Double Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies

How about a sweet treat to jumpstart your weekend?

Before I made my own granola, I always bought Bear Naked Heavenly Chocolate Granola. So. Good. Then one day, I saw these Bare Naked cookies at the store:

Yes, please! I loved them! Not only were they incredibly delicious, but they were fairly healthy too. The only problem? They can be very pricey. So, I set out to make my own.

It was an overwhelming success! They may have even been the best cookies I’ve ever made. Luke kept repeating, “These are really really good.” I’ve been eating one (or two) a day.

I actually compared the nutritional value of my cookies to the Bear Naked ones, and they were almost identical. Bear Naked uses slightly less sugar, and I mean slightly as in barely noticeable.

If you’re a chocolate lover and want to indulge in a sweet treat you don’t have to feel guilty about, give these a try!

First, preheat your oven to 350. Mix the canola oil and yogurt together. Then add the sugar, vanilla and eggs and stir until well combined.

Mix the whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, oats and chia seeds in a large bowl.

Then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until well combined.

Finally, mix in the chocolate chips.

Spoon the mixture onto a greased baking sheet and bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

Let them cool for 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

Double Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies

Makes 3 dozen.

Adapted from Itsy Bitsy Foodies

Ingredients:

• 5 tbsp canola oil
• 1/4 cup plain non-fat Chobani greek yogurt
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 3 tbsp chia seeds
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350.
2. Mix the canola oil and yogurt in a bowl until combined. Then add the sugar, vanilla and eggs and stir until well combined.
3. In a large bowl (separate) mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, oats and chia seeds.
4. Add the wet mixture to the flour mixture and stir until well combined.
5. Add the chocolate chips and stir until well combined.
6. Spoon the batter onto a greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
8. Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

*Note – they will seem soft when you take them out of the oven, but once they cool, they will set.