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Bird’s Nest Cookie Bites

Michelle S. Nutritionist

Crowd-pleasing vegan and gluten-free treats for your spring festivities.

Total Time
45 min
Difficulty Level
Easy
Serves
N/A
Overnight
No
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Ingredients:


For the cookie cups:

  • 1 box of cookie baking mix
  • 3/4 cup of organic apple sauce
  • 2 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp of coconut oil

For the chocolate cream filling:

  • 1 tsp of hazelnut butter

For the vegan egg candies:

  • 1 cup of coconut butter
  • 1 1/2 tbsp of agave
  • 2 tbsp of almond milk (make your own by soaking almonds)
  • 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract
  • Pinch of pink himalayan salt
  • 2 tsp of juice powder (or any other natural food coloring options available)

Directions:


Instructions for the cookie cups and cream filling:

  1. Heat oven to 350F.
  2. Wisk apple sauce, vanilla, oil in a large bowl.
  3. Add cookie mix to wet ingredients and stir until completely combined.
  4. Drop 1 TBSP of cookie mixture onto lightly greased mini muffin tins.
  5. Moisten finger with water and mold cookies around tin, forming a cup.
  6. Bake for 12 – 14 minutes or until cookies start to brown slightly and remove from oven.
  7. With a spoon, mold center of cookies into a cup shape and let cool.
  8. Once cool, remove from tin and add 1 tsp chocolate cream filling into the center.
  9. Top with coconut egg candy and garnish with sprinkles (optional).


Instructions for vegan egg candies

  1. Add all ingredients except food coloring and mix until it forms a paste.
  2. Mix 2 TBSP water with 2 tsp Activz Carrot Juice Powder to make food coloring.
  3. Add food coloring to the paste and mix until orange color forms.
  4. Roll and mold paste into small egg shapes.
  5. Place in freezer until firm then enjoy!

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