click to enlarge Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake at The Coronado Niki D’Andrea Valley’s vegan restaurants are known for serving up all sorts of hearty, plant-based dishes. But they also have a cute side. From decadent dark chocolate cake to soy-based ice cream treats, here are five favorites from the subway. Chocolate Peanut Butter CakeThe Coronado2245 North 12th Street It’s unlikely that a person could eat an entire slice of this dense, dark chocolate cake alone in one sitting – at least not without epic gastronomic exertion and literal gut strength. In addition to the chocolate and peanut butter and cake mentioned in the name, The Coronado piles up caramelized bananas (like two whole banana slices apiece) and tops it off with a ton of roasted peanuts. It feels like it weighs about five pounds. Many calories. But it’s worth it. Brazilian BrowniesPomegranate Café4025 East Chandler Boulevard, # 28When Brazilian brownies from the Pomegranate Café show up at a party, they don’t stay long. These gluten-free candies are made from all raw materials including cocoa, walnuts, Brazil nuts, coconut and dates. They’re not cheap – a dozen of these delicious treats will cost you around $ 70 – but they’re perfect for special occasions when you want to impress a crowd (and watch them fight for the last brownie). Click to enlarge Vegan Cookies by Insomnia Cookies Niki D’Andrea Insomnia Cookies Insomnia Cookies 116 East University Drive, # 104, Tempe The Insomnia Cookies menu includes vegan and non-vegan cookies, but no one can tell or taste the difference. The vegan trio consists of chocolate chips, double chocolate chips and birthday cake, and each has a perfect texture: crispy and slightly crispy on the edges, warm and chewy on the inside. Each cookie is also filled with chocolate chips and, in the case of the birthday cake, topped with confetti-like sweets. I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of the New Times free. Rad Razzleberry PieBear and the Honey Bakery1375 East Broadway RoadBear and the Honey Bakery’s red Razzleberry Pie is brimming with blueberries, raspberries and blackberries under a buttery, flaky crust. Like all pies at Bear and the Honey Bakery, it can be made vegan and / or gluten-free. It’s the kind of cake everyone wants on their face. A tSoynami, the organic ice cream delicacies that are characteristic at Nami in Phoenix. Evie Carpenter tSoynamis Nami 2014 North Seventh Street Nami knows how to make vegan ice cream goodies that rival anything Dairy Queen can ever achieve (Blizzard who?). The magic starts with a soy and coconut milk-based ice cream made with unrefined organic cane sugar. From there everything goes into the mixer. Biscuits and cream, s’mores, chocolate mint, “deconstructed peach cobbler” and even a Captain Crunch-y muesli with strawberries can all be tossed into a tSoynami.
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