Oreos

Adapted from Maria's Food and Nutrition

Ingredients:


Cookies:
1/2 cup vanilla whey protein (Jay Robb or About Time)
3/4 cup almond flour
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons xylitol
2 tablespoons water

Filling:
8 oz cream cheese
2 tablespoons unsweetened vanilla almond milk
3/4 cup xylitol

Preparation:


Cookies:
1.  Preheat oven to 350 F
2.  In a medium bowl, combine protein, almond flour, baking soda, and cocoa powder.
3.  Cut in the cold butter using your fingers until the lumps are smaller than peas.
4.  Add in water and xylitol
5.  On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, place 1 inch diameter balls of dough, and then flatten them into circles.  Make sure the balls are tiny!  You don't want to end up with 5 giant oreos.  You should end up with about 32 individual cookies.
6.  Bake for 10-12 minutes.  Let cool in the oven so they will become crispy.

Filling:
1.  Don't soften the cream cheese.
2.  Beat all ingredients together with an electric mixer until smooth.

Chocolate Pudding

Adapted from Maria's Food and Nutrition

Ingredients:


3 ripe avocados
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, chocolate or vanilla
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
3/4 cup xylitol

Preparation:

1.  In a small bowl, combine xylitol and and almond milk.  Microwave for 30 to 45 seconds, or until xylitol is melted.
2.  Combine avocados and cocoa powder in a blender.  Blend to combine the two.
3.  Add almond milk mixture to avocado mixture in blender.  Blend until smooth.  Add more almond milk if needed.
4.  Heat in the microwave and serve, or put in the freezer for a delicious frozen treat!

Brownies

Adapted from The Spunky Coconut

Ingredients:

1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup almond butter
3 tablespoons coconut flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup xylitol
13 drops liquid stevia
1/4 cup cocoa powder

Preparation:


1.  Preheat oven to 325 F
2.  Combine water and xanthan gum and beat with an elecrtic mixer.
3.  Add all other ingredients and mix until the batter is well combined.
4.  Bake for 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5.  Cool and Enjoy!

Note: So just now I made a Cream Cheese Frosting to go on top of these brownies and it was DIVINE.

Cream Cheese Frosting
2 oz. cream cheese
3/4 cup xylitol

1.  Melt xylitol in a sauce pan over medium high heat.
2.  Soften cream cheese in the microwave.
3.  Combine xylitol and cream cheese in a small bowl.
4.  Pour over brownies just before serving.

Super Healthy Chocolate Sorbet

Adapted from The Spunky Coconut

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsweetened Hemp milk (or heavy cream)
2 cups unsweetened Almond milk
2.5 tablespoons cocoa powder
3/4 cup melted xylitol
12 drops liquid stevia
1 teaspoon xanthan gum

Preparation:


1.  Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree.
2.  Add mixture to ice cream maker and follow instructions

Note: Made with Hemp milk, this whole recipe is only about 200 calories!  If you want to make it a little less healthy and a little more delicious, add crumbled brownie pieces.  I'll be posting a successful brownie recipe in a few days hopefully!

Chocolate Ice Cream

From Healthy Indulgences
http://healthyindulgences.blogspot.com/

Chocolate Ice Cream

Ingredients:

2/3 cup xylitol
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 fresh egg yolks, beaten
2 2/3 cups organic heavy cream
1/8-1/4 teaspoon NuNaturals pure stevia extract
1/8 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract OR 2 vanilla beans, split


Preparation:

Melt xylitol in a saucepan over medium-low heat, and add vanilla bean scrapings and bean pods (if using). Let the xylitol melt completely, and steep for a couple of minutes with the bean. Whisk in cocoa powder and 1/4 cup heavy cream. Stir until sweetener dissolves, with no grainy chunks visible. Remove saucepan from heat.

In a large bowl, beat yolks with electric mixer until light in color. Add the rest of the heavy cream a little at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add cocoa mixture into yolk mixture, and beat well. Whisk in stevia, xanthan gum and vanilla extract, if using. Taste, and add more stevia, if necessary. Chill ice cream base in refrigerator for a minimum of four hours, covered in plastic wrap.

Turn on your ice cream maker and strain the base through a fine mesh sieve into your machine to remove the vanilla bean pieces. Freeze ice cream for a few hours to make it firm and scoopable.