrote a note about it on Facebook; at the end I posted a comment about your blog, as well as the photo of your original Fudge Babies, and I included a link. I didn’t re-post your recipes, because I want them to come here, and I wanted to let you know I’m determined to have every one of my friends become as hopelessly addicted to your Fudge Babies AND your site as I am. =)
Siobhan
AWESOME!!! I love the CC diet
can’t wait to try some of these out!
I just read your About Me, and some of your recipes. Firstly, I am sorry people have left you rude/ mean comments, because you seem like a wonderful person who has a healthy outlook on life & eating. It is so refreshing to read about your love for food, when these days so many women are overly obsessed with calorie counting. There is no doubt in my mind that women are jealous that you do not have to work that hard to maintain a thin physique.
I can’t wait to try some of these delicious sounding recipes! Keep it up home girl, I am definitely a fan
Thanks, Molly, for SUCH a sweet comment!! I am so happy you found my blog; your kind words put a big smile on my face
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Hey katie!(: just wondering,please don’t take it to heart..were you annorexic ?
no
hey katie!
I thought today I’m gonna speak up to you and leave my first comment.
i’m from austria and slowly switching from vegetarian to more and more vegan. i don’t miss a thing when eating vegan, but it’s my family and friends who make some difficulties when it comes to this.(long story, don’t wanna bore you;))
First I really have to tell you how incredibly great your blog is. it’s beautifully organised, features awesome recipes and you yourself seem very very likeable!:)
i also totally know the quest of gaining weight in order to stop people making negative and rude comments about your weight, cuz i experienced this myself and still do.
it’s good to know i’m not alone out there!:)
anyway, i just wanted to say hi and congratulate you to your fabulous blog!
i also started a small blog, just for fun and to collect my recipes. it’s mostly written in german but I just started to post in english, so if you like, take a look(and don’t blame me for my blog-baby being too small, it’s just slowly growing:))
sending you my best wishes from austria,
saskia:)
Hi Saskia!
I’m so excited to hear from someone all the way in Austria! I’ve never been there, but I’d love to go someday… maybe I could meet up with you and we could eat vegan chocolate bars all day
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awww i’d love to!
austria is pretty great, and it gets more vegan-compatible every day!:)
great to see they offer tofu-snacks and even “vegan salads” with lenils etc. at the sub-station!;)
Hey Katie
I’ve been dealing with Anorexia Binge Purge Subtype (which was REALLY horrible because I LOVE food and cooking 
) but have been slowly over-coming it 
I’ve became a Veggie (mainly because I love animals,Woop!) and I really wanted a healthier lifestyle for myself. I just wanted you to know that your blog has opened me up to a new world of healthy but DELICOUS food that I can enjoy and not feel guilty about eating 
Its been hard being a 15 year-old Veggie and my Mum (Yea, I’m English 
) hasn’t been the most supportive of people but I know I don’t really know you but it feels like your kinda my second-Vegan Mum 
I love your views on life and food and NEVER want you to stop writing! 
Lots of Love from London 
x P.S sorry for my rambling 
I just wanna say how much I LOVE your blog and how much its helped me!
Wow! Thanks for such an awesome-sweet-adorable comment! Filled with smileys (my favorite!). And also, people from London are the kindest, most wonderful people in the world! True fact.
Haha
That must be true, seeing as you were born here 
Awww !!!
Wow! I love your blog and all the delicious recipes. But…and I say this with love, you are very skinny! If you are that skinny naturally, then great! But if you aren’t, I beg you to eat some more. If you eat all these yummy foods you will still be healthy. Just do what’s right for you, and eat more cookies! (:
Yeah, I don’t want to be rude but your pictures actually make me a bit nervous for your health, and also for others looking to you as a model of size/weight. I’m grateful for the recipes but I do want to encourage you to make sure you have a healthy amount of fat on your body, like women need. Obviously a picture is not like a friendship or a doctor-patient relationship, ask a doctor or a friend!
Hi Katie, As I’m sure you can tell by all of my recent posts on your blog that I LOVE all of your delicious recipes. I think you are super cute and beautiful! It saddens me to read some of the negative and accusatory comments some readers post on your blog
You deal with them graciously and seem to take it all in stride. Please don’t let the negative comments bother you as I get the feeling others are jealous that you are naturally healthy and thin. Some think you are too thin but you are clearly at a healthy weight for your body, even your doctor agrees 
I think it’s great that you strive to eat healthy foods and exercise because you love it. I also think it’s great that even though you are naturally thin you don’t use that as an excuse to eat junk food and processed crap all the time just because you can. I find your blog very uplifting and it motivates me to continue living as healthy a lifestyle as I can. PS I love all of you healthified desserts!!! Keep the great recipes coming! ~Leslie
Aww thank you so much, Leslie!
