Chocolate-Covered Katie’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars
Hi friends! How’s the morning going? Hope your day is off to a great start! I was so excited when I checked the mail to see that Katie had sent me a copy of her new book, Chocolate-Covered Katie. We’ve been blog friends since the days of yore (7 years!), and her banana bread in a bowl is one of my all-time favorite quick and delicious breakfasts. Though I’ve never met her in person, we’ve kept in touch and I’ve loved watching her blog grow and the success she’s created for herself. It always makes me happy to see fellow bloggers and women crushing their goals and accomplishing amazing things.
Her book is absolutely beautiful, and PACKED with healthier versions of classic desserts.
When I say “healthier,” I mean that the recipes include whole ingredients and include whole grains, healthy fats, and natural sweeteners (like dates, honey, maple syrup and coconut sugar). The recipes are vegan, with many gluten-free options included. She even sneaks veggies into some of the dishes. 😉 They’re simple to make, and absolutely delicious.
I can already tell that this is going to be covered in chocolate splotches and well-worn within no time. I’m excited to make my way through the recipes!
The first one I tested was a homemade bar recipe, since we had all of the ingredients on hand and it was snack time.
Chocolate cookie dough bars.
These are date and almond-based, way more delicious and far less expensive than the store-bought versions. Bonus: they were extremely quick to put together, so Liv and I were able to enjoy a delicious (and secretly nutrient-dense) snack within minutes.
Katie kindly gave me permission to post the recipe to share, so here it is if you’re looking to switch up your snack game!
Chocolate-Covered Katie’s Cookie Dough Bars
- Prep Time: 5
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 3 cups packed pitted dates
- 1 1/2 cups raw nuts of choice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 ounce chocolate bar of choice, optional
- chocolate chips or homemade chocolate chips for garnish
Instructions
- In a high-quality food processor, blend all the ingredients, except the chocolate chips until a fine crumble forms. If the mixture is too dry, add up to 1 tablespoon water. Divide the dough evenly between 2 gallon-sized resealable plastic bags and smush each into a ball. With the dough still inside the bag, use a rolling pin to roll it out until it fills up the entire bag. Repeat with the second bag.
- Cut away the top sides of the bags so that the dough is expose. Using a knife or a cookie cutter, cut into bars. Press a few chocolate chips into each bar if desired. Store leftovers in a covered container at room temperature for up to 3 days, refrigerate for up to 2 weeks, or freeze for up to 2 months.
I highly recommend checking out her book for some amazing smoothie, breakfast, dessert and snack recipes. Just leave a comment with your all-time favorite cookbook, and I’ll pick a lucky winner to receive a copy.
Have a lovely morning!
xoxo
Gina
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My favourite cookbook is definitely Thug Kitchen – it just makes me feel like such a badass! As a longtime proponent of breakfast dessert, though, I think I would love Katie’s as well! Her blog was actually one of the first I ever read. 🙂
I love the pioneer woman cookbooks!
My all time favorite cookbook is from years ago…”How to Cook Everything.” It’s gotten a ton of use!
I recently bought a copy of your book so lately I’ve been making A LOT of recipes from it (& bonus! they’ve all been a hit with my hubs & little one) …. but when I got married my mom made me a cookbook with all the recipes she would make us growing up so that is my most treasured one.
The cookbook I use most is It’s All Good; some great breakfast/desert recipes in there!
My favorite all-time cookbook is probably the original How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. I bought it in college and taught myself to cook with it. I still use it as a reference for all kinds of things.
Lately I’ve been using Oh She Glows’ cookbook quite a bit. Otherwise I don’t use cookbooks very often, because there are so many great recipes online!
Classic Joy of Cooking
Mine’s definitely Protein Pow(d)er by Anna Sward. I never realized that protein powder was good for anything else besides mixing into water! Her cookbook has shown me the light.
I really reading enjoyed the Zuni Cafe Cookbook for its beautiful story telling and unique cooking tips.
We have a family cookbook my grandmother created (actually gave us all hard covered copies 🙂 !
