Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Cookie Recipe Is Nutritious & Delicious (2 Ingredients, 30 Minutes) Cookies Desserts Snacks Gluten-free Low Sodium Recipes
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 fudgy chocolate cookies have a secret ingredient that makes them nutritious and delicious. 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 and the health benefits of cocoa powder).
This easy, gluten-free, two-ingredient, delicious chocolate cookie recipe really is amazing. All you need are dates and unsweetened cocoa powder. That's it! 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! (There's a no-bake variation, too.)
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.
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
Here's how to make it:
- Put the soaked dates into a blender or a good 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. (The number of cookies will depend on the size of the balls you form.)
- 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. Store the bars in an airtight container to keep them fresher longer.
- (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.)
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