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Last updated on January 22, 2023. Originally posted on March 9, 2020 By Maryea / 29 Comments

Flourless Chocolate Cookies (Healthy!)

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These Flourless Chocolate Cookies have a secret ingredient that no one will guess! This is the easiest cookie recipe and it’s so healthy and full of nutrients–it’s a must try. Black Bean Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. These healthy cookies are made with NO flour, NO oil, and NO refined sugar. You don't have to tell anyone they are made with black beans because you can't taste the beans at all! These are just incredible cookies that happen to be healthy.

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There are only two things you need to know about these cookies. Just these two things:  they are incredibly easy to make and they are insanely good.  That’s it.  Don’t worry about anything else.

The Secret Ingredient in these Flourless Chocolate Cookies

Okay, okay, there’s a few more things I should tell you.  You would never guess it, but these cookies are made without the usual suspects that make cookies delicious.  No butter. No refined sugar.  White flour?  Nope.  OH, wait.  There’s no flour at all.Black Bean Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. These healthy cookies are made with NO flour, NO oil, and NO refined sugar. You don't have to tell anyone they are made with black beans because you can't taste the beans at all! These are just incredible cookies that happen to be healthy.

No flour? That’s right. These are flourless chocolate cookies. So what holds them together?  Black beans. WAIT! Don’t stop reading. You have to trust me. You don’t taste the beans at all. Really.

Black beans are sweetened with dates and together they create a great, fudge-like texture.  Some almonds also help hold them together and peanut butter improves the texture even more and adds the classic chocolate-peanut butter flavor combination I adore.

Then there’s the salt.  The salt brings them to a whole new level.  In. Sane.  Two words.

Tim tasted these Flourless Chocolate Cookies and thought they were regular, not-my-usual-healthified cookies. If nothing else, that should convince you to try them.  My husband is a cookie snob.Black Bean Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. These healthy cookies are made with NO flour, NO oil, and NO refined sugar. You don't have to tell anyone they are made with black beans because you can't taste the beans at all! These are just incredible cookies that happen to be healthy.

How to Make Flourless Chocolate Cookies (HEALTHY!) 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly oil a cookie sheet and set it aside.
  2. Put all ingredients except chocolate chips and salt into your food processor and process until very smooth.  Your dough will be thick.  Stir in the chocolate chips.
  3. Use a rounded tablespoon to scoop out the dough and then form it into a ball and flatten it to a cookie shape and place it on the cookie sheet.  Sprinkle each cookie with a pinch of salt.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.

Recipe Notes

  1. Drain and rinse your black beans very well. This will minimize any bean flavor in your cookies.
  2. You can use a food processor or professional blender to break down the black beans, almonds, and dates for this recipe. I prefer Vitamix if you use a blender.
  3. Using stevia-sweetened chocolate chips will reduce the overall sugar content of this recipe. (The nutritional information is for regular chocolate chips.)

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If you love healthy cookie recipes, I have a whole bunch of good ones! Try these Vegan and Keto Peanut Butter Cookies, these Soft Batch Loaded Oatmeal Cookies, or these 3-ingredient Banana Cookies!

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  • Author: Healthy Happy Mama
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 30 cookies 1x
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Description

These are not your everyday cookies, but you’d never guess how healthy they are.  Made without flour, refined sugar, or butter, these vegan cookies have a secret ingredient:  black beans!  Rich and fudge-like, the salted tops compliment the flavors perfectly.  A healthy way to indulge!  


Ingredients

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  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed well
  • 3/4 cup pitted dates
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup almonds
  • 3/4 cup natural peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
  • coarse salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly oil a cookie sheet and set it aside.
  2. Put all ingredients except chocolate chips and salt into your food processor and process until very smooth.  Your dough will be thick.  Stir in the chocolate chips.  Use a rounded tablespoon to scoop out the dough and then form it into a ball and flatten it to a cookie shape and place it on the cookie sheet.  {You can definitely just plop it down, but know they won’t flatten or spread at all and will keep that same plopped-down shape.}  Sprinkle each cookie with a pinch of salt.  Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.  Enjoy!

