Healthy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

A quick, easy, and nutritious recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies that are fun to eat before a workout or with an afternoon coffee.

A few days ago, I stumbled upon a chocolate chip cookie recipe that, according to the post's author, was supposed to be nutritious and healthy. What can I tell you? They were anything but healthy.

There were heaps of white sugar, white flour, an enormous amount of chocolate, and coconut oil. I'm not sure what the author was thinking. But I took on the challenge to bake vegan chocolate chip cookies that would be healthy and, no less importantly, tasty and sweet.

These cookies are very easy to prepare and are made with ingredients that are easy to find in any supermarket. They are soft and delicate and keep well in an airtight container for several days (they even get tastier!) and they are so healthy you can even eat them for breakfast!

Another advantage is that each cookie contains 170 calories and 6.5 grams of fat, which makes them a perfect energy snack. Don't believe it? Eat one cookie with black coffee an hour before your workout, and then we'll talk... :-)

More nutritional values from Noam Bachar - Nutrition Consultant and Fitness Instructor

Nutritional values per serving (12 units)
170 calories, 21 grams carbohydrates, 4.6 grams protein, 6.5 grams fat, 3.5 grams dietary fiber, 1 mg iron

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Healthy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

A quick, easy, and nutritious recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies that are fun to eat before a workout or with an afternoon coffee.

Prep time 5 minutes

Cook time 15 minutes

Total time 20 minutes

Servings 12 cookies

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups oats ground into flour in a spice grinder
• 1 cup oats unground
• 230 grams applesauce = 2 packages of applesauce sold as quadruplets. An amount equal to half a cup.
• 2/3 cup shredded coconut
• 2 tablespoons silan (date syrup)
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips You can also add some white chocolate chips - for those who like them
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, soak the ground flaxseed with a few tablespoons of water for about 15-20 minutes until a gel forms.
2. In another bowl, mix all cookie ingredients with the flaxseed until a sticky dough forms.
3. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350°F).
4. With wet hands, roll the dough into ping-pong sized balls and flatten them into cookie shapes on a baking sheet.
5. Bake for about 15 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and let cool.
7. Can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week.