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    Home » Easy Vegan Recipes » Ideas & Suggestions

    Sweethearts to talk about, or happy anti-valentine's day

    14 February, 2011 by Kip 4 Comments

    So like you've probably already guessed, I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. I'm still the same pessimistic holiday-hating old ninny, dreaming of waving my cane at the kids ("get off my lawn!") and cuddling my 43 cat roomates while worrying whether or not my 112 aseptic packages of tofu are enough to get me through the next two weeks. I just like a challenge, especially one that involves putting words on stuff.

    That and the fact that these will be left out for my partner to find while I'm mid-flight over the Atlantic is going to have me pooping myself in tears of laughter for all 8 hours of my time in the air. (Happy Valentine's Day, captain). Don't ask.

    Vegan Candy Conversation Hearts

    Vegetarians and vegans know Valentine's Day love just doesn't extend to those in need of confectionery memos to communicate their true feelings. Sweethearts infamously contain gelatin, the veggie candy connoisseur's loathsome adversary, leaving us no textual candy come February.

    In case you haven't heard of conversation hearts, they're small heart shaped candies sold in the U.S. around this time every year. They're imprinted with quirky messages from sappy ("UR mine", "luv you") to absurd ("whiz kid") and disinterested ("go home"), and they get updated over time (wondering if "fax me" is still in the lexicon). It's been more than ten years since I've seen one, so I'm probably beyond out of date.

    The recipe I used was this one, only instead of gelatin I used agar, and instead of corn syrup I used liquid glucose. The act of heating the agar and water to mix evaporated some liquid, so I threw in a splash of soy milk to make up for it. Blue is bubble gum (I used a monin syrup to flavour these suckers), pink is vanilla, and yellow (coloured with turmeric) is lemon. The shapes are also a lot bigger (did you really think I'd go out in search of a tiny heart shaped cutter), but thinner so not too sickly.

    Vegan Candy Conversation Hearts

    The writing? Yes, I did it with toothpicks. Classy (err) and neat (not), but effective (partially). The theme? Vegan, dejected, and attitude. What did you expect?

    Happy anti-valentine's day, kids.

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    Comments

    1. holylopez

      February 14, 2011 at 3:34 pm

      omg. love! please tell me one said "your mom"?!

      Reply
      • Kip

        February 15, 2011 at 12:27 am

        oh yes, there were some rather inappropriate ones. I'll send you a pic!

        Reply
    2. Mo

      February 21, 2011 at 10:29 pm

      These are great!

      Reply
    3. Melisser

      February 22, 2011 at 6:29 pm

      You are amazeballz, as always.

      Reply
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