Dec 16

Chocolate Nut Butter Meltaways

Hi everyone! This is my 3rd year participating in the Food Blogger Cookie Swap! :]!

The premise is simple: you send cookies to 3 other food bloggers and get 3 dozen cookies from 3 different food bloggers in return…and best of all, we get to support Cookies For Kids’ Cancer, a national non-profit organization that funds new therapies used to fight against pediatric cancer!

Thank you so much to Love and Olive Oil and The Little Kitchen for keeping this going, and also our super-awesome sponsors this year: Oxo, Dixie Crystals, and Land O’ Lakes!

Last year, I made Apple PB Oatmeal Cookie “Dough” Bites, and the year before, I made Coconut Cookie Dough Bites!) In between, I ran a treat swap fundraiser at my school to send homemade treats to troops abroad, the local domestic violence shelter + children’s homes, and to raise money for the two animal rescues I volunteered at. :]!

What’s your favorite type of #cookie? #BeAGoodCookie @cookies4kids @fbcookieswap #fbcookieswap

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Since I’ve been healthifying no-bake bites/balls for the past 2 years, I figured I’d continue with that theme/tradition this time around too, especially since my access to a kitchen wasn’t all that constant. I managed to make and send these out the weekend before I did my crazy week of travels (West Virginia to North Carolina to New Jersey to California to Nevada to Arizona in a single week)!

I loosely based this off of a recipe that a friend sent me. Lots of substitutions were made because I wanted to make it healthier, and also had lots of ingredients I wanted to use up from previous kitchen experiments and from Choctoberfest, including some chocolate that Allison @ The PinterTest Kitchen sent over!

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Truth be told, the vegan butter I used probably wasn’t even necessary–I just happened to run out of nut butter, and the last bits weren’t really sticking together, so that did the trick.

Here’s to hoping that they survived the trip over to my matches! (Go check out their super tasty food blogs! :] )

Milisa @ Miss in the Kitchen
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Melissa @ Bless This Mess
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Chocolate Nut Butter Meltaways

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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup natural almond butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 oz. Just Hemp toasted + salted hemp seeds
  • 2 tbsp Earth Balance (vegan butter)
  • 5.3 oz. Divine Chocolate 70% bittersweet chocolate

Instructions:

  1. Mix nut butters, powdered sugar, hemp seeds, and vegan butter (or more nut butter) together until smooth.
  2. Form into ~1-in. balls and chill.
  3. Melt chocolate in 20-second increments in the microwave, and roll each of the balls into the chocolate.
  4. Let them set on wax paper and chill again before packaging them up!
Try these simple #NoBake Chocolate Nut Butter Meltaways! @fbcookieswap #fbcookieswap

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  1. I’m impressed that you make time to bake and participate in the swaps with your schedule lately!
    Rachel G recently posted…The War of MiseryMy Profile

    1. I mean, I do know that this isn’t literally ‘baking’ since they’re no-bake cookies, but bake just seems to be the right verb to use with cookies, haha…
      Rachel G recently posted…The War of MiseryMy Profile

      1. hehehe, I can’t think of a more appropriate word than “bake” either!

    2. haha, it was somewhat of a struggle, but the no-bake part made it a little easier to squeeze in!

  2. oh this SO SO SO COUNTS AS BAKING HERE :)
    and alas Id never swap as…Im pretty sure no one wants to swap with me ;-)
    CARLA recently posted…4 reasons Im jealous of my dog’s Cone of Shame.My Profile

    1. I’m glad it does! ;P

      hahaha, I’m sure someone would!! <3

  3. Love the addition of the hemp seeds for texture :D
    Susie @ SuzLyfe recently posted…How to Start Running After InjuryMy Profile

    1. Twas another way to sneak in some extra protein/nutrients! :D!

  4. I love that concept for the cookie swap! How could I participate in that? BTW, Those meltaways look delicious!
    Channing recently posted…Billion Dollar BrowsMy Profile

    1. It’s every December! :O! 2015’s is over, but you can sign up over here (http://www.fbcookieswap.com/) to get notifications for next year’s! That’d be awesome if you ended up being my match! :P

  5. Holy wow. These sound unbelievable!
    Tux | Brooklyn Homemaker recently posted…nusstalerMy Profile

    1. Thanks so much for the delicious cookies! My family loved em’ as well! :D!

    • Jen on December 16, 2015 at 9:35 am
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    Yum! These look amazing! I don’t know if I could pick a favorite cookie! I love gingerbread this time of year. Paradise Cafe used to have a pumpkin oatmeal white chocolate chip cookie that was to die for! That might be my favorite of all time!
    Jen recently posted…HEALTHY DINNER RECIPES YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE TONIGHT & MOREMy Profile

    1. I think I’d have a really hard time picking a favorite cookie too, but my goodness, that pumpkin oatmeal one sounds amazing! *-*

  7. Yum!! Hey, if they have lots of peanut butter or nut butter of any kind, I’m sure they’re delicious. I’m remembering the taste of those apple PB oatmeal cookie dough bites you sent last year. So good! My mother and I both loved them!
    Kaylin@EnticingHealthyEating recently posted…Skinny Maple Glazed Snickerdoodles: Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2015My Profile

    1. hehehe, it’s hard to hate on chocolate with peanut butter, right!? :P I’m so glad you and your mom liked em’! :]! I wonder what we’ll come up with next year!?