Also, I sent you an email
Katie, thanks to YOU, I spoke to my parents tonight and told them I’ve decided to become vegetarian and eventually am intending on introducing the vegan lifestyle!
Additionally, I am becoming a scientist in the kitchen! I made your fudge tonight (and am currently eating it!) and made little alterations to fit my cravings (hello peanut butter, frozen berries and vanilla!).
To top it all off, I went to the grocery store today and purchased wholefood products!
I’m so excited to start on this journey!!!!
Thankyou for your inspiration!!!!
Wow, I don’t even know what to say! Your comment just made me smile so so much… and I’m excited for your journey too! I think you definitely have the right idea to go vegetarian first. That’s how I did it too, and I only moved to veganism after getting comfortable with the vegetarian lifestyle for a year first. It’s a HUGE change! You’re awesome
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Thanks for your imput!
Any tips on telling people you’re vegetarian? I’m not sure how my friends will take it!
I guess it depends on your friends… I don’t know them, so I can’t tell you how to tell them! But if you want them to see that your not going to be deprived in your new lifestyle, come equipped with AMAZING treats to share that you can eat too
. That way, they’ll think, “Maybe her new diet isn’t so strange after all!”
Thank you Katie!! You are so inspiring and make it easy to find gluten and dairy free recipes, (since I’ve been recently diagnosed with intolerance’s to both) and healthy ones at that! I am also trying to gain weight and I hope your delicious recipes help:D Thank you soooo much!
I love your blog so much!!!! I have some voluminous oats thickening in the fridge to eat in the AM!!!
A request: lemon bar flavored oatmeal??? That would be totes awesome, if possible!!!
Lol… I can try, but I don’t really like lemon-flavored things, so I wouldn’t know if my experiments tasted any good!
Katie-
I’ve made “inspired-by” versions of your recipes for a while, but I am going to be leaning on you quite a bit in the future: I’m working out a diet for newly-diagnosed GI issues, and one near-future restriction I’m sure of it a very low-fat diet! So…thank you for all of the low-fat and fat-free versions of tasty, delicious things! Now, I just need to get off this elimination diet to enjoy some deliciousness!
Thank you!!
Lindsey
Aww thank YOU for the sweet comment
Dessert sure has changed at our household since I found your blog. My fruit and veggie hating toddler is currently eating some peanut butter “fudge” and yesterday he was eating some “fudge babies.” I am so happy to find new ways to sneak in some healthy foods for him. Not to mention that this is going to help my waistline…
This put a HUGE smile on my face!
Very nice blog, Katie!
I hope you keep up the good work – seems a lot of people are like me, and generally fancy a place that collects useful information (irregardless of subject). The post from the “veggie-hating-toddler-mom” above is indeed a sentiment towards the quality of what you are doing!
I might drop you an e-mail. Or simply subscribe here. Either how, you seem interesting.
Thanks!
I really like your blog and recipes and I’ve added it to my Google reader.
I can’t be silent about one thing, though: you look ill. I used to have anorexia nervosa and have met other people with anorexia and with orthorexia nervosa, and I can tell when people are underweight. Your hands and head size paint a stark contrast to your painfully thin arms and torso.
Maybe you have a problem, maybe you don’t. I don’t know you and have never seen you in real life. But I beg you to get checked by a doctor and/or psychiatrist.
Meg,
Please read this post: http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2008/07/10/hello-from-ccv/
And please think about how hurtful it would be for a person who does not have an eating disorder to be on the receiving end of a comment such as yours.
Hey Katie!
I was wondering if you were taking any supplements, like, any additional B12?
I am considering to might get me some, but don’t really know what exactly..
greets,
saskia
I do take an omega 3 supplement, but not b12. But I make sure to get enough b12 with fortified foods such as nutritional yeast, energy bars, and almond milk.
I may sound stupid, but is there no veg.food that contains omega 3? And thanks for answering me:)
There are, and I eat them. But I like to be on the safe side just in case
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Love your blog! It’s so hard to find vegan desserts on trust worthy blogs : ) thanks!
Aww thanks, Dani!
I just had to say how much I love your blog and recipes! I stumbled upon your blog while searching out diy recipes for Larabars and lo and behold your fudge babies! Totally in love by far my favorite is the Girl Scout cookie version of the caramel delight sooooooo freaking yummy! I so far have made quite a few of your recipes, the chocolate chip cookie oatmeal cake = AWESOMENESS!! I love how I can make naughty treats and still be healthy. The blondies are also super awesomeness, I can’t wait for the post on the peanut butter and jelly one’s. No one knows they are made with beans and I don’t plan on telling. Sneaking in healthy treats with my family is always a plus, especially when they are none the wiser!! Keep the yummy recipes coming!!!
Thank you, Anita! I’m trying to work on new Larabar recipes… honestly I forgot about making new ones because I get caught up with making the older ones over and over!
