Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Name: Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 20 cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup softened coconut oil; 2/3 cup coconut sugar; 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 3/4 cup whole wheat flour; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp sea salt; 1/2 cup dark chocolate (chopped into chunks); 1/4 cup pomegranate arils; 1/4 cup pecans (chopped); 1 cup rolled oats

Last Updated on November 21, 2018 By Donna1 46 Comments

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This Chocolate Pecan and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Recipe is just perfect for the Holidays. Showcasing delicious dark chocolate, pecans and fresh pomegranate arils, they are refined sugar-free and packed full of flavor. Plus they are so easy the kids can help put them together with some adult supervision.

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I have mentioned once or maybe twice, that I have been baking up a storm all week! (See my 40 Minute Honey Wheat Rolls and Skillet Cornbread). And now I have these healthy oatmeal cookies.

I say healthy with a little bit of a cringe because they do contain coconut sugar and dark chocolate chips. But they are healthier than anything you will find commercially….so I am going with it.

I have been using these chocolate chips, and they are really delicious with pretty minimal ingredients. I was able to find them at Costco.

The reason for my baking? Well, it is Holiday season so baking is a must, BUT I have different motives. You see, it is bloody freezing around here! We are very lucky and have central heating, but my husband is so opposed to using it, that it is verging on the ridiculous.

How Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Saved Me From A Cold House

My hubby grew up with a mom that apparently did not let them put the heating on.

This was even when they were living in New Jersey…in snow season. Apparently, they were that silly Australian family wearing shorts out in the snow, and if they were cold at home, they just wore their snow jackets. I am not sure that I completely believe it, but this is how he tells me it went down.

Personally, I hate being cold. Don’t get me wrong, I have done my time. I spent years as a ‘broke uni student’, living in the dodgiest house in Tasmania (just ask my mom). We had big gaps under the door, rats living in the sunroom, and snowy gusts of wind coming down from the nearby mountain all winter.

There was no heating in the house, and no money for space heaters, so my housemate and I would spend all winter walking around with beanies, sweaters, and blankets attached to us. We would have a ridiculous amount of tea every day, mainly as a warming device, and on extra cold days, we would head to the local pub to hang out in front of the fire. Some of my happiest memories if truth be told.

So…oatmeal cookies. Healthy oatmeal cookies to be exact.

Dark Chocolate, Pecan, and Pomegranate Oatmeal Cookies. I have been waging a war against the low setting on the thermostat by baking lots of cookies and bread (which I have just realized probably just spurs on my husband’s refusal to tamper with the temperature).

These little gems are studded with bursts of fresh pomegranate, gooey dark chocolate, and crunchy pecans. They are simple and delicious. Plus they offer a healthier alternative for all the store made cookies floating around at this time of the year.

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Happy eating.

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