It’s been a bit of a chilli, stay at home kind of Sunday afternoon and I just felt like a bit of a sweet treat so I made this batch of delicious biscuits. I love the combo of chocolate and peanut, there is something so yummy about it. When I was in New Zealand I purchased a gigantic jar of Pics Peanut Butter, which is 100% natural. The peanuts are sourced from Kingaroy, Qld and the peanut butter is made in Nelson, New Zealand. So it is a bit of an ANZAC product, just like me!
I was pretty happy with how these bikkies turned out and they definitely hit the spot. Perfect with my cup of tea!
Choc Peanut Butter Bikkies
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Author: Caralee - Real Food Pledge
Serves: 16
Ingredients
- 1½ cups almond meal or ground almonds
- 1 cup dried dates
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons natural crunchy peanut butter
- ¼ cup water
- Extra peanut butter for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- In a food processor place the almond meal and the dried dates. Whizz until the dates are a very fine crumble.
- Add the cacao, shredded coconut and baking powder. Stir until combined.
- Add the peanut butter and water and mix together until the mixture is moist and all the ingredients are fully combined.
- Roll the dough into 16 balls and place in a row on the baking try.
- With a wet fork, press each ball down to form the shape of a cookie.
- Place the bikkies in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let them cool. Garnish with a small dollop of peanut butter.
These look delish! Can’t wait to try them.
Made these the other day, really easy and taste great. Thanks.
i don’t like dates, what I can substitute them with please?
Hi Gemma. In this recipe you really can’t taste the dates so maybe give it a go but if you were really not keen you could try coconut sugar instead. x
I know how you feel. I’ve been mixing my Pics with vanilla ice cream, it’s easy and instant. But your bikkies heated topped with vanilla ice cream, mmmmmm bring on Sunday.
Yip Pics is the best. That sounds very delish 🙂
Hi. I made these and they didn’t harden at all. I baked them another 10 minutes but still soft. Cooled them in fridge. Still soft like a dough. What do you think I could do to fix? I assume they’re supposed to harden like a biscuit? They are very yummy.
Hi Liz. They are not really super crunchy and hard like a shop biscuit. Maybe if you made them a bit thinner you might get the desired effect. I am glad that you thought they were yummy though 🙂