{"id":84,"date":"2020-05-18T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T11:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2020-07-18T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T11:29:31","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-protein-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div class=\"ast-container\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area primary\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-4441\" class=\"post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-breakfast-bites category-recipes category-simple-snacks ast-article-single\">\n<div class=\"ast-post-format- single-layout-1\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clear\">\n<p>Hey friends! I last week I enjoyed the hot, sticky weather here and still recovering from a not-so-cool sunburn, blah!\u00a0 I thought I would not get burned early morning at the beach but I was wrong!\u00a0 And because I wore mid-calf running tights let\u2019s just say my tan line is . . . awesome!\u00a0 I helped celebrate a good friend\u2019s 35th birthday at the beach, aka, by the lake last week.\u00a0 It was a wonderful morning with kids at play on the playground and mommies relaxing with some yoga.\u00a0 I am not the best at yoga but the scenery was amazing!\u00a0 All worth the horrible tan lines, right?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a great, simple cookie recipe with very minimal ingredients.\u00a0 My little helper was so sweet that I could not say no to her when she says, \u201cBut mom, I just want to help!\u201d\u00a0 Okay sweetie, let\u2019s bake! #makingmemories, love!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They are sticky and gooey and could definitely eat as yummy cookie dough without the egg of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My friend got me into Ghirardelli, dark chocolate chip and they are amazing.\u00a0 Big fat chunks of chocolate melted in a yummy cookie.\u00a0 I was so excited to find my Hy-Vee makes their own dark chocolate chips just like Ghiradelli!\u00a0 And they are an entire dollar cheaper, woohoo!\u00a0 The little things that get me excited! They are also 60% cacao, that is the good stuff\u00a0 \u2013 the dark chocolate with antioxidants!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So it seem like there are so many, so many new chocolate peanut spreads out there on the market these days, ever since Nutella became a hit, everyone else is making their own version, right?\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I will say I do enjoy Skippy\u2019s brand because it has way less sugar \u2013 13 grams less than Nutella, wow!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the normal assumption of healthy foods is the darker the color the more benefits.\u00a0 I have heard some people think brown sugar is better than white sugar, well . . .\u00a0 not really, it is still just sugar and just the processing is different, however, coconut sugar, even though it is brown, does contain a few more nutrients than white sugar.\u00a0 Calories and sugar content is still the same but it does offer more vitamins and minerals than white sugar. It contains trace amounts of vitamin C, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron and copper. And probably the biggest benefit is that it does have a lower glycemic index than white sugar, meaning it does not increase your blood sugar (glucose) level as high.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Cookies\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(Serves 24- *<em>Large Cookie Scoop<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 cup chocolate peanut butter<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup coconut sugar<\/p>\n<p>2 scoops protein powder<\/p>\n<p>2 eggs<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup ground flaxseed<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup dark chocolate chips, optional<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chocolate peanut butter in a large glass bowl and heat in the microwave for about\u00a030 seconds. Next add sugar, protein powder, eggs and flaxseed and mix well.\u00a0\u00a0 Once batter is mixed, add chocolate chips and stir. Drop batter from spoon onto a greased baking sheet.\u00a0 Bake for\u00a010 minutes.\u00a0 (TIP: These cookies are glorious when only baked for about 10 minutes). Take the cookies out and let them set for 10 minutes before eating ;).<\/p>\n<p><em>Nutrition facts per serving: 95 calories; 5g fat; 51mg sodium; 10g carbohydrates; 5g protein; 1% calcium; 1% vitamin A; 3% iron.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are nice sized cookies \u2013 get your money\u2019s worth!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends! I last week I enjoyed the hot, sticky weather here and still recovering from a not-so-cool sunburn, blah!\u00a0 I thought I would not get burned early morning at the beach but I was wrong!\u00a0 And because I wore mid-calf running tights let\u2019s just say my tan line is . . . awesome!\u00a0 I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreancientforest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}