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!
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