  8. This is such a fantastic healthy cookie recipe Farrah! I make these peanut butter balls with rice krispies cereal and coat them with chocolate – but, I am loving your use of hemp seeds in these instead of my rice krispies cereal!
    Shashi at RunninSrilankan recently posted…Gluten Free Molasses CookiesMy Profile

    1. That’s awesome! I had one tiny box of rice krispies and it wasn’t enough to go around for the 3 dozen, so I figured I’d use other ingredients that I had lying around! :P

  9. Great healthy recipe!! I know I am weird, but Chocolate is not my thing, LOL But I will totally trust you in the yumminess in this and tweet it out just the same:) (I think I spelled yumminess wrong, LOL)
    Kristy @Runaway Bridal Planner recently posted…Shadows of AngelsMy Profile

    1. haha, it’s not for everyone, and thank you! <3! I really appreciate it!

      It looks right to me!! (If it's not, we'll just make it a new word, hehehe.)

  10. Those look amazing! But, I’m a fan of anything with peanut butter. :)
    Jenn – a traveling Wife recently posted…Better For You Gingerbread House AlternativeMy Profile

    1. I am too! <3 It's addicting!

  11. So so so so so dangerous!!!!! Coconut Butter is my guilty PLEASURE!
    GiGi Eats recently posted…Chomping on CHOMPS!My Profile

    1. My very first fb cookie swap was made primarily with coconut butter! <3

  12. Totally loved these little bites of deliciousness! Thanks for sending and have a wonderful Christmas!!
    Milisa recently posted…Comment on Citrus Butter Cookies by Rachel – A Southern FairytaleMy Profile

    1. Yay! I’m so glad that they made it to you safely (and that you liked them)! <3! I hope you have a lovely Christmas as well! :D!

  13. These are perfect Farrah! Nutty seedy chocolatey goodness!
    Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine recently posted…Purple Sweet Potato Sugar CookiesMy Profile

    1. Thanks so much, Rebecca! :D!

  14. I have never used hemp seeds! Like that you mixed the nut butters.
    Stephanie recently posted…BabyNes | Add THIS to your baby shower registry!My Profile

    1. Twas a happy accident! I’m glad they worked out! :P

  15. Oh my goodness, this sound sooooo good! i also participated in the Cookie Swap, wish I would have gotten you as a partner! Oh well, maybe next year.
    Susan recently posted…Candy Cane Lane CookiesMy Profile

    1. Aww, thanks, Susan! Perhaps next year! I look forward to this swap every year! :]

  16. oH my mouth is melting thinking about those cookies. Im IMPRESSED, how you find time for making cookies I have no idea.
    Autumn recently posted…54321 Total Body WorkoutMy Profile

    1. hahaha, I was really tired, but I didn’t want to let my matches down, so I found a little section of time to squeeze this in! :O

  17. These were so good! Thank you for sending them to me! I felt like they were totally healthy enough to eat for breakfast, you know, with hemp seeds and all envolved! LOL, perfect with a cup of tea.
    Melissa @ Bless this Mess recently posted…Shortbread Jam Thumbprint CookiesMy Profile

    1. Yay! I’m so glad that they got to you safely + that you liked em’! I tried to balance it between healthy and tasty! :P

  18. those look fantastic!! I’m sending the recipe to my mother in law lol

    1. Yay! I hope she likes it! :]

  19. These look ah-mazing!!!
    Annmarie recently posted…Warm Up To Winter With The Soybu Gatsby Collection + GiveawayMy Profile

    1. Thanks, Annmarie! <3!

  20. Yum! I’m allergic to nuts but I bet sunflower seed butter would work. :)
    Lisa Sharp recently posted…Christmas Eve Traditions for CouplesMy Profile

    1. That should work well too! :D! I haven’t had sunflower seed butter in ages! :O

  21. These look kinda like buckeyes!! A cookie swap sounds AWESOME.
    Jess @hellotofit recently posted…Become a Better Runner With Balance TrainingMy Profile

    1. Ooo, maybe I was subconsciously influenced by my visit to Columbus a couple months ago! :P Cookie swaps are so much fun!

  22. Oh NO! My friend use to make batches and batches of these pb chocolate balls and I can’t resist them! I haven’t had them in a couple years ago…. I think I need to try to fit in making some soon!
    Sarah recently posted…No Bake Gingerbread Protein Cereal BarsMy Profile

    1. hahaha, it’s so hard to only eat a couple of em’! The only reason why I managed to stop = I had to make sure I had 36 to give away! :P

    • Rosie on December 26, 2015 at 2:52 pm
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    These sound soo good and I love making no bake cookies I want to try these!

    1. They’re awesome when you don’t feel like turning on the oven! :P

    • Linda on December 18, 2019 at 12:42 pm
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    Wow!!!

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