Wanna know something really cool? Ok good. I made these cookies the other day and put them in the fridge when I left for the gym. Well, once the bf got back home, he had one of the cookies and told me they were really good. I then told him that they were made from sweet potato and he was super surprised! He didn’t even know they had sweet potato in them. Boom. If you can trick people into eating paleo, they’ll fall in love with paleo without even knowing it.
You know what I found out yesterday? These cookies are even better after sitting in the fridge in a container overnight. Same with my Sweet Potato Brownie recipe, which these cookies were inspired from. I stick those brownies in the fridge or the freezer and they get better and better.
Jackson lifted his leg yesterday to pee!! It was a total fluke but I was so proud. It hasn’t happened since.
The week has seriously flown by. Being in Austin for 5 days has sprung me on a sugar and alcohol binge. Ok, not really a binge but I usually want at least one piece of chocolate at night and I’ve been craving some gin. Which is not an often occurrence. Like, ever. But happy hour will be welcomed today. I need some Colorado friend happy hour time after getting to see all my friends in Austin.
I really have nothing else to say. I wish I did. But I’m off to have a “girls day” with Jackson. No, he’s not a girl but he’s a total mama’s boy. So we are going to tan on the balcony, take some walks, have some lunch together and when he’s nice and tired, I’m leaving him to get some gin. Then him and I are going to make some epic birthday cupcakes this weekend. He’s so excited. He’s like, “Mom. You’re such a ‘cool’ mom.” I’m like, “Duh, Jackson. Duh.” Kbyehaveagreatweekend!
PrintSweet Potato Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Yield: 12-13 1x
Ingredients
- 1 small sweet potato or yam (I used a sweet potato since they are white and would look more like a regular cookie)*
- 1/2 cup smooth almond butter
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 scoop (35 grams) Vanilla Primal Fuel
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Poke holes in a sweet potato with a knife then place in oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until sweet potato is completely soft. Then let cool. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees.
- Peel sweet potato away from skin and place in a medium bowl. Mash with a fork until soft.
- Add almond butter, egg, honey and vanilla and mix well. Then add protein powder, cinnamon and salt and mix well.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to scoop out batter and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. The batter should make 12-13 cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cooked through. Do not overcook.
Notes
*If you use already pureed sweet potato or yam, the amount will be around 1 cup
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I am not allowed to make your sweet potato brownies anymore. I made two batches and each time I ate the entire batch in one sitting and then I was sick. You would have thought I learned my lesson the first time – nope. Maybe when I learn some self control I can make these delicious looking nuggets:) Thank you for all of your hard work!!
Hey Juli!! Big fan. Made these today exactly as written. Kept double and triple checking thinking surely I was missing a dry ingredient like almond flour or tapioca flour or baking powder. These didn’t come out anything like your picture. They just look like goopy blobs 🙁 no settling to take a flat cookie shape or anything. What the heck did I miss? The only thing I did differently was sub the almond butter (out) for coconut butter (Nikki’s) Is there supposed to be a baking powder/soda included that was left out of the ingredient list? Just wondering how the heck messed these up so bad (wish I could include a pic so you could see!) typically I’m a cookie extraordinaire (as I often make my own protein cookies).
I had the same issue, but they tasted great. I had enough for a second batch and flattened those before I put it in the oven.
Okay glad I wasn’t the only one! And yes, they were great!! Taste is super so no complaining, I just wanted picture perfect ones like Juli’s! I’ll flatten my next batch!
Coconut butter and nut butters are not very good substitutes for one another in baking. The nut butters give baked goods more body – like grain-filled baked goods.
@ dani I had the same issue of the batter being to gooey and I triple checked as well and I used sunbutter I didn’t want to chance them not working out so I added a little baking soda a little tapioca starch and a tad coconut flour and gave it a shot and they came out good and even got some volume so I’m happy I did that or it wouldn’t have worked
I am super pumped to try these cookies out!
AWESOME! I have all the ingredients. Cannot wait to give these a shot…Hope you had a great happy hour and got a nice tan. 🙂
Wow these look amazing! I have to try them. Check out my blog 🙂 – lucyspantry.weebly.com
Our 85lb, 7 yo English Lab still doesn’t lift his leg. I like to think he’s comfortable with his manhood that he doesn’t have anything to prove.
i think I will sub bananas for sweet potato…because that’s what I have at home…do you think 3 will do?
Hi! This recipe looks absolutely perfect and I can’t wait to make it. I’m subbing pumpkin out for the sweet potato because I’ve got a canned that needs to be used up, do you think it would be alright to sub coconut manna/butter for the almond? Thanks!
no. you could use a different nut butter
Hi Juli. Is there any nut-free substitution for the Almond Butter?
If not I will make these for me and something else for a party lol
sunflower seed butter
So freakin’ excited to try these! Maybe I’ll actually get around to making them on my days off next week!
Ty !!! My 15 year old paleo-reluctant son absolutely adored these cookies even tough they were more chocolate cookies instead of chocolate chip cookies because the sweet patato was still hot when I mixed the whole thing together and chocolat chips melted in the mix!!!