Rich, nutritious cocoa powder with whole wheat and hidden applesauce create super fluffy cake-like cookies. Peppermint adds the perfect seasonal kick to make these a healthy favorite! Best part- NO ADDED SUGAR!
Healthy Chocolate Peppermint Fluffy Cookies
These super light and fluffy cake-like chocolate cookies pack pepperminty goodness into a festive healthy holiday treat. Great all year round but even better if you share them with Santa!
Servings 20
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Applesauce Unsweetened
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ tsp Peppermint extract Use only ¼ tsp for just a hint of flavor
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup, honey or sugar substitute
- ½ cup All purpose flour
- ½ cup Whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 Candy cane (Crushed) Sugar free if you'd like
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir to combine.
- Spoon dough onto parchment to create drop cookies. you can also wet your hand to form balls with your fingers- place on parchment and press down slightly.
- Sprinkle with crushed candy cane pieces. Lightly press the candy cane into the cookies.
- Bake 10-12 minutes.
- Slide parchment carefully onto a cooling rack. let cool and enjoy!
Notes
The dough will be pretty wet and sticky but should still hold it’s shape.
Let cookies cool completely before storing. They are very soft and may stick together. I like to leave mine out on a cute plate for a day, anything not eaten then gets put in a container in the fridge.
I have made these will all whole wheat flour. The resulting cookie was still delicious but a bit soft.