I am reading your blog and enjoy it very much. Recipes are very good. Thanks so much.
Aww thank YOU
Hey Katie-girl!
I am enjoying your recipes and the way you think about food.
A request? I’d love to see the fiber content included in the nutritional information going forward. I always note my fiber intake, and since you do the other recipe math, I thought maybe you could toss this number in for us too?
Glad to hear you are planning to keep up your blog. As a new reader, I would be disappointed to see it end.
Hope
Hi Hope!
All of my recipes are going to be higher in fiber than traditional recipes due to the fact that I ONLY use 100% whole grains. I really don’t like posting numbers (because I believe food is so much more than a number), so even providing the basic nutritional info for some of my recipes is more than I’d really like to be doing. I do it because I know the numbers are important to others. But I just list the basics… I promise to try and remember to include fiber in the future if a recipe is especially high in fiber
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I don’t know how I got here, but glad I did!
Look forward to using some of these recipes
I am so glad you found me, too!
Hi – I just joined your following! I haven’t completely dug through all your postings yet but was wondering if you had a “pantry staple” or “grocery store staple” list posted anywhere…. Just skimming through some of your recipes, I never seem to have all ingredients on hand.
Thanks and I am looking forward to trying out some of your recipes!
Hey Erin!
I am working on one, but it sadly isn’t finished yet. I try to use very basic ingredients (i.e. not so many hard-to-find flours or obscure ingredients) because I hate starting a recipe and finding out you don’t have all the ingredients! For baking, some of the things I have on hand:
1. baking soda
2. baking powder
3. salt
4. nondairy milk (I like Silk unsweetened)
5. cocoa powder (I use Hershey’s or Dagoba)
6. oats (I like Quaker or Old Wessex Irish)
And a lot (but not all) of my recipes also call for: ww pastry flour or spelt flour, bananas, nut butter, unrefined coconut oil (I’ll use any brand that’s cheapest), Artisana coconut butter, and the fudge babies call for dates. For the dates, I use SunMaid, and my favorite pb is WholeFoods 365.
Your blog freaked me out! haha Actually after reading it I love it, but when I googled “Chocolate Covered” and “Chocolate Covered Katie” popped up…. I was reluctant to click on it. I had to think back if there was ever a time that I might have been covered in chocolate. I’m glad I clicked. Your blog is very enjoyable and I will spread the word.
I was googling Chocolate Covered Bacon and this is the order of suggested searches after typing only “Chocolate Covered”:
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate Covered Katie
Chocolate Covered Bacon
You must be doing something right because you beat bacon! Stand Tall my friend. Stand Tall!!!
Katie O.
I always think it’s so funny that a vegan blog comes up when people search for chocolate covered bacon. I also love looking at my search stats, because people search for all sorts of fun stuff and end up finding me: chocolate covered bees, chocolate covered eggplant, chocolate covered grasshoppers…
I’m not sure where to ask this, but… do you have any recipes like clif bars? The list of ingredients on the label was so long… and it’s pretty sugar-y. But clif bars provide a good amount of energy from protein and healthy carbs and are a perfect on the go snack. I’d love a recipe recommendation!
LOL I *just* started playing around with a recipe! I am actually very close (maybe next month?) to posting a Luna Bar recipe, but not yet Clif. Today, I’m actually posting a chocolate Larabar recipe. I think I remember seeing a homemade clif bar recipe online once, though. So I’d try googling “homemade clif bars” and see if it comes up
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I’m so happy my sister linked me to your blog! What great sounding recipes! I can’t wait to give them a try!!!
Hey there!! Just found your blog — I love it! Thank you so much for sharing! Everything you post looks delicious. Adding you to my blogroll
You are so funny! Naughty recipes that have been given a healthy spanking. I love your blog Katie!!
I have started eating wheat-free foods for health purposes, and I was worried I wouldn’t get to have the things I love most…all things chocolate! I just found your site last night and could hardly go to bed because I had so much fun looking at all the good things that you have posted that are wheat-free and chocolately! Thank you so much for your creativity that you share with us chocoholics and for making me feel like eating wheat-free can be fun and a cooking adventure. Blessings!
I’m so glad you found me, Jill!
*Chocolate hugs!!*
Hi, Katie!
