Sometimes* I get these cravings.

*Who am I kidding? Always!*

Serious, serious cravings. For chocolate. Rarely do I crave anything besides chocolate.

Except coffee, grapefruit, and peanut butter.

I pretty much crave these things constantly. I’m sure I’m not lacking nutrients found in chocolate, it’s completely mental. What evs, dude. I like chocolate!

I have the most epic chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe ever, but it’s kind of an involved process.

These cookies, however, are very similar in texture and chocolatey goodness, but they come together in a snap.

So when it’s 7:30 on a school night, and I NEED some tasty morsels, I can whip these up and be in bed by 9:00.

As an added bonus, these cookies have chia seeds.

So we can basically call these healthy. Even though they’re chocolate chip cookies.

I love sound reasoning.

Lined up and ready for consumption!

These cookies taste best on the day that they’re made, but they’ll keep pretty well in an air tight container for a few days.

Chia Cookies
from YummyMummyKitchen.com

1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
1/4 cup butter at room temperature
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup natural peanut butter
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 to 3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used dark chocolate chips with excellent results)

Preheat the oven to 350F.
Mix together the oats, baking powder, flour and chia seeds.
In a stand mixer or with a beater, beat the butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add the peanut butter, eggs and vanilla, and mix until combined.
Add the oat mixture to the butter mixture, and add the desired amount of chocolate chips. Mix until well combined (with a wooden spoon or your hands).
Scoop dough onto stoneware pans or lined baking sheets. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Serve warm with coffee (or grapefruit or peanut butter ;)) or milk.

So! What do you crave?