Healthy Chocolate Cookie Dough Cups

I want you to imagine this: a chilled Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, but instead of peanut butter inside, you find cookie dough! Yes, that’s right. That’s exactly what these no-bake Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cups are, and they’re OUT OF THIS WORLD!

These cookie dough cups feature a frozen shell of rich chocolate stuffed with the best lightened up protein cookie dough you ever did try. These guys are sooooo dangerous, but you can feel good about eating them because they’re just 100 calories per cup!

I love creating lightened up sweets like these because while I still want to meet my fitness and nutrition goals, I don’t want to deny my sweet tooth either. Because let’s be honest, when we deny those cravings, 9 times out of 10 we end up going ham on something more indulgent and don’t feel too great about it afterwards. Been there. 🙋‍♀️ These cookie dough cups strike the perfect balance between healthy and delicious so I can tame my craving while feeling good about it.

Enjoy one as a sweet treat during the day (post lunch sweet tooth anyone??) or have a few during a movie night with your hubby, your friends, or just yourself!

INGREDIENTS

• Chocolate chips – I used Enjoy Life semi-sweet chocolate morsels.
• Vanilla protein powder – I used PEScience vanilla. For all PEScience products, you can save 10% on PEScience products with my affiliate code LaurenFitFoodie.
• Coconut flour – I used Viva Naturals. Coconut flour is more absorbent than other flours, so if you substitute another flour, you may need to use 2-3x the amount. But almond flour, oat flour, and gluten-free flour would all work, too.
• Brown sugar – This gives the cookie dough that real cookie dough flavor! I used Truvia Brown Sugar blend. You can also use coconut sugar here.
• Baking essentials – pure vanilla extract, baking soda, salt
• Unsweetened applesauce – you can also use canned pumpkin here.
• Milk – I used almond milk. Any milk will work!

HOW TO MAKE NO-BAKE COOKIE DOUGH CUPS

• Prepare cookie dough. In a mixing bowl, combine all the cookie dough ingredients! Mix the dry ingredients first so there are no clumps, then add in the wet ingredients.
  
• Melt the chocolate. Add the chocolate chips to a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. Then, microwave another 30 seconds and stir again until all the chips are melted and gooey.
  
  It’s okay if you end up melting more chocolate than what is called for in this recipe. Some of that chocolate is going to stay in the bowl. If you are tracking macros, I provided the grams you add in the recipe card below.
  
• Assemble the cookie dough cups. Get your Silicone Baking Cups lined out ready to use. Add melted chocolate to the bottom of each cup and place in the freezer to harden for 10 minutes. Take out, add the cookie dough stuffing, and then freeze again for another 5-10 minutes. Lastly, add the remaining melted chocolate on top and freeze one more time for 10 minutes (or until ready to eat).

Keep stored in the freezer in a closed container until you’re ready to grab one. You can place these cups in the fridge a couple of hours before you’re ready to eat, or just let sit at room temperature 15-20 minutes.