Double Chocolate Single Serving Protein Cookie

Rich chocolate paired with crunchy, fatty pecans and cinnamon. This single serving protein cookie is great for an on the go breakfast, high protein snack, or dessert. 

Want it more as a dessert than a meal replacement? Make the batter into 2 small cookies and halve the macros. Love the recipe? Next time double it and make it into 4 smaller cookies for the perfect high protein, low sugar, sweet treat!

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Why You'll Love These

This single serving recipe comes together in one bowl and in less than 30 minutes.

The recipe is easy to double or triple for meal prep.

Want more of a snack and less of a meal replacement? Break the cookie dough into two cookies instead of one, for a seriously protein packed snack for less calories. 

They're customizable. I love candied pecans but you could use a different nut or skip the nuts all together and cut back on calories. 

 

What You'll Need

Oats or oat flour. Oats are generally cheaper to buy and can easily made into a flour by simply blending them. I like blending sprouted oats for a boost in protein and nutrition!

Cocoa powder or cacao powder. Generally I will use cocoa powder when I am baking and keep the more expensive cacao powder for desserts like my Silken Tofu Chocolate Pudding.

Chocolate protein powder. I like Nuzest or Vedge Nutrition for baking. You can use code: EVANNRYAN when shopping either site for a discount!

Dairy free, vegan chocolate. My go-to's for chocolate chips is Enjoy Life or for chopped chocolate I like Zazubean.

Plain vegan yogurt. I like Maison Riviera. 

 

Substitutions

Switch the pecans to whatever nut or seed that you like! Walnuts would be a great option.

In place of maple syrup use any preferred liquid sweetener, such as agave nectar or a sugar free option like liquid monk fruit or stevia.

Ceylon cinnamon otherwise known as "true cinnamon" is lighter and milder than Saigon (or cassia) cinnamon. It also has a range of increased benefits, you can read about that here!

Almond milk can be substituted for any preferred dairy free milk.

 

Other Single Serving Cookie Recipes You Might Like:

Almond Croissant Protein Cookie 

Pumpkin Spice Protein Cookie

Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein Cookie

Chocolate Ganache Protein Cookie

Gingerbread White Chocolate Cookie

Peanut Butter Cookie

 

Please note:

All macros have been calculated to the best of my ability but may vary slightly.

 

Double Chocolate Protein Cookie 

Recipe makes one large cookie (can double it or split the cookie dough in half for a snack size cookie with half the calories) See Recipe notes to reduce calories further.

Macros per cookie:

457 cals - 21g fat - 38g carbs - 29g protein 

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp pecans

1 tbsp maple syrup 

1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon

2 tbsp oat flour (blended oats) 

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1/4 cup chocolate protein powder (discount code: EVANNRYAN)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

2 tbsp plain vegan yogurt

2-4 tbsp almond milk 

2 tbsp dairy free chocolate, melted 

 

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a small baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.

To a small sauce pan add: pecans, maple syrup, and cinnamon.

Bring heat to medium low and cook, stirring constantly until pecans are caramelized, 1-2 minutes. Set pecans aside and immediately rinse pan so the sugar doesn't stick.

To a mixing bowl add: oat flour, cocoa powder, chocolate protein powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine.

Add in yogurt and 2 tbsp almond milk. 

Mix well forming a dough. 

If needed add 1-2 tbsp more almond milk until you have a sticky cookie dough texture.

Roll into one large cookie and flatten onto the prepared baking tray.

Chop the caramelized pecans and add to the top of the cookie.

Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browning on the bottom.

Allow to cool.

If desired drizzle in melted chocolate.

Enjoy!