Never feel like you need to ditch your diet during the holidays again with these low-calorie pumpkin alternatives. Satisfy your sweet tooth without having to compromise your health. We’ve all experienced our fair share of Pinterest fails, but these 3 healthy pumpkin cookie recipes will fool even the biggest of butter lovers.
40-Calorie Pumpkin Protein Cookies
- Prep Time:15 minutes
- Cook Time:8-10 minutes
- Total Time:30 minutes
- Servings:24
- Easy
- 15 oz can pumpkin puree
- 4 tablespoon vanilla protein powder
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 1/4 cup Stevia in the Raw
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Ingredients
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Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Step 2
Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix well.
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Step 3
Grease a baking sheet and drop a tablespoon of the cookie dough onto the pan. Spread it out into cookie form.
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Step 4
Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Store in the refrigerator.
Healthy Pumpkin Protein Cookie Dough
- Prep Time:7 minutes
- Cook Time:0 minutes
- Total Time:7 minutes
- Servings:35 (25 calories per 1 tablespoon serving)
- Easy
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 cup coconut flour (can substitute oat flour)
- 2 tablespoon Stevia in the Raw
- 2 tablespoon powdered peanut butter (prepared with 1 tablespoon of water)
- 2 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon almond milk
- 2 tablespoon white chocolate chips or other add-ins of choice (optional)
Ingredients
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Step 1
Combine the pumpkin puree, protein powder, flour, and sweetener.
#SpoonTip: The texture will be a bit crumbly, but the wet ingredients will fix that.
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Step 2
Combine the powdered peanut butter with the water to make it a liquid. Add the maple syrup to that, and then add the mixture to the pumpkin dough until it’s fully incorporated.
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Step 3
Add recommended amount of almond milk, but you can continue adding it to the dough in increments of 1 tablespoon until desired consistency is achieved. Fold in the chocolate chips.
18-Calorie Pumpkin Pie Bites
- Prep Time:10 minutes
- Cook Time:0 minutes
- Total Time:10 minutes
- Servings:10
- Easy
- 2 tablespoon coconut flour
- 2 tablespoon protein powder
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
- 2 teaspoon Stevia in the Raw
Ingredients
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Step 1
Mix coconut flour, protein powder, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and Stevia.
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Step 2
Add maple syrup. Slowly add water until a doughy paste forms.
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Step 3
Roll into balls and store in the refrigerator.