trying a “healthier” baked dessert recipe for the first time in years!
my ”healthier” cookie (basically just nut butter, brown sugar, protein powder, and choc chips; 1/2 a recipe made 9) has 127 cal, 6g protein, 11 g carbs, 8g sugar, 1g fiber, and 2.3g saturated fat.
google’s top recipe for the “best” (regular) choc chip cookie would have had 183 cal, 2g protein, 26g carbs, 18g sugar, 1g fiber 5g saturated fat.
mine looked pretty, but they were just ok… as good as it gets w/o flour or butter (which is to say, pretty mid teetering into the uncanny valley in terms of texture). really the only significant benefit is that they have half the carbs/sugar, which is helpful for my insulin resistance, since i have to stay under 45g per meal (which is already a challenge without factoring in dessert ! ugh the horrors). i was not brave enough to try one of those monk fruit/sugar sub recipes (maybe next time i’ll try half fake sugar, half real sugar?)… but i think if the macros were better these may have been worth it, but idk i think i would’ve just preferred a regular cookie + some other protein and fiber-rich food on the side for the sake of meeting my macros lol. or just some other naturally lower carb dessert, like sugar-free jello, or berries and whipped cream, or froyo, etc.
thoughts? dessert ideas?
edit: i did end up eating 3, which was 380 cal/19g protein/34g carbs/25g sugar, which was sort of the equivalent to 1.5 “regular” cookies carb and sugar-wise. that’s a W ig, that if you eat multiple at least it’s less of a blood sugar bomb (and 20g of protein is actually significant) lol
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