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This is Reading Week for my kids!
If you’ve ever crammed for finals.. or slaved over projects and essays
you’ll understand a well-earned and much-needed break for a treat,
and sometimes, only chocolate will do!
Katie found this recipe.. (somewhere and just sent a text message of the ingredients over her iPhone) and we just had to try them because they are loosely modeled after our lovely
Emeril’s Gluten-Free Vegan Brownies
If you loved those little chocolatey squares, you’ll love these little morsels that begin with similar ingredients: mashed bananas and applesauce.
Add to the mix a little peanut butter, cocoa powder, vanilla..
and then pretty much anything else you love, like, say, protein powder, coconut, raisins or Vegan Chocolate Chunks like we did..
Enjoy Life makes Mega Chunks (we bought ours at Blush Lane Organic Market
free of milk, peanuts, tree nuts and soy
and the list goes on down the back of the package:
wheat, gluten, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, mustard, sulfites, egg, soy, fish, crustaceans, shellfish, sesame
(who knew that stuff could be in chocolate?)
Which then begs the question.. what exactly IS in these chocolate chunks?
Are you ready?
Ingredients: brown sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter
That’s it, three ingredients.. and three that I could actually read!
{ Btw.. I’ve not been asked to promote these, but I do love sharing a great find! }
Just leave them out if you are avoiding sugar.
We loved this recipe.. but discovered (sadly) that they go soggy if you put them in a plastic bag or container.. so make less or just leave them out on the counter. I may just have to make them again with a little brown rice flour to see if this makes the difference?
Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Cookies
- 3 ripe bananas
- 2 cups of oats
- 1/3 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Optional: protein powder, chocolate chunks, nuts, coconut, raisins, etc
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients, mixing well to blend.
- *Let the batter stand for about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Scoop onto baking sheets that are lined with parchment or with silpat liners.
- These cookies don’t flatten, so if you want them a bit flatter, just press gently down before baking. Bake for about 12 minutes, or until the tops of the cookies are firm to touch.
- Remove to a cooling rack and enjoy!
I so want one – YUMMERS! Happy Friday – Happy Chocolate:)
These look delicious! And what a treat to help studying along. xx
Fantastic, Smidge! Looks like brain food to me (in the best possible way!) Bite-sized little poppers when you need a boost – I am definitely going to give these a go! I have some little GFers in my clan too! 🙂 xx (wish good good luck on those exams!)
Ahh, brain food, I think it was smarties back in my day:)
These look really good. I love how decadent they look yet there’s no sugar. Amazing how you were able to find those chocolate drops and how refreshing to see just three ingredients on the list – if only all packaged food was made with real ingredients and nothing harmful xx
Now that would make shopping so much easier:)
These look utterly lovely and so healthy my friend 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Not a cookie maker, but this I think I would be able to pull off.
Why does the baking sheet lined with parchment or with silpat liners.??? In clear language what does that mean???
I hope you will have a great weekend.
It’s quite a sticky dough, it’s my way of making sure the cookie comes off the cookie sheet easier:) If you have a non-stick pan, you should be ok! xx I hope you have a wonderful weekend as well! xx
Okay, now I understand … I don’t really know how I read it the way I did – blame my Swenglish. I will give them ago.
This one is *begging* to be fixed chez Sparks!!!
Sounds delicious, Barb, and glad to see that the Emeril recipe is the GF gift that keeps on giving. I just don’t think a snack that requires a spot on the counter is right for this household. Whether left on the counter or in Max’s feed bowl, the difference in its shelf life would only be minutes, if that. 🙂
I think Max would go crazy with these left-out.. but then again, so would I:D
Fantastically healthy and sugar free! Good luck to the girls for the exams 🙂
I want to come and live with you for a week – always such decadent delicacies coming from your kitchen Smidge.
Best of luck to you all with getting through the exams.
🙂 Mandy xo
These sound like something I would not feel bad about eating a whole batch of. Dangerous!
Shellfish in chocolate? Who knows – as you probably know by now we’ve been eating horse for years in ground beef without knowing it – so anything is possible
We’re not a gluten-free household, but my littles each have friends who are. I’m going to tuck this little recipe into my file so that I have something homemade for them when they come to play. Thank you for sharing!
Hope you will post a follow up after you add the brown rice flour. Leaving anything with chocolate in it on the counter is not an option for me (they will not be on the counter for long) as I am trying to maintain a certain weight.
These look like the perfect mix of wholesome and decadent!
I can’t believe how easy these are…they also look nice and rich YUM!
They look like delicious mini-meteorites!
Lovely little cookies! Delicious combination of ingredients!
Hello Smidge, You are such a great mom-making cookies to help our teenagers get through exams and deadlines. I am sure these delicious little chocolate bombs will help them preserver through the worst of it. Exams and expectations are getting more difficult each and every year, especially here in HK, China, some really tough competition here. I feel sorry for our kids as it was not like this all those years ago when we attended school. All the best to your crew for success. You have changed your theme again, every day I visit it is a fun little place to visit. Did you make the switch over? PS: I am having a difficult time leaving comments. Did this one go through? Take Care, BAM
Hello Smidge, You are such a great mom-making cookies to help our teenagers get through exams and deadlines. I am sure these delicious little chocolate bombs will help them preserver through the worst of it. Exams and expectations are getting more difficult each and every year, especially here in HK, China, some really tough competition here. I feel sorry for our kids as it was not like this all those years ago when we attended school. All the best to your crew for success. You have changed your theme again, every day I visit it is a fun little place to visit. Did you make the switch over? PS: I am having a difficult time leaving comments. Did this one go through? Take Care, BAM
Oh my Barbara!! These are over the top chocolate delicious in a good way!
I loveee those chocolate chips!! They are amazing. These cookies are right up my alley!! No need to store them, I would eat them all in one sitting!
Yummy Smidge! I love how this recipe includes ingredients that most people would already have on hand. You gotta love convenience! I’m looking forward to making these with my kids. I think that they would absolutely love it! PS- I have a GF muffin recipe that I’m going to send to you. I made it over the weekend and it was a hit! xx 🙂
Oh, please do.. I’d love to have that recipe!
These are perfect!!! The ingredients all sound like they go together perfectly for flavor. Thanks, Barb! These are the perfect treat me for….a little afternoon pickup, ya know? 😉
Lovely photos, great looking cookies. And no sugar? Wow, these look wonderful! Truly good stuff – thanks so much.
That does not look vegan at all, Looks good!
I have a GF friend who would LOVE these! Definitely passing this recipe on!
My daughter will love these! She’s always looking for GF Chocolate cookie recipes. These look delicious!
I use those exact chocolate chunks in my Double chocolate espresso cookies! They lend such a different result than just plain old chocolate chips! Looks delicious Barbara!