• Do you struggle with junk food cravings?
  • Do you have a sweet tooth?
  • Do you wonder how to make healthy cookies to satisfy your cravings?

 

Me too! Seriously, the cookie monster was my favorite character growing up as a kid. I even had the stuffed animal and adopted some of his habits!  Yes, chowing down on chocolate chip cookies! YUM YUM YUM YUM!

To this day, I still love cookies!  My favorites are chocolate chip cookies and brownies. Even though I’m in the health and fitness industry, I still crave a sweet ol’ treat!  On those days where you are working to eat healthy, lean out, and just need to satisfy your brain with a dessert or a sweet treat, what should you do?

Give these high protein cookie recipes a try! Always looking for low fat cookie recipes!  Be sure to watch how many you eat though, you cookie monster!

HIGH PROTEIN BLUEBERRY COOKIES
(Makes 10 cookies)

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup oatmeal
  • 1 cup berries
  • 2 scoops of vanilla protein powder

Directions

  1. Combine egg whites, protein powder and oatmeal well.
  2. Stir in blueberries
  3. Drop spoonfuls of mixture on a baking sheet coating with cooking spray.
  4. Bake at 425 degrees F. for 10-15 minutes.

Nutritional Facts – Per serving (One cookie)
Calories 57
Protein 7g
Carbohydrate 5g
Fat 1 g

BANANA PROTEIN CHIP

Ingredients

  • 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 scoops (60g) whey protein powder, unflavored & unsweetened
  • 1 cup quick oats
  • 2 tbsp peanut butter, unsalted & softened
  • 2 tbsp chocolate chips, mini

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine all ingredients together adding chocolate chips the last. The batter consistency depends on how ripe are your bananas. It’s OK if it’s runny.
  3. Spoon mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on the cooling rack.
  4. Store in the fridge for up to a couple of weeks or freeze in an air tight container for up to a month. The best way to defrost them is in a microwave. That way the moisture and softness is restored.

Nutritional Facts

Servings Per Recipe: 12 cookies

Amount Per Serving = 1 Cookie:
Calories: 88.9
Fat: 2.7
Total Carbs: 11.2
Protein: 6.2
Sugars 3.8

NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE SHAKEOLOGY COOKIES

Serves: 25
Yield: 1 cookie

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1 cup organic quick cooking rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup organic raw honey
  • 1 cup Chocolate Shakeology

Directions:

  1. Combine peanut butter, honey, oats and Shakeology in medium bowl. Mix well.
  2. Roll 24 balls, each the size of 1 tbsp.
  3. Flatten each slightly so takes on the shape of a cookie.
  4. No baking is needed. Enjoy your cookie!

Nutritional Facts:

118 Calories per cookie

LOW- FAT NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SHAKEOLOGY BALLS

Ingredients:
– 8 Tbsp PB 2 (low fat high protein powdered peanut butter) (info below)
– 3 Tbsp Natural Peanut Butter
– 1/2 cup organic quick cooking rolled oats
– 3 Tbsp organic raw honey
– 1/2 cup Chocolate Shakeology

Directions:

Mix PB2 with water until it’s a paste like consistency. Mix all ingredients, including the PB2 mixture together in a mixing bowl. It make take some time to blend all of the ingredients together. If it’s too sticky, sprinkle in additional protein powder so that it’s a pretty dry/crumbly texture.   Roll mixture into small individual balls (about a ping-pong ball size) and place on a wax sheet. Makes about 12 balls, 1 ounce each. Put in freezer until firm.

Nutritional Facts: (serving size 1 ball)

Calories: 80
Carbs: 10g
Fat: 2g
Protein: 7g

*PB2 can be purchased at local Whole Foods stores who carry it or order online where I get mine http://www.bellplantation.com

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