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Keena Benningfield November 7, 2011 at 1:07 am

Girl. I have a food crush on this page. Pinterested the heck outta your stuff today! Keep up the good work!

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Chocolate-Covered Katie November 7, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Awww! That means so much to me! Thank you :) .

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Lisa November 10, 2011 at 4:12 pm

I loved looking through these cookie recipes! I am definitely going to bake a few for Christmas. Do you have any other Christmas cookie recipes to share?! It would be greatly appreciated!

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Chocolate-Covered Katie November 10, 2011 at 10:31 pm

These are all the cookie recipes I’ve posted so far, but I AM planning a lot more to post before Christmas. Hot chocolate cookies, sugar cookies, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter… hopefully I have enough time lol!

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Katie December 1, 2011 at 6:48 pm

Son brought something yummy home from work. I googled a bit and found a picture of it, and a recipe with it. I thought you’d have to know about it, so here it is:
Chocolate Covered Brownie Balls (!!)
http://www.healthytippingpoint.com/2011/09/chocolate-covered-brownie-balls.html

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Lexie December 24, 2011 at 1:24 am

A fellow blogger mentioned something about gingersnap bars/things/some-type-of-food-concoction-that you had on your blog? I was wondering if you could direct it to me if you had it! =) thank you!

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Chocolate-Covered Katie December 24, 2011 at 9:35 pm

Hmmm… lol I have so many recipes. I’m not sure which one you mean. Raw Gingerbread Men? Or Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars? Or Eggnog Spice Cake??

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Danae December 28, 2011 at 3:27 pm

Katie!
I think you are the answer to my prayers! After a run in with the cookie dough last night, I resolved to (once again) cut out refined sugar. I have no self control with anything that has refined sugars and was on the hunt for recipes that use vegan/low sugar/alternative sweeteners (and gluten free). I have food allergies to egg and dairy and wheat/gluten to your recipes are a God send! Even the ones that aren’t GF I can modify. Thanks so much! YAY! I can eat the things I love and not feel guilty! :-D
~Danae

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Jenna January 11, 2012 at 8:06 pm

The recipie peanut butter cookie dough cookies is gone!! Is there a way I can get it? Love your recipies! After loosing 65lbs the sweets are more tempting than ever and Peanut butter cookie dough is my weakness.
~Jenna

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Chocolate-Covered Katie January 11, 2012 at 8:08 pm

Hi Jenna,

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/08/24/peanut-butter-cookie-dough-cookies
Can you see it when you click on that link? Or does it give you an error message? I can see it when I click.

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Jenna January 13, 2012 at 2:15 pm

I did get the error message before but I got it now. Thank you very much!!

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Mary January 13, 2012 at 4:28 am

Is it just me, or did the recipe for skinny snickerdoodles disappear from the face of the Earth? I really hope not! I loved them!!!!

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Chocolate-Covered Katie January 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Are you getting a 404 error? Can you tell me what the page says? I can see the link still :-? .

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Jill January 15, 2012 at 12:16 am

Are Sweet Leaf Vanilla Creme Flavored Liquid Stevia drops the same as NuNaturals? Or do you prefer NuNaturals for a certain reason? When I was at Whole Foods, they only had Sweet Leaf. But, I can order NuNaturals online and I am just wondering which is better?

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Chocolate-Covered Katie January 15, 2012 at 1:06 am

Sorry, I haven’t tried that brand.

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Tiffany January 22, 2012 at 2:35 am

Hi Katie,

I was trying to make your skinny snickerdoodles, but the page has seemed to disappeared. Is there somewhere else I can get your recipe from? It’s giving me the 404 error :(

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Chocolate-Covered Katie January 22, 2012 at 3:05 am

Sorry for the trouble!!

Skinny Snickerdoodles

3/4 cup ww pastry flour (or white) (See below for notes on a gluten-free option)
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt (just under level)
1/4 tsp cream of tarter (optional)
1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup white sugar (or sucanat)
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 and 1/2 tablespoons nondairy milk of choice
1/4 cup vegan butter sub, such as Earth Balance
Preheat oven to 330 F. Combine dry ingredients and mix very, very well. In a separate bowl, melt the vegan butter, then stir in vanilla and milk. Pour dry into wet and mix again. Form balls. For true snickerdoodles, roll each ball in a mix of cinnamon and sugar (either equal parts OR two parts sugar to one part cinnamon, depending on how cinnamon-y you want your cookies). If you want soft cookies, you’ll need to get the balls very cold. (So roll the balls, cover in the cinnamon-sugar, then fridge until cold.) Cook for 9-10 minutes. They’ll look way underdone when you take them out, but that’s ok.

