EAT ME!
Do it!
If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend this macaroon recipe.
I know; you’re probably rolling your eyes at me because I highly recommend a lot of things. But that’s because every single recipe published on my site has been tested and approved by many people, not just me (and not just vegans or health-food eaters, either). I test the recipes on my family, my friends, their families… I will absolutely never post a mediocre recipe.
And more than one person has said this is the BEST macaroon recipe he or she’s ever tasted, vegan or not. So do not be afraid to serve the following to even the pickiest of Easter guests:
Coconut Cookie Easter Chicks!
Super-delicious, and super-adorable… although when my friend Allison saw them, she asked, “Katie, what’s with the owl cookies?”
Owls?
Seriously??
I am NOT an owl!!!
Anywhoos… I’ve re-posted the macaroon recipe below for your convenience, with the chick instructions listed at the end. The chick idea isn’t mine; I saw it in a Taste of Home Easter magazine at the checkout counter. (If I remember correctly, the magazine version used licorice, jelly beans, and chocolate chips to decorate their chicks.)
Baby Chick Macaroons
(Makes 12-14)
Category: Healthy Cookie Recipes
- 1 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut (see below for a lower-calorie version)
- 1 tbsp whatever flour you wish (such as ww pastry or even coconut flour)
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp lite canned coconut milk (or regular canned)
- 3 tbsp agave or pure maple syrup
- 1 packet stevia (or 1 more tbsp agave, and cut back on liquid)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- tiny bit over 1/16 tsp salt
Combine all ingredients in a tall dish and microwave 3 minutes. (Or cook on the stovetop until it’s firm enough to scoop out in ball shapes.) Scoop into balls on a cookie tray (I used a melon baller, but a spoon or ice-cream scoop will work.) Cook at 360 F for 14-16 minutes. (Or maybe even cook the balls in the microwave?? But I haven’t tried this.) Let cool before removing from tray. Makes around 12-14 cookies.
For chicks: Once cooled, get creative with whatever ingredients you have on hand. I used pecans, almonds, cacao nibs, and goji berries. No one says you have to make chicks… you can make bunnies!
Or, um, owls.
This cookie-decorating project was so simple (and fun!) that I definitely want to make more macaroon animals. What about monkey cookies with pretzel tails? Or blending in spinach and making Easter cookie frogs?
I want to make friends for poor Fred the Frog.
I was just thinking that I so want to make these but have NO flour. But you know what I have? Oatmeal. I’ve read about people just throwing oats in a food processor to make oat flour, I assume that would work. Or I could always go down to a bulk bin at Whole Foods and get 1 TBSP of flour…
Ive down that many times- works like a charm
Just make sure to measure the 1 T after blending the oats, not before ;).
First off, I adore coconut just about as much as I adore chocolate, so YAY for this recipe. Secondly, how flipping precious are those little birdies?!? So darn tootin’ cute. Thirdly, I’m obsessed with owls. I own owl everything. Owl checks, owl pajamas, owl jewelry so I am an unclassified owl expert. These do not look like owls. At all.
These cookies would make cute turtles! 🙂
I’ve been a longtime reader even though I don’t typically comment, but this was TOO FREAKING ADORABLE not to! So cute!!
Thank you! 🙂 🙂
how cute!!!! i might have to make these for easter!
These look adorable and delicious!
I think this is the best macaroon recipe I have seen so far, plus they are grain-free, egg-free, and SIMPLE! I’m usually not one for baking holiday-themed goods, but you have won me over! Thanks Katie 🙂
OK those are the cutest things ever! And awesome you didn’t use any candies to decorate!!!
um, i’m dying. these are adorable.
Adorable and SO not owls!