Make your own soft, gooey, and secretly healthy deep dish cookie pie for dessert tonight, with melted chocolate chips in each unbelievable bite!
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Deep dish chocolate chip cookie pie
What is even better than a warm chocolate chip cookie?
If you answered, “Katie, nothing is better than a warm chocolate chip cookie,” you’ve obviously never met a chocolate chip cookie pie…
Especially not when it is topped with Almond Milk Ice Cream or Keto Ice Cream, or my personal favorite dairy free Coconut Ice Cream Recipe.
Serve the showstopping dessert for Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, graduations, birthday parties, or the Fourth of July.
And prepare to be amazed at just how much you can love a dessert.
You may also like these Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
The best party dessert of all time
I could sit here and tell you about how I was in charge of dessert for our neighborhood summer party.
I could tell you about my desire to impress the neighbors with a sinful tasting finale and then shock them by revealing the dessert was really not so sinful after all.
And I could tell you how this desire became reality when my dessert was the single biggest hit of the party, with everyone raving about it.
One guest even hired me to make a pie for her husband’s birthday in June.
But really, you don’t want to know all of this, do you? You just want the recipe!
Also try the popular Protein Cookie Dough
Deep dish cookie pie recipe video
Above, watch the step by step recipe video
Healthy dessert deep dish cookie pie
In comparison to your standard cookie pie, with its plethora of butter, eggs, and white flour, the above version is a much healthier alternative, while still tasting just as temptingly decadent and delicious.
Plus, you get a full five grams fiber and over six grams of protein per slice, thanks to the whole grain oats and chickpeas.
And I promise no one can tell that these ingredients are in there.
Need proof? Just read the thousands of positive reader reviews on this recipe post!
Depending on the specific ingredients you choose, the cookie pie includes options to be dairy free, nut free, oil free, no sugar added, gluten free, and vegan.
The chocolate pie is a real crowd pleaser.
Even people who are not used to eating healthy desserts will rave about the recipe.
Imagine chocolate chip cookie dough in the form of a pie.
Side note: If you make a half recipe in an eight inch baking pan, you can have a healthy cookie cake like the ones at the Great American Cookie Co in the mall!
And if you make one fourth of the recipe, you can even put it in a mini springform pan for a baby chocolate chip cookie pie.
Extra chocolate chips? Add them to Healthy Banana Bread
Chocolate chip cookie pie ingredients
The recipe calls for chickpeas, quick oats or almond flour, pure vanilla extract, baking soda, salt, applesauce or yogurt, nut butter or oil, sweetener of choice, and of course chocolate chips.
You can use white beans, such as cannellini or great northern beans, instead of the chickpeas. Garbanzo beans are just another name for chickpeas, so they are also fine.
If you want to use dried garbanzos instead of canned, substitute about 500 grams total of cooked garbanzo beans for the two standard size cans (15 ounces each).
An equal amount of canned pumpkin, roasted sweet potato puree, or even mashed banana can be swapped for the applesauce. You may also use plain or Greek yogurt.
Rolled oats or instant oats work as swaps in place of quick oats. If you wish to use all purpose flour or spelt flour, decrease the amount to three fourths of a cup.
Add brown sugar for the most authentic Toll House chocolate chip cookie flavor. If you prefer a healthier option, I also love the results with unrefined coconut sugar.
Pure maple syrup, honey, agave, or sugar free xylitol work as well.
For a neutral flavor, go with either almond butter or cashew butter or the oil option (vegetable, sunflower, or coconut oil). Or use peanut butter if you want a chocolate chip peanut butter cookie pie.
How to make the recipe
The first step is to open and fully drain the cans of beans. Rinse them well.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
If using rolled oats, pulse them alone in a food processor. Stop when they turn into a fine flour consistency.
Add all remaining ingredients except for the chocolate chips to the food processor, and blend until the mixture is completely smooth like cookie dough.
Tip: I highly recommend going with a food processor over a blender if one is available. While some readers mention using a blender successfully, my experience is that the texture and taste of this cookie pie is far superior when prepared in a food processor.