I posted a post the other day but I cant find it
But anyway… I really love your blogs and I cant help but wonder how do you keep your hair so shiny!!! Whats your secret besides healthy eating? Hehe… anyway. I notice that you have all these amazing recipe ideas which I will DEF be using one day and I noticed that you dont have a pie recipe! Also, I want to know if you have any idea in which I can make a n oatmeal crust? :S But anyway.. I love your blog and I know you heard this many times but you are a great inspiration to me. I used to freak out about what I eat sometimes and many times my mother would tell me that life is too short and I should just enjoy it while I can ( the healthy way of course) and I saw that you said the exact same thing. Of course I rarely have any cravings as I dont have much of a sweet tooth but when I did.. I always ignored it :/ But this weekend im going to try one of your cookies recipe -if im in the cookie mood- as they are my favorites! Anyway… I hope I made sense… I tend to talk in circles lol. Thanks a lot! Wait… you said you have a pre-run snack… Do you eat right BEFORE you run. I tried eating a small snack before but it makes me feel like throwing up while I’m running >.<
Hi Janice,
You probably left a comment when I was switching servers. I lost a lot of comments in the move. Sorry about that. Thank you so much for the hair compliment!!! Here’s a post I wrote about my hair: http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/03/23/do-you-want-shiny-and-healthy-hair/
LOL I actually don’t like pie crust, which is why I don’t have a crust recipe. Maybe someday I will have to create one, though! I eat a piece of fruit (a favorite is a 1/2 grapefruit, but it changes) and a handful of nuts about 10-15 minutes pre-run. But that’s just what works for me. I know a lot of other people like the pb-banana thing… you just have to experiment
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Hi Katie! I just saw your guest post on EatLiveRun and those blueberry pancakes look to die for. Pancakes are, and have always been, my favorite thing in the world. I make them for dinner all the time…like last night I made banana pancakes, but I think I will be having them again tonight because I MUST try the blueberry pie!!!
Hey Brittany! It’s so nice to “meet” another pancake lover… I don’t think I’ve ever had pancakes for dinner. Now I really want to!
You have NEVER had pancakes for dinner!?!? Oh my gosh you have to try it. I have been doing it since I was little! It’s my favorite thing. Here is my version of blueberry cakes, but I will definitely be trying yours: http://countingmycupcakes.blogspot.com/2011/08/pancakes-for-soul.html
LOL, I’m making breakfast for dinner tonight… and pancakes are definitely on the menu!!
Jealous! Enjoy
Yum
Hey Katie! I’ve read your blog before, but saw your post on ELR and those pancakes look INCREDIBLE! Definitely the next batch I try making. I’m always looking for fun single serving recipes and I get all whacked out if I eat too much sugar, so these are perfect.
Also – totally admire you for trying the blogging for a living thing. A dream of mine too!
<3 Clare
Aww thank you so much, Clare!
Stumbled across your blog while google searching images for…..hmmm I forgot since I got all caught up with your blog. If this stuff tastes as good as it looks I’ll be back for more. I’m looking forward to trying your Raw Chocolate Fudge Cake.
Ooh I hope you like it! Be sure to use coconut butter… some people use the oil option and like it, but I really think it’d be MUCH better with coconut butter
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I’m in love with your new “about” page! <3
Hi Katie, I recently across your blog. You really have some amazing looking recipes and I will be following you regularly
I haven’t tried any yet, but the spinach ice cream and oatmeal bakes are on the top of my list when I get a chance.
I’ve just started running recently and love it. I have a new blog about my running goals and will soon be adding recipes too. I hope this doens’t sound like shameless spam, but since you are a runner I wanted to mention my new blog, and I would love some support and followers.
Hi Riri! You definitely have my support! Good luck with your new blog!
I have been reading through your blog more and I am loving all your healthy dessert options. You have a gift, thank you for sharing it with all of us!
Thank YOU for such a sweet comment Amy!!
All I can say is Wow and thanks! This is so very helpful for those of us who adore sweets but also want to eat healthy.
Katie, I was wondering what kind of chocolate chips you use, when you call for them. Are they the regular ones like Hersheys, or something from the health food store?
Hi Candy!
I’ll buy whatever vegan brand is cheapest, usually. Many brands of chocolate chips are vegan, including: Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet (the ones in the gold package), Enjoy Life, Whole Foods brand, Sunspire, some generic brands, Divvies, etc. Or, I sometimes even use Ghirardelli 100% baking discs or broken up chocolate bars (in different flavors), just for fun.
I brought your chocolate chip cookie dough dip to an employee potluck at the Terror Tram, an attraction in Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights. It was the most popular dish in the whole potluck. Everyone was talking about it. Nobody would ever have guessed they were eating hummus… basically. I served it with apple slices and graham crackers, for people to pile it on. One man who did learn that it was “healthy” wants the recipe for his son, who has multiple food allergies. Another woman whose daughter has an autoimmune disease was thrilled to find a dessert her daughter could actually eat without triggering a flare of her illness. And my daughters and I loved it because we are vegan health nuts, and after my cancer and my daughter’s Lupus and Crohn’s Disease diagnoses, we are being extremely careful to avoid toxic foods. I can’t wait to try some of the other recipes here. Thanks so much for sharing them. Wonderful!! You are making many lives better … and perhaps longer.
