These delicious chocolate macaroons will delight your taste buds and boost your energy levels. Chocolate is plentiful in magnesium, which is the No. 1 mineral most people are most deficient in. Chocolate is also touted to relieve depression and increase libido. Enjoy! —Eloise Nelson
Chocolate Macaroons
2 cups dried, unsweetened coconut
1 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup maple syrup
1 T. vanilla extract
3 T. coconut oil
1/4 t. sea salt
Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. Mix the coconut flakes, chocolate powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract, coconut oil and sea salt in a large bowl. You can use a large spoon or an electric mixer. Grease a cookie sheet, with coconut oil. Use a small ice cream scoop to remove cookie dough and place on cookie sheet. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. For an uncooked version, you can make these cookies in your dehydrator by placing the cookie dough on a Teflex-lined dehydrator tray. Set the temperature at 115 degrees and dehydrate for 8 hours.
Nutritional info: Calories per cookie: 60, Protein: 2g Fat: 2g Carbs: 8g This is for cookies made with a small size ice cream scoop 11/4 inch.
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Eloise Nelson received her Ph.D. in Holistic Nutrition and has more than thirty years experience in nutrition, natural health care, and exercise training. Eloise is the Director of New Product Development for Organic Food Company, where for 16 years she has formulated organic snack foods and organically grown supplements that are currently sold in 50 states and 13 countries. She teaches ongoing seminars in food preparation and nutrition and continues her nutritional consulting practice in Boulder, Colorado. Learn more about Eloise at www.ThePowerofChow.com.
