A few weeks ago, my grandma and I went to our first baseball game of the season together. We arrived almost an hour before the first pitch, which gave us plenty of time to walk to our seats and watch the parade of dogs and their owners circling the warning track for Bark at the Park night.
As the dogs passed by, we pointed out the cutest costumes they were wearing: little bandanas, baseball caps, team themed jerseys, and even a hot dog suit on a Dachshund. Towards the end of the parade, as the last of the pets passed through the outfield wall gate, more fans began trickling in to fill our section.
Although Grandma and I typically keep our food simple with just drinks and soft pretzels, I still stared at the trays of concessions other people carried down into the stands. I spotted wood-fired Hawaiian pizza slices, Mexican street tacos, BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, tri tip nachos, acai bowls…
But I also saw a few women walk in with freshly made ice cream cookie sandwiches! A little stall along the left field foul line whipped those up for customers with different ice cream and cookie flavors… And each one was even bigger than my palm!
Although highly tempted, I can never seem to eat those fast enough before the ice cream starts to melt into a big milky mess… And at a slightly chilly night game, I’d much rather eat just the plain cookies instead!
But the rest of the evening, my mind occasionally wandered back to the topic of desserts (no surprises there!), and I started thinking about other desserts that paired well with ice cream.
Definitely ice cream sandwiches… Warm brownie sundaes… Almost any kind of pie… Fruit crumbles…
That last one sounded exceptionally good, especially with summer fruit season right around the corner, so as a result, I had developed a craving for both cookies and fruit crumbles by the following morning.
To satisfy those cravings, I baked a batch of these Healthy Raspberry Crumble Bars! They consist of a soft sugar cookie crust topped with fresh juicy raspberries and finished with a cinnamon oat streusel topping. They’re a perfect mash-up of cookies and fruit crumbles!
Yet unlike those ballpark treats, these healthy raspberry crumble bars contain no eggs, refined flour or sugar… And just 83 calories!
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