Usually when the seasons begin to change, I’m ready for it. I love brisk weather with rain storms and lightning. I love wearing layers and decorating my house for fall. Somehow, this year was different. When I walked outside the other night and felt the sudden chill, I was not ready. I’m in denial summer is ending and I’m going to be dragged away from it kicking and screaming.
Are you someone who is up for change, even if uncomfortable? Or do you crave stability? I know that once we get over this initial change and into the fall holidays, I’ll be able to accept things wholeheartedly. But sometimes, the starting of something new is the hardest part.
It’s Sugar-Free September now and while we’ve been at this challenge for 2 weeks (congrats!), that doesn’t mean we aren’t kicking and screaming. A lack of sugar can feel very uncomfortable sometimes… and causes us to crave certain foods. We always crave chocolate and it’s one thing we refuse to give up on during a sugar-free diet! Our Candida Killing Cinnamon Cookies have been so popular, we thought we needed a chocolate version! They turned out perfectly and fed our chocolate craving instantly. If you’ve been in denial over this sugar-free challenge or a candida cleanse, make these chocolate candida cookies. If you are trying to get your family on board with sugar-free eating, these can soften the blow. Change isn’t so hard with a cookie like this in hand!
Chocolate Candida Cookies
Treat yourself to these sugar-free chocolate cookies!
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons Coconut Oil, softened
- 3 Tablespoons Macadamia Nut, Almond, or Cashew Butter
- 3 Tablespoons Xylitol
- 1/4 teaspoon Pink Sea Salt
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Large Organic Egg
- 3 1/2 teaspoons Organic Cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons Coconut Flour
- 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
Instructions
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Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium-sized bowl, combine the coconut oil and butter until a smooth paste. Add the xylitol, salt and vanilla. Mix in the egg. Add the cornstarch, coconut flour and cocoa and mix until just combined.
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Scoop out dough with a small ice cream scoop and place on the prepared pan.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 9-10 minutes. Cookies are fragile when warm so allow to cool at least 5 minutes before enjoying.
For more candida diet recipes, try these delicious treats:
Cinnamon Killing Candida Cookies
Candida-Friendly Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
Jodi says
I bake a lot and make cookies for all our short term renal cottage – this recipe give me a flexible alternative for guests with dietary restrictions and has been a life saver for me when I went on a candida cleanse diet. I make this recipe nearly weekly and have been experimenting with different flavors. I love chocolate and turmeric, chocolate and Cheyanne pepper, or chocolate and cinnamon. Next up chocolate cardamon and then green tea instead of the coco powder. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Rachael H says
Hello Natural Sweets!
Would it be possible for me to not use the Xylitol at all? I am in phase 1 planing for phase 2 of candida cleanse and have found that even a sugar/sweetener substitute of any kind flares my sweet cravings to overbearing. (they also irritate my stomach) Could I maybe use coconut butter instead of oil to add more sweetness? I know baking is an art so sometimes omitting even a sweetener can change things!
Chantelle Biollo says
Hello! I loved these. They totally satisfied my sweet tooth on this Anti Candida diet. I used Swerve sweetener instead of xylitol and sunflower seed butter and if worked perfectly. Thanks for the recipe! :)
a says
hello, thanks for this good-looking recipe. wondering if we can use something other than corn starch? we are grain free. we can’t use tapioca or arrowroot on our yeast kill diet. any suggestions? would it work without cornstarch? thank you.
Kathy Van says
Did you try substituting tapioca for cornstarch? If so, how’d it turn out?
Rachel says
Are these suitable for phase 1? I’m finding mixed opinions on whether stevia or monk fruit sweeteners are acceptable, or whether “sugar is sugar is sugar” as my naturopath says. I’m very confused and would love to make these but don’t want to sacrifice the progress I’ve made by consuming an alternative sweetener. Any advice would be great!
Natural Sweet Recipes says
Stevia in particular is very safe for phase 1. It is an herb, not a sugar and will not negatively impact your cleanse. Thanks!
Mar says
I don’t think corn starch is good for phase 1. As far as I have been told.
Shelly Britton says
We don’t use corn starch since my daughter is intolerant to corn. Would you substitute tapioca or arrowroot? If you don’t know I’ll just pick one and give it a try.
Jenn says
Baked these last night. They’re just lovely! Thank you.
Patricia says
Sorry, but these did not turn out well for me and they taste awful. The consistency is also awful. Maybe it was because I used Stevia instead of Xylitol, since some Candida diets say Xylitol is not good for you (though I think it tastes much better). But the bigger issue is that when the dry ingredients were mixed into the wet, the coconut oil coagulated into little pellets. I baked them on a silicone liner on cookie sheet and they did not spread out like your picture but stayed in little balls and slid all over the place, the coconut oil pellets melting down apparently, and causing an oil slick. I used to be a pastry chef who made very elegant desserts and had a part-time catering business because baking was my passion. It is so hard to make sugar free grain free taste good and feel good in your mouth. I was excited about these cookies and now I am so disappointed. I hesitate to try them again. I have wasted a lot of time an money on this diet trying things that looked good, but were disappointing in the end. However, perhaps melt the coconut oil first? Or just use clarified butter instead? I have found (since I’ve been GF and DF before this) that coconut oil even if melted has to be the exact right temp as do the eggs or once combined, it solidifies rather than blending. Could altitude be another problem?? Not usually an issue for me with cookies in general.
Natural Sweet Recipes says
I am so sorry for your experience with these cookies, Patricia! Stevia and xylitol CAN NOT be interchanged with the same results. Coconut flour is used to help counteract xylitol’s baking properties. We also used very soft coconut oil. Also, there are so many different stevia products out there, so when we make a recipe using stevia, we clarify if we use powdered or liquid. We also use a pure form of stevia with no other sweeteners added. It sounds like you are super talented and mistakes with sugar-free baking are common! I understand the disappointment with a recipe not turning out but I hope you won’t give up on sugar-free baking.Thank you for your comment!
Stefanie says
Can Stevia be used for this recipe and the cinnamon cookie recipe as well in place of the xylitol?
Natural Sweet Recipes says
Hi Stefanie, we haven’t tested this recipe using stevia so we can’t say if it will work. You could certainly experiment!
MelissaV says
Thank you sooooo much for this recipe!! It’s literally perfect. I’ve made these 3 times already and I think I’m addicted now! I usually hate baking with coconut flour but with this recipe everything just works.. Also, the last time I made them I added some dried coconut and they turned out delicious :)