Paleo Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies made with all gluten-free and vegan ingredients. And the best part? They only take 10 minutes to bake!
I was originally going to share this recipe with you guys in May. But after taking my first bite of these cookies, I knew I had to share this a lot sooner. And by a lot sooner, I’m talking an hour.
I am usually one to make content then hoard it for a couple weeks then share. It is less pressure to type up a blog post, edit photos, shoot photos, etc. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes that happens from the moment I think of a recipe till the day it gets published. Especially if a sponsored post is involved.
I can share more on that soon but in the meantime, let’s make these cookies.
Chocolate chip cookies swirled with some delicious brownie batter to make a healthier gluten-free and vegan dessert anyone would love.
These cookies are basically the two best dessert categories ever swirled into one perfect cookie.
Brownies and cookies fell in love once again. Especially after those Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies that I shared a couple years ago. They are forever and always a favorite of mine and yours.
I love that these cookies only require a few ingredients and pantry staples. I chat all about my pantry staples in the first section of my cookbook, Just the Good Stuff, for anyone who has it.
What ingredients you’ll need to bake these chocolate chip brownie cookies:
- Almond flour or almond meal.
- Coconut flour as the secondary flour. It’s just a little bit, but it is needed to help with the consistency of the cookie.
- Creamy or seed nut butter and you can use peanut butter, almond, cashew, anything you have on hand! The creamier the better!
- Maple syrup for the sugar. You can also use honey as well, but coconut sugar isn’t going to work, it’ll be a bit too grainy!
- Coconut oil in liquid form or you can melt and cool some solid coconut oil.
- Cacao powder to make the brownie batter
- Flax egg or egg to help bind this recipe. Either works
- Dark chocolate chips because DUH! And you can use the code RACHL for free shipping on these baking gems. They are my favorite.
Once you bake these, head on over to this blog post where I share even more ideas on what to bake!
Paleo Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies
The best chocolate chip brownie cookies made with all gluten-free and vegan ingredients. A lower in sugar cookie option made with healthy ingredients.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
Yield: 10 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flax + 3 tablespoons warm water)*
- 1/3 cup creamy nut or seed butter (I love using creamy tahini but anything works)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey
- 3 tablespoons liquid coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup almond meal or almond flour
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour (you can try adding in more almond flour/meal if you don’t have!)
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (code RACHL for free shipping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, nut butter, maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla extract together until smooth
- Mix in the flours and baking powder (NOT the cacao yet!) until well combined
- Fold in chocolate chips then split the dough into 2 equal balls
- Add one of the large balls of dough to a medium bowl and mix in the cacao powder to make brownie dough until it is combined and the dough turned a darker shade (like brownie brown!)
- Scoop about 1 tablespoon of chocolate chip cookie dough and roll into a ball and add to baking sheet and repeat for remaining chocolate chip cookie dough
- Scoop about 1 tablespoon of brownie dough and roll into a ball and add next to each cookie dough ball on baking sheet
- Gently pinch the brownie and cookie dough together, making sure there are no gaps to make the half cookie/half brownie cookie! Leave about 1 inch of space between each
- Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes or until ready
- Store in airtight container for 5 days or freezer for 2 months
Notes
*These are adapted from my Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies (paleo + vegan)
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Katie
Can I use a regular egg if I don’t have flax seeds?
Rachel
yes please see notes above in recipe !
Sarah
Hi! How much extra almond flour would you use to replace the coconut flour?
Rachel
i haven’t tested it but maybe double the amount of the coconut flour it calls for.
T
Hi Rachel!
I’ve been following a lot of your recipes, they’re amazing!
Did you know there’s a girl (Rachel’s good eats) that has stolen all your recipes and claims them as her own on her Instagram? She changes the name of the recipe and may change 1 or 2 ingredients, but she stole everything from your page.
Just wanted to give you the heads up because I know you have put a lot of hard work into your business,
Jackie
What is a good coconut oil alternative? My son is allergic and so many recipes call for it
Rachel
avocado should definitely work but i can’t say that it’ll be perfect for every recipe! really any oil is usually 1:1 sub it is just the flavor will be a little different. for solidified coconut oil, i’d sub ghee or butter
L
Can I use coconut sugar instead of honey?
Rachel
since coconut sugar is grainy and honey is more liquid, it wouldn’t work!
Ellie
These are great and the recipe worked perfectly! I just wish they were a tad bit sweeter. Would adding some brown sugar help? Or substituting brown sugar for the maple syrup? Thanks!
Rachel
you can definitely add in a little brown sugar! they are a lightly sweetened cookie but i recommend these if you love a sweeter cookie!
Alaina
this is the first cookie recipe of yours I’ve tried and I LOVE them! so thick and delicious. thank you!
Rachel
aw thank you!!
Lauren
Hi Rachel, I’m a huge fans of yours and have recently bought your cookbook. Do you recommend chilling the cookie dough first?
Lauren
Hi Rachel, I’m a huge fan and love all your recipes so much. For this cookie recipe, do you recommend refrigerating the dough before baking it?
Lauren Au
Hi Rachel, I love all your recipes. Do you recommend refrigerating the cookie dough before baking it?
Rachel
Aw thank you! I don’t – anytime that is needed, it will be in the instructions for you!
Esme
Just made these AMAZING cookies. I used half tahini and half pb, and turned out delish.
Rachel
YAAYYY
Tami
Seriously SO easy to make and the ideal balance of texture and taste! Not super sweet, but enough to satisfy that need for a sweet treat. And they look so fun when mixed on a plate with other cookies!
Rachel
awww yay!!
Barb
Thank you for another delicious recipe Rachel!! I accidently added 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder, realized my error: & added 1 tbsp Cacao, used a Chia Egg in place of Flax Egg since this is all I had, everything else the same, wish I had flattened the cookies a bit before placing in oven, regardless they are Amazing & I can’t stop eating them!!!
Rachel
🙂 yay!