Holly and I will be the first to admit that during our first year of college, our lifestyles were drastically different from what they are now. Healthy living wasn’t quite on our minds when we participated in weekend parties, stress eating binges and late night junk food runs with roommates.
So when Holly, Chelsea and I got together for a girls weekend last week, Holly and I were more than interested to see how Chelsea was faring with a desire for a healthy lifestyle in the middles of college life. As a recent Freshmen, she’s been without our our mom’s smoothies, healthy dinners and sugar-free desserts readily available.
Chelsea has sorted through this new lifestyle with flying colors and has done pretty well eating sugar-free. She’s not shy about sharing how she eats, introduces new recipes to roommates and tries to balance out indulges with healthier alternatives.
What a different from my college days. I wish I had embraced Chelsea’s healthy way of eating earlier on. Instead, I embraced packages of Oreos in one hand and jars of creamy peanut butter in the other.
When they came out with peanut butter flavored Oreos a few years ago, I would be lying if I said I didn’t try them. I would also be lying if I said I didn’t still crave this combination every once in a while! But this obsession could be replaced with a sugar-free, dairy-free alternative that I could love just as much.
However much I loved Oreos, I never loved the way they made me feel. These healthy peanut butter Oreos are just as rich and delicious but without the chemicals and unhealthy fats, after a couple, you’ll be feeling better than ever!
Peanut Butter Oreos
OREO COOKIES:
3 Tablespoons Grape seed Oil
1/4 cup Coconut Butter
1/3 cup Coconut Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup chopped Sugar Free Dark Chocolate
1 Large Egg
1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 cup Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Spelt Flour
PEANUT BUTTER FILLING:
1/3 cup Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
1 Tablespoon Coconut Butter, melted
1/2 cup Coconut Sugar, powdered
3/4 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
Pinch of Sea or Pink Salt
Instructions
Melt the chocolate with the coconut butter until just melted. Add the oil, coconut sugar, vanilla, egg and stir until all ingredient are well combined. Add the baking soda, salt, cocoa and flour. Mix until all combined. Roll the dough in a log, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the dough from the fridge and slice cookies, a quarter of an inch thick. These cookies puff up when baked, so the thinner the cookies, the more like Oreos they will be. Mold and shape the cookies into perfect circles and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake the cookies for 6-7 minutes. Remove from the pan and allow the cookie to cool completely before frosting. While the cookies bake, whip up the filling.
For the filling, add the melted coconut butter to the peanut butter and mix well to combine. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until smooth and creamy. Add a nice dollop of filling on the cooled cookies and top with a second chocolate cookie for a homemade peanut butter Oreo.
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Jen McConnell says
Does any know how many calories these are?
Annie says
Hi Jen, 1 cookie sandwich, depending on how large your cookie cutter is, there are about 100-120 calories per sandwich. This can also change based on what kind of peanut butter and dark chocolate is used. Hope you enjoy them!
Rebecca says
Hi! I’m Rebecca from MyNaturalFamily.com. I shared a link to your recipe on my post
http://www.mynaturalfamily.com/recipes/dessert-recipes/15-healthy-peanut-butter-cookies-recipes/
I want to make sure it’s ok with you that I did so.
lena says
This is my ultimate weakness. I love peanut butter oreos. Gonna make these tonight!
Chelsea says
Thanks Lena, hope you enjoyed them!
lemonkerdz says
These choc sandwiches look great. They will go great with some ginger snap sandwiches that i make. Thanks for a great recipe
Sophie33 says
ooh waw! These home-made oreo cookies with that luscious coconut sugar PB filling look amazing, splendid & apart too! :) So appetizing looking as well!
Julia {The Roasted Root} says
Art. Pure art, I tell ya! I need these in my life.
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says
LOVE any kind of oreo and peanut butter situation, these look delicious!
Kelly @ Hidden Fruits and Veggies says
Your post has the best timing! Just yesterday I ran into the store with my boyfriend so he could get some sandwich stuff. I really had no reason to be in the store so I starred at a huge Oreo display for a solid 5 minutes, trying to talk myself out of buying them. Glad I didnt buy them and glad I now have this recipe!
Anna @ Your Healthy Place says
Yum! I love making these kinds of things at home, but I’m impressed with how perfectly round yours came out! Whenever I make stuff like this at home they look a fair bit less proper than the storebought version lol.
Jennifer says
Sounds delicious, but I do not have coconut butter or spelt flour. Would an equal substitution of regular dairy butter and wheat flour work the same for these? Thanks!
Annie says
Yes, those substitutions would work fine. Since wheat flour is a heavier flour, you’ll want to decrease the amount for that by about a tablespoon or so. Also, you could sub out the oil and coconut butter for all butter if you’d like. Thanks!
Kelli H (Made in Sonoma) says
I didn’t even know that Oreos made peanut butter ones……where have I been!? I’m sure these are 100% better!
Olivia@ OmNom Love says
Yum! These sound great! :)
Natural Sweet Recipes says
So glad you enjoyed these oreos! They are one of my favorites!