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Recipe: Raw Chocolate Cookies

Adam Hodges | December 1, 2012

Raw walnutsIf you love chocolate (and who doesn’t?) but don’t like the way you feel after eating those butter, flour and brown sugar laden chocolate chip cookies, here’s a healthy alternative. This recipe keeps it simple and raw, turning raisins and walnuts into an amazing chocolate-y treat. The raw walnuts in the recipe provide an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids, the raw raisins provide the sweetness, and the cocoa powder provides, well, the chocolate. These treats are packed with energy and taste. No oven is needed; just a food processor. One batch makes a dozen heart healthy raw cookies.

Ingredients

1 cup raisins
¾ cup raw walnuts
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Dash of sea salt

Instructions

Combine ingredients together in a food processor. Blend until everything sticks together into a thick “dough.” Roll into 12 balls about an inch in diameter. Flatten the balls onto parchment paper. Place in the freezer for a half hour to firm before serving. Keep refrigerated.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cookie (12 in a batch)
Calories 73

Carbohydrates……………. 4.6 grams / 18 calories / 25%
Fat……………………………. 5.5 grams / 50 calories / 68%
Protein……………………… 1.3 grams / 5 calories / 7%
Fiber………………………… 0.7 grams

Omega-3 fatty acids……. 664 mg

Filed Under: Nutrition Tips Tagged With: Eating, Recipes

Adam Hodges

About Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges, PhD, is a trail runner, multisport athlete, and coach with credentials from USA Triathlon and the American College of Sports Medicine. In addition to coaching multisport athletes, he has coached high school cross country and track runners in California and masters swimmers in Colorado and California. As a USAT All-American triathlete, he has competed in the ITU World Triathlon Championships, the ITU World Duathlon Championships, and the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a masters runner, he has won a series title in the XTERRA SoCal Trail Series. He began running in his youth and enjoys passing on the knowledge and experience he has gained over the years to both new and experienced athletes seeking to maximize enjoyment, competitiveness, and longevity in the sport.

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