Healthy Cookie Dough

08 Apr Healthy Cookie Dough

This is one of my FAVOURITE sweet treats – and the kids love them in their lunch boxes too! Who doesn’t like raw cookie dough ;0 yumyum! Here are 2 different recipes – 1 is chickpea based (you would never ever know! So good) and the other is almond meal based because yea I LOVE almond meal anything ;0 They are both great!!!

Option 1 (Chickpea based)

Ingredients

• 1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup nut butter of your choice
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 tbsp real maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground chia seeds or almond meal
• 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Drain and rinse chickpeas.  Dry them off with a paper towel and discard any skins that peel off in the process (this helps make the dough smoother)
2. Add chickpeas, nut butter, vanilla extract, maple syrup and cinnamon to a food processor. Blend until smooth and creamy. Add the ground chia seeds/almond meal to the food processor. (you can grind chia seeds in a coffee bean grinder or a mortar and pestle) Blend until everything is combined.
3. Add chickpea cookie dough mixture to a small bowl and fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Roll into balls and store in freezer – serve frozen or defrosted

Option 2 (Almond meal based)

Makes 8 serves

Cals per serve 200

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp real maple syrup
• 3 Tbsp melted coconut oil
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• pinch sea salt
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Stir together all ingredients except chocolate chips until well combined.
2. Stir in chocolate chips
3. Serve or chill in fridge
4. Enjoy