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WW Recipe of the Day: WW Chocolate Mint Cookie Bars
These Weight Watchers Friendly Chocolate Mint Bars prove that it's possible to enjoy the holidays AND stick with your healthy eating goals.
The recipe is from the November/December issue of Weight Watchers Magazine, where they're festively named Chocolaty Candy Cane Triangles.
Weight Watchers Chocolate Mint Bars
Seriously dense and chocolaty, they contain a secret healthy ingredient you'll never guess is there: black beans! The black beans give these delicious sweet treats a rich dark color while providing a healthy dose of protein and fiber.
Everyone who tasted them liked them. And nobody guessed they contained black beans 🙂
Getting ready to cut the Peppermint Chocolate Triangles
I love the idea of replacing some of the fat and sugar with healthy ingredients in sweet treats and desserts. It's so much more appealing to me than using artificial stuff.
Chocolate Mint Cookie Bars Recipe Notes
These Weight Watchers Chocolate Mint bars are simple to make. You just whirl everything together in a food processor (affiliate link) until totally smooth.
Once they're baked and cooled you drizzle themwith a simple white chocolate topping and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies.
WW Peppermint Chocolate Triangles
How Many Calories/WW Points in these WW Peppermint Chocolate Bar Cookies?
According to the nutritional details provided with the recipe, each triangle has 70 calories and:
3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
To see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, Click here!
I'll definitely make these again. Enjoy!
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Weight Watchers Chocolate Mint Bars Recipe
Seriously dense and chocolaty, you'll never guess there are black beans in these delicious Weight Watchers Chocolate Mint Bars!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Servings (adjustable): 32
Calories: 70
Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living
Ingredients
- 1 can (14 to 15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 3 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon mint extract
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons white chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil (I used coconut oil)
- 4 crushed peppermint candies
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Line an 8-inch square baking pan with non-stick aluminum foil.
Place the beans, sugar, cocoa powder, butter, eggs, salt, baking powder, vanilla and mint extract in the bowl of a food processor (affiliate link). Process on HIGH until the mixture is completely smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl several times.
Add the flour and semisweet chocolate chips. Pulse a few times, just until blended.
Scrape the batter into the prepared baking pan. Spread out evenly.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and set on a wire rack to cool completely.
When the mixture is completely cool, make the topping. Combine the white chocolate chips and oil in a small bowl (affiliate link). Microwave (affiliate link) on HIGH, stopping to stir every 20 to 30 seconds, until the chips are melted. Drizzle the melted white chocolate over the top of the cooled bars. Sprinkle with the crushed mints. Let cool and harden completely.
Using the foil as handles, remove the whole slab of bars from the pan. Cut into 16 squares. Cut each square in half diagonally to make 32 triangles.
Recipe Notes
Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition Facts
Weight Watchers Chocolate Mint Bars Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 triangle)
Calories 70Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Protein 2g4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: healthy chocolate brownie bars, mint chocolate cookie bars, WW mint chocolate bars
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Source: Weight Watchers Magazine (November/December 2014)
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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