Breakfast Chocolate Chip Protein Cookie Dough (Vegan, Sugar-free)

Chocolatey cookie dough goodness that you can eat by the spoonful! Not only that, it’s packed with filling fiber, protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats that makes it a perfect option for breakfast.

Are you team cookie dough or baked cookies?

To be honest, I was never as obsessed with the cookie dough as a warm, gooey, fresh-from-the-oven cookie. BUT, the cookies must be under-baked and super soft. I’ll pass on the crispy cookies. However, this cookie dough recipe is convincing me that the cookie dough is just as good as cookies! The texture of this recipe really is similar to actual cookie dough.

Cookie dough for breakfast?! But like, for real. This recipe is 100% appropriate for breakfast. Or mid-afternoon snack. Or a healthy dessert. Really anytime of the day you have a craving for cookie dough.

This recipe doesn’t include any raw eggs, so you don’t have to worry about eating the dough. It’s made of a base of chickpeas. Yes, a bean/legume. Don’t be scared off by the chickpeas though!  This recipe does NOT taste like beans.

I added in some plant-based vanilla protein powder to add even more protein as well as flavor and sweetness. My go-to brands for adding protein powder to recipes are Vega or Orgain, which are made with a base of pea protein and sweetened with stevia. If you use unflavored protein powder, you’ll likely want add more dates or sweetener for sweetness.

Cashew butter is my favorite nut butter to use here, as it isn’t an strong flavor but provides a super creamy, buttery texture and taste that helps add to the cookie dough flavor. Almond butter would also work well. Peanut butter works too if you want a peanut butter cookie flavor!

This recipe is sweetened with dates. Dates are PACKED with fiber and potassium and are perfect and so versatile to add sweetness to recipes. They blend up well in recipes so you won’t see them.

Have you ever tried cacao nibs before? They are unsweetened 100% crushed cacao beans. I have come to love them in recipes that are already sweet….but you can also use mini chocolate chips. (I used cacao nibs in the photos).

 

Let me know if you try this recipe, either by leaving a comment, telling me in person (it seriously makes my day when that happens), or tagging @audras_appetite on instagram or  on facebook!