Turn off the machine, and stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Stir in a handful of shredded coconut or chopped walnuts or pecans as well if you wish.
Spread the cookie dough batter evenly into a greased nine inch springform pan. A ten inch pan works too.
Optionally, sprinkle more chocolate chips on top or swirl Homemade Nutella into the unbaked pie with a spoon.
Bake on the center rack of the oven for thirty five minutes. Then remove the pan from the oven and let it cool for an additional ten minutes.
Take off the springform top, and serve the deep dish chocolate chip cookie cake hot, topped with ice cream or whipped cream and hot fudge sauce.
Tips for storing the deep dish cookie pie dessert
Let the pie cool fully before covering it. Make sure to leave an opening in the container or cover so that extra moisture can escape.
You may store the chocolate chip dessert at room temperature overnight or while transporting it to a party or event.
After a day, I recommend storing in an airtight container. Due to the perishable ingredients, it is best to keep the recipe refrigerated when not serving.
Or for an almost instant cookie pie whenever you are craving soft homemade chocolate chip cookies, slice and freeze leftovers. Thaw in the microwave or in a warm oven or toaster oven before serving.
However, once you taste this incredible deep dish chocolate chip cookie treat, it is highly unlikely you will have any leftovers!
Deep Dish Cookie Pie
Ingredients
- 2 cans white beans or garbanzo beans (500g total, once drained)
- 1 cup quick oats or almond flour
- 1/4 cup applesauce or yogurt
- 3 tbsp oil or 1/4 cup nut butter
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar or unrefined sugar (click for a Sugar Free Cookie Pie)
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Drain and rinse beans very well. Blend everything except the chocolate chips very well in a food processor. Mix in chips, and pour the batter into a greased pan. I normally use either a 10 or 9-inch springform pan. Cook at 350 F for 35 minutes. Let stand at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan. Serve hot, or let cool. Storage tips are included above.*Some commenters have had success using a blender, but I feel that the texture comes out much better when using a food processor.View Nutrition Facts
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Oh my word.
I think I just gained 5 pounds just from looking at that thing! I cannot believe how healthy something so amazingly Unhealthy-looking could be! Doing a little nutritional counting in my head, it really doesn’t come out too bad. I think you CAN call it healthy. After all, you’re getting whole grains and beans and fruit all packed into one delicious cookie dough pie!
And let’s not forget the health benefits of the chocolate chips, right? 😉
I made this last night and it was so good. I am only 13 years old and I can’t stop looking on this website for healthy deserts to make my family and friends!
So impressed that at your young age, you are already looking for healthy alternatives!
Hì! Could I substitute the sugar with honey? Thanks!
i agree
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 123 g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 422Calories from Fat 86
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.6g15%
Saturated Fat 4.9g25%
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 339mg14%
Potassium 696mg20%
Total Carbohydrates 73.6g25%
Dietary Fiber 12.1g48%
Sugars 34.8g
Protein 13.5g
Vitamin A 1% • Vitamin C 4%
Calcium 12% • Iron 26%
Nutrition Grade C+
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet
Nutritional Analysis
Good points
No cholesterol
High in dietary fiber
High in manganese
Bad points
Very high in sugar
Contains alcohol
How is it with dates instead of sugar?
i bet it would be yummy … i would try part dates and part maple syrup. I have done this recipe without the sugar and only maple syrup and it was good. Next time I am going to omit the oil to make it more low fat and see what happens
how much maple syrup did you use please?
Delicious! I’ve made it with 2 cups of chopped dates. It probably makes it more gooey but I love dates.
contains alcohol? are you considering the vanilla extract alcohol, cuz pretty sure it bakes off
LMAO girrrrrrrl
LOL I’d put the alcohol in the GOOD column! But the carbs in the NOT SO GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR THE NUTRITIONAL INFO!! I wonder if you had the number of servings per recipe?
I’d love to slice it ahead of time so I know the values for ea. slice.
