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Hemp Chocolate Cookies

Sneak a little chocolate into your morning with these Hemp Chocolate Breakfast Cookies. Packing a hefty nutritious punch, these cookies are just the right amount of sweet to get you energized to face the day.

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One evening, a couple months ago, when it wasn’t too cold, or too wet, or too hot…
We had a little visitor in our driveway.

When I caught my daughter looking at him adoringly and calling him “Cute Steve”, I told her she should pick him up and let him stay in her room…(if you thought I was talking about a boy – shame on you!!!)
Of course, this is when she scrunched up her face and said “mom, eooooowwwww, I don’t want warts”

Yup – Steve happens to be a toad – who seems to love our driveway! He has been faithfully showing up these past couple of months and helping in bug control!

When he first showed up though, I found myself Googling toads and warts, only to find out how big a misconception my daughter and I had been operating under!

Manitoba hemp hearts

Seeing I am confessing and all…that’s not been my only misconception…

For the longest time, I used to think that using hemp hearts could result in me getting a positive result on a drug test.
Am I the only one with a smorgasbord of misconceptions…or should we start a support group? -And serve chocolate at our meetings? 🙂

However, after more Googling, I found out that, while hemp is a species of “Cannabis sativa”; it contains “0.001% Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)” and will not cause a positive reading on a drug test, nor will it lead to any other episodes of hallucinations. According to their website, Manitoba Harvest’s co-founders played a part in having Industrial Hemp legalized in Canada in 1998.

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Since then, these slightly nutty, nutrition dense seeds, containing “10 grams of plant-based protein and 10 grams of Omegas” have exploded in popularity and use!

So when I was given the opportunity to review Manitoba Harvests’ Hemp Hearts – I figured I had to come up with something different than sprinkling it on my smoothies…And, since we love cookies at home…I figured I would go the cookie route.

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Hemp Hearts are non-GMO and while the hemp seed is naturally gluten free, Manitoba Harvest specifies that a stray kernel of wheat or barley could result in a positive reading for gluten so, as they work towards methods to harvest hemp seeds in the best way possible – these hemp hearts do not have a gluten free labeling on them.

I based these Hemp & Chocolate Breakfast Cookie Recipe on these Healthier Chocolate Scones. I used a mix of rice four and almond meal (though an equal quantity of ground oats can be substituted for them), and combined it with hemp hearts, cocoa, dark chocolate, brown sugar (which can be substituted with honey/agave), an egg and coconut oil (which can easily be substituted for butter) and voila – cookies for breakfast!

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Hemp & Chocolate Breakfast Cookies

Hemp Chocolate Breakfast Cookies {Recipe}

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Sneak a little chocolate into your morning with these Hemp Chocolate Breakfast Cookies. Packing a hefty nutritious punch, these cookies are just the right amount of sweet to get you energized to face the day.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup rice flour, can be subbed with 1/2 cup ground oats
  • 1/2 cup almond meal, can be subbed with 1/2 cup ground oats
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons Hemp Hearts
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 2 oz roughly chopped dark chocolate, 1/3 cup
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup melted coconut oil, can be subbed with melted butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients with a spoon/spatula
  3. Add the egg and melted coconut oil and mix well
  4. Form into 6 balls and gently flatten slightly before placing on a parchment lined baking tray
  5. Bake 10 - 12 minutes and let cool
  6. Can be enjoyed as is or topped with almond butter or chocolate hazelnut butter
Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 319Total Fat 26gSaturated Fat 14gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 37mgSodium 284mgCarbohydrates 40gFiber 5gSugar 14gProtein 8g

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Disclaimer: As a Sweat Pink Ambassador, I was given the opportunity to participate in this opportunity hosted by Manitoba Harvest and Fit Approach; I was provided with a sample of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts to review. I received no other compensation; as always all opinions are 100% my very own.

alexa

Sunday 3rd of November 2019

hi, can we omit eggs for flax egg for vegan ? thankx

Shashi

Tuesday 4th of August 2020

Definitely worth a try though I have not tried it with a flax egg.

foodrecipeshq

Saturday 18th of October 2014

You always introduce me to great products. I heard about hemp seeds but never about hemp hearts... Needless to say, I am very curious about and want to tried them!

Shashi

Monday 20th of October 2014

Thanks Daniela - I am not positive I know the difference between hemp hearts and hemp seed...guess I need to do some Googling...

Asmita (@FoodieAsmita)

Friday 17th of October 2014

Wow! I love the use of hemp in these cookies. So creative!

Shashi

Monday 20th of October 2014

Asmita - I so appreciate your kind words!

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Thursday 16th of October 2014

I've used hemp seeds for smoothies, but these cookies look much more enticing!

Shashi

Monday 20th of October 2014

Thanks so much Christin!

Chris @ Shared Appetite

Thursday 16th of October 2014

My favorite two words to put together? Breakfast and cookie. Heck to the yes!

Shashi

Monday 20th of October 2014

Haha - thanks Chris!

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