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\"Healthy<\/a>‘Tis the season for being surrounded by holiday spirit at every department and grocery store, bakery and home!\u00a0Co-workers bring trays of cookies, truffles, and chocolate treats stacked neatly on top of a Christmas dish (wrapped with red cellophane and topped with a big green bow) to share with everyone at the office. Malls are filled with the sweet chocolate aroma from the Godiva store. They’ve got\u00a0chocolate covered strawberries, oranges, and nuts sitting in the windows facing the shoppers, and it’s as if they are calling\u00a0out, \u201cYes, I am delicious…yes, you know you want to try each and every one.”<\/p>\n

There are gold and brown chocolate gift boxes with red ribbons stacked in giant pyramids. Behind the mountain of elegant boxes is another glass case that has what looks like a ray of light shining down on it from the chocolate gods…and inside are truffles. All of these treats\u2014the strawberry-filled, butterscotch, cheesecake, chocolate \u00e9clair, cr\u00e8me Brule, chocolate lava, red velvet, and more\u2014make even the healthiest person stop and stare\u00a0with amazement.<\/p>\n

Just now as I was writing\u00a0this blog, deep in chocolate thought, my phone started buzzing. It\u00a0was a\u00a0text from my husband\u2014he sent me a picture of a beautiful basket he got as a gift with all kinds of holiday chocolates inside. He said, \u201cWhat do we do with this?” These are just a few of the holiday goodies that we all are faced with from the start of Thanksgiving all the way through Christmas. And it doesn\u2019t stop at just chocolates (which we all love). The list goes on: candy canes in\u00a0every flavor imaginable, bags and bags of candy stocking stuffers, chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil, candy black coal (which I can\u2019t imagine being good), plastic reindeer that poop out candy (yum), plastic candy canes filled with skittles and M&M\u2019s, cookies in the shape of Christmas trees with green frosting, and many different shapes and sizes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, and crunchy chocolate Santa\u2019s, Oh Mylanta!<\/p>\n

Aghhhh you can run, but you can\u2019t hide! So, this brings me to ask the question:\u00a0What is a vegan to do when surrounded by all these treats?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0hard enough just staying\u00a0healthy during the holidays, but it’s an additional challenge for some vegans not to give in to temptation\u2014especially from\u00a0girls standing in front of the Godiva store holding platters of truffle samples in your face as you walk by…or from the\u00a0sweet-smelling,\u00a0colorful display of cookies, pies, cakes and candies on the table after Christmas dinner at your relatives’ house. You’re likely to\u00a0find yourself staring while that little voice inside your head says, \u201cNo you can\u2019t have those.”<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0505\"<\/a>Well, what if I told you that I had some delicious, guilt-free chocolate treats that were quick and simple to make, and actually healthy? These are treats that\u00a0the whole family can enjoy. Make these melt-in-your-mouth cookies, put them on a decorative platter, wrap them in red cellophane, put a big bow on the top, and proudly take them over to your relatives’ house on Christmas day. Place them right next to the brownies, pies, candies, and chocolate fudge on the dessert table and watch everyone enjoy your delicious and healthy cookies. You can keep the “healthy” part a secret\u2014no one will ever know.<\/p>\n

These cookies have no sugar, no oil, no flour and of course they are vegan. They have the perfect sweetness and hearty texture that make them melt in your mouth and satisfy that holiday chocolate treat craving.<\/p>\n

Here is my version of the \u201chealthy\u201d chocolate chunk, walnut, cranberry, and raisin goodness cookies. I tested them out on my co-workers and they passed the yummy test. Godiva chocolate\u2026who needs it?<\/p>\n

HEALTHY VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHUNK, WALNUT, CRANBERRY, RAISIN COOKIES<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DSC_0483<\/a>Ingredients:<\/strong>
\n-1 cup packed dates, soaked for about 15 minutes for softness\u00a0(dates are a natural sweetener)
\n-2 Tbsp peanut butter (make sure that ingredients say only peanut butter)
\n-1 cup almond meal (Bob\u2019s Red Mill carries this in most stores, or you can grind your own in a coffee grinder with raw almonds\u00a0like\u00a0I did)
\n-1 cup old fashion rolled oats
\n-Handful of fresh or dried cranberries (Whole Foods carries freeze dried cranberries, with\u00a0no oil or sugar added)
\n-Handful of Thompson organic raisins
\n-About half a cup chopped organic walnuts
\n-For the chocolate I used Ghirardelli intense 85% dark chocolate bar. I broke it up into little pieces. This has nothing added to it.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_0511<\/a>Directions:<\/strong>
\n1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Then, drain the dates,\u00a0put in a food processor and pulse until small bits remain.
\n2. Add banana and peanut butter and pulse some more.
\n3. Add the almond meal and rolled oats and pulse on and off just until loose dough is formed.
\n4. Transfer dough into a mixing bowl. If dough is too wet, add a bit more almond meal or oats. However, keep in mind that add-ins will make it thicker.
\n5. Mix in the rest of the ingredients and stir. It should be thicker now. Then, chill dough for 10 min in fridge.
\n6. Scoop out 1 Tbsp. scoops of the cookie dough and place onto a cookie sheet with unbleached parchment paper. The\u00a0dough balls won’t\u00a0expand so they can be placed close together.
\n7. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Check the bottom of one and if it is golden it is done.
\n8. Remove and let set for a few minutes on the pan. They will firm up a bit.
\n9. Pack them up in a\u00a0box or bag to give as Christmas treats, or keep them all for yourself!<\/p>\n

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Image source: Christmas Treats | southernmatriarch.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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