No Bake Chocolate Cookies

April 2009

A healthy, candy-like cookie that young children and teens will enjoy making. These cookies are high in fiber (1.5 g). therefore, remember to exercise portion control.

Ingredients & Methods

Makes 24 cookies

1 cup quick-cooking oats

1 cup unsweetened coconut, fi nely desiccated

¼ cup cocoa

10 SPLENDA® packets

2 tbsp whole OR skim milk powder

2 tbsp unsalted butter

2 tbsp peanut butter, no sugar or salt added, OR almond butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup Da Vinci® Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup, OR water, 1 SPLENDA® packet and chocolate extract to taste

Nutrition at a Glance (per cookie)
Calories	63.9
Protein	1.3 g
Fat	4.7 g
Carbs	3.1 g

Method:

In large bowl, combine oats, coconut, cocoa, SPLENDA® and whole or skim milk powder. In cereal bowl, microwave butter and peanut butter or almond butter 1 minute. Stir in vanilla extract. Add peanut or almond butter mixture to dry ingredients. Pour Da Vinci® Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup overall, withholding the last two tablespoons (add only if necessary). Stir well. Line cookie sheets with wax paper. Drop cookie dough by heaping teaspoons onto wax paper. Flatten with back of spoon. Refrigerate.

Recipe from Splendid Low-Carbing for Life, Vol. 1, by best selling cookbook author Jennifer Eloff (www.low-carb.us)