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Dark Chocolate Blossoms

Sylvia — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:39:10 +0000

A few weeks ago I got an email from Smart Balance asking if I wanted to try their new Dark Chocolate Peanut Butters. Of course, my answer was of course. A few days later these two wonderful jars of goodness, one creamy and one chunky, arrived on my doorstep and the little man and I have been enjoying them ever since.

Alex loves to eat the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter for breakfast on his waffles and toast and I love that it is non-GMO and has 6 grams of protein to keep him full until lunch. Not to mention that he thinks he is getting the ultimate treat by having chocolate for breakfast.

I decided to use the Dark Chocolate PB in one of my favorite cookie recipes, and they turned out so much better. The addition of the dark chocolate make the cookies taste like little, individual brownies, aka incredible!

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Dark Chocolate Blossoms

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

Serves: 25

Ingredients

½ cup Smart Balance Dark Chocolate Creamy Peanut Butter
4 tablespoons Smart Balance Buttery Spread
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
25 Hershey’s kisses

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Using an electric mixer, cream Smart Balance Dark Chocolate Creamy Peanut Butter and Smart Balance Buttery Spread in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar; beat until combined, scraping down bowl as needed.
Add eggs and vanilla, and beat until incorporated.
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually beat in flour mixture in two batches.
Scoop off dough by the tablespoon; roll into balls. Place 2 inches apart on a nonstick insulated baking sheet.
Bake until cookies begin to puff up slightly, about 10-12 minutes.
Remove from oven. Press one kiss in center of each cookie. Let cool at least 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to rack to cool completely.

Hope you enjoy!

What’s your favorite kind of peanut butter? Are you a creamy or a chunky?

Smart Balance provided me with the Dark Collate Peanut Butter. All opinions, as always, are my own.

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Chewiest Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sylvia — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:59:40 +0000

Tommy has been asking me to make chewy chocolate chip cookies forever, but the cookies that I have made in the past never passed his chewiness test. That is, until Saturday! Let me start off by saying that these cookies are not in any way, shape or form healthy, but they are delicious. In a life of balance, there is always room for a chewy chocolate chip!

Tommy found the New York Times’ Best Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe online and asked me to try it. Since I’m not one for sticking to recipes , I made it my own. I mean, who the heck want to refrigerate cookie dough for 24 hours? That would have been gone before it ever made it to the cookie sheet in my house.

Chewiest Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

3⅓ cups all purose flour
1¼ teaspoons baking soda
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1½ teaspoons coarse salt
2½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
1¼ cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
16 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Use an electric mixer to combine the butter and sugars, mixing until the mixture is very light, about 5 minutes.
Add in the eggs, one at a time.
Add the vanilla.
Reduce the speed to low, add the dry ingredients and, mix just until the dry ingredients are incorporated.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Place tablespoon size balls on a cookie sheet, evenly spaced so the cookies don't bake together.
Bake for 9-10 minutes.
Let cool for 10-15 minutes before digging in!

Theses babies even pass the second and third day tests. Chewy goodness all around! You can thank me later.

What’s you favorite kind of cookie? Chewy or crispy?

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Christmas Cookies Gone Healthy

Sylvia — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:33:47 +0000

Christmas cookies are one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season. While it is easy to throw caution to the wind and indulge on all the sugary and buttery treats, reality usually sets in after the holidays when you can’t fit into your jeans. Instead of totally giving up on the sweet treats, I started looking for some healthier alternatives. There are some amazing recipes out there, so I had to share!

I hope you find something that you can share with your loved with this holiday season from the round-up below!

Traditional Christmas Cookies

Christmas Sugar Cookies via Madeline @ Food, Fitness, Family

Classic Sugar Cookies via Monica @ Moni Meals

Whole Wheat Gingerbread Cookies via Laura @ Mommy Run Fast

Ginger Spice Cookies via Coco @ Running with Perseverance

Flourless Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies via Melanie @ Nutritious Eats

Gluten Free/Paleo Cookies

Gluten Free Chocolate Souffle Cookies via Tracey @ Aspire Fitness

Gluten Free Fudge Ball Cookies via Sarah @ The Fit Cookie

Chocolate Pecan Truffles via The Purely Twins

Semi-Raw Chocolate Macaroons via Suzi @ Confessions of A Fitness Instructor