OK, here’s what you need to do. Call your favorite person – your best friend, your spouse, your secret crush, your cute neighbor, your therapist, whoever – and tell them to come over to your house for a delicious vegan treat. LAVA CAKES. Hubba hubba.

If you haven’t caught on yet, my new favorite phrase is “hubba hubba.” But hey! Can I really help it? Look at the goodness that is these healthy, beet-powered chocolate lava cakes! Valentine’s Day is gonna rock so hard this year, single or not.

These lava cakes were initially inspired by a version I tried in Bali last summer. But I have to be honest. The one I tried at a practically 5-star restaurant wasn’t that good! I immediately thought “I can do this better.” And, I did! Vegan and butter-free style. Plus, coconut whipped cream > dairy whipped cream.

The ingredients for these cakes are simple:

Pureed beets

Cocoa Powder

Coconut oil

Cane sugar

Semisweet chocolate

Unbleached flour

Vanilla

A few other basic baking essentials round out the rest of the ingredients. And if you don’t have beets, you can sub applesauce. The best part? These little gems come together in about 30 minutes (post beet-roasting) and require one bowl! Score.

What do they taste like?

Warm

Fudgy

Chocolaty

Rich

Cakey on the outside

Mega moist in the middle

Perfect with coconut whipped cream or ice cream

& Begging to be shared with a friend or significant other

If you share this with anyone they will be your best friend for your life – there’s just no getting around it.

Good news! These cakes are the first of SEVEN vegan Valentine’s Day recipes I have in the works.

Expect some indulgent, some raw, some heatlhy, some chocolaty, some hot pink! I listened to your votes on Facebook and have come up with quite a varied list. BE STOKED! And in the meantime, eat cake. Cheers!