These are one of my all time favourite treats that my mom makes. They are just so yummy. The recipe has changed over the years. White sugar to brown sugar, then to organic sugar and now to sucanat. Sucanat is unrefined organic sugar; basically it is dried cane juice. It has a rich flavour and contains minerals. The amount of sugar has been cut way back, from 2 cups to 1/2 a cup. That's a lot! Now they are just sweet enough and better for the body. Many recipes are so high in sugar, which can easily be cut back without taking away from the treatness of it. Once your taste buds get used to less sweetness you will enjoy many other flavours that were covered up by sweetness. The cocoa powder has changed to raw cacao although you can use organic cocoa powder if raw is not available. Butter is in the original recipe, I changed it too extra virgin coconut oil, but butter is fine too. Coconut has the added benefit of supporting the thyroid and metabolism. You can use your choice of milk, either almond, rice, hemp or organic milk. I like almond milk.
I hope you enjoy these chewy, chocolatey, yummy treats in moderation of course. Keep them in the fridge, in the back is best so they don't disappear too fast.
1/2 cup sucanat
6 tbsp cacao or cocoa powder
1/2 cup coconut oil or butter
1/2 cup milk of choice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup coconut
3 cups quick oats
- In a medium sized sauce pan heat milk, oil or butter, vanilla extract and sucanat. Whisk until all ingredient are melted.
- Add cacao or cocoa powder and whisk until everything is mixed and saucy.
- Take the pan off the heat.
- Mix the oats and coconut into the chocolate sauce. Make sure everything is all mixed up; reach down to the bottom of the pot with the spoon.
- Spoon out mixture onto a plate. A small ice cream scoop works the best for this job or use a soup spoon,
- Put cookies into the fridge and let cool.
- Get the rest of the chocolate goodness out of the pot with a spoon or your fingers and enjoy while you wait for the cookies to chill.
Enjoy these cookies with a cup of peppermint tea and some friends.
These are one of my all time favourite treats that my mom makes. They are just so yummy. The recipe has changed over the years. White sugar to brown sugar, then to organic sugar and now to sucanat. Sucanat is unrefined organic sugar; basically it is dried cane juice. It has a rich flavour and contains minerals. The amount of sugar has been cut way back, from 2 cups to 1/2 a cup. That's a lot! Now they are just sweet enough and better for the body. Many recipes are so high in sugar, which can easily be cut back without taking away from the treatness of it. Once your taste buds get used to less sweetness you will enjoy many other flavours that were covered up by sweetness. The cocoa powder has changed to raw cacao although you can use organic cocoa powder if raw is not available. Butter is in the original recipe, I changed it too extra virgin coconut oil, but butter is fine too. Coconut has the added benefit of supporting the thyroid and metabolism. You can use your choice of milk, either almond, rice, hemp or organic milk. I like almond milk.
I hope you enjoy these chewy, chocolatey, yummy treats in moderation of course. Keep them in the fridge, in the back is best so they don't disappear too fast.
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3 comments:
Thanks Marissa.These are so tasty and easy to make. I did find that I had to bring the chocolate sauce to a boil and let it boil for a minute before I took it off the stove and added the rest of the ingredients. Without the boiling the yums didn't stick together very well.
Good quality ingredients in a recipe make the end result so much more satisfying. It will be a great day when a larger part of the population discovers that organic, high quality ingredients actually cost less because you need half as much to feel like you've eaten. I'm looking forward
to your chocolate workshop and some more of your great treats!
A fellow chocolate lover
Thanks for the tip chocolate lover!
Hi. I made the Chocolate Coconut dessert and instead of 3 cups oats, I put 2 cups oats and one cup Hemp hearts. Just to make them that much more healthy:) They came out really good. My daughter likes them also, she is 17 months old and loves Hemp Hearts:)
Take care.
Julie
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