These Easy No Bake Haystack Cookies are low carb, keto, gluten free, grain free and taste amazing!
Today's awesome No Bake Cookie recipe comes from my friend Carolyn's new cookbook, "The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen". Carolyn blogs over at All Day I Dream About Food and she and I have known each other for the last 5 years! She's a trusted friend and not only that, a trusted baker and home cook.
Her recipes are all top notch, all the time. Her recipes never fail to impress me and I am always sharing them on my Facebook page. I know that she has put her heart and soul into this cookbook and has thoroughly tested all her recipes which means they will be perfection!
Carolyn shares her story about how gestational diabetes effected her while pregnant with her third child and she had hopes it would resolve after giving birth. It didn't and she started having to create recipes to help keep her blood sugar stable. She started the blog out of necessity but you can clearly see in all her work how much she truly loves what she gets to do for a living. She feeds her family, keeps herself healthy and fit and in the process helps others to see you don't need to ever feel deprived when you have special dietary needs.
While browsing through the book I realized that EVERY single recipe has a PICTURE! I love cookbooks with pictures and loath those that do not have them for each recipe. I love to see the final product. I also loved reading her "everyday tips" under each recipe. The best part is nutritional information is provided as well for each recipe!
When I saw these cookies in her book and knowing how much I love no bake recipes and knowing how much I love chocolate, I thought, "What a sweet friend, she had me in mind when she made these!" And they are every bit the most delicious cookie you don't have to work hard to make in the kitchen, super easy!
One quick note here though, I made some small changes. The orginial recipe using almond butter and pecans, but my youngest son has a tree nut allergy, so I decided to do some swaps for those ingredients you will see below. They turned out just perfect!
You can grab Carolyn's book here on my Amazon Affiliate link and I also hope you'll stop by her blog as well and let you know you found her through me!!
Enjoy!
No-Bake Haystack Cookies
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup almond butter (I used Tahini)
- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate chopped
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil
- ⅔ cup Swerve confectioners-style sweetener or another powdered sugar free sweetener
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- ¾ cup pecans (I used pumpkin seeds)
Instructions
- Line large baking sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper.
- In large saucepan over low heat, combine tahini, chocolate, and coconut oil. Stir until melted and smooth. Remove the pan from the heat.
- Whisk in the sweetener, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract until smooth. Add the coconut flakes and pumpkin seeds and stir until well combined.
- Drop the mixture by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet and refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve; they will keep for up to a week.
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Miles Thales
These are great and the tip about using tahini instead of the nut butter was very useful.
Ruthie Wells
These are still in the refrigerator, but I did lick the batter spoon when I was done 🙂 and they tasted delicious! I substituted in a stevia blend called Pyure for the Swerve, and I only used a 1/3 of a cup. It tastes a little different... there won't be any sweet taste for three seconds, and then suddenly you taste the sweetness. But they still taste delicious and I love the texture - Plus I love that these can be made nut free!
Edie
How about an occasional recipe cor those of us who can't have coconut, sour cream, cheese, ( dairy OK, just not fermented dairy) or chocolate .
I see a great sounding recipe & oops has forbidden ingredients. Would really like a recipe for ' blonde' brownies.
April
Mine were too dry and wouldn't hold together so I mixed in about a tablespoon of watered down cream and that seemed to take care of the problem. I wasn't paying attention and used granulated instead of powdered sweetener, don't know if that would have made them dry. They were a little sweet for me, next time I may cut back a little on the sweetener. I liked them enough to be willing to try again 🙂
Lynette
CANNOT wait to try these! We called them Camp Cookies growing up and they are a delightful, delicious memory that I am so excited to have a healthy version to share with my grandkids❣️??❣️
Brenda
Thank you!!
Carolyn
Thank you, my dear friend! Your cookbook was a pleasure too...when are you going to do another???
Marsha
Brenda, how many does this make?
Debbie in TX
You had me at "No Bake"!!! These cookies remind me of a Nestle Spider Web Munch recipe that my daughter and I have made for years, except way better for you. Love the idea of using pumpkin seeds. And yeah, you gotta have pictures with your recipes to help see what the final result should look like, as well as to drool over! Thanks for sharing your creation!
Brenda
Thank you!
Debbie
These look just like the ones I enjoyed as a kid! Well, except there's no sugar, no oats, no peanut butter with sugar and other junk added, etc, HA! But will taste the same & sooo much better for me. I also like pictures, especially when I hit the "print" button to print & save a good recipe. So many sites do not have pictures & I pass them by. So thank you for including pics in the print function! Love your recipes!
Brenda
Thank you! You'll love these cookies!
Debbie
I'm sure I will!