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
Instructions
- 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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Holy cow, these were AMAZING!! I used the 1/4 cup coconut oil and mine were just a bit too soft/liquidy to hold together, so I put the dough in the fridge to firm up for about an hour. Based on what I tried off the spoon I already knew I was hooked, but wow, am I in trouble. It took so much willpower to even roll them into balls and not just eat the whole batch by the spoonful. I had to leave the kitchen after eating three right away! I think I agree with Lila; chocolate chip used to be my favorite, but these are now in the top spot. I knew there was a reason I’d been saving my quick oats. 😉 Thank you, Katie!
Oh my gosh, these will be made very, VERY soon. I love mocha, and they look delicious! Great recipe!
Ha! I needed a recipe to use up my quick oats too:) Thanks!! I skipped the chocolate chips — they were amazing without! I made them when I was hungry, right before supper (oops!) and am not sure how much I ate as I rolled them into balls. I put in an extra handful of oatmeal because they were a bit too moist. Maybe I’ve been eating less sugar lately, but they were a bit sweet. But I still loved them! Next time I’ll try with agave and more oats.
I know this post was a long time ago, but you really left out the choc chips and they were OK? Cuz that was what I was going to try, since we don’t have choc chips in this part of the world, but I was afraid to try it….hopefully you see this!!! 🙂
Hi! I have made this recipe several times – with or without chocolate chips both taste amazing!!!
my fave cookie is peanut butter chocolate chip so I added peanut butter chips to these instead of plain chips. My 3 fave things in one cookie, coffee, PB and chocolate!
I think they are really good I just wish to get 26 cookies they werent so small because at 50 calories per cookie that is going to add up fast when I eat half the batch tonight!!
I wish they were healthier and lower in calories not just sugar and carbs.
I liked someones idea to put protein powder, then they would be great breakfast bites!
A few others have said they didn’t get 26 cookies either. I edited my nutrition facts. Sorry for the confusion!
I just made these except I used mashed banana instead of the vegetable oil and I baked them. They turned out pretty good! Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Katie, I love your site. It’s joyous. Question: why put baking soda in no-bake goodies? I’ve seen this in a few of your. (Of course it makes sense if you’re gonna bake, but why in no-bakes?)
And one more comment/question: when you call for garbanzos in other no-bake recipes, do you think it would work to use ‘banzo flour, probably cooked up with moo (what I call all non-dairy milk) first. It would be quite smooth and creamy and not require a blender to make some of the mixes. Just wondered your thoughts. I like to stay away from canned goods when possible, and flour is easier than cooking up batches of beans… thx.
taste 🙂
And sorry, I haven’t tried the flour sub.
These look too good to be true! My kitchen is calling and I can’t wait to test these out! Yay!
I made these last night and they were DELICIOUS! Thanks so much for the awesome recipe. I measured all of the ingredients perfectly and even double and triple checked to make sure I followed the recipe exactly. However, I have no idea how you made 26 cookies. I tried doing that and mine were so tiny they were even smaller than normal “bite-sized” pieces. I ended up making about 6-8 small cookies and that seemed to work out well. I was wondering how small they are supposed to be? Did I do something wrong? Thanks again for such awesome recipes, though! 😀
Hi Em,
A few others have said they didn’t get 26 cookies either. I edited my nutrition facts earlier this morning. Sorry for the confusion!
I ended up with 22 cookie balls, so it must just depend on how big you make them. If you go for something closer to a standard cookie size I’m sure you’d get less, but I like the mini-size because it feels like they last longer! 🙂
My favorite cookies are oatmeal with dark chocolate chips and shredded coconut. So delicious. I might try adding a bit of coconut extract to this delightful looking recipe (I have love for chocolate and coconut)! Thanks lady; blessings!
I sent my husband to the store the other day to buy coconut oil and he came back with an organic version that tasted like coconut. I used that oil and left off the coffee granules. Tastes like a Mounds bar! Add an almond on top and you have Almond Joy! I live in a health food challenged area so not sure if I can find that brand of oil again. If not, I plan to add coconut flavoring.