Healthy, organic food is always a highlight at my yoga, fitness and adventure retreats here on Kauai and today I am going to share a recipe I served that had everyone purring in blissful delight. It is like a cross between a Samoa Girl Scout Cookie and a Thin Mint, but raw, organic and free from all processed sugars!
When you live an active lifestyle and appreciate all that your body does for you, gifting the body with nourishment is key. When you put good nourishment into your body, your body feels good, works wonderfully and energetically you become more open and willing to life life full out! Wouldn’t you agree?
And during my retreats this is exactly what we do. Life full out! Some of the deserts that we enjoyed included a raw, tropical fruit pie, a vegan, one-ingredient banana ice cream topped with fresh macnuts and a cashew creame, and lets not forget the raw key lime pie made with avocados. Yummmm.
But lets get back to those delicious and nutritious Girl Scout Cookies that I am sharing with you today.
A Delicious, Sugar Free Cookie Dessert
This is a recipe that I am sharing with permissions from the fabulous The Betty Rawker.
They are a unanimous crowd pleaser, simple to make and will leave you feeling energized and satisfied. I did modify the top layer a wee bit to bring in the Thin Mint twist and I will share that modification at the bottom of this post.
Base Cookie:
• 1 cup dried coconut
• 1 cup raw walnuts
• pinch sea salt
• 2.5 TBS coconut oil, melted
• 2 TBS maple syrup
Blend dried coconut in food processor alone for 60 seconds. Add in walnuts, sea salt, blend into a fine meal. Then blend in melted coconut oil and maple syrup. Roll dough out in-between 2 layers of way paper so that it is about 1/4” thick. Put in freezer to firm up. Once firm, remove from freezer and use a round cookie cutter to cut your cookies.
Should make 8 large cookies or 12 average sized ones.
Coconut + Caramel Layer:
• 8 medjool dates
• 1 TBS water
• 2 TBS coconut oil, melted
• pinch sea salt
• 1/2 cup dried coconut
• optional: 1 TBS carob powder (carob boosts the sweet caramel flavor!)
Blend medjool dates with water in a food processor, add in coconut oil. Add in sea salt, and carob powder. Add in a little more water if needed to get caramel to mix better. Then blend in 1/2 cup dried coconut. Pat down a layer of coconut caramel onto each cookie then sprinkle a garnish of dried coconut.
Chocolate Icing:
• 4 TBS coconut oil, melted
• 4 TBS raw cacao powder
• 2 TBS maple syrup
Stir together coconut oil, cacao powder, and maple syrup. Pour into a little bag, and carefully snip off a little corner of the bag, so you can pipe the chocolate in strips across your cookies. If chocolate is too warm it will be really runny, just find the balance between melty and firm to get a nice even strip.
**Optional: For an extra chocolaty taste, spoon a little of the chocolate icing on the base cookie layer before adding the coconut caramel layer! Just let the chocolate cool and firm up before adding the coconut/caramel layer. Pictured below is an example of a cookie with the extra chocolate layer!!
Be sure to store these in the fridge or freezer!! These are so great served right out of the freezer too! Such chewy goodness!!
Also, if I were trying to go nut free on these, I would likely sub in 1 cup sunflower seeds for the walnuts, but I haven’t tried that yet!! Or maybe try some 1/4cup ground flax, and 3/4 cup sunflower seeds if you have to omit the walnuts? Also, feel free to use any nuts in the base, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, macadamia….. ♥
For the Thin Mint Twist variation, replace this recipe below for the Chocolate icing:
1/2 Cup raw cacao powder
1/2 Cup coco nut oil
2 Tablespoons maple syrup or raw local honey (or to taste)
1/4 teaspoon mint extract
Salt to taste
Put any extra chocolate into molds and freeze. Enjoy a guilt-free chocolate fix whenever the craving arrives.
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Can’t wait to hear how you and your loved ones enjoy this delicious and nutritious cookie. Enjoy and rawk on!