Wow, Sue, I am SO excited that you made it for them… and even more excited that everyone liked it! I can’t tell you how much it means to me that you’re spreading the word (by showing people) that healthy food can taste good.
Yes, it’s great that people love hearing that it’s vegan and healthy. I forgot to mention that my daughter Lisa Molenda actually made the cookie dough while I got ready for work. She makes up delicious vegan desserts and meals, too, but she is in awe of yours. Her vegetarian/anti-dairy sisters and I love your website, too. (We were vegan for years, but now we sometimes eat infertile, organic, free range eggs). You are SO creative. Great stuff!!
Thank you so so much!!
Hi Katie, I started looking at your blog earlier this year as I started to move my diet towards a more ‘paleo/caveman’ diet and someone (who also sticks to paleo diet) recommended to me the fudge babies. I first tried the diet to see if it made me feel better and it does (re energy, mood etc) so I decided to stick to it as a lifestyle choice (not just a fad). The fudge babies are absolutely AMAZING and I also tried the cookie dough ones which are awesome. I can actually just keep a stock of the fudge babies on hand for my chocy cravings and don’t get sick of them! and even people not doing paleo love them. I love the recipes of yours that I’ve tried and excited to keep trying more! Some of the recipes I tailor slightly to make them more paleo – essentially just subbing any grain flours for almond or coconut flour. Usually i don’t have to change much though as they pretty much are paleo anyway. Having your recipes to refer to so easily from the blog makes a big difference for me as I find the diet isn’t challenging and I can have fun with it as I do have a massive sweet tooth for desserts (not necessarily sugar but something a little desserty after dinner). I really like showing the recipes off to people who think they can’t eat ‘healthy’ and have desserts
Aww thanks, Linda! I am so honored you like the recipes!!
Hi!
I am new on this blog, and I love you already!
I am a vegan (due to allergies, family health history, and love of animals), a total health nut, exercise fan, and horse/dog crazy person! I feel your pain when it comes to thinness; I was an anorexic, so during my recovery stage, people would be critisizing how thin I was (THAT did not help me AT ALL…..I am much better, but still health-concious).
Your recipes look really fab! I have yet to try one. Question: how many calories are in a tablespoon of coconut oil? And when you say T, is that a tablespoon or a teaspoon?
Love love LOVE YOU!!!!
—Kit-Kat (my real name is Katie, I just go by my nick-name)
Hi Katie!!! So nice to hear from another Katie/Kate
. Yes, a T is my lazy way of saying “tablespoon.” For teaspoon, I’ll say “tsp.” And there are around 100-120 calories in a tablespoon of oil. I think that’s the same for any oil. (I could be wrong, though.)
Katie!! I am in love with your blog!! I came across it just the other day and have been sharing it with anybody I can. I’ve looked at everything on the site and I’ve come to the conclusion that you and I are a lot alike. Besides the fact that we have the same name, lol, but that I too am a chocoholic. I mean, i LOVE almost anything sweet, especially if it’s chocolate. I was excited to find your blog because I’ve been trying my darndest to not listen to my sweet tooth very much considering I’m not the thinnest person ever and I am having a little trouble weight wise but your blog got me thinking that maybe I can have my dessert and eat it too! Thank you thank you thank you Miss Katie!! Since I can’t give you an actual hug, I’ll give you a virtual one **hugs**
Awww I am sending CHOCOLATE hugs back to you! (But not too many, because I am greedy and selfish when it comes to chocolate! I want to keep it all to myself
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I tried the sugar free version of your cookie dough dip yesterday. I have to say that I am so impressed with it! It really does taste GOOD! I had gastric bypass a year and a half ago and I can’t have very much sugar. This is a terrible thing for someone with a huge sweet tooth. The high protein and low sugar versions of your recipes are perfect for someone that has had weight loss surgery. Thank you! I am going to try some other ones this week!
I’m so excited you liked it! I think I need to do a sugar-free version of the brownie batter dip soon…
Hi Katie — Not sure how I found you but I’ve really loved reading about you and your delicious recipes. I even posted one on my own blog and everyone seems to love it (I did give you credit so hopefully you’ll get some new followers out of it!). This blog thing still confounds me at times and I’m so impressed with what you’ve achieved.
Keep up the great cooking! My niece would not eat a veggie if it literally jumped into her mouth but yet, she scarfs down your “cookie dough” dip. My sister was so excited and eager to make the recipe that she’s debating putting it in a sandwich and sending it with her to school!
Delish!
Hi Katie,
Just found your site. I am cooking treats for someone with pancreatitis who CANNOT eat fat and you have great recipes. I’ve tried the banana bread (in the oven as we speak). Smells GREAT. I added extra cinnamon and used the pure banana version, with dried apricots and golden raisins for “chew”. Can’t wait to share a slice of her gift loaf (I’ll stay for tea.)
