Healthy cookie dough bites made from just a handful of ingredients and in a couple minutes!
Author: thyme & toast
Serves: 10-14
Ingredients
1½ cups rolled oats
⅓ cup cashew butter, unsweetened and unsalted
¼ cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch salt
optional: 2-3 tablespoons milk of choice (if using store-bought nut milk, be sure to use unsweetened); use only if needed
⅓ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Add the oats to a food processor and process until it resembles flour.
Add the cashew butter, honey, vanilla extract, and salt to the food processor. Pulse until it forms a dough, stopping to scrape down the sides when necessary. If necessary, add milk to soften to desired texture (this will depend on how liquid-y your cashew butter is). I usually add ~2 tablespoons with my cashew butter.
Transfer the dough to a bowl and fold in the mini chocolate chips, distributing evenly. Using your hands or a cookie scoop (I use a medium on), form the dough into balls.
Transfer to an air-tight container and store in the refrigerator.
Notes
To make it a little richer and even more cookie-dough like, add 2 tablespoons of softened room-temperature butter along with the cashew butter.
Recipe by thyme & toast at https://thymeandtoast.com/healthy-cookie-dough-energy-bites/