HONEY BOO BOO'S PB COOKIES

I was so wonderfully fortunate enough to stay with a dear friend of mine in Auckland recently. I was completely perplexed when within half an hour he had a batch of bikkies coming out of the oven. You should've seen the twinkle in his eye when he told me there were only five ingredients, they were super fast to make and that we could eat about 20 of them because he sourced the recipe from a “health magazine”. Good enough for me, I said. #paleo #cleaneating #youareonlycheatingyourself

Ingredients: 

1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
85g dark chocolate, chopped in chunks

Preheat yo’ faulty oven to 180°C. Mix the peanut butter, egg, sugar and baking soda in a bowl. Mix well. Have a taste, go on. Add chocolate. Have a further nibble. Make little balls of the said mixture and put onto a tray about 5cm apart. I go by the philosophy, "one for you, one for me." I know, I need to stop that. Ridiculous. Bung the tray of deliciousness in the oven for about 10 minutes, according to my (equally delicious) friend, Ben, the cookies are best eaten slightly under-cooked. I would HUGELY concur. DAYEM. Perfect w a cuppa.

Disclaimer: these cookies are called Honey Boo Boo's PB Cookies because my said friend once sported the most unbelievably AMAZING Honey Boo Boo costume for a Halloween party circa 2010 and I will never forget it. Think a tight boob-tube, pink and white polka dot shorts, massive yellow wig and a cardboard cut-out of Glitzy the house pig. RIP. Hilarious.