Thanks for doing this. Lisa
Aww, you are so welcome!
I found your blog through Pinterest! (My new addiction) Wanted to say that I LOve your blog. What I really like about the recipes is that the cookies don’t make 3 or 4 dozen. (I am known to eat an entire tray *yikes*) and with these recipes I get to feed the craving without feeding the crazy sugar monster.
My bestest to you!
Aww, I am so glad you found my site!
Hello! I just wanted to tell you thank you SO much for the recipes!! My youngest son has SEVERE allergies to so many things…and a lot of your recipes I can make for him!! SO thank you!!!
Aw, thank YOU for such a sweet comment!
I am new to your blog and must say – I AM IN LOVE! This is just an ideal site for me! You have it put together so beautifully and it is very easy to follow. I am running out to buy the ingredients for Chocolate Bar Pie now. As I was listing the ingredients out I had a thought:
Why not create a page of all of your favorite ingredients – with brands? I know you have suggestions within some recipes, but why not a list on a single page? So when you say “1 TBSP of Nut Butter” we can go to your ingredients page and see which brands/kinds you suggest?
I’m a HUGE supporter. Thank you for your everything you are doing. I’m VERY excited!!!
Aw, thanks, Mary!
I’ve been working (on and off) on such a page… but it’s so complicated because I like so many random products! Hopefully I will get it up someday!
So after finding and trying your chocolate-chip cookie dough dip (and loving every last bite of it), I have a whole list of recipes from your blog to try! I can’t wait! I’m a health nut and can’t wait to try some more of your healthy recipes! Thanks!
You are so welcome! I’m so glad you liked it!
Have u ever had arctic zero? I’m trying to recreate it with or without the protein. I think u would be e person to help me. I have tried
Xanthum gum and guar gum. If u haven’t had it you should try it and en help me out with some suggestions. Thanks!
Sorry, I’ve never had it so I have no idea what it tastes like!
you should totally try it! I think you would LOVE it. Mint choc is the best flavor and tastes like a girl scout thin mint cookie. Plus, seasonally they have pumpkin which is also good. Im addicted! 150 calories per pint!
I came across this site on Pinterest, and I am IN LOVE with it!!! I have just become a vegan this past summer in an effort to be healthier. I have been researching JuicePlus lately, and I was wondering if this is a product you would recommend or know anything about. Thanks so much! I can’t wait to try some of these delicious-looking recipes!
Sorry, I’d never even heard of it until your comment. But I’m so glad you found me… it’s always nice to know another vegan
. Good luck!!
Thank you & God bless! You’re website is inspirational because I’m spending my 37th year transitioning into a vegan lifestyle. I have no support from my family in my decision & I look forward to your enthusiasm for being vegan veryday. I truly appreciate you.
Awww good luck!!!
Best. Blog. Ever
Thank you SO much!!
I have recently discovered your website, and am sooooo excited to try out LOTS of your recipes =)
Thankyou for all of the amazing vegan recipes.
Aw, you are so welcome!!
Everything i’ve tried so far (skinny snickerdoodles, hot apple crumble bars, fudge, and Chocolate Fudge Pie) has been DELICIOUS, and no-one realised how healthy the things I shared were! I have passed your website along to some friends who are also very excited about trying some recipes =)
THANKYOU once again for your amazing blog
Katie,
My fitness class I belong to challenged us to do a “No Sweets November” meaning pastries, cake, cookies, donuts, etc. I have known about your site for awhile so I knew I would be fine because I can have my cake (or fudge babies…my favorite!) and eat them too. So when some of the other ladies were stressed about giving up the good stuff in life I introduced them to your site. I know that not all your recipes are sugar free, but lots are, so now we are happy and satisfied, but still accomplishing our challenge! My question is about agave, I know that it is a sugar substitute and totally natural, which I love, but when it processes in the body how does it compare with sugars? And would I technically be “cheating” if I was eating “sweets” containing it?
Thanks for making this month manageable!
Martina
Hey girl!
Thank you SO much for telling people about my site; it means the WORLD to me!
As for the agave question, I’m sorry to say I don’t really know… I do know that some people like it because it’s lower on the glycemic index than regular sugar so it doesn’t cause blood sugar spikes as much… but lol really I do not know ANYthing about the glycemix index or how it works! (Maybe google search “agave and glycemix index” to get more accurate info?) I do know that maple syrup and blackstrap molasses are also good alternatives to sugar because both have nutrients (vitamins, iron). And I try to list stevia as an option whenever possible in the recipes. (I like NuNaturals stevia packets or vanilla alcohol-free drops.)
Best site I’ve ever came across! I’ve been searching for healthy dessert recipes for the LONGEST time and I’m literally obsessed with this one! Thanks so much for sharing all of these you’re truly making a difference!
Wow, thank you SO much for such a sweet comment!!
