A Secret Ingredient Makes These Easy Flourless Chocolate Cookies Super Nutritious (2 Ingredients) by 30Seconds Food
Want to be able to have your cookie and eat it, too? You can, with these amazing two-ingredient cookies that contain no flour, refined sugar, butter or eggs. In fact, these chocolate cookies have a secret ingredient that makes them super nutritious. So what's in them, you may be asking? Glad you asked!
What if we told you that you can turn dates and cocoa powder into a chewy, chocolatey cookie? Seriously! Healthy dates are high in fiber and antioxidants, and they may help support brain health and prevent disease (read more about the health benefits of dates).
This easy, gluten-free, two-ingredient, delicious chocolate cookie recipe really is amazing. All you need are dates and unsweetened cocoa powder. You soak the dates, blend them into a paste, mix the paste with the cocoa powder then form the dough into balls that you bake up into a sensational low-sodium, low-calorie chocolate snack or dessert. All in only about 30 minutes! (See Recipe Notes for a no-bake variation.)
If you love this cookie recipe, try our two-ingredient breakfast cookies or these meringue cookies or these palmiers cookies and even these chocolate black bean cookies. All have just two ingredients! Serve these more nutritious cookies for dessert or as a sweet snack anytime.
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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes plus 15 minutes to soak dates
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 16 pitted Medjool dates, soaked in warm water for 15 minutes and drained
- 7 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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Recipe Notes
- To create the paste, be sure to use a blender or a food processor.
- The number of cookies will depend on the size of the balls you form.
- No-bake variation: Instead of baking, put the flattened cookies into the refrigerator to firm up for about 1 hour. This will be a softer cookie.
- Store the bars in an airtight container to keep them fresher longer.
Here's how to make it:
- Put the soaked dates into a blender or food processor. Blend until a paste forms.
- Add the cocoa powder and pulse until a ball forms.
- Take about 1 tablespoon of the dough, form a ball and place it on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. (You may have to dust your hands with a little cocoa powder to keep dough from sticking.) Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Flatten the balls to form round cookies.
- Bake in a preheated 350-degree F oven for about 10 minutes. Allow to cool a few moments before serving.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving
Calories: 38
Total Fat: 0.5g
Saturated Fat: 0.3g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 1mg
Total Carbohydrate: 10g
Dietary Fiber: 1.9g
Total Sugars: 7.1g
Protein: 0.9g
Vitamin D: 0mcg
Calcium: 8mg
Iron: 1mg
Potassium: 121mg
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