It's A Spirited Season!

Sendik's is running their Wine and Spirits Mega Sale this weekend so now's a great time to garner gifts for your lucky loved ones as well as your favorite award-winning liquors to stock your cellars! Kahlua is on sale and according to the trusty Barnivore, the go-to site for determining the vegan-ness of alcoholic beverages, here's the vegan lineup:

Kahlua, Kahlua Especial, Kahlua Hazelnut, Kahlua Mocha and Kahlua Vanilla are Vegan Friendly.
Kahlua Ready To Drink and Kahlua Drinks To Go are not.

So let's turn to the genius of Zoë François at Zoe Bakes for this spirit-filled gem of a recipe...

Vegan Triple Chocolate Cupcakes 
From “New Vegetarian” by Robin Asbell
"Robin manages to achieve a rich chocolate cake with a moist (but not dense) crumb without the benefit of eggs or dairy, mystifying! The filling is remarkably reminiscent of mocha pastry cream and the ganache is chocolaty and glossy. It all defies classic baking and yet it works wonderfully..."
Ingredients
Mocha Filling:
    Silken tofu
    Bittersweet chocolate
    Agave nectar
    Instant coffee powder
Ganache:
    Bittersweet chocolate
    Soy or coconut milk
    Kahlua
Cake:
    Unbleached all-purpose flour
    Cocoa powder
    Baking powder
    Baking soda
    Salt
    Semisweet chocolate
    Canola oil
    Agave syrup
    Soy or coconut milk
    Vanilla extract
    Rice vinegar
    Kahlua or rum
    Chocolate for shaving garnish

Here's the rest...Vegan Triple Chocolate Cupcakes  
(From what I've learned about polite re-posting of recipes, you can't post someone else's entire recipe, just a part of it with a link to the rest, unless you've changed the recipe up significantly.)
So click on the link, see yumful photos and the whole recipe and enjoy!  :)

Or go for a quick and easy bon bon from Vegetarian Times...

Vegan Chocolate Truffles
"Melt-in-your-mouth truffles don't need much to make them irresistible, but if you want to jazz up this recipe, try stirring in 2 teaspoons of flavored liqueur, such as Chambord, Frangelico, or Kahlúa."
Ingredients
Chocolate soymilk
Vegan chocolate chips
Unsweetened cocoa
and here's the rest...Vegan Chocolate Truffles

One Green Planet features several posts by supertalented vegan cookbook author Tami Noyes of Vegan Appetite on the subject of wine and the vegan lifestyle:
Vegan Wine Pairing Basics
Vegan Wines: All You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Cooking with Wine
Here Come the Holidays: Top Vegan Wines of 2011
Her recipe for Seitan Wellington with a Creamy Spinach Sauce calls for Merlot and looks superdelicious!
And she suggests an excellent Riesling with her recipe for Pomegranate Sweet and Sour Tempeh
Cheers!