Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bites (Vegan)

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bites.  These healthy bites are very kid-friendly and perfect for little hands to grab.  Who doesn’t like chocolate for breakfast?

If you liked my coffee chocolate oatmeal bites, then you will love these!.  I actually thought about putting the coffee extract in these and then decided not to at the last minute.

If you like chocolate for breakfast I highly recommend my Chocolate Almond Butter Overnight Oats too.

 

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bites

 

These little oatmeal bites are gluten free and vegan.  If you are not a fan of chocolate, some chopped dates or raisins would be good as well.

If you went with the dried fruit, I suggest adding some cinnamon too.   That would be good.  These little bites are great for on the go and they freeze well too!

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Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies

Who doesn’t want cookies for breakfast?  You can have them if you make these Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies!  This is also a great way to sneak in some veggies for breakfast.  These Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies have no added sugar.

They are only sweetened with fruit.  This is a very simple recipe that you can make with your kids.  It requires no mixer or food processor.  If you like carrot cake, you may also enjoy my vegan carrot cake and my carrot cake larabar bites.

 

Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies - My Whole Food Life

You can make these healthy breakfast cookies in under 20 minutes.  Super easy!  Very inexpensive too.  These healthy breakfast cookies are vegan and gluten free.   I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

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Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

If you make anything this weekend, you must make these Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies.  If you have been following my blog for awhile, you know I love adding almond extract to anything I can.  I can seriously smell it all day.  In fact, my favorite lotion has the same scent.  Heavenly!  On Pinterest the other day, I came across a recipe for raspberry almond thumbprints.  I didn’t actually click on the pin, but I did make a mental note to create a recipe for Raspberry Almond Thumbprint Cookies.  They came out delicious!  If you like all things almond flavored, you make also like my flourless almond joy blondies or my almond joy protein bars.

Raspberry Almond Thumbprit Cookies - My Whole Food Life

One can never have too many healthy cookie recipes right?  These raspberry almond thumbprint cookies are vegan, gluten free and paleo.  All you need is 5 simple ingredients!  I made my own cashew butter to use in this recipe.  It’s super easy.  Just throw cashews in a food processor and blend.  This recipe makes a small batch too, so you will not be stuck with a huge amount of cookies.

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Paleo Cookie Dough Truffles

I made you guys some Paleo Cookie Dough Truffles!  Since we are about to start a kitchen renovation, we are trying to eat mostly from what we have in the pantry.  I happened to have some macadamia nuts, so I made macadamia nut butter.  It’s super easy and can be made in under 5 minutes.   I then wanted to create a recipe that used it so that is how these Paleo Cookie Dough Truffles came out.  You all know how I love healthy truffle recipes! 🙂  This recipe is so easy and only calls for 6 ingredients!  I love the little flecks of vanilla bean in these!  It also adds great flavor.  If you like this, then you may also like my strawberry creme truffles or my pumpkin truffles.

Paleo Cookie Dough Truffles - My Whole Food Life

Not only are these paleo cookie dough truffles easy, they are also gluten free and vegan.  Keep them in the fridge or freezer when you want a little something sweet.  This recipe makes a small batch too.  Feel free to double it if you like.

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Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Bites

Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Bites.  The flavors of chocolate and coffee go so well together in these Healthy Oatmeal Bites.

I have been wanting to make some more coffee flavored treats for a while now and I was having a hard time finding the coffee extract.

Well I finally found some on Amazon.  As soon as it was delivered, I got to work making these Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Bites.  I used a mini muffin pan to make these, so they really are perfectly bite sized.

 

Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Bites - My Whole Food Life

 

You can keep these chocolate coffee oatmeal bites in the freezer when you need a chocolate fix.  My Flourless Chocolate Muffins are also great for that. 🙂

These oatmeal bites are even kid approved.  My 5 year old loved them and between her and my husband, they were gone in 2 days!

These are extra chocolatey because I added chocolate chips in addition to the cocoa powder.  These coffee chocolate oatmeal bites are vegan and gluten free. I hope you enjoy them.

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4 Ingredient Flourless Snickerdoodles (Vegan)

I have another flourless cookie recipe for you!  This time it’s flourless snickerdoodles!  If you don’t know what a snickerdoodle is, it’s a cinnamon sugar cookie.  I used to make them a lot as a kid.

I already have a no bake snickerdoodle recipe and a gluten free snickerdoodle recipe on the blog, but I have been wanting to make a flourless snickerdoodle recipe for a while now.

You guys!  These are so good!  The best part?  All you need is 4 simple ingredients and 15 minutes!

 

4 Ingredient Flourless Snickerdoodles - My Whole Food Life

 

These are so good, you would never guess there was NO flour or NO oil in them!  They are buttery delicious.  These are not only flourless, but they are vegan, gluten free and paleo approved.

This might quickly become my favorite cookie!  This recipe makes a very small batch, so you don’t have to feel stuck with a large bunch of cookies in the house.

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