Hope the new year started on a wonderful note for you all! I am still trying to recover from the indulgent last week we had. But don’t worry, I am not here to talk about my new year resolutions or boring stuff like that 😉 I love how each new year allows us to have a clean, fresh slate giving us time to reflect upon the past and visualize the future.
I simply don’t believe in dieting. Too much of good things can’t ever be bad now, can it! Plus, I always feel that being fit is certainly not about following a restrictive diet but making a lifestyle choice. And I certainly believe in eating healthy which goes without saying as my blog-post titles almost always include healthy, skinny or light, more than you would like to see may be!
So this year is going to be all about being happy! (You can track my progress on my Instagram) Taking each day as it comes. You all know I am not much of a planner so this is all I am looking forward to this year. Umm, may be a bit more of travelling! 😉
These cookies were developed in 2013 and I never got a chance to share them at that time. I knooow it’s a crime and hence I don’t want to keep this fabulous recipe from you anymore. So I am choosing to showcase these unbelievably soft and chewy chocolate cookies laced with chocolate chips and M&Ms as a first recipe post of 2014! They are perfectly thick and so puffy. With a pop of color too!
I have kept those of you in mind who are resolute to eat healthy this year. These cookies use whole wheat flour, brown sugar and date syrup. Of course, without compromising on taste. Oh, they are eggfree too! To make them vegan, you may replace butter with olive oil and replace regular milk with soy/almond milk. Best of all world indeed! You may use any or combination of your favorite chocolate chips. I would love to use white chocolate chips the next time around because of the brilliant visual effect it will create!
Inside-Out Double Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies ~Â Whole Wheat & Eggfree
Ingredients:
- 3 Tbsp flax seed powder + 4 Tbsp water + 5 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup date syrup
- 2 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- lots n lots of M&Ms
Directions:
- In a small bowl, mix together flax seed powder, water and milk. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, sift together whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, with the help of your electric mixer, beat the butter until soft. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy on a medium speed for about 1-2 minute. Beat in date syrup, vanilla extract and flax seed mixture.
- Fold in dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Add 3 Tbsp of milk to form the dough. Fold in chocolate chips. Chill the dough in refrigerator for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 160ºC/325ºF. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper. Take about 2 Tbsp of dough, form it into a ball between your palms and flatten them. The cookies won’t spread much while baking so flatten how much ever thickness you like. Press M&Ms on the cookie dough. Bake them for 13 minutes. Let them cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them on cooling rack to cool completely. The cookies will stay fresh for 1 week at room temperature in an airtight container.
*For vegan version : Replace butter with olive oil and replace regular milk with soy/almond milk.
17 Comments on Inside-Out Double Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies ~ Whole Wheat & Eggfree!
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Oh these look delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
Thank you! Let me know if you try them:)
Aw yum, these look delicious Riddhi! I know there’s still chocolate in them, but if they’re wholewheat I can eat them for breakfast, right?? 😉 And YES, I completely agree with you about not dieting. I like to eat healthy food but I think that restricting ourselves from delicious things will just cause problems later on. Thanks for this gorgeous recipe. Hope that january is treating you well so far beautiful! xx
Oh, you can certainly eat them for breakfast! Totally guilt-free 🙂
Thank you for such a lovely comment Laura!
Happy weekend! xo
marvellous! Bet they taste as good as they look. #yum
It did! Thank you!! xx
Hey RIddhi, Egg free cookies with Whole wheat 🙂 Im grinning from ear to ear… for once i gorge on something without the guilt. Not much of an M&M fan though.. so planning to skip those 🙂
Hehe.. I don’t know what world is coming down to! You’re the 2nd person today to tell me that he doesn’t like M&Ms!!
Anyways, they’ll taste fabulous even without them too! Would wait for your feedback Elson! 🙂
Riddhi, thank you dear. I save all egg free recipes 🙂 Making it soon for a bunch of crazy kids.
Aww! I ALWAYS think of you whenever I make/post an eggfree recipe!
The crazy kids will definitely go crazy for them! 😉 Can’t wait to hear how the recipe works for you! xo
I usually don’t much like M&M ones… But when I read whole wheat n eggfree, I smiled n got into your recipe!!! Lovely it is… I might replace my dislike with some other ingredient, but definitely a keeper recipe 🙂
You don’t like M&Ms!! I’ve no idea what are you talking about! 😛 Anyhoo… You can totally skip M&Ms n make the recipe as is. It would still taste fabulous!
Trust me, this recipe is definitely a keeper! 🙂
Hi Riddhi 🙂 These cookies look so delicious, loving the fact they’re wholewheat- makes you feel less guilty about eating something chocolatey!
Jess
Thank you so much Jess! And the best part is they wouldn’t even taste healthy! 😉