How to Make Optimal Chocolate Chip Cookies -- Munchie Motivation

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Tis the season for holiday cookies! For this episode of “Munchie Motivation” I’m showing you how to make optimal chocolate chip cookies so you can satisfy your cravings and advance your health at the same time!

Instead of using white flour, eggs and butter, this recipe uses optimal ingredients while still being delicious AND my favorite part… they’re filling!

These cookies make it HARD to eat more than two (lol and I LOVE to eat!). These cookies erase the struggle of trying to “stay out of the cookie jar.”

Tomorrow, on Take Control Tuesdays, I’ll share why feeling full and satiated is a must for long-term weight loss and longevity. Forget trying to eat less and push the plate away.

Watch today’s episode of Munchie Motivation to learn how to make these 6 ingredient chocolate chip cookies that are not only delicious, but are gluten and flour free too.

How to Make Optimal Chocolate Chip Cookies -- Munchie Motivation

These cookies are good and are even better the next day, but what really attracts me to these -- chick peas. This may not sound exciting but the neutrality of the chickpeas binds and blends the chocolate and peanut together just right to make a traditionally not-so-good cookie, oh so good. They really taste good! They’re also gluten and flour free for those who avoid those products. Recipe hint: flatten the cookies out before baking instead of rolling them into balls to avoid the cookies breaking apart once baked.

Grain-free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites from www.texanerin.com

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 C canned chickpeas, well-rinsed and patted dry

  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1/2 C + 2 TB natural peanut butter, SunButter Natural or almond butter (room temperature)

  • 1/4 C honey or maple syrup

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • A pinch of salt if your peanut butter doesn't have salt in it

  • 1/2 C chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350°.  Combine all the ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, in a food processor and process until very smooth. Make sure to scrape the sides and the top to get the little chunks of chickpeas and process again until they're combined.  Put in the chocolate chips and stir it if you can, or pulse it once or twice. The mixture will be very thick and sticky. With wet hands, form into 1 1/2" balls. This will make 14 cookie dough bites. Place onto a piece of parchment paper. If you want them to look more like normal cookies, press down slightly on the balls. Bake for about 10-13 minutes. The dough balls will still be very soft when you take them out of the oven. They will not set like normal cookies. Store in an airtight container at room temperature (or in the fridge) for up to 1 week.  

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Remember, optimal munchies can satisfy cravings and help you live longer at the same time. Tune in next Monday for another episode of Munchie Motivation and I hope to see you tomorrow on Take Control Tuesdays.

 
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