Haha… funny story.
Yeah, I have a really funny story, actually. I’m sure you’re going to laugh. A lot.
So once upon a time, I wasn’t in an amazing mood, and wanted a certain delicious substance to help me through.
Which, by the way, is just a nice way of putting that I desperately needed to inhale a large quantity of peanut butter.
Hey, you know what they say. When life gets tough, the tought stick their spoons in their peanut butter jars.
Or something like that.
But you all know I am a civilized person, and I would never do something like eating out of a jar.
Ugh. Being civilized takes too much self-control. I have to get creative. So I say to myself,
Self, what is a civilized way to eat peanut butter straight?
And, naturally, cookie dough came to mind. Because what’s more civilized than shoveling raw cookie dough into you mouth?
Using my original cookie dough recipe, I made the most mouth-wateringly uncivilised way to eat cookie dough and peanut butter.
So as you eat your vat of peanut butter cookie dough for under 100 calories, being uncivilized quickly sinks down on the priority list.
Civilized? So last year.
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls (Vegan, Gluten Free, Low Calorie)
This takes about 49 seconds to throw together. Totally worth the effort.
With Better N Peanut Butter, there are only about 100 calorie in the entire recipe, but 150 if made with traditional peanut butter!
Makes about cookie dough 10 balls
Ingredients
1 tablespoon of peanut butter (I used Better N Peanut Butter, for a lower fat option. I bet peanut flour would work, but I’m not sure.)
3 tablespoons of unsweetened almond milk, or milk of choice, divided
2 tablespoons of coconut flour
additional sweetener to taste, optional
Directions
Add peanut butter and 1 tablespoon into a small bowl or cup, and nuke for about 30 seconds, or until peanut butter is melted. Give the mixture a stir, and add in coconut flour. Add remaining almond milk, one tablespoon at a time, adding more or less as needed to create the perfect “doughy” consistency. Roll into balls and freeze, if desired, or enjoy as is!
See, hasn’t your mood improved, too?
Enjoy!
-Kelly M.
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We are twins. I just posted a ball recipe this morning too
Ha! I knew we were related.
I love the picture of the peanut butter ball towers and the spoonful of PB. So creative!
You are amaaaaazing. Thank you so much!!
Well I am a totally uncivilized person. I eat out of the nut butter jar EVERY SINGLE DAY. I hope I can make these with peanut flour! Then maybe I can be a civilized person too! Otherwise I’ll just use real peanut butter… and try my best not to shove it straight into my mouth!!
Well, now you have the choice between civilized or not because YOU HAVE A FULL PANTRY!!!
Oh my goodness. I need to leave work right now and make these! You could eat the entire recipe and not feel guilty with only 100 calories! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Haha… you must have you priorities straight!
I’ve been debating if I want to buy Better N’ Peanut Butter or not… any suggestions people?? How is the taste??
I’ve always wondered what Better N’ PB was too! Haha. This looks so cute Kelly! I’m all for cute food~
Thank you for asking! I, personally, LOVE Better n’ Pb. It is slightly sweeter than traditional peanut butter, which is a plus for me because of my ridiculous sweet tooth.
It doesn’t have that “stick to the roof of your mouth texture” but I still think it’s excellent. Hope that helps!
I think we’re long lost relatives. And really, who wants un-cute food?
Love me some Better n PB! Sometimes I want the real thing, but BnPb is almost in a different category since its so sweet…which I like.
So Kelly tell me … again if you have posted this already…where do you buy Coconut flour?
Thank you so much for the question! I buy my coconut flour, Bob’s Red Mill Brand, at Whole Foods. You also buy it online here. Thank you for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!
Thank you so much again for reading my blog. It is truly an INCREDIBLE honor, and I hope to see you again soon! Good luck with the coconut flour hunt!
Perfect snack idea…..cannot wait to try these….I’m tempted to stuff a couple of dark chocolate chips in each one….peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough…….but I’ll try it this way first….
have you actually tried it with peanut flour???
do you think I can use other nut butters??/
Dark chocolate pb bites? Love the way you think!I have not actually tried this with peanut flour, but I mention it because I thought it SHOULD work, although I can not personally vouch for the results. I imagine other nut butter should work out fine too. Hope this helps!
sounds great but i use almond butter and almond flour more than peanut butter and coconut flour. can i swap out ?
Hi Nancy! You may substitute almond butter for peanut butter, but you can’t change the coconut flour. Hope this helps!
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