I haven’t tried these with a gf mix, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. (Edit: if you read the comments, many commenters have successfully tried different gf versions.) They will keep at least four days, in a lidded plastic container. (As a general rule, you should store soft cookies in plastic containers and crispy cookies in glass ones.)

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Anna D January 26, 2012 at 9:39 pm

do you by any chance know the nutritional/ caloric information about these?! they look AHHHHmazing.

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Chocolate-Covered Katie January 27, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Hi Anna,

Many of the recipes do have nutritional info. It’s listed under the “nutritional info” link on each recipe post, after the list of ingredients.

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Alex February 2, 2012 at 2:32 am

Hey!

Love the recipes. I made the snickerdoodle blondies and mmm…. I even added some protein powder in a batch and use them as a post-workout snack!
I have a question though: I’ve really been craving popcorn bars, obviously in a lower in sugar, lower in calories, healthier form! Do you think you have any recipes like that?

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Chocolate-Covered Katie February 2, 2012 at 2:52 am

I tried to make one once… but I subbed brown rice syrup for the corn syrup and they fell apart completely :( . I’ll keep trying!

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Carrie February 13, 2012 at 12:26 am

I love how you include gluten free options. It is so hard to find GF recipes that don’t take all kinds of expensive flours. It is so nice of you to think of those of us that stuggle to find good tasting food we can eat. You have such a great layout for your whole site. :)

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Jasmin March 5, 2012 at 1:42 am

Katie! I finally made your white bean blondies! But I changed a recipe a bit so that they became cake batter blondies! http://healthyishappiness.blogspot.com/2012/03/cake-batter-blondies.html
I wish I was as good at photography as you.. but I’ll keep trying! Thanks for the awesome recipe!

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Chocolate-Covered Katie March 5, 2012 at 4:28 am

Yum! They look great!

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Donna April 1, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Hi Katie!…I am desperately wanting to make your Easter Chick Sugar Cookies this week…Is the recipe the same as your “Healthy Sugar Cookies” recipe?..What did you use to decorate the egg (chocolate chips…mango?! …and what kind of icing for the “base”?…Sorry to ask so many questions to such a busy you!…Thank you for any enlightenment!

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Kaylin April 22, 2012 at 2:10 pm

I sadly need to inform you that the link for the fudge brownie lara bars does not seem to be working :(

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Chocolate-Covered Katie April 22, 2012 at 2:49 pm

It’s actually a really weird issue… I think it’s a traffic thing, because it’s only a problem for some people! And if you come back in a day or two, you’ll probably be able to see it again! I can see it fine right now. Weird, right? I don’t understand computers! :(

If you need the recipe before it starts to work again for you, I can always email it to you!

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Kaylin April 23, 2012 at 2:01 pm

It appears that good things come to those who wait :) The link seems to be working today now, thank you so much though!

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Chocolate-Covered Katie April 23, 2012 at 2:35 pm

Thank you for letting me know it wasn’t working. This has been an ongoing problem, and someday I AM going to figure it out! It really helps when people let me know something isn’t working on their end… otherwise I never know to try and fix it ;) .

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Stephanie April 27, 2012 at 5:33 pm

I was at a bake sale and the CAKE POPS were a huge hit- because they are so cute and kids beg their moms for them :) You can tie ribbons around the sticks, too :)

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Dorothy April 30, 2012 at 2:26 pm

Hi Katie,
I love all your recipes.
One thing about bake sales is make sure there is good labeling of the ingredients.
With all the allergies out there these days, labeling is most important.
Thanks for coming up with new ways to eat that glorious brown stuff we call Chocolate.

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Kris May 15, 2012 at 12:00 am

Hi Katie! I LOVE your site! Sadly, I have an allergy to tree nuts (everything but peanuts) and many of your recipes include these items. :-( Can you develop some desserts for people affected with other allergens?!

Thanks! <3

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