January 6th...Guilt free Chocolate Protein cookies!

Hello Sunday morning!  I love waking up early and enjoying my first sip of coffee in a nice quiet house!  Then, off work I go...feeling inspired to make something with chocolate and guilt free.  Spent last night cruising recipe books and the internet for some yummy ideas...yes that's my "rock'n" Saturday night!  Here's what I found, Chocolate Protein cookies and here's what you need...

 Protein powder, Cocoa powder, baking powder, egg whites, pureed pumpkin (out of a can), vanilla, and chocolate chip cookies...optional, but why not!

 10 scoops of protein powder, 2 tsp baking powder, 4 tbsp unsweetened Cocoa powder and if you choose, 2 tbsp of dark chocolate chips...mix together... 

 In a separate bowl mix 1 can of pumpkin, 6 egg whites and 2 tsp vanilla.

 Slowly combine wet and dry ingredients.  I sprayed my cookie sheets with a little bit of Pam, then I measured about 1 heaping spoonful of mix for each cookie.  Oven is set at 350 degrees.  Bake 5 mins. on middle rack, then rotate and bake for another 4 mins. I thought the cookies were still a bit too soft for me, so I put them on the top rack for another 2-3mins.

 Perfect!  Let sit for 2 mins. then place on cooling rack.  Out of one batch I got 28 cookies...

 Chase, the "Official" taste tester of Mel's kitchen...drum roll please!

 Yup that's a 5 out of 5 or he's trying to channel Spock with Vulcan signal!

So enjoy your cookie...only 50 cal. each, and 10 grams of protein in each cookie!  I can't even list the fat, carbs and sugar content because there is less than one in each!  By adding 2 tbsp of chocolate chips, your adding an extra 140 calories BUT spread over 28 cookies, that's only 5 extra calories...I'll do an extra push up for that!