I have all 3 of the Pioneer Woman cookbooks and LOVE them. But for some healthier recipes, I love the Oh She Glows cookbook.
I love my Earthbound Farms Food to Live By. The pages are falling out it is so well worn.
I love any of the Cooking Light cookbooks…….:) my mom shared one with me–yay mom!
my most-referred to cookbook is the hand-me-down Betty Crocker cookbook that my mom received as a wedding gift when she got married in the 70s. 🙂
Any of the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks are my favorite!
I love Angela’s Oh She Glows cookbook!
Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything.
I love the Oh She Glows cookbook although I haven’t made much from it recently. I actually like a lot of the recipes on her site that aren’t in the cookbook. Her trail mix cookies are my husband’s favorite and everywhere I have taken them people have raved about how good they are!
Pioneer woman!
Pioneer Woman’s cookbooks are always my go-to!
I love the Pioneer Women cookbooks!
My grandma’s hand written recipes in a spiral notebook – the best!!
I have an Alice Waters cookbook that I love. It helps me step out of my cooking comfort zone and gets me making things a little fancier, but it also has simple classics.
My favorite cookbook is one I received as a wedding gift from my grandma. It an old church cook book. Its and oldie but a goodie:)
I have a little tin of recipes written on index cards from my mom that I like to use, and my current favorite cookbook is seriously delish. I adore her writing style and have followed her how sweet eats blog for years.
I love healthy cookbooks, but I have to say that my all time favorite is the original Betty Crocker cookbook that my Grandma gave me, complete with her scribbled notes on substitutions and suggestions. Some of the recipes are kind of weird, but I will always love that cookbook the most <3
The pioneer woman cooks! Such a great book!
My favorite cookbook is actually not a cookbook. It’s Pinterest!! I’m going to start hole punching them and putting them in a binder. Also love a children’s cookbook I got when I was a kid.
jessica’s seriously delish!
I love all of Dreena Burton’s cookbooks, but Eat, Drink and Be Vegan! might be my favorite.
Well Fed by Melissa Joulwan! PS. When are you going to fill us in on your news from the family posts last week?! 🙂 🙂
Before my mom passed- she wrote all her recipes down and put them in a book for me. By far, my favorite book!
I like pioneer woman recipes and those cookbooks
I’m a sucker for pasta, so my favorite cookbook is Everyday Pasta by Giada de Laurentiis!
My favorite would probably Oh She Glows. I also just got Beauty Detox Foods.
My favorite cookbook is thug
Kitchen!
Looking forward to checking out this cookbook. Thanks for the review and the recipe. My favorite cookbooks are all of Dreena Burton’s books. I can’t choose just one!
I love anything from America’s Test Kitchen – their recipes always turn out amazing!
I don’t really use any cookbooks, actually. I used to have a couple, but all of my recipes are catalogued in my google bookmarks (which are synced to my phone’s browser as well!), and I end up traveling and/or cooking in random people’s homes so often that I like to have things accessible at my fingertips! 🙂
Rachel Ray’s “Big Orange Book” is my favorite cookbook. Her buffalo sloppy joe recipe is KILLER!
How to cook everything vegetarian – by Mark Bittman. Taught me how to love vegetables for the first time!
I don’t really have a favorite cookbook, but love my binder that has all sorts of recipes in it…I’ve gotten them from family, friends, the internet, etc.
Any of Ina Garten’s cookbooks are the best. She uses normal ingredients and the majority of the time I have the ingredients already in my pantry!
I love the Paleo Kitchen!
My favorite are my mom’s old cookbooks that she got from church groups, mostly Japanese recipes. All delicious and perfected with time!
For the ultimate, special occasion treats -> Rosie’s Bakery All-Butter, Fresh Cream, Sugar-Packed, No-Holds-Barred Baking Book. Life-changing 🙂
pioneer woman cook books!
My favorite cookbook is the Joy of Cooking! It’s simple but it has everything!
Obsessed with Chocolate Covered Katie – she is every clean eaters dream! You did a great job on the bars – pretty!!
xx Jill
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