Rasberry Beret

Saw this online and thought that id give them a go... Treats without the guilt... They were delish :-)

ingredients:

• 1/2 cup whole nut (any nut would work, we used hazelnuts)
• 1/2 cup whole pumpkin seeds
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2-4 tbsp maple syrup or agave syrup
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch sea salt

directions for cookies:

place whole nuts and/or seeds into a food processor. pulse till crumbly. then add in remaining ingredients. if using maple syrup as sweetener slowly add it in. the cookie batter should come together easily without being to wet.

roll out cookie batter onto a cutting board and find your heart shaped cookie cutter and begin to make heart cookies. batter will be a little more delicate than traditional baked cookies. just make sure you have enough cookies for a top and bottom layer.

set cookies aside.

pink filling ingredients:

• 1 medium to large banana
• 1/2 cup raspberries 
• 4 -5 tbsp coconut oil

filling directions:

place all ingredients into a blender. blend till creamy. pour filling onto a cutting board and place in freezer to get hard

directions for assembling cookie sandwiches:

once filling is set and hard. cut out with same heart shape cookie cutter as cookies.

place one heart cookie down on plate. next top with pink heart filling. and then place your top heart cookie on top. repeat till all your cookie sandwiches are made.

Store in fridge for 3 days ( if they last that long ). or store in the freezer :-)