Skinny Triple Chocolate Cookies

With the new year upon us, I know many people have made new years resolutions to eat better, work out more, tone up, and improve their overall health. These are goals that I aim for year-round, but the start of a new year seems like a great reminder to get my diet and workout routine back in line. The few pounds gained from all of the holiday treats consumed are another pesky reminder to get back into the gym.

Fortunately, eating better and losing weight does not mean giving up all things delicious. There are many ways to reduce fat and calories in your diet without sacrificing flavor. These cookies are a prime example of this. These Skinny Triple Chocolate Cookies have about 100 calories per cookie and only 3 grams of fat. And, believe it or not, you would never guess that they are skinny! The trick to fooling your taste buds is using quality ingredients and substituting healthier ingredients for the fats, oils, and processed items. In this recipe, I eliminated all of the fat and used pumpkin puree to add moisture. Applesauce, fat free yogurt, mashed bananas, and pumpkin puree are all great substitutes for fat and oil in recipes-just a little bonus tip! I also used half all-purpose flour and half whole wheat flour, but feel free to use all whole wheat flour to make this recipe even healthier. To keep these cookies from tasting like a skinny cookie, I used high quality dark and milk chocolate chips. These chips provided bursts of richness and flavor throughout the cookie dough without adding an insane amount of calories and fat.


Another great thing about this recipe is that these cookies are mixed and baked in under an hour. And there is no mixer required. One bowl and good arm muscles are all you need to whip up a batch of these rich, fudge-y, cake-like, skinny cookies. Plus, since you aren't using a mixer, you burn a few calories mixing the dough! Skinny cookies that are easy to make, only require one bowl, and force you to burn a few calories while mixing? Sounds like every new years resolutioners' dream recipe!

Skinny Triple Chocolate Cookies (adapted from Une Gamine Dans La Cuisine)
(about 3 dozen cookies)

3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

In a large mixing bowl, add the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Mix ingredients together until sugars are incorporated into the pumpkin. Add eggs and vanilla and beat into pumpkin mixture. Add both flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt to pumpkin mixture. Slowly mix ingredients together until fully incorporated, careful not to over mix the cookie dough. Gently fold in the chocolate chips. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with a Silpat mat or parchment paper. Spoon tablespoon size balls of cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet. The dough will be very sticky. Gently flatten each ball with the back of a spoon. (You do this because the cookies do not flatten or spread at all.) Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are set on the outside and still soft on the inside. Remove from oven and cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

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Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 36
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 105.8
Total Fat: 3.1 g
Cholesterol: 11.0 mg
Sodium: 43.7 mg
Total Carbs: 21.9 g
Fiber: 1.5 g
Sugars: 13.4 g
Protein: 1.7 g

Pros:
-Delicious, rich, fudge-y, cake-like cookies
-Easy to make-no mixer required!
-Low fat cookies that don't taste skinny
-Versatile-add different flavors of chocolate chips or candies to cookie dough

Cons:
-Dough is somewhat hard to handle because it's so sticky (consider spraying spoon with cooking spray before spooning the dough onto cookie sheet)

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Elaine

26 comments:

  1. You know I'm a sucker for skinny recipes AND for cookies, Elaine. Wow! These look insanely incredible. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Now I must go bake some healthy cookies this weekend! Preferably with chocolate. :)

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    1. Can't wait to see what healthy cookie recipe you come up with! :)

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  2. These look so good! And just in time for the new year! Thanks for joining Foodie Friends Friday! Please come back on Sunday to VOTE!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! I'll be sure to come back on Sunday!

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  3. Healthy chocolate cookies? Sign me up! These look so sinful, I can't even believe they're good for you!

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    1. I know! They are so rich and chewy that I can hardly believe that they are skinny. Skinny sweets that don't taste skinny are the only reason I'm not 500 lbs. lol

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  4. Just stumbled across your blog and had to comment on these. They sound SO good. I've been dying for chocolate as of late but not wanting to overindulge since the holidays just ended! I may need to try these out. Cute blog!

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    1. Hi Angela! I'm so glad that you stumbled here. :) These are the perfect cookies for you. They are rich, chewy, and satisfy even the most intense chocolate cravings without being packed full of calories and fat. I have already made two batches!

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  5. looks so good... love that this is healthy and looks yummy!

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    1. Thank you! These are giving me hope that I can get my diet back on track after the holidays. :)

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  6. Ohh totally love these! I am a chocoholic, so these are perfect!

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    1. Yes, you will love these Kammie! Good luck stopping at just one. :)

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  7. I LOVE healthy desserts and this one sounds delicious! I bet the pumpkin makes them really moist. And what's better than triple chocolate?!

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    1. The pumpkin and brown sugar kept these cookies moist for days. I had to fight hard to keep them around that long! I love healthy desserts too. Have lots more ideas coming up. :)

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  8. Love these lightened up cookies! All of the chocolate sounds incredible!

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    1. I was surprised that these cookies could have so much chocolate and still be "light". Makes me never want to make a full-fat cookie again!

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  9. Pumpkin puree again, means I bet these cookies are so moist! I have never tried pumpkin puree with chocolate flavored recipes, but I think this just may be the recipe that gets me to try it!

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    1. Honestly, you can't even taste the pumpkin in these cookies because the chocolate and cocoa are dominant flavors. The pumpkin is just there is help these cookies be skinny. :) If you like chocolate cookies, then you'll love these!

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  10. This sounds great and if you didn't tell me, I would not have known they were full of "veggies". Thanks so much for linking up at Two-Cup Tuesday! See ya again next week!

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    1. Try one and you wouldn't be able to taste that they are healthy either!

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  11. Hey Elaine - I'm impressed you can get skinny and triple chocolate in the same title! Have to pin this one for later. Found you via the GYB and am looking forward to following more...

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Tony! I know these cookies sound almost too good to be true, but you just have to try them. You *can* have lots of chocolate without feeling guilty. :)

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  12. You'd never guess these were skinny cookies...they look positively decadent!

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    1. That's my goal. :) You can still enjoy delicious sweets and not feel guilty!

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  13. this look great- So glad to be posting with you through the chocolate party :)

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    1. Can't think of a better party to participate in!

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