Notes

  1. Drain and rinse your black beans very well. This will minimize any bean flavor in your cookies.
  2. You can use a food processor or professional blender to break down the black beans, almonds, and dates for this recipe. I prefer Vitamix if you use a blender.
  3. Using stevia-sweetened chocolate chips will reduce the overall sugar content of this recipe. (The nutritional information is for regular chocolate chips.)
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Category: cookies
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 100
  • Sugar: 4.5g
  • Sodium: 69mg
  • Fat: 5g
  • Carbohydrates: 12.1g
  • Protein: 2.9g

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  1. run 3 says

    August 6, 2019 at 6:29 am

    Love it, it’s definitely important to know how to do this properly and efficiently, clients LOVE these.

    Reply
  2. Jamie says

    January 16, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    I had to add a little splash of unsweetened almond milk to get these to blend in my food processor but they still worked out just fine. Thought I would share for those who have trouble getting them to blend.
    They tasted great….baked or unbaked! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Sara S says

    February 29, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    I have a fairly new and big Cuisinart food processor, and it couldn’t even mix this batter. After a loooong time, I finally kind of got them mixed. They were a little crunchy still, but they were super yummy! I think next time I will process the nuts first, then add the dates, and then the rest of the ingredients. Thanks for a great recipe!

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      February 29, 2016 at 3:28 pm

      You’re welcome! Sorry it was rough on your processor.

      Reply
      • Gretchen says

        March 3, 2016 at 6:42 pm

        My cuisinart did alright . I was wondering if you have a nutritional analysis for these – carb count in particular? I did notice that the blog description leading up to the recipe claims no refined sugar but the dates I bought had sugar and the chocolate chips have sugar so there is some refined sugar.

      • Maryea says

        March 4, 2016 at 8:26 am

        I’ve been working on getting my older recipes updated with nutritional stats. I’ll work on this one next and let you know when I have it. Dates shouldn’t have any added sugar. They have natural sugar, but none added. I use chocolate chips that use evaporated cane juice to sweeten them. This is sugar, but not refined sugar. Sugar is sugar in the end, but unrefined sugar retains more nutrients.

  4. Joyce says

    March 25, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    Hi Maryea,
    I absolutely love these cookies, would you happen to know how many calories/cookie?
    Love your site too, good job!

    Reply
  5. Heather says

    March 19, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    Made these tonight and they were UH-AMAZING!! I had to stop myself from eating the whole batch. You would never guess the ingredient list. The salt does take it to a whole new level…the perfect topping. Thanks for coming up with such yummy, healthy, ready recipes! Oh on a side note I noticed on a few of your recipes you use coconut butter and say to melt it… Do you melt in the microwave or on the stove? I just bought some to try out.

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 20, 2014 at 3:46 pm

      I usually melt in the microwave because I’m a little lazy. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Tracy says

    March 16, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    These were delicious. Thanks! (And even better — my husband baked them.)

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 17, 2014 at 6:38 am

      That’s perfect! 🙂 Thanks for letting me know you tried these.

      Reply
  7. lei says

    March 13, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    These cookies are delish but they gave my Vitamix a run for its money!
    You were not joking when you said the batter was thick. Thanks for a yummy treat, just what we were craving in this house.

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 14, 2014 at 7:06 am

      You are welcome! I haven’t tried this in the blender, but I imagine it would be rough on it! Glad it worked out though. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Trisha says

    March 13, 2014 at 8:20 am

    I’m trying to eat less flour so thanks! also… anything with salt and chocolate in is yum x

    Reply
  9. Alina says

    March 12, 2014 at 9:37 am

    Cookies and brownies in one recipe? Count me in! Thank you for sharing this. My kids are always ready to eat cookies :).

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 12, 2014 at 3:38 pm

      And you can feel great about serving these to your kids! Win. 🙂

      Reply
  10. vanessa says

    March 12, 2014 at 12:44 am

    Would sunbutter work ? My son is allergic to peanuts 🙁

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 12, 2014 at 3:38 pm

      It would definitely work. They will taste different than with the peanut butter, obviously, but if you like the flavor of sun butter I think it’d be great. 🙂

      Reply
  11. cheri says

    March 11, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    Oh, I am making these this week-end, they look so good, all my favorite ingredients too.

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 12, 2014 at 3:38 pm

      Great!

      Reply
  12. Kelly @