Low calorie chocolate cheesecake cookies
These low calorie cheesecake cookies are about to blow your mind! They are super rich, decadent and filled with a delicious and creamy vanilla cheesecake to truly give you the best of both worlds. Each cookie has just 108 calories making it the perfect grab and go low calorie snack prep for the week.
Ingredients
For the cheesecake filling:
- 60 g light cream cheese
- 1 tsp stevia or 0 calorie sweetener
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
For the cookies:
- 10 ml oil of choice
- 100 g 0% fat greek yogurt
- 80 g 0 calorie brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 100 g plain/all-purpose flour
- 30 g unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- sprinkle of salt
Instructions
- Line a small tray with parchment paper and set aside.
- Make the cheesecake filling by whisking together the cream cheese, stevia and vanilla until smooth. Scoop one heaped teaspoon of the filling onto the lined tray. Repeat another 5 times to create 6 scoops of the cheesecake filling. Freeze for at least one hour to let the cheesecake discs set.
- Pre-heat oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
- Make the cookie dough by whisking together the yogurt, oil, vanilla and 0 calorie brown sugar until well combined.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and fold to combine. The cookie dough will be very thick.
- Use a scale to measure the total dough, divide the number by 6 and weigh out 6 cookie dough balls to make even cookies.
- Grab the first cookie dough ball, flatten between your palms, add one cheesecake disc in the centre and fold over the edges of the dough to completely cover the cheesecake disc.
- Roll the cookie dough ball in between your palms until you have a round cookie dough ball with no visible cheesecake. Flatten slightly and place onto the prepared baking tray.
- Repeat another 5 times for each cookie dough ball until you've made 6 filled cookies.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes.Allow the cookies to cool on the tray for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 CookieCalories: 108kcalCarbohydrates: 14.9gProtein: 4.9gFat: 3.4gSaturated Fat: 1.4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1.3gCholesterol: 4.8mgSodium: 257.8mgPotassium: 101.6mgFiber: 1.9gSugar: 2.2gIron: 3.9mg
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