In The Kitchen: Cookie Dough Protein Bites

I fondly remember making cookie dough with my brother after school as kids. We would eat most of it raw and barely have any left to bake actual cookies. Apparently this is a no-no, the raw flower and eggs etc. Enter the vegan cookie dough craze that is making all of our inner kids jump with joy.

Omitting raw flower, eggs and butter creates a yummy treat you can eat by the spoonful, or create into bite size protein packed bites like above. If you are fancy, you can drizzle with dark dairy-free chocolate for that nice crack when you bite into them. These are so much more truffle than pre-workout fuel feeling when you eat them, and you deserve it!

As always, feel free to play around with the ingredients and make it your own:

• 1 cup Almond Flour (safe to eat raw and super fine texture)

• 1/2 cup nut butter of choice

• 1/4 cup Protein Powder (I use chocolate or vanilla garden of eden)

• Honey/Agave to taste

• Kosher salt to taste

• Water to mix (amount needed varies on oil from nut butter)

• Dark Chocolate Chips (option melt some to drizzle over)

Add water last until mixed, but not sticky. Depending on how much fat/oil your nut butter has you may need more or less water to combine everything. Roll into balls and place on parchment paper to chill. If melting chocolate to drizzle over, use a double boiler or slowly stir and microwave at 30 second intervals until runny. Chill in the fridge until set and then store in a container in the fridge for 7-10 days.

These are a great switch up from oatmeal bites, protein bars and smoothies. The crack of the dark chocolate with the smooth creamy feel of almond flour almost feels guilty. Trick your friends and ENJOY - Bee