Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bite

Sometimes...you just need a little bite of sweetness to get through your day or night! Am I right or am I right!?

I am a sucker for mini bites. If I could eat little appetizers all day long, every day- that would be pure bliss! I wanted cookie dough so bad, but definitely didn't want to whip up a batch of cookies and over indulge and also didn't want to deal with the mess. So I thought what is the closest I can get to enjoying the cookie dough taste?? A few minutes of pondering and I came up with this gem.

It will take you you all of 2 minutes tops to put together! Enjoy this with a small glass of unsweetened almond milk for a snack or weekend dessert.

Ingredients

2 tsp oats
1 tsp vanilla protein powder (I use Shakeology)
1 tsp peanut butter (could use almond butter)
1/2 tsp honey
1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp dark chocolate chips

Directions

Mix all ingredients together and form into one cookie dough ball just for yourself!! No sharing ;)

*If you do want to make more of these for friends or later in the week, you can easily double, triple etc the recipe! I just like the individual bite so I can control not going overboard!

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Spice Donuts

The struggle is real when your craving a donut, but don't want to gobble up 250-450 calories in just a few bites of bliss. You can still have your donuts and eat them too- just need a donut baking pan (can get at Bed Bath & Beyond, Target or Amazon) and a few minutes to whip up the magic in your kitchen :)

Fall is my favorite season and although we are heading into Spring time (thank goodness!), I still feel that it's perfectly acceptable to honor the greatness of pumpkin, cinnamon goodness. So here is a donut that will run you about 100 calories per donut and give you a taste of that Fall spice that is oh so nice!

Ingredients

3/4 cup oat flour (OR you can blend 1 cup oats into flour if that is what you have on hand)

1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 tsp Salt

1 tsp Baking powder

1/4 cup honey (or maple syrup will work too!)

1/2 tsp Pure Vanilla extract

1/4 cup unsweetened Vanilla or regular almond milk

1 large egg, beaten

1/4 cup pumpkin puree

1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce

Coconut Sugar Sprinkle Topping (optional)
1 1/2 tsp coconut sugar
1 tsp tsp cinnamon

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350. Spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Mix all dry ingredients in separate bowl until well incorporated. Whisk egg in separate bowl and add all other wet ingredients until well blended. Then mix in wet ingredients with dry to incorporate all together until free of lumps. Pour batter into donut pan. Bake in oven for about 12-15 minutes until batter comes out clean. 

Take donuts out of pan with butter knife. Sprinkle with coconut sugar sprinkle, if desired and enjoy!!