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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Mix all the dry ingredients with a spoon/spatula
- Add the egg and melted coconut oil and mix well
- Form into 6 balls and gently flatten slightly before placing on a parchment lined baking tray
- Bake 10 – 12 minutes and let cool
- Can be enjoyed as is or topped with almond butter or chocolate hazelnut butter
Nutrition
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.
Hemps…yes, I add hemps to my mixture of steel cut oatmeal…and sometimes to bread. I love the idea of these cookies for breakfast…delicious way to start the day.
Hope you are having a great week Shashi 😀
Thanks Juliana – you know, I never thought to add it to oatmeal – thanks so much for the idea!
I am all for the support group if it means chocolate will be there – especially these chocolate breakfast cookies! They look so amazing and I love the hemp in here! Totally wish I had a few of these to snack on right now – pinning 🙂
Haha – thanks so much Kelly! I will bring the chocolate hemp cookies if you bring some of those pumpkin and chocolate donuts – deal? 🙂
Love the breakfast cookies. have never tasted or used hemp, I will confess, I thought the same thing. Good to know as they are really good for you, the cookies are wonderful.
Thanks so much Suzanne! I am gad I wasn’t the only one!
I need to use up an entire bag of hemp hearts fast… I should make these!! loveee hemp hearts!
Hemp Hearts are so versatile, Cassandra – btw, loved your use of them with the salmon! 🙂
When we lived in Florida, little frogs would get in on occasion. Much to our cats’ delight! Poor little things didn’t last long. 🙁 Anyway, I didn’t know any of that about hemp! Nor have I ever used it. I’ve been missing out! Story of my life. 😉
Please don’t be so hard on yourself – I had been missing out for awhile too- but better late than never right? 🙂
I don’t have cats, but my dogs are scared of the toad outside – one wouldn’t go near it, the other one sniffed it and when the toad moved, my dog bolted – these are the same dogs that will hurl themselves at a 200lb person who runs towards us (because they were trying to catch a Frisbee) – go igure!
Oh my …THESE COOKIES!! You keep outdoing yourself girl! I am currently using Vega One protein powder which contains hemp! Other than that, I am yet to try the stuff…clearly I have the perfect recipe to try ’em out with!!
Aww-thanks so much Khushboo!!!
I have tried Vega protein powder too – and Hemp Hearts taste different on their own – at least or me!
I love the idea of pairing hemp hearts with chocolate! But then again, I love the idea of pairing -anything- with chocolate. And even though the smoothie I made was delicious, now you’re making me wish I had cookies for breakfast. I guess it’s going to have to be cookies for lunch instead
Amanda – I am so with you – chocolate makes EVERYTHING better!!!
Thanks so much!
I’ve only tried hemp once before, and that was in the form of protein powder. It was absolutely disgusting! But I’m hoping that in this form they would be far more edible 😉
Tara – hemp hearts taste very very different than the hemp protein -in my opinion. Hemp hearts are more neutral but slightly nutty too – and incredibly versatile!
Those cookies look delicious! I have a bunch to use up and these would be perfect!
Thank you so much!
Hemp hearts…I’ve yet to try ’em. I use hemp seeds a lot, but never cared for hemp hearts. Now I want to try ’em!
Wait – what’s the difference? is it a question of hulled vs unhulled?
Yum! I made an almond butter/honey version of these! SO good and perfect for breakfast!! 🙂
Those flourless nutbutter/honey cookies sure are pretty fantastic!
Haha at least you had a funny misconception about hemp! And turned it into some delicious breakfast cookies. I want these when I wake up tomorrow.
Thanks Joanne – when we are paired up as Leftover club members I will make sure to send you some 🙂
I use hemp and hemp protein quite often in my energy bars. These cookies look wholesome and definitely are a keeper.
Thanks so much Angie!
Shashi, I love the information you’ve provided on hemp seeds. I understand now that they aren’t habit forming or truly illegal, so why am I still so hesitant to try them? I don’t know, but I am, but DANG those cookies look good!
Haha – Becca – it took me awhile after I had the facts for me to give them a try – I still cannot bring myself to eat poppyseeds…GAH!
Oh those look insanely good! Pinning for future reference!
Thanks so much!
I’ve never liked toads and I’m so glad your daughter didn’t want to invite the toad into your home – who knows where it may have ended up! I love your breakfast cookies and I know how good hemp is for you but for bizarre reasons, hemp is illegal here xx
Hemp is illegal in Australia? – now that I did not know!
Thanks so much Charlie! xx