Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! I still can’t believe we’re already this far into 2011.
This recipe is a good way for you and your valentine to satisfy your sweet tooth’s…without the guilt.
Positives about these cookies :
- protein from the peanut butter and egg whites
- natural sweetness from honey
- fiber from the whole wheat flour and wheat germ
- antioxidants from the dark chocolate
They only have approximately 84-96 calories per cookie (depending on just how many m&m’s you have in your cookie! 😀
1st batch of cookies pre-oven.
And this is how they came out of the oven…which are cute, but they tended to fall apart more easily.
So, I flattened them in my palm to make them look more like the traditional cookie.
Valentine’s Day Cookies
adapted from Hershey’s Classic Recipes cookbook
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup natural creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 cup wheat germ
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Dark Chocolate Candies (I used the Valentine’s Day M&M’s)
How-To
- Preheat the oven to 350° and prepare your baking sheets with either silpat mats, parchment paper, or non-stick foil (which ever you prefer to make clean up easy).
- In a bowl, mix the flour, wheat germ, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer (or in your stand mixer) beat the butter, peanut butter and honey together on medium speed until creamy (about 30 seconds).
- Beat in the egg whites and vanilla until fluffy.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients, beating until well blended.
- Stir in the chocolate candies.
- Drop the batter by the tablespoon, roll them in your hand to smooth them, flatten in your palm and place onto your cookie sheets.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.
- Cool for about 3 minutes and transfer the cookies to a cooking rack.
Servings: 30 cookies
Saving this recipe! How many cookies did you make?
Opps…forgot to include that! 😀 Thanks for reminding me. It made 30 cookies for me. Yum!
I love peanut butter, and I love cookies so these are pretty much perfect for me! I’m liking the addition of wheat germ in there too.
😀 I know! Me too! Peanut butter: check! Chocolate: check! Cookies: check! Perfection: check! Packed with nutrition and love.
Great recipe and photos! Who wouldn’t want these on Valentine’s Day?
What fun cookies.
🙂 Mandy
your pics are beautiful! I just made something with M&Ms the other day too, but I was wondering how you prevented the candy coating from melting? or was this not an issue at all? jw! thanks! =)
I didn’t seem to have any trouble. But, you’ll never see me complaining when chocolate is melting. 😉 Yum!
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It’s fun! I love all of the linky parties! 😀 Thank you for putting them on!
My friend…these are calling my name!!
kisses
heather
So good! There were a hit for my family…even with the family members that are anti-health food! 😀
I wonder how these would work with Agave Nectar instead of honey. Think I’ll try it.
Oh, I think you’d be perfectly fine using Agave Nectar. Yum! 😀
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These cookies were absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for the recipe!
I just wanted something healthy to make for my parents for Valentine’s Day and here I found it!
Just barely got the last bag of dark chocolate M&M’s (Valentine’s Colors) 🙂
That’s great! I’m so glad you made them! We’re they so tasty! Mmm…and I just love that M&M’s are making holiday colors in the dark chocolate M&M’s now. Those things are so good! 🙂 I hope your parents enjoy them as much as mine did! Happy Valentine’s Day!
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