Looking for light and fluffy chocolate cookies?
Looking for a great cookie that you can snack on anytime of the day?
Today we got a wonderful vegan, gluten free cookie that is full of fiber and protein.
Chocolate Squash Protein Chia Seed Cookies
This cookie recipe was inspired by our pumpkin chocolate chip chia cookie. A reader told us she has been enjoying them, and her comment sparked our interest to revisit that cookie using another winter squash.
Then we just decided to make them chocolate instead of using chocolate chips, and added in protein powder for a protein boost.
- ¼ cup cocoa powder (3/4oz)
- ¼ cup amaranth flour (1oz) (or brown rice or sorghum)
- ¼ cup whole chia seeds (1½oz)
- ¼ cup brown rice protein (1oz) (we used perfect fit)
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ cup coconut sugar (or any sugar of your preference)
- 10 drops stevia, liquid
- ¼ cup coconut oil (liquid)
- ¾ cup squash puree (6oz) (this was homemade and it was thick)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place dry ingredients into bowl, mix together.
- Next stir in the remaining ingredients till the batter comes together.
- Batter will be thick and a little sticky.
- Scoop cookies with cookie scooper or a spoon onto a cookie sheet. You can leave the cookies as rounds or pressed down to your desired thickness of cookie.
- Place in a pre-heated oven of 350 degrees and bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Makes about 16 cookies.
These cookies could be another great option to stuff with 4 ingredient sweet potato coconut butter like these grain free vegan chocolate cookies.
Cookies go great with milk (non-dairy milk too), but… they also taste wonderful with yogurt!
These cookies are very soft and cake-like. If you are a person who likes hard and crunchy cookies you may like these cookies better. We love both kinds of cookies hard and soft, but if we had to pick one we would go with a soft cookie.
So grab a book, make a fire, snuggle up with your favorite buddy and let these chocolate chia seed protein cookies take away all your worries with every bite. Cookies are filled with fiber, omegas, protein, and antioxidants… could say they are powerhouse cookies! Could even enjoy these cookies before a workout for fuel! Also, they go perfectly with the #plantPower challenge.
Happy Friday friends!
till next time,
xoxo
purelytwins
Yum. These cookies look great–I love soft, cakey cookies.
Michelle @ Eat Move Balance recently posted..Superfood Massaged Kale Salad
yes too!!!
Every time you come up with a recipe I am convinced it is my favorite! Until your next post comes up! Simply genius!
Danielle @ Clean Food Creative Fitness recently posted..Paleo in Minutes: Stir Fry (Complete with Rice)
we feel the same way
hard to pick xoxo
Happy Friday to you guys too! Love this recipe – might have to give it a shot to help me enjoy my Friday night that much more.
Thanks for always sharing your creativity!
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I’m about to make a pumpkin version of my granola cookies… but I love this squash idea! May have to change my course – these look so good!
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These look like such an amazing fall treat:) I love the chia and pumpkin combo, and soft cookies are also my favorite!
Lisa recently posted..Fun Facts And Pumpkin Seed Butter
I just made these to take in the car on a road trip with my husband this weekend! I used a sweet potato puree instead of the squash (since it was all I had) and they turned out great! Thanks girls and have a good weekend!
awesome Stephanie!!! yay!
Do you think canned pumpkin puree, which is not super thick, would work well?
you could always try.
It works
Love these! I’m really craving some milk and cookies now!
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These look sooo good. I like the squash and protein powder in there!
Heather @ Sweetly Raw recently posted..Raw Apple Cinnamon Crepes
These are definitely on my “to make” list!
I tried to find the post on instagram on how to warm salads, but I have not been able to. Can you post it here, or provide the direct link? Thanks!!!
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You girls come up with the best concoctions. I’m drooling!
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thanks girl! xoxo
I bet those are delicious!!!
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I just made these and they turned out well! I didn’t have enough canned pumpkin so I used a small, really ripe banana to make 3/4 cup total. i reduced the coconut sugar to 1/4 cup and left out the stevia. Oh and I used a vegan protein powder and brown rice flour. The recipe gave me 18.5 cookies… Nice!
Oohh this looks right up my alley
.. mmm definitely bookmarking this
Bridget @ The Road Not Processed recently posted..Roasted Pumpkin + Seeds + Seed Butter
Hmmm…wondering if coconut flour can replace the amarant/brown rice flour.