6 No-Bake Cookies That Are Clean Enough To Eat For Breakfast

These six little joy bombs are made with clean ingredients, so you stay satisfied and energized all morning long

Superfood breakfast cookies.
Almond Eater

You're an adult. You can have dessert for breakfast if you want to. Still, that doesn't mean you should. Eating cookies in the AM is pretty much a recipe for feeling hungry, irritable, and unfocused for the morning, thanks to spikes and dips in blood sugar. Unless, of course, you're eating these cookies.

These six little joy bombs are made with clean ingredients—not junk—so you stay satisfied and energized all morning long. Bonus: They're super-quick, i.e. no stand mixer or oven required!

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Maple Vanilla Nut Latte Protein Bites
Cotter Crunch

If you swore off flavored lattes but still can't stop dreaming about them, Cotter Crunch's breakfast treats are for you: These no-bake bites deliver café-inspired flavors with a recipe that includes real ground coffee, vanilla whey protein, and pure maple syrup. But because they're also made with chopped hazelnuts, almond meal, and peanut butter, they pack the protein and fiber that your beloved drink was sorely missing.

Triple Almond Breakfast Cookies

Got a bowl and 10 minutes? Then you can make The Big Man's World's Triple Almond Breakfast Cookies. Just combine high-protein almond flour with coconut flour and almond butter, stir in enough unsweetened almond milk to form a crumbly batter, and fold in some cinnamon, shredded coconut, and your choice of tasty add-ins (dark chocolate chips or dried blueberries, anyone?). Roll the mixture into cookie-size balls, then devour.

Superfood Breakfast Cookies
Almond Eater

Sure, the Almond Eater's chocolate-drizzled cookies look decadent. But nutrition-wise, they're more like a healthy bowl of oatmeal in cookie form. High-fiber mashed bananas and rolled oats form the cookie base of these clean treats, while a combo of chia and hemp seeds add protein and healthy fat. And that chocolate on top? It's melted dark chips mixed with coconut oil. Goodbye, guilt.

Carrot Cake Energy Bites
bests and bites

It's no secret that polishing off a slice of carrot cake first thing in the morning isn't the best idea. But Bests and Bites' Carrot Cake Energy Bites? They're much cleaner food that you can eat all day. These little no-bake cookies are made with shredded carrots, rolled oats, and hemp seeds (and no added sugar). Chopped medjool dates add natural sweetness, while ground cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg hit all the right carrot cake flavor notes.

Double Chocolate Breakfast Cookies

Chocolate and peanut butter fiends, this one's for you. These soft, chewy cookies from Chelsea's Messy Apron get their richness from peanut butter and cocoa powder, while a few spoonfuls of honey add just enough sweetness. Rolled oats deliver fiber for staying power, while the addition of crispy rice cereal adds a fun crunch. And not surprisingly, they're really delicious. So delicious, in fact, that you'll probably dream about eating them for dessert.

Morning Glory Cookies
the healthy maven

Most morning glory muffins are loaded with sugar, butter and white flour, making them anything but glorious. But these clean cookies from The Healthy Maven live up to their celebratory name. With rolled oats, vanilla protein powder, grated apple and carrot, almond butter, raisins, and chopped walnuts, they're basically an all-in-one meal. A really good for you all-in-one meal.

This article originally appeared in Prevention.

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