No Bake Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies Recipe
Skip the oven! These no-bake Chocolate Almond Cookies are quick, easy, and perfect for a healthy and delicious treat. Made with simple ingredients, they’re vegan, gluten-free, and ready to chill or freeze in minutes.
Craving chocolate but still want a few health benefits?!? Then, save this no-bake Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies recipe.
And the beauty of this recipe lies in its simplicity. No fancy equipment or complicated techniques are required. We updated our mom’s no-bake recipe to one that you can enjoy on a semi-regular basis.
These simple cookies are the perfect healthy-sweet compromise. Naturally-sweetened maple replaces brown sugar, coconut oil for the butter, and a generous handful of shredded coconut and chopped almonds for good measure.
While decidedly better-for-you than a traditional no-bake cookie, they still taste like a decedent chocolate treat. Plus, they’re even dairy-free, egg-free and gluten-free!
Ingredients Needed
- Quick-cooking oats
- Unsalted almond butter — Or peanut butter or any other nut butter of your choice
- Coconut oil
- Maple syrup
- Almond extract
- Dark chocolate chips
- Coconut flakes
- Chopped almonds — Optional
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No Bake Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Saucepan
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats may need more depending on consistency
- 1 cup unsalted almond butter or peanut butter or any other nut butter
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup coconut flakes plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 cup chopped almonds optional
Nutrition
Instructions
- Place parchment or wax paper on 2 large baking sheets and set aside.
- Place the almond butter and coconut oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring often, until almond butter and coconut have melted together.
- Turn off heat and stir in maple syrup, almond extract and chocolate chips. Stir together off heat until chocolate is completely melted.
- Add in the oats, coconut flakes and almonds. Stir together, it should have the same texture as a thick cookie dough. If the nut butter is too runny, you may need to add more oats.
- Drop by rounded spoonfuls (I used a medium cookie scoop) onto the parchment paper and gently flatten with the back of the spoon or scoop. Sprinkle with coconut flakes and/or chopped almonds.
- Place in the fridge to harden for at least 1 hour. They taste best when allowed to harden, but no judgements if you enjoy a few right after shaping!
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