Foodfanatic's Shashi Charles' recipe for beet chocolate chip cookies puts a health-conscious twist on a traditional treat, The superfood-infused recipe replaces traditional batter with a mixture that consists of egg, peanut butter, brown sugar and pureed beets -- giving the biscuits their bold purple shade.
The beet chocolate chip cookies are a nutritious take on this classic snack, but do not sacrifice flavor in the process. The biscuits also feature tapioca, and vanilla flavoring along with dark chocolate chips which are used as a rich topping.
This easy-to-create recipe is not only healthy but is versatile, allowing for multiple versions of the popular snack. For example, bakers can replace its dark chocolate chips with milk or white chocolate toppings, or can even opt for raisins or dried cranberries, depending on their preferences.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Healthy Desserts
- Incorporating superfoods like beets in dessert recipes is an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the healthy dessert market.
- Alternative Ingredients
- Replacing traditional baking ingredients with healthier alternatives like pureed beets can disrupt the baking ingredient market.
- Versatile Snacking
- Providing options for customization and personalization of snacks like beetroot biscuit snacks could disrupt the traditional snacking industry.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Healthy Food
- The health food industry can benefit from adding superfoods and alternative ingredients like beetroot to their products.
- Baking
- The baking industry can explore creating healthier versions of traditional desserts using alternative ingredients like beets and tapioca.
- Snack Food
- The snack food industry can provide consumers with versatile and customizable options for snacking to disrupt traditional snack offerings.
