Would you try these chewy chocolate chip kale cookies? Defying all logic, the recipe is surprisingly great!
Chocolate chip cookies with kale
Sometimes you do things for the shock value.
After all, how often is it that you come across a recipe idea that not a single other person on the internet has tried before??
So you make the cookies.
But then you are the one who is shocked… because they actually taste really good!
I made chocolate chip kale cookies solely because I wanted to see what would happen (and kind of because I thought it would be funny), NOT because I ever dreamed they’d turn out well.
I had extra kale on hand and figured, “Why not?”
Sometimes I get bored of just making the same old things time and time again, and nothing gives my creative mind more excitement than experimenting in the kitchen and eating the ridiculous results.
And yet, these kale cookies turned out so well that if you didn’t know the kale was in there – i.e. if you closed your eyes and tried one – you would have absolutely no idea!
Plus, the green makes them perfect for Christmas without the use of any artificial colors or sprinkles.
I’m not sure you’ll take my word for it.
You will probably roll your eyes at me and think, “Ugh. There goes another basic influencer taking the kale trend way too far…”
And normally, I would agree with you.
As I wrote in my post for Cauliflower Pizza Crust, I tend to rebel against anything that’s trendy, especially where food is concerned.
Kale is already delicious in its own right, sautéed with garlic and oil or tossed into a salad with ginger-sesame dressing and roasted vegetables.
So why go crazy and put it into ice cream, chocolate cake, soda (yes, kale soda is a thing), or chocolate chip cookies?
Seriously, though, these cookies just taste really good, kale or not!
Sometimes, a recipe can really surprise you.
So try them if you dare!
Chocolate Chip Kale Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup spelt, white, or oat flour, loosely packed (125g)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar (or coconut sugar or xylitol)
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp milk of choice
- 2 tbsp oil or melted butter
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup raw kale or spinach (stems removed)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Process kale or dice it extremely fine. Combine all dry ingredients except kale in a medium bowl, then stir in remaining ingredients to form a dough. It will be dry at first, so keep stirring until a cookie-dough texture is achieved. (Add 1 additional tbsp milk of choice only if needed – I didn't need it.) Roll into balls. Place on a cookie tray, and bake 11 minutes. They will look underdone. Remove from the oven anyway, and let them cool 10 minutes, during which time they will firm up. You can also make extra cookie dough balls and freeze them to bake at a later date.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
Thank you for posting! I made these with my daughter today and both of my kids loved them! They had no clue there was kale in there. These are great and I will definitely make these again.
This is such a creative idea to get more greens in. I’m definitely going to be making these for my family.
– Charmaine
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As much as I love kale, I am skeptical of these, lol! But, I would try them! I love how pretty the flecks of kale are in these cookies. They remind me of these chocolate chip avocado cookies that I make…and you would never know there is avocado in them! http://www.bitesforfoodies.com/recipes/avocado-chocolate-chip-cookies/
So creative!! You are right, they are perfect for christmas 🙂
Whenever I make cannabis cookies (it’s legal where I am), I also make a batch of regular cookies to have something to munch on. I love this idea and will be using it to differentiate between the two batches (obviously the weed ones should be green 🙂
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I like how the cookies have flecks of green for Christmas… now what could be added to get a non-artificial fleck of red in there too? That would be perfect!
I am thinking of adding dried cranberries!
Once again another super delicious idea. I think the cookies look so cute with the green flecks and they taste great.
I made these last night and they were so good. We ate them all. Thanks for the great idea.
I was very excited about this recipe until I actually made the cookies. I put my Kale and spinach into the food processor until I got 2 cups, (I think the recipe needs to specify that you need to measure the kale prior to putting it into the food processor). This made the the batter way too runny. When I took my cookies out of the oven they were oozing kale juice. The cookies did harden up. The response I got from my children after a few bites was “Mommy these cookies make me want to puke.” My husband ” They aren’t bad but don’t make them again.” Most of my co-workers agreed they were not the worst cookies they have ever had but really a bite is all they could stand to take. Others responded with “I made a mistake and took a second bite and now I need to throw it away because I just can’t stop myself from making the same mistake. On a more positive note some of my other co-workers (mostly the vegans and health nuts) love them and said the cookies were delicious. I wish there was a place to post a picture of what my co-worker has re-named the Green Monster Cookies, they are very green.
Hi, you mentioned using 2 cups kale, but the recipe only calls for 1 cup. And it says 1 cup raw, which means before processing it should be measured… so it sounds like you used about 4 times the amount of kale called for in the recipe. No wonder they were so awful and green LOL! Definitely worth trying the recipe again 😉
I had doubled the recipe. But your right since I measured out processed kale it was 4x’s the amount of kale.