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double chocolate espresso chip cookies

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Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate.  And a bit of espresso beans.  Because coffee just makes everything better, am I right?

You can leave the espresso beans out of these cookies if you’d like.  But personally I never skip a chance to add a little coffee into my life!

These cookies are incredibly gooey, rich, chewy and just plain delicious.  Chocolate-lovers heaven.  One cookie goes a long way, so this recipe will serve a crowd, or feed your freezer beautifully!

(You do know how well cookies freeze, right?  If you didn’t…  now you do!  Cookies are amazing freezer-treats.  They pretty much even improve with a bit of time in the freezer – in an airtight container, of course -, getting chewier and more flavorful as the cookies rest.  Perfect for last-minute company or a special treat for yourself.  5 minutes or so on the counter, or a few seconds in the microwave, and they are as good as new – if not better!)

Ok, so now I have a question…  for my own curious mind.  Do you love chocolate?

I think you know what I’m asking…

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triple chocolate, chocolate chip mint cookies

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These cookies are addicting…  chewy, rich, minty, & so packed full of chocolate you can hardly stand it.

(And don’t even get me started on the dough…  It was so hard for me to step away from the mixer bowl!)

I actually only baked half of the batch in cookie-form, and then I patted the rest of the dough into a skillet to make a giant pan-cookie.  (I kindof got lazy…  and I really needed to quit being tempted to sneak bites of dough!)

It was a necessary intervention.

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healthy peach berry crumble smoothies

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These smoothies are a healthy meal in and of themselves.  All the sweet, luscious flavor of a summer-fruit smoothie and a juicy, peach berry crisp, without any of the guilt.

Dairy-free, sugar-free, and flavor-FULL!

(By the way… if you’re on the Fast Metabolism Diet like I was, this is a Phase 3 breakfast or lunch!)

Chia seeds and coconut oil give you the healthy fats your body craves, and no one (ahem, toddlers!) will ever know there are fresh greens packed inside their treat!

((Commence the silent cheering so as not to wake the house-full of sleeping kiddos!))

I don’t know about you, but my kids just don’t really eat too many green foods willingly.  And any way I can sneak more good-stuff into their tummies is a good thing!

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