Did you know Peter Pan makes a natural peanut butter? You did? Why didn’t you tell me?
You know what I love about this peanut butter? Mostly everything. But in the interest of time I’ll give you two reasons why it is good–the taste and the price.
Moving on…
I stumbled upon this interesting recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Bean Balls on Christin’s website and thought I’d give it a whirl in the Fitness & Spice test kitchen.
You will never believe this but I made a few substitutions and I have to say these cookies turned out ahh-freaking-mazing! But I cannot take one bite of the credit as the original recipe (is probably better and) comes from the the greatness of Christin’s Kitchen.
Here is the recipe inspired by Christin’s cookies…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (with a shot of protein!)
- One can Chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- One can Great Northern Beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup Peter Pan Honey Roasted Natural Peanut Butter
- 3 tbsp Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 20 drops Stevia (What? You don’t have liquid stevia in the house? Improvise! You can do it!)
- drizzle of Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 1/2 Dark Chocolate bar chopped
Combine all ingredients except for the almond milk and the chocolate in a food processor (I used a Vitamix blender) until well combined. Drizzle a tiny amount of almond milk in while the food processor is running, until the dough is smooth. Scoop the dough into a bowl and fold in the chocolate. Spoon the dough with a cookie scoop onto a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
You’re probably wondering…
What are the calories and macros per cookie? I have no clue. I don’t track that stuff. But don’t fret, these cookies are really Really REALLY filling so there is little to no risk that you’ll eat the entire batch in one sitting.
How many cookies does it make? I used a big cookie scoop and it made approximately 1 dozen cookies.
Will my kids like these cookies? I don’t know your kids but if they have good taste they will. If this is the case, I recommend telling them they are made with beans that way you won’t have to share.
Will you make these cookies again? Does Peter Pan fly?
Now I really must go dare you to make these cookies. “All you need is faith and trust and a little bit of pixie dust,” said Peter Pan.
P.A. says:
May 24th 2011Beans in cookies??!! OK — I’m game. Will try ithe recipe as long as there is a cold glass of milk around.
Pure2raw twins says:
May 24th 2011love that these cookies have beans in them! and oh yes we love our liquid stevia
sian says:
May 24th 2011Hmmmmmm…not sure about these…I guess I may have to whip up a batch!
FatFighterTV says:
May 24th 2011I did not know PP made natural PB either! Interesting. Now, about the legumes in these cookies – can you taste them? Please email me and let me know all the deets. xoxo
Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) says:
May 25th 2011Do you remember when Peter Pan made WHIPPED PB!? dude it was the bomb. Truth: I STILL have some in the freezer that I occasionally scrape with a fork to get PB flakes on top of a yogurt or ice cream mess. MMM. But cookies with beans in it sounds totally up my alley!
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says:
May 25th 2011These look like perfection :-)
Joanna Sutter (Fitness & Spice) says:
May 25th 2011Sahar,
I promise you won’t taste the beans in the cookies or the batter! ;-) Make them. I dare you!
Adelaide says:
May 25th 2011What are agreat Northern Beans? I don’t live in the States, so, is there another name for them? Thanks!
Jody - Fit at 53 says:
May 25th 2011I was going to ask what Sahar did! ;-)
Ali says:
May 25th 2011These look amazing! I will be making them.
@Deb – They still make Peter Pan Whipped Peanut Butter! http://www.peterpanpb.com/peanut-butter-products/whipped-peanut-butter.jsp – It’s hard to find, but I buy it at Shaw’s which is a New England grocery store chain.
And Great Northern beans are just a type of white bean!
Miz says:
May 26th 2011move in with me please.
Donna says:
May 26th 2011Those sound YUMMY! I’ve done black bean brownies and am always looking for more ways to use legumes in baked goods. OH, and as I quickly skim-read, I thought it said “I used 1 big cookie scoop and it made 1 cookie.” Ohhhh …. 1 dozen. Got it. ; )
Naomi(onefitfoodie) says:
May 26th 2011UHHHmazing! whenever I make recipes, I never find out the macros and ALWAYS get questions from readers about it…I dont know I eyeball and they taste good so eat them, K?
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bb says:
November 15th 2011A++ for creativity, but B on execution. I love the idea, and I love low-sugar, low-crap versions of traditional attach-self-to-thigh confections, but the recipe isn’t quite right. I wish I were a more talented baker and could offer suggestions for improvement. I tried adding cocoa powder to part of the batch (always good for added polyphenols) but that didn’t get over an odd bitter aftertaste. More peanut butter perhaps? I’ll keep an eye out for anyone else’s experiments! (great site,btw).