Chocolate Chip Pazookie

This ooey, gooey pazookie just melts in your mouth and is the PERFECT night time sweet treat! When I tell someone that my favorite dessert is pazookie, most of the time they ask me, “What is a pazookie?” I have NO idea how someone doesn’t know what a pazookie is but it is something me and my girlfriends know VERY well!

In college, we spent frequent nights eating a pazookie with ice cream and a glass of wine. We would always buy the Nestle Tollhouse cookies and Blue Bell Ice Cream. It was by far my most favorite nights yet, I would always end the night feeling extremely sick. Gee…I wonder why? Filled with all that dairy, gluten, processed sugar, and gums, I finally had to give up my love for pazookies until NOW!

This pazookie is filled with natural sugars, gluten free flours, and healthy fats! You can honestly eat this and feel guilt free.

I decided to do 1/2 cashew butter and 1/2 sunbutter because I know cashew butter can be a little inflammatory for me because they are considered to be a moldy nut. However, I know the creaminess this nut adds to any dish so this small amount did not seem to bother me.

I also decided to cut down the amount of almond flour and try a new flour- green banana flour. I have never used this flour before until now and I really like it! Almond flour adds lots of moister to a baked dish so I did not want to add in coconut flour (very absorbent). I added a tablespoon at a time until I liked the consistency of the batter. I could have added more but decided to try it out with just two tablespoons.

SO WHY BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES AND MANUKA HONEY?

♦Blackstrap molasses has the lowest sugar content of any sugar cane product! It contains vitamins, minerals, iron, and selenium. It can also prevent or ease PMS!!

♦Manuka honey is one of the most unique types of honey in the world! It is rich in vitamins and minerals and has numerous amounts of benefits. Some of these benefits are healing sore throats, help digestive issues, improves sleep, relieves symptoms of skin irritations, and more!

CHOCOLATE CHIP PAZOOKIE

PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES

COOK TIME: 17-19 MINUTES

TOTAL TIME:  32-34 MINUTES

SERVING SIZE:  1 GIANT PAZOOKIE OR 30 MINI COOKIES

Ingredients:

1 flax egg (1 Tbsp ground flax + 3 Tbsp water)

1 T blackstrap molasses

1 T Manuka honey

1/3 cup nut butter (I did 1/2 cashew and 1/2 sunbutter)

1 T unsweetened almond milk

3/4 cup almond flour

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

2 T green banana flour

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

2 scoops collagen powder (optional)

2 Tbsp Lilly’s dark chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF

2. Next, in a medium size bowl, combine the ground flax and water to create flax egg. Wait a few minutes to let it thicken. Then pour in molasses, honey, coconut oil, cashew butter, sunbutter, vanilla, and milk. Whisk all these together again.

3. Stir in almond flour, green bananas flour, baking soda, collagen, and cinnamon.

4. Lastly, you will add the chocolate chips and stir with a rubber spatula. I found that the batter does not stick as much and easier to stir with.

5. Oil up a 8×8 pan or cast iron skillet and pour the batter into the pan.

6. If you choose, you can sprinkle some more chocolate chips on top and add some sea salt.

7. Place the pan in the oven for approximately 17-19 minutes. You can turn the oven to broil and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes if you want it more crispy on top. However, I did not. Just make sure to keep a close eye on it because it can burn easily.

Tips: You do not have to use green banana flour. Instead, you can use 1 cup almond flour if you choose.