Hemp Chocolate Cookies

Who doesn't love chocolate? Perhaps not everybody, but for the rest of us, our day would not be complete without a dose of our favorite indulgence. Unfortunately, our daily sin of temptation silently betray our beloved bodies over time, until one day, you're looking at a whole other person in the mirror. Sound familiar? Join the club!

Perhaps we chocoholics can't suppress our cravings, so why bother? Well, I've got some good news for you, chocolate is good for you. It has been proven that dark chocolate is loaded with antioxidants. They are known to gobble up destructive free radicals implicated in heart disease and other ailments. ( Applaud!)

Hemp Hearts are also higly nutritional. They are loaded with essential fatty acids (omega-3 & omega -6), protein, vitamins and amino acids. Hemp seeds also contain phytosterals which has been proven to lower cholesterol levels by as much as 13%. Truly a versatile plant that's sitting in my fridge at this moment in the form of seeds, oil and milk.

So, chocolate lovers and hemp connoisseurs, for the sake of our bodies (what the heck, our health too!), let's join the DARK side, have our cake and eat it too.

Try this recipe for fun and see if your taste buds will appreciate the chocolate while your body enjoys the health benefits of all natural ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 organic egg

1 cup of all natural crunchy peanut butter

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

1 cup of hemp hearts (shelled hemp seeds)

1/2 cup of raw cane sugar

Handful of chopped dark chocolate chunks

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 350º degrees

2. Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl

3. Take a spoonful of mix and roll into a ball.

4. Lay on cookie sheet and flatten with a fork

5. Bake until golden brown (10-15 minutes)

This recipe has been reprinted with permission from

Adam Hart of Power of Food