Hey, Katie. I’ve been following your blog for a couple weeks and so far I haven’t found a recipe I haven’t liked. Your Pumpkin bread in a bowl is awesome! I have used several different cereals and all work. I also made the Snickerdoodle Oatmeal (yummy!) but changed it with some egg free “egg nog”. Holiday in a bowl! Have you thought about writing a cookbook with all these recipes? Bet it would be a hit!
I have a friend who struggles to keep her weight above 100 pounds and she’s not anorexic or anything. She has a heart condition and has had a pacemaker since she was 18 years old, she’s now in her 50′s. I’m going to be copying your recipes for her (she doesn’t have internet, stupid husband issue!) so she can have quick healthy snacks anytime of the day. Beats the high fat/sugar stuff her doctor wants her to eat! Thanks for such a great blog!!!
You are such a sweet friend, Susan!
And yes, there are definitely plans for a cookbook someday!!
I just made your Raw Chocolate Fudge Cake. YUMMY! I used coconut butter but am thinking about using almond butter next.
Absulutely funtastic!! I love your personality. …..and looks! You are a good advertisement for health products.
CCK COOKBOOK!!!!
PLEASE??????
Love your blog so much! The recipes are AWESOME and delicious and your photos are great!
Dear Katie,
How about some dessert shot recipes? Love to see what you could do with them. Great blog!
I’m thinking my Chocolate Bar Pie recipe would do really well in shot glasses!
Oh, and speaking of shots… someone told me there’s such a thing as chocolate-raspberry vodka… and it’s vegan! I have been on the lookout!
Hi Katie,
thanks so much for sharing all your recipes! I found your blog yesterday, tried your one minute cake today and will have your chocolate covered voluminous oatmeal tomorrow morning
I’m not vegan and not even vegetarian, so I’m using just regular milk and butter so far, but I’m definitely going to try some vegan versions (usual milk is just much easier to find in a small town here). I just started a diet but found that the suggested meals are based on a lot too much meat (and definetly too less chocolate) so your website came just in time!
As I’m from Germany my name is not really Katie, but Katharina, but still my boyfriend and I just found chocolate covered Katie suits me just perfectly, so we adopted that nickname, hope you don’t mind
keep going on with your blog, it’s just awesome, thanks!
Katharina
LOL! I am so so happy to share the name with another choco-holic! Also, I adore your name… when I was little I told my mom I wanted to change mine to Katharina because it was more unique. It’s beautiful
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I have a daughter with a milk (whey) allergy and I am so thankful for you and your wonderful recipes. I can’t tell you how good it feels to make your desserts that she loves and is excited about. Not to mention my other daughter loves them and I’ve felt so much healthier since I’m now craving fudge babies for treats instead of the junk I’ve been eating. You are so generous to share all this and I feel so lucky to have access to your brilliance!!! Thank you!!! Please tell me you have a cookbook coming out so I will have the perfect Christmas gift for everyone I know who likes sweets and for my family members who also are always trying to find recipes for my sweet daughter and so I have one for my kitchen – I have so many printed sheets and so many more I want to print and try. Thank you for truly making a difference to me and my fam.
Aww Libby, your comment was SO sweet and I am so glad you found me! I do have plans for a cookbook… but sadly it’s nowhere near being published yet!
Hey Katie! I’m soooooo in love with your blog right now! I *finally* bought a food processor, and have put lots of your recipes to the test, and everything’s turned out so good! I have like 3 different icings of yours in the fridge right now! I’m gluten intolerant and vegetarian, so I love that your recipes use things that I always have in my kitchen. I never would’ve thought it could be easy or so tasty to be a gluten-free vegetarian. Thaaaaaaaaaaaank you!!!
PS – Your single lady desserts are the bomb dot com… I love not sharing dessert.
WOW,
You are quite Amazing.
You’re so pretty. and you look like Kirsten Stewart.
Aww thank you so much!!
Hi Katie,
I love playing with your “No Guilt” chocolate chip cookie recipe. Excellent. I did try to friend you on Facebook, but I can’t figure out how. I’d like a means of staying in touch. Good work, and I look forward to future recipes.
I have already subscribed.
Sincerely,
Michael Quintal
E-mail : massage33316@aol.com
Hi Michael,
My facebook is “chocolate-covered katie.”
Hey gal,
I love your website and blog! I told EVERYONE that I knew! I love it, and so do my bffs! Thanks Katie!
Hi Katie!
I’ve recently been inspired to make healthy guilt-free desserts and a friend recommended me your website! I’ll be trying more of your recipes soon, and hopefully come up with healthier alternatives for mine as well. Thanks so much, you’re an inspiration!
Aww thanks, Kelly! Good luck with your experimenting
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I just stumbled on this blog 10 minutes ago, looked through the recipes and read your story: I AM IN LOVE! I love your philosophy to food and the fact these are healthy desserts with *no* sugar is an added bonus. I have no subscribed to you and can’t wait to read more! Thank you!! Keep up the amazing work!
