5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chia Seed Cookies. Made in one bowl and ready in less than 15 minutes, they make a quick snack or easy dessert recipe.
Notice how all my recipes are “easy” this, and “5 ingredient” that lately.
Yeah. I basically have no time for anything with exams coming up. I’ve gotta write the tests, write review sheets, double, triple and quadruple check that the questions make sense and are actually doable in the time given.. it is all a huge ordeal.
Which makes my body crave cookies, cakes and all things sweet. Since my time is mostly directed towards work, I need have a quick and easy dessert recipe up my sleeves.
To be honest, that is describing most of the recipes on my blog.
So why not another quick and easy dessert recipe?
But these cookies are extra special. I made healthy cookies, so that I can stress eat all I want.
Okay, so maybe not all I want. I am getting married in 3 months after all. Maybe just enough to make it through exams. Then it is all salads and kale smoothies from there.
I actually laughed out loud when I wrote that. Somehow, I don’t think that is going to happen.
Okay, so let me show you just how selfish I am when it comes to these 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chia Seed Cookies.
First of all, I made them with peanut butter. Which means that I can’t bring them to school and can’t share them with my colleagues/students. I want to say that this was unintentional.. but I think that secretly I knew what I was doing.
Second, after John ate one, I hid them from him at the back of the fridge. It is so typical of him to eat the whole batch of whatever I baked the night before while I am at school. So now I am secretly taking cookies from the back of my fridge and eating them when he’s not looking. He will never suspect a thing.
5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chia Seed Cookies Ingredients
The only ingredients you need is:
- peanut butter
- chia seeds
- cocoa powder
- maple syrup
- egg
That’s it!
This 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chia Seed Cookies recipe doesn’t make a lot of cookies, so you may want to double the recipe if you are making it for a crowd.
I also love how these cookies are made in one bowl. Which makes it super quick and easy as well as less dishes to do in the end. Which means all my extra time can be spent towards doing work. Yay! 😕
Also, these cookies aren’t that sweet. I actually really like cookies that are not too sweet so that I can have them for breakfast and not get an intense sugar crash in the middle of the day. Just a warning, in case you are expecting a “typical” kind of peanut butter and chocolate cookie.
If you try this 5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chia Seed Cookies recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Chocolate Chia Seed Cookie
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 Tbsp chia seeds
- 1 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together all of the ingredients until fully combined.
- Scoop the cookie dough evenly in 12 balls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Press down in a criss cross pattern with a fork. (I like to wet the fork so that the dough doesn't stick to it)
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 mintues
- Remove from the oven, and allow to cool completely on the cookie sheet.
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I need to have a stash of these in my freezer at all times! Love the healthy twist!
Right?? Same! Thanks Liz 🙂
I’ve never had chia seeds in a cookie. Sounds interesting!
It is so good! 🙂
These sound delicious! And I’m with you – biscuits doesn’t have to be too sweet!
Hahah I hope you’re husband-to-be isn’t reading your blog today, and have figured out your hiding spot! XD
Haha, no. I tell him never to read my blog. Glad he listens to me 😉
Perfect in their simplicity, I too would hide them in my fridge. I’ve so much reading to catch up on I am going to be so hungry by the time I finish!
Aw, you are so sweet. Thanks Emma!
Nice addition of chia seeds, will fill you up for longer after this delicious snack
Yes!! So true! Thanks Calvin.
So easy to throw together for a quick treat. Sounds like a great flavour combination.
It is so good! I hope you try it out 🙂
I’m a huge fan of peanut butter cookies and these with the chocolate and chia sound marvelous! I can’t wait to make them.
Let me know how it goes 🙂
Whipped up a batch of these this afternoon and they did not disappoint! Quick, easy and delicious; exactly what I needed to cure my sweet tooth!
That makes me so happy to hear 🙂
Made a batch of these cookies for the bake sale tomorrow, I doubt it will last that long. Yum.
Definitely doesn’t last long in my house 😉
These are such fun cookies! You had me at one bowl and less than 15 minutes. The flavors sound wonderful too.
One bowl is a must on busy days!
These look so good! Can’t wait to make them for my family!!
Let me know how it goes 🙂