Chocolate Kale Cookies

This chocolate kale cookie recipe is great because kale is the secret ingredient in these moist chocolate cookies—no one will even know it is there.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 87 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.75 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.33333334326744 cup white sugar
• 1.5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 0.33333334326744 cup applesauce
• 0.33333334326744 cup finely chopped kale

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2

Whisk flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.

Step 3

Combine applesauce and kale in a blender; blend until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Step 4

Beat sugar, butter, egg white, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth and creamy; beat in kale mixture, canola oil, and honey. Stir flour mixture into kale mixture until dough is just mixed; fold in chocolate chips. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are slightly hardened, 10 to 12 minutes.