No-Bake Chocolate Quinoa Cookies

No-bake cookies. One of the best inventions ever. Especially for someone who has no desire to turn on the oven (🙋🙋 this girl) Hooray for one-bowl treats!

This is my life right now. I have pretty much zero desire to step foot near my oven. Partly because it’s a bajillion degrees out and warm desserts? Meh. And partly because my tiny oven, in my tiny apartment, heats up the entire space in seconds and by the time I’m done making a batch of cookies? Sweaty mess. Hi, I'll just be over here standing in front of the air conditioning. (which clearly does not help)

I saw this recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod on Pinterest and I knew I had to recreate them with a quinoa version. I was not only digging the no-bake awesomeness, but that chocolate + sea salt…yes please.

I didn’t make too many tweaks to her original recipe, just swapped out the oats for some cooked quinoa and quinoa flakes, and changed the almonds to coconut flakes.

And yes, that sprinkle of sea salt is pure perfection.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup almond butter or nut/seed butter of choice
• 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
• 1/2 cup quinoa flakes
• 1/2 cup coconut flakes
• Coarse sea salt for sprinkling optional, but recommended!

Instructions

1. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. In a small sauce pan over medium, melt together coconut oil, syrup and cocoa powder. Whisk until combined. Add the almond butter and stir again until smooth.
3. Remove saucepan from the heat and fold in the quinoa, quinoa flakes and coconut flakes.
4. ...............................................

for full instruction please see : www.simplyquinoa.com

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