Make these healthy chocolate no bakes any time you want to satisfy your chocolate cookie cravings in a deliciously wholesome way!
Healthy chocolate no bakes
These nutrition packed no bake cookies will make you forget what time it is, what day it is, and basically everything else that was once important in your life.
While eating these cookies, you will think about one thing, and one thing only:
These cookies.
Also make my Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Six ingredients
Super easy to make
Ultra fudgy and delicious
Loved by kids and adults
Healthy no bake cookies recipe video
What’s your favorite type of cookie?
My favorite is anything with chocolate or chocolate chips and no oven required.
I am one of those people who likes to eat the raw cookie dough (doesn’t everyone?) and impatiently watches the oven as cookies slowly bake.
In fact, I initially planned on baking these chocolate cookies… but the dough was entirely too good to wait that long!
Ingredients
The recipe calls for unsweetened cocoa powder, oats, peanut butter, pure maple syrup or honey, salt, coconut oil, and optional pure vanilla extract.
Add a handful of mini chocolate chips, chia seeds, or shredded coconut if desired.
You can use either rolled or quick oats. I love them both ways equally, and I’ve made these a lot! The version with rolled oats will have a chewier texture, so it just depends on your own personal preference.
Peanut butter may be swapped with almond butter, cashew butter, or sunflower butter.
How to make healthy chocolate no bake cookies
Gather your ingredients, along with a lined baking tray, large plate, or cookie sheet.
Warm the liquid ingredients until they are easily stir-able. You can even do this in a saucepan on the stove if you want to make the entire recipe in one pot.
Stir in remaining ingredients. Chill until firm enough to form into balls or cookie shapes with your hands or a cookie scoop, then place on the lined plate and chill to set.
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The recipe was adapted from these Healthy Butterfingers.
Healthy Chocolate No Bakes
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder (20g)
- 2 cups quick oats (180g) (For keto, try these Fat Bombs)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup peanut butter or allergy friendly sub (120g)
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup or honey
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (48g)
- optional 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional handful mini chocolate chips or shredded coconut
InstructionsÂ
- Warm the liquid ingredients until easily stir-able. (Feel free to do this in a pot on the stove if you want to make the entire recipe in one pot. Turn off the heat once liquid ingredients are softened.) Stir in remaining ingredients. Chill until firm enough to form into balls or cookie shapes with your hands or a cookie scoop, then place on a wax or parchment-lined plate and chill again to set. I like to refrigerate or freeze leftovers, but they can also be left out in a cool place.View Nutrition Facts
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Hello! Where you say cacao, does that mean cacao nibs? Sorry for a silly question!
Cacao powder or cocoa powder
I’m not vegan but i have my vegetarian and vegan days every week. Sometimes more then once. I used to be a strict vegetarian like no milk bc of how cows were treated and no cheese bc of the enzymes. And buying horizan organic milk wasnt an option until recently (by now i’ve been drinking soy or almon milk vanilla or chocolate for so long i just stick with that) my food could not be cooked in the same pan and if i didnt know ifu cheese had enzymes when we went out i didnt eat pizza. Wouldnt eat french fries (it was cooked in the same oilnas chicken nuggets). Now i dont eat anything by a product that tests on animals. Been cruelty free for years. So i love this website bc i often find recipes that cater to that need and for my healthy journey. I havent had these cookies yet but i have all the ingrediants. Blondies first though.
Just made these! Only I didn’t have chocolate chips:(
oh my goodness, I made these for breakfast this morning! I omitted the coffee, and added peanut butter. My mom always makes the original recipe with peanut butter. I used coconut oil too, froze them, and they came out with that signature crunchiness that normal no bakes have, sooo good! thanks for an awesome recipe Katie (: I had 3 in a row..
My husband loves the chocolate peanut butter chip cookies on the back of the Reese’s peanut butter chips bag. I make them once a year on his birthday. It would be great to have a healthy version that we could enjoy more often. I think I might try these with peanut butter chips instead (although there’s not really a healthy version of the peanut butter chips).
Came across your recipe today while searching for a gf vegan no bake cookie. These are great! I subbed coconut flour for oat flour (since I didn’t want to wake my sleeping toddler with the food processor) it worked fine, though, I do think the texture will be better with oat flour. I look forward to making them again!
This is one of the first recipes I made when discovering your blog a few years ago and it is one of my favorites! My mom is always requesting that I make more Mocha cookies. ?
Would it be terrible to use regular coffee grinds instead of instant? At first I thought it would be grainy… but if it’s blended into a cookie mixture maybe it’ll be okay?
What would this be in THM? Would this be an E?
Finally tried this and added some coconut flakes and used coconut coffee powder since I didn’t have instant coffee! (I’m a little coconut obsessed..) So so so delicious. I ate half the batch already unfortunately!