I’ve always said you were a genius. But Katie, this goes beyond genius!
You’ve managed to take what is probably one of the most unhealthy desserts in existence and put a healthy spin on it. I bow down to your geniusness!
Holy moly! This looks amazing and the best thing is that it is so huge and only made for one!! 🙂
That would certainly be the case if I made this…I’m going to wait to try this recipe until I’m serving a CROWD…I don’t trust myself with it…healthy or NOT! LOL
I made this tonight to curb an INTENSE sugar craving, and the beauty of this dish (apart from the amazing taste) is that it’s made of hearty ingredients so you can’t actually eat too much without getting ridiculously full! I used half the ingredients because I don’t trust myself (I also replaced the sugar with 4 dates – it was more then sweet enough and I have a mouth full of sweet teeth), figuring that I would most certaintly demolish the entire thing, and I could only get through 1/4 (or 1/8 of the full recipe) before I literally could not force any more down. Perfect if you’re like me and you have a dessert addiction coupled with absolutely no self control 🙂
My cookie with dades is in the oven as we speak! I’m so very curieus!!!
I agree with this! It feels soooo decadent and you can’t eat too much because you get full!
Oh, does this just serve one? I have been searching for recipes all day and am feeling dumb! Was it 200 calories for the whole deal? I’m trying to make a birthday treat for a friend who had a heart attack several years ago, he eats so much garbage, I hoped for a “healthier” option, which this surely is, but now I’m confused as to how many this serves. Can anyone who has made it help? Thank you. I am a bit worried about my no food processor also but determined to make this 🙂
It’s not clear how many servings are in the pie, but 200 calories is not for the whole pie. 1.5 cups of sugar on it’s own has ~1000 calories. Definitely need to share it!
200 calories per serving, based on 12 servings. I used swerve sweetener instead of sugar. A little too sweet for me, but absolutely delish!!! I will use half the sugar next time :).
I used 1 c of swerve instead of the 1-1/3 that the recipe called for and it was sweet enough. I used 1/4c natural peanut butter and also omitted the hazelnut spread. It was delicious.
If you have a neighbor who has a food processor (my neighbors and I have that kind of relationship) or if you can borrow one for the special treat, it will really be a better texture, and that’s half of fooling the normally-unhealthy-Joe-who-needs-to-eat-healthier into not realizing that it is quite healthy. Yes, to answer your question, this is awesome for your friend. It does have sugar and chocolate, but dark chocolate has health benefits, and the rest is very healthy, high fiber, and no unhealthy fats. You’re a good friend!
When I plug the recipe into myfitnesspal I figured it to be 266 cal for 1/12 of the recipe, like a slice of the pie. Hope this helps!
I love this recipe and have made it a dozen times! I usually add butterscotch chips (Guitard are best!) and they add a nice buttery flavor to the mix. Thank you, Miss Katie!
ZOMG! I have no words.
Oh my chocolate chips. Im with you, completely distracted by all that chocolate melty goodness.
Yumm!
Printing this recipe as we speak! 🙂 CCK does it again!
Can I use chickpeas or white kidney beans instead as I am unsure what ‘white beans’ are? I am from the UK. Also do i need to cook them first or not?
As long as you’re using canned beans then no you don’t have to cook them first. Chickpeas or white kidney beans are both fine 🙂
White beans are also known as navy beans (navy bean soup) or canellini (?) beans.
I think you mean “cannellini” beans ( I believe that’s just another name for white kidney beans)
Just looking at it makes me hungry! This looks absolutely delicious! 😀 Thanks for always sharing your lovely recipes!! 😀
One word…AMAZING. I am in awe of your dessert creations! I can bake from recipes but I love your creativity and ability to create your own chocolately (yet healthier) masterpieces! I am seeing a deep-dish Snickerdoodle pie in your future…
Ahhhhh vegan AND healthy AND chocolate?!? Best dessert ever! I’m making this for my next party. In fact I might just have to make up an excuse to have a party, just to make this :).