Healthy homemade cinnamon baking chips!
Whenever I am making bread, cookies or brownies, I always have the urge to mix in some sort of sweet thing into the batter. If I’m making chocolate chip cookies, I might add in white chocolate chips. If I’m making banana bread, I want to sprinkle in raisins and walnuts. If I’m making brownies, I can’t resist throwing in dark chocolate chips and maybe even a swirl of peanut butter for good measure.
We’ve got endless reasons to use chocolate chips in baking but when it comes to cinnamon flavored mix-ins, we need to step it up! These cinnamon chips are so easy to whip up but are so much healthier than anything you’ll find from Hershey’s. They are also the most scrumptious, chewy and sweet substitute for chocolate chips. These little bites have a full robust cinnamon flavor that will add incredible spice to all your favorite recipes.
Forget about chocolate (for awhile)…. Cinnamon chips will have you making a long list of batters to throw these cinnamon bites into. Store them in the fridge to use anytime an urge strikes! We’ll share the perfect bread to start with next week! See you soon!
Healthy Cinnamon Baking Chips (gluten-free and vegan option)
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1/4 cup Coconut Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
2 Tablespoons Agave or Honey
Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees. Line an 8 by 8 dish with parchment paper.
Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl until everything comes together into a soft paste. Spread the mixture out in the baking sheet and bake at 300 degrees for 17-18 minutes. The mixture will become a little bubbly.
Place the dish in the freezer for 20-30 minutes to cool. Cut into small squares and add to all of your favorite recipes! If not using right away, store in the refrigerator. The chips will soften and fuse slightly together if stored in a warm place.
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maddy says
What is the shelf life of these chips? I don’t eat a lot of sweets…
Natural Sweet Recipes says
Hi Maddy, We usually store these chips in the fridge and use them up within one or two days in baked recipes. They will last about 5 days.
maddy says
Thanks for the prompt reply. Can you freeze them?
Natural Sweet Recipes says
We have not tried freezing these but keeping them in the fridge seems to work great.
maddy says
Great, cheers!
kelsey says
Omg what is this brilliant magic!? I will be making these soon, for sure!
Annie says
Thank you, Kelsey! They are an awesome change from chocolate chips. :)
Laura Catherine says
Hi. I just found you site. I am delighted. I can’t wait to try these. Have you ever substituted cocoa for cinnamon to make chocolate chips?
Annie says
Welcome! We have not made chocolate chips with this recipe. But we’ve been thinking of adding those to our bake list. :) Glad you found us!
Jessica @ Desserts with Benefits says
Oh my goodness what a great idea!!! I love cinnamon and this sounds… pretty freaking delicious. I feel like every time I bake with cinnamon there is never enough cinnamon flavor, it just bakes out. I just made a banana cake today with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and I could barely taste it at all, ugh. This probably would have fixed it!! Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to make the cake again and use some cinnamon chips :)
-Jess
Kirsten says
Wow, I have never even heard of these… look forward to trying them! Thanks :-)
Heidi @ Food Doodles says
These look awesome! What a great idea!
Kelly @ Hidden fruits and veggies says
Wow, those look amazing. I love using cinnamon chips in baking! Are these melty like the hershey’s ones (kind of similar to an extra soft chocolate chip) or are they chewy/crunchy?
Chelsea says
These are chewy! When they are baked, they get super soft and chewy which is great for soft treats. :)