I DVR the Dr. Oz show. I don't get to watch every episode, so I'm soooo glad I caught a recent one about Toxic Bloating because at the very end of the show celebrity chef Rocco Dispirito was on. (He's been on The Biggest Loser a few times)
Dr. Oz and an audience member taste tested his cookies and their reaction was SO convincing that I decided I had to try making them.
The outstanding thing about these cookies is that they call for NO butter or flour! You use BEANS instead. And you can eat 5 cookies for the same calories as eating ONE normal cookie.
I made them today with the ingredients I had available. I couldn't find cacao nibs (at Walmart at 2am...) so I just skipped those and added a touch more mini chocolate chips. I couldn't find dark chocolate mini chips so I used regular. Hersey's Special Dark cocoa powder for the fun of it. (Everything else I had)
I don't have a full size food processor so I struggled a bit to get the beans blended, but managed well enough with my $10 mini processor. The bean mixture was really thick and I did struggle to get it out of the mini processor and mixed properly with the egg mixture, but overall I managed well enough.
You really do need to use a spray oil on the wax paper or they will stick. I didn't have any available and skipped pouring oil on the paper and spreading it around, so the cookies stuck to the paper... I had to kinda eat them off the paper. Yes it was very cute. :P Suuuure.
Cook time was about 5 minutes less for me in my gas oven.
Anyhow, these cookies were
AWESOME! I couldn't believe it. I ordered his cookbook called
Now Eat This. (it wasn't at GC Walmart at 2am so I just ordered online) I can't wait to try more of his recipes, especially the
brownies! (you can find that recipe by googling for it if you want)
I'm also going to try finding the cacao nibs, will probably end up ordering those online too.
These cookies are like a miracle to me. I really do have a huge weakness for cookies. I worked at a sandwich shop for 3 years and they have awesome cookies, but it is a major part of how I starting gaining weight and quickly.
I'm going to experiment with this recipe and see if I can make a plain chocolate chip cookie. I can tell you one thing for sure though this is going to become something I make on a regular basis. I mean they are cookies, but they are beans! It's like a meal! Beans and egg whites - get some proper dark chocolate in there and it's a healthy dessert too.
I am SAVED from cookie demise! Thank you Rocco Dispirito!
