Trick or Treat? This Halloween, I opted for the ‘treat’ and picked up some from Killer Sweets to celebrate!

While this may veer from my typical content, I was too excited about Modesto’s newest addition to keep things to myself. As of October 17th, 2024, Modesto is now home to the “Be Anything Museum,” a collection of Barbies on display for public amusement.

Vegan marshmallow fluff by Dandies is FINALLY available in stores and online!

The first-ever vegan spray cheese is finally here, thanks to Credo Foods.

Vegan Oscar Mayer Wieners? It doesn’t get better than this.

Walmart recently launched its largest in-store food brand in 20 years, “Bettergoods” including a new line of plant-based offerings! Many items are not yet available locally, but I was able to find the new Bettergoods Dairy-Free Mac & Cheeze, and Plant-Based Chick’n Nuggets!

This past week was my first-ever visit to Hawaii! An opportunity arose that I couldn’t ignore so I tied up loose ends at work and overpacked for my 6-hour flight (with 1 transfer) to The Big Island. I was invited to attend a Vegan Retreat hosted by Noah Hyams of Vegpreneur and Gaby Aziz of Heart Core Hotels. The retreat was held at Heart Core Hotels’ Volcano Eco Retreat in Hilo.

KLIMON (“NO-MILK” backward) was created in 2022 with the intention of delivering old-fashioned style ice cream, with a modern and sustainable twist. KLIMON is vegan, exclaiming “No Dairy-No Difference”.

Last year the secret was out on Starburst Plant-Based Gummies, but after one photo made its round on the internet they seemed to disappear. That is until they made their way to Walmart’s website. After a few months of watching them stay listed but unavailable, the packaging had an facelift and they were rebranded as “Starburst Goodies”. In the past month they’ve been popping up in store at Walmart and after impatiently waiting, they finally became avaiable near me!

In March I made the trek from Modesto to Anaheim for 2024’s Natural Products Expo West. I want to highlight some of the stops we made during our trip to fuel up and stock up on snacks.