It seems like I don’t make cookies enough. It is really a shame because cookies are delicious. Especially these chocolate almond sandwich cookies. Nutty almond butter protein cookies filled with a chocolate protein cream. Now that is a cookie I could get used to eating.

These were originally just going to be almond butter protein cookies, but then I decided that I needed to make them more exciting. Don’t get me wrong, the cookies themselves taste awesome, but when you add chocolate cream to the middle it takes it to a whole new level. And yes, I do realize that they very closely resemble a hamburger. Whoops! When you taste them though, you will not have any trouble distinguishing this sweet delicious cookie from a hamburger!

The cookies are really easy to make and there is no need for a mixer. The chilling time for them is only about 20-30 minutes so you won’t have to wait too long before you get your hands on them. Or if you are like me, you just might sneak a bit of the batter into your mouth because it is just too hard to wait until the cookie is baked! Be careful because the cookies only take 7-8 minutes to cook. If you cook too long, when they cool, they will be hard and very dry. They may look a little under done at 7-8 minutes but they will continue to cook and harden a bit when you take them out of the oven.

For a sandwich cookie, these babies pack a nice amount of protein. Definitely more than any cookie you will ever find in the store. Each cookie has about 10 grams of protein. I really can’t find a reason not to eat these cookies. I mean seriously. They are ;ow sugar, healthy, and packed with protein.

Of course all that protein comes from my favorite Musclepharm protein powders. I used vanilla combat powder in the cookies and chocolate casein in the cream filling. I would not recommend using whey protein for the filling because it is not as thick as casein and your filling will be too runny.

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