Is this just as sweet as peanut butter puffs? No. Can I stop eating it once I start? Also no. These healthy peanut butter puffs are made out of chickpeas! They are crispy, delicious, and great with or without milk. You can sweeten it to taste, but I do recommend sugar over maple syrup. Maple syrup affects the puffing and is brutal to clean up.
Ingredients for your luteal phase: chickpea. During the luteal phase, you want to focus on fiber-rich foods to support the large intestine in flushing out excess estrogen and consume nutrient-dense food as your body's metabolism naturally speeds up.
Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans are great for luteal because they are high in fiber which helps flush out excess estrogen, but also high in vitamin B6 which aids progesterone production. It's also a good source of plant-based protein - and protein helps stabilize blood sugar which can help balance your mood as you go into your menstrual phase.
Healthy Peanut Butter Puffs
Serves: 2 Active Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
1 can chickpeas
2 tsp coconut oil, melted
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp sugar (or more to taste)
1.5 tbsp cocoa powder
1.5 tbsp powdered peanut butter
Process
Preheat the oven to 400º.
Drain, rinse, then thoroughly dry your chickpeas. Then split in half and put each half into a small/medium mixing bowl.
In each bowl add 1 tsp coconut oil, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1/2 tbsp sugar. In one bowl, add the cocoa powder, and in the other add powdered peanut butter. Mix until fully covered.
Place the chickpeas onto a lined baking tray. Bake for 30-35 minutes, depending on how crispy you want it to be. Then let it cool for 5 minutes.
Enjoy with our without milk!
Can you use regular peanut butter?