After making these secretly healthy chocolate chip cookies, they were seriously all I could think about! And so I wanted to immediately share the recipe with all of you.
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The best healthy chocolate chip cookies
I am so excited to share this healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Like, ridiculously excited.
The perfect chocolate chip cookie should be soft, chewy, and crispy, all at the same time, with just the right amount of chocolate chips.
These super healthy chocolate chip cookies definitely meet those standards, all while having less fat and sugar than traditional Toll House chocolate chip cookies.
They are so fantastically delicious… and not just for a healthy cookie either!
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Homemade healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe
I made a big batch of these healthy chocolate chip cookies late last night.
The initial plan had been to pack them up and take the entire batch of the cookies to a friend’s outdoor annual summer party.
However, I ended up eating so many on my own, both the finished cookies and the raw dough, that now I will need to make more.
The cookie dough is eggless, which can be both a good and a bad thing. It is a benefit because I can feel better eating more of it.
But it means there will be fewer cookies after you eat all the dough!
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Step by step video
Above, watch the healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe video
Healthy chocolate chip cookie ingredients
To make the recipe, you will need the following: chocolate chips, oat flour, baking soda, pure vanilla extract, salt, sugar, oil, and milk of choice.
They taste like classic chocolate chip cookies because the recipe uses only basic cookie ingredients, with no applesauce, banana, flax meal, chia seeds, or avocado.
I like semi sweet or dark chocolate chips for extra antioxidants. You may also use milk chocolate, butterscotch, or white chocolate chips for some or all of the chocolate.
If you do not wish to buy oat flour, make your own by blending rolled oats in a food processor until they turn into fine flour. Due to the added air from blending, it is important to really pack homemade oat flour down when measuring.
Technically, you can substitute spelt flour or loosely packed white flour in the cookies. But I recommend oat flour because it will yield the best flavor and chewy texture.
These cookies can be whole grain, gluten free, vegan, and much lower in sugar, fat, and calories than packaged or homemade traditional chocolate chip cookies.
For a refined sugar free option, choose coconut sugar, evaporated cane juice, or date sugar. Xylitol works for cookies with no sugar, although the results are a bit more puffy and less chewy.
Plus, there are no eggs, no cholesterol, and no butter in the recipe. But they are so good that I promise you will never be able to tell.
In fact, this might just become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe!
Here is a high protein version: Protein Cookies
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookie add in ideas
Try mixing one third cup of chopped walnuts, macadamia nuts, or pecans into the cookie dough before shaping it into cookies.
You can also stir in a sprinkle of cinnamon or a handful of shredded coconut or crushed peanuts to add both flavor and texture.
For fancy chocolate chip cookies, replace the chocolate chips with chopped chocolate bars or chocolate chunks. Sprinkle with sea salt after they come out of the oven.
Substituting an equal amount of raisins turns them into healthy oatmeal raisin cookies.
Or I sometimes will stir in a small handful of finely chopped dried figs, dried bananas, candied ginger, freeze dried strawberries, or cranberries.
Have fun customizing the base recipe with your family and friends!
Want peanut butter cookies? Try my favorite Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
How to make healthy chocolate chip cookies
Gather all of your cookie ingredients, and preheat the oven to 380 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine the oat flour, baking soda, salt, sweetener, and chocolate chips in a large mixing bowl, and stir well to ensure everything is evenly mixed.
Add in the pure vanilla extract, vegetable or coconut oil, and milk of choice (dairy free if desired). Form the dough into one big ball, then break off into smaller pieces and roll it into cookie dough balls.
If you feel adventurous, stuff the unbaked chocolate chip cookies with small balls of frozen peanut butter, almond butter, or Homemade Nutella before baking.
For soft chocolate chip cookies, refrigerate until chilled or overnight. For crispier cookies, you can go ahead and bake them right away.
Place the balls onto a cookie tray, and bake on the oven’s center rack for nine minutes. Then remove the pan from the heat when they are still a little undercooked.
This simple step ensures the recipe will yield soft and chewy cookies, not overbaked or burnt results.
Let the healthy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies sit for ten to fifteen minutes before handling, because they will firm up as they cool down.
Baking and storage tips
The cookies should spread out in the oven, but every now and then they might not. This can be due to factors such as climate, elevation, or humidity in the air on a particular day. Just press them down with a spoon after baking if needed.
