Raw Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Hey my Chocolate Chip Swirls!

Thanks for all of your comments on my last post! Healthified Desserts are one of my favorites, and the ones I showed have some magic in them. When you feed them to your family, they won’t even know that they are getting healthy stuff! 😀

Do you like Chocolate Chip Cookies? I LOVE Chocolate Chip Cookies! 😀

Usually I make these or these when I want some goodness.

But sometimes I don’t have the time to bake.

Or have the patience to wait (I hate standing there trying to distract myself from the amazing smell of deliciousness coming through the oven doors as I wait for them to finish up baking ).

Or, I’m just being lazy.

When any of these are the case, I have the solution.

I make THESE!

My RAW Chocolate Chip Cookies! 😀

Not only are they RAW, but they are also DAIRY-FREE, GLUTEN-FREE, GRAIN-FREE, and VEGAN!

No need to wait. No forever eternities in the oven. No restricting yourself from tasting the batter — licking the spoon, btw, is HIGHLY recommended!

Add dates into a blender (this is my BlendTec).

Blend the dates until they are well chopped.

Like this!

Add the walnuts, salt, coconut oil, vanilla, and cinnamon.

BLEND ‘EM UP!

You may need to use a spatula to help the process.

The cookie dough is done when it appear like this! The walnuts are not all creamed, but everything sticks together.

Add the raw cacao nibs and shredded coconut.

Pulse until well combined (or just stir it up) — either will work. 🙂

Roll into balls and form into cookie shapes. HAVE FUN WITH IT! Try cookie cutters to make pretty shapes — just put the dough inside the cookie cutter and press together. I roll them into balls and flattened them into cookie shapes with the back of a jar.

You can eat them right away, but all to chill in the fridge for an hour to solidify.

Makes about a little more than a dozen cookies — depending on the size you roll them into. I usually make about 15 per batch + more for “testing to make sure not poison.”. 😉 Though, my parents never believe THAT reason.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup raw walnuts, pecans, or cashews
• 1 cup dates
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup raw cacao nibs
• 1/4 cup unsweetened finely shredded coconut

Directions

Add dates into a blender (this is my BlendTec). Process the dates until they are well chopped.

Add the walnuts, salt, coconut oil, vanilla, and cinnamon. BLEND ‘EM UP! You may need to use a spatula to help the process. It is finished when the walnuts in little pieces and the dates are too, but everything sticks together.  Add the raw cacao nibs and shredded coconut. Pulse until well combined (or just stir it up) — either will work. 🙂

Roll into balls and form into cookie shapes. HAVE FUN WITH IT! Try cookie cutters to make pretty shapes — just put the dough inside the cookie cutter and press together. I roll them into balls and flattened them into cookie shapes with the back of a jar.

You can eat them right away, but all to chill in the fridge for an hour to solidify. Makes about a little over a dozen cookies — depending on the size you roll them into. I usually make about 15 per batch. 🙂

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These are deadly.

Their flavor has me hooked. I just can’t get enough of them! And they don’t leave me hungry.

You don’t have to have a baked cookie  to have a good cookie — RAW is so much better (and perfect for a lazy girl like me ;)).

Do you like Chocolate Chip Cookies? Chocolate Chip Cookies are by far my favorite — they are such a classic. But RAW, ohmygosh, so much better. 🙂

Have you ever sprained a joint? I think I have sprained my ankle at least 4 or 5 times in the same place over the last month or so — and I am so scared that I will sprain it again! It’s always on my left foot — when I land on it wrong, this pain shoots up into my leg and it is almost unbearable. I just have to get up and try to walk it off. If I don’t, the pain just stays. I don’t know what I’ve done to it. It all started when I was doing butt-kicks with Jillian. I guess I landed wrong and landed with a thump — as I hit the floor, I was clenching my ankle in pain — tears were falling. I thought it was just a one-time deal. Now I think it is something more. I think I may have to always live with, always worried that I’ll step wrong and end up with more pain, but all I really want is for it to go away. Should I get a brace? I don’t want to live with the chance of hurting it more.

Do you have a treadmill? My mom wants to get one and I am really excited. I would prefer an elliptical (since I can go for a run outside), but I like treadmills too. I prefer to run on a treadmill when it is really hot outside or it is really cold. Sunday’s temperature got up to 110 degrees F. It was hot.

Oh, and I woke up at 4am this morning. I really liked it! I was wide awake at my scripture study class, and I got my workout in before it! Workout+shower made me super awake. So I think I may keep this up. I got to bed at 10 pm, which is SUPER early for me (since I am a night owl, aka 1-2am). My goal now, since I think I will continue this 4 am thing, is to get to bed by 9. Ten is right now my max, but I hope to get to nine.

xoxox