Chocolate Turtle Cookies

Would you believe these are relatively diet friendly???

Further to my "Curse of the KitchenAid Mixer Post", I've decided I need to find a way to keep up with healthy eating and still be able to bake on the regular. These cookies were quite good and only 2 points per serving/cookie. I will change up a few things next time around but let me first recap what this round contained:

• 1 cup sifted pastry flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine (not ideal for baking but a bit more diet friendly than butter)
• 1/4 cup low fat cream cheese
• 1 large egg white
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Caramel candies
• Pecan halves

So first of all I chose the wrong caramel candies. I stood in the candy aisle for a very long time (a dangerous place for me) debating over two different types of caramel candies; Mackintosh Toffee and Kerr Caramels. I chose the Mackintosh Toffee. This was a mistake because its so hard. It did melt while baking but it just sets right back up again once it cools. The softer Kerr Caramels would have been a much better choice. I also would have chilled the batter for a lot longer than I did. It was a really sticky batter and I ended up with more on my fingers than on the cookie sheet.

I look forward to tweaking this recipe again in the near future. It definitely has potential and they seem to keep quite well. This means they make great lunch additions.