Oh wow, thanks for such a sweet comment!! I’m so happy you found me
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Hello,
interesting way I found your site today! Been looking at the recipes for hours. Glad the website is back up and running and load times are down. Hope you have happy holidays!
Thomas!
Happy holidays, Thomas!!
I was wondering if you could post ideas for gift giving. like some type of bread/muffin/cookie/cake mix in a jar, so the person could easily make it!
I love your blog, and chocolate!!
Hi Annie!
It’s such a good idea… I am running out of time, though, and probably won’t be able to get a post written before Christmas. I really like the jar idea, though. I think my chocolate-chip cookie mix would be really good for jars. I will definitely have to remember this for next year!
I wish Christmas weren’t coming so soon… there are so many posts I’m not going to have time to publish
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hi katie,
i found your blog through oh she glows a few weeks ago. i havent tried making any of your recipes yet but do have many bookmarked that i want to make. i recently went vegan after being a vegetarian for 7 yrs and am very happy that i have found food blogs like yours and angelas. just wanted to say thanks!
Hi Lisa! Thank you so much for such a sweet comment!
hi katie!
i have spent much of my sunday scouring your website and getting overwhelmed (in the best way!) with all of the recipes that i plan to make! i am 8 months pregnant and will be starting an early maternity leave in 2 weeks…i am SO excited that i’ll be able to make delicious desserts in that time that won’t make me completely blow up into a waddling blimp! ;o) i always try and make “healthier” versions of my desserts at home but this website takes it to a whole new level – yay!
Hi, Katie! I just discovered your site and I am SO pumped to start trying some more of your recipes! My son and I just made the chocolate pumpkin cookies (with my own little twist) and I loved them! I am so happy to find others who are dedicated to a healthy lifestyle but who definitely share a love of chocolate and desserts! I will be featuring more of your recipes on my blog! Happy Holidays!
Aww happy holidays to you!
I’m so glad I found your site! I typed sugar cookies and found your recipe! I can’t wait to try it out and all of your other chocolate recipes. I’m a choco-holic and am trying to live a healthy lifestyle too
Keep it up!
What a treat to find your blog through SkinnyTaste Gina!!!
woo! I had to comment, and as a perpetual stalker this is big. I’m a mom of three and an insomniac and found your site quite accidentally! after reading so many yummy recipes and really great comments and stories about you I had to jump in. I had a rollercoaster of college and drug addiction before I found my way to solid ground. even though I get slammed whenever I reveal that I’m stuck on methadone after a serious car accident left me nearly paralyzed, all people hear is the methadone and my reasons don’t always matter. in becoming aware of my problems I did alot of studying and found that my brains serotonin levels may never be the same and alot of opiate dependent people substitute chocolate for the opiate because it give us the same effect on our serotonin levels. add the chocolate to the fact that this medicine gives you a sloth like metabolism, and you see my problem. anyways, I am so excited to start trying these recipes and I plan to start implementing dairy free and organic foods into my family’s menu. with three kids I need more energy, and they need to be healthier, I can’t wait to see what happens! thank you so much for all the hard work you put into this!
Aww, I really hope you like the recipes and that the chocolate substitution works for you. I’m sending lots of well-wishes your way. And chocolate hugs too
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Help! I subscriped for followup comments on my last post and my phone is blowing up! Boy you are one very popular lady! How do I unsubscribe form that post?
Click “unsubscribe” at the bottom of one of the emails you get. If that doesn’t work, I’ll try to take you off manually too… hopefully one of us can fix it!
Hi, I’m from Poland and I saw this website by random and I’ m so happy!!!:D
And your recipes are the best, especially if it comes to iced-coffees – I love them… 
but they’re full of bad callories 
now I can do it by myself… 
I must lose some weight but it’s so difficult to me cause I love chocolate
It’s great!!!!!!!!!!!
Aww hi from Texas!
I’m so VERY excited about your blog!!! You may just have solved my sweet tooth issue, so I can eat what I love and not feel guilty about it
Will be trying lots of your recipes very soon!
A girl after my own ♥!! Thanks for the great recipes
Yummy!!
Yummy looking desserts, I shall have to try some of them.
You are awesome!!
Um… will you marry me?
How did I ever survive without some of these recipes??
Katie, I just found your blog via Pinterest (Someone posted a link to the chocolate chip cookie dough dip). I think you are my hero! Thank you for all the delicious, healthy recipes!
Can’t wait to try your recipe for a lower cal Nutella….love the store stuff, but so high calorie. Just trying to figure out where to get raw hazelnuts.
FanTASTIC!! My husband(who is vegan) always wants me to bake for him. I think we just hit the jackpot!
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