Rich Chocolate Grain-Free Cookies

A friend of mine was reading this blog and suggested for me to try out a gluten-free or even grain-free recipe. I usually don’t eat that many grain-free foods, but I said, why not? I know a few people who can’t eat wheat, so they eat things with rice and such, but what about something without any grain. I was looking for new recipes so I started searching. So I was searching for something sweet, and I found these chocolate grain-free cookies that were called “Mudslide fudge cookies.” http://www.foodrenegade.com/grainfree-mudslide-fudge-cookies/

Much to my surprise, they actually looked really good. They looked like very flat chocolate cookies. And mudslide fudge cookies, that sounds good! Then I looked at the ingredients and I laughed. 5 ingredients, really? How is that even possible? No flour, no carbs, no sugar – what?!  This is every girl’s dream – chocolate cookies with no carbs, ha! When I saw that, I searched my pantry for those 5 ingredients (which I had) and made it. This recipe seriously takes 10 minutes, that’s it. And it wasn’t that bad.

Here’s what you need:

2/3 cup cocoa powder

3 egg whites (about 1/3 cup)

¼ cup of honey

¼ cup of dark chocolate chips or cut up bar

½ tsp. vanilla extract

 Procedure: Preheat oven to 350° F. Mix all of the ingredients together until smooth. 

Then make small dollops on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Make sure to leave spaces between them (it’s slightly liquidish so it will spread out).   

Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes, until the cookies are set and the tops are shiny. Then let them sit for a minute or so (they are thin so they cool quickly) and remove from the cookie sheet. 

Now you can eat! First bite, I thought ‘Wow that’s rich!’ Yet, I have to say, it was almost a bit bitter. It’s a very intense bite of chocolate and maybe too much cocoa powder. I’m not sure if I measured wrong or maybe it’s just too much but overall I think the cookie wasn’t that bad. They taste better when they are warm, because they are sort of gooey and melt in your mouth. If you like chocolate, you will LOVE this. 

One suggestion I should make is to maybe use milk chocolate chips or maybe a little less cocoa powder, because after one cookie it’s almost too bitter. Or if you don’t want to change the recipe, you can eat it with a scoop of ice cream or some whip cream. Additionally, after the cookies cooled down, they weren’t too shiny or ‘glossy’ like they said on the website. So maybe, if I make this again, I might put a tablespoon of butter, just to give them a little shine. Otherwise, I thought it was pretty good for being grain-free, sugar-free, and carb free cookie. 

If you’re watching your weight or are allergic to grains, you should definitely try this. Also, it’s almost like an energy boost cookie because of all the caffeine, so if you have one of these in the morning you will definitely stay awake all day. And it’s much healthier than an energy drink. Try it and tell me your opinion!