Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

If you find yourself approaching dinner time with ranging hunger, you may be more likely to veer off-course when it comes to deciding what to eat. One of the best ways to stay on track with your nutrition goals is to have high-protein snacks at-the-ready so you are prepared when it’s time to fuel up.

Research shows that when it comes to controlling your appetite, eating high-protein snacks is a more effective strategy than eating low-protein snacks. Consuming high-protein food during your afternoon snack can lead to reduced caloric intake during dinner and an overall increase in satiety or “feeling full.”

We love these no-bake, high-protein Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles as an afternoon snack to help you make it from lunch to dinner without those hunger pangs. Not only will you be getting in more grams of protein, inching you closer to hitting your protein target for the day, you’ll be in a better position to choose a nutritious dinner option.

These chocolate chip cookie dough truffles incorporate chickpeas, which have a low glycemic index. This means that the body digests and absorbs the nutrition from the chickpeas slowly. A health benefit of low glycemic index foods such as chickpeas is that they do not cause sharp increases in blood sugar and help maintain balanced insulin levels.

Chickpeas are also rich in soluble fiber. Like other foods that contain soluble fiber, chickpeas are great for digestive health. The benefits don’t stop there – foods with soluble fiber can also help lower your risk of heart disease by lowering total cholesterol.