Warning: The following is for hard-core chocolate lovers.
My Grain-Free Bitter Chocolate for One was a hit. Who knew that so many people enjoyed bitter chocolate?
The only problem is, how can I make and eat a cake when I am in hurry or need a snack traveling?
Solution: make mini cakes (aka cookies) ahead of time!
Grain-Free Bitter Chocolate Cookies
~These pillowy clouds of chocolate are grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, oil-free, and, of course, sugar-free!
Serves 1, but feel free to double, triple or quadruple the recipe as needed.
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 Tablespoons of squash puree, like pumpkin, sweet potato, or butternut squash
- splash of vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- water
- Optional: unsweetened chocolate chunks, nuts, coconut, mint extract, fruit pieces
Preheat oven to 375*. Mix all of the above ingredients together. Then add a splash of water until it reaches the consistency of a thick pudding. Place batter on cookie sheet by tablespoons full. Top with optional ingredients, if using.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the cookie’s bottoms are nice and brown.
Makes a lot of cookies for only 120 calories. You also get the added health benefits of the antioxidant-loaded chocolate and the vitamin-loaded squash!Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:
Do you ever get intense chocolate cravings?
I find that I always crave straight-up unsweetened chocolate when I am out of town. These cookies would be a great thing to pack for trips!
I actually do love unsweetened chocolate! It is definitely an acquired taste, but boy have I learned to love it. I break it up into my smoothies and oatmeal, and I eat squares plain and with PB for snacks a lot. My roommates think its hilarious that I like it.
That IS hardcore. I don’t know if I could handle it. Maybe I could add a tbsp or so of palm sugar? mmm they look delicious!
I don’t seem to get cravings as much as I used to. I feel like the more I cut out sugar, the less I crave things like chocolate. That doesn’t mean I never eat it though! 🙂
I love bitter chocolate and these looks delish!
HOLY YUM!!!!
ooo LOVE the squash idea! that is awesome.
I find that if I can avoid or work through a craving- the longer I stay away basically- the less craving I will have for it. I have no desire after awhile. But yes, sometimes I do!
I could be completely sugar free forever as long as I had chocolate.
perfect i love this! bookmarked! can i sub the coconut oil for squash for a fat? i bet that would work!
Yeah-it does work! Any kind of nutbutter works, too. Or you could simply make it a sandwich by spreading coconut butter between two cookies 😀
Ooooh, interesting! I am definitely going to give this a try. With peanut butter, of course 😉
YES, like last night. I ended up eating half a bar!!
i for sure get choco cravings but i’m like you, i like the unsweetened stuff! so good. especially dipped in tahini! 🙂
ah ! havent made this in a while! but i missed it 🙂 so i came home and made some!! :)) so good! i put them in little cupcake silicone things- so easy to pop them out. yum yum.. afternoon snack 🙂 xxxx
Glad you liked them, Nadia!
These are so cute <3 They kind of look like thumbprint cookies. I love bitter chocolate
I will totally make these, with stevia!
Awe!!! They are so cute! 🙂
I haven’t made your cake in so long. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
These are too good! I also made your Dijon dressing.. Delicious! Thanks for all the great recipes
So glad you liked them, Abbey! Thanks for letting me know!