Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best easy snack or dessert! Made with pantry staples like oats, almond flour, almond butter, sweetened with honey and enriched with protein – no eggs, milk, or butter. Whip up a batch in under 10 minutes for a healthy treat kids and adults alike will love!
I love no bake desserts, as they are some of the easiest and most delicious recipes to make. Chewy and soft and I cannot stop shoveling these splendid cookies in my face! They are seriously so satisfying with a sip or five of chilly milk.
They are extremely easy to make and only include 8 simple ingredients: oats, almond flour, almond butter, coconut oil, almond butter, vanilla, your favorite protein powder and of course….chocolate.
They make a super healthy snack or dessert that can be made ahead of time and they store well. They don’t require any cooking or baking as there is no raw eggs or flour in them. This is the new way of “unbaking”, healthier, quicker and easier.
As well as being really easy to make, these cookies are healthier than your average treat as they are made with wholesome REAL food ingredients. With the added protein powder it makes them more balanced than the traditional high carb recipe.
Old fashioned baked recipes always had tons of sugar, carbs and fats. The new modern way it to add protein making the recipe more balanced and healthy. Eating protein-rich foods has many health and fitness benefits, including:
Speeding recovery after exercise and/or injury.
Reducing muscle loss
Building lean muscle
Helping maintain a healthy weight
Curbing hunger
A well-balanced diet with proper ratios of macro nutrients (protein, healthy carbs and fats) provides all of the: energy you need to keep active throughout the day. nutrients you need for growth and repair, helping you to stay strong and healthy and help to prevent diet-related illness.
When you find your optimal balance and amounts of macro nutrients, you take a major step toward reaching your health goals and this balance has been improved in this recipe by the addition of healthy protein. Your body can only absorb around 25-30 grams of protein at one time and you likely need 80-100 plus grams a day so its important to spread it over all meals and snacks throughout the day so you can meet your required amount.
Sometimes you just want a simple dessert and when those cravings strike, reach for this fabulous cookies recipe. These treats are a bit like fudge in consistency, perfectly sweet, richly almond buttery and balanced with warm hints of vanilla.
I know! Just when you thought there was no way to improve on a classic chocolate chip cookie here is the recipe. These cookies are the stuff of dreams. They come together very quickly and satisfy the cookie, fudge and quick snack craving! This recipe is so easy that even your kiddos can make them. All you do is mix the ingredients together, add them to a baking sheet and let them firm up.
They make the perfect snack or dessert when you need something that’s on the healthier side fast. I can see these making great gifts. Or make in a large batch and keep them in the freezer so there’s always a healthier treat on hand!
Over the last few weeks, I have eaten more of these chocolate chip no-bake cookies than I would like to admit as I got the recipe right. They are sweet and nutty, with an addictive chewy texture that comes from lots of almond butter and whole rolled oats.
I have pretty much had a constant supply of them on hand, because as soon as you finish one batch, it only takes a few minutes to whip up another and pop it in the fridge to chill.
I recommend you enjoy these fabulous cookies for dessert or an afternoon treat, but if I’m being totally honest, they make a great grab-and-go breakfast, too. Can you tell that I can’t get enough of them?
Give the oven a break and whip up these healthier no-bake cookies loaded with almond butter, oats and a few other goodies for a perfect easy dessert or treat!
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Protein Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup almond (or any other nut or seed) butter
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup protein or collagen peptides powder
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chunks or chips
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix together oats, almond flour, almond butter, coconut oil, protein powder, honey and vanilla extract until creamy. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to stir until a soft dough forms. Fold in chocolate chunks.Use a small cookie scoop to create 8 (more or less) mounds of dough on to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten dough down and mold into cookie shapes. Transfer to the freezer for 10 minutes to set.Store cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for a soft texture and freezer for a harder, chewier texture. Will keep in fridge for up to 1 week or up to 3 months in freezer.