If you like chewy chocolate chip cookies, store leftovers in a lidded airtight plastic container. If you want crispy cookies, store leftover cookies in a glass container.
You can also make chocolate chip cookie dough balls ahead of time and freeze them to bake at a later date. Thaw the frozen cookie dough before baking.
For low carb cookies with almond flour, bake these Keto Cookies
Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 4 tbsp white sugar or additional coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips or more if desired
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts optional)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp vegetable or melted coconut oil
- 3-5 tbsp milk of choice, as needed
Instructions
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: Preheat oven to 380 degrees. Combine dry ingredients and mix very well. Add wet, and form into a big ball. Now make little balls from the big one. For soft cookies, refrigerate until cold (otherwise, just bake right away). Bake 9 minutes. Remove from oven when they’re still a little undercooked, then it’s important to let cool 10 minutes before removing from the tray, as they’ll continue to cook while cooling. They should have spread out, but every now and then they might not (climate plays a huge role in baking), so just smush down with a spoon if needed. You can also choose to make extra cookie dough balls and freeze them to bake at a later date. For softer cookies, store in a lidded plastic container. For crispier cookies, store in a lidded glass container.View Nutrition Facts
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Thank you for this recipe it is my go to for cookies…. I have modified it doubling the vanilla added and cutting out the white sugar for two stevia packets instead. Have inspired me to replace oat flour in my oatmeal cookies.
I just made these (eating one now!) and they are SO good! 🙂 I tweaked it a bit and used almonds instead of macadamia nuts, and used less sugar (used 6T of brown instead of using white and brown sugar) Thank you for the recipe! 🙂
How can you make a more crispy cookie? I was told that you add water, does that work in this recipe?
wow these look awesome! As do most of your recipes! So glad I stumbled across you!!
So, the other night I was looking to make a giant cookie cake for my sisters birthday. I immediately go to your blog anytime I’m going to bake(which is pretty much everyday, hehe) I saw that you had a recipe for one that used beans. I was feeling too lazy to get my food processors out, SO I doubled this recipe and threw it in a 9 inch round cake pan! It came out AMAZING. No one knew it was healthy or vegan! I’ll definitely do that again soon 🙂
We just made these only we used almond flour instead of oat and they taste so nutty and chewy! We will be making these again!
You should definitely do a healthy take on the oatmeal cream pies cookie sandwich things!
I just made these, but my dough was super sticky and hard to handle. But I put two cookies to bake as a test batch, it turned out crumbly. I’m now refrigerating my mix to make it a little easier to work with..but the dough itself tastes pretty darn good, might just eat it that way :p
Hi Katie,
I made some cookies awhile back and went from some recipe online and just substituted ingredients for butter and eggs, coconut oil and applesauce or banana. My boyfriend loved the cookies, mostly I think because of the applesauce flavor. Can I add applesauce to any cookie recipe even if it doesn’t call for eggs and then just add a little more baking soda? How much more if I can?
What’s healthy about white sugar, brown sugar or sugar chocolate chip?
KATIE!
These cookies are the BEST chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever eaten. And I know my cookies. 😉 thank you so much for posting this recipe! Looking forward to trying..well..every other recipe you’ve posted.
Love this recipe Katie!! I have been using it since about a month after you posted it. Everyone I bake these for loves them as well and ALWAYS asks for the recipe… then I send them to your site 😉
For those of you who have been using this recipe for a while like I have, you should try substituting the vanilla extract with maple extract! It’s delicious, re-vamps these cookies after making them so often, and gives them a different taste with the same great nutritional value.
Thanks, Marissa… and I love your substitution idea!
Will whole wheat flour work??
I tend to not use it for baking, as it’s such a dense flour. But you can always try!
I made these tonight and YUM! 🙂 After the first batch (which were pretty much all gone after the family *taste tested* them) I made 2 more batches! In the second attempt, I added an additional 1/2 tsp of vanilla (because my husband said the “cookie part” was bland…everyone is a critic), but they had just a little more yummy cookie-ness and were delicious!!! (I also used white wheat flour and had to use white sugar as suggested, since these were things I had). Thank you for a yummy healthy version!!!!
Thank you for making them 🙂
I LOVE your site!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Made these tonight…we ALL LOVED them!! My boys rate my cooking on a number scale sometimes to be funny…they rated your cookies ” the number after infinity!” Thank you for this site!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and I substituted all natural applesauce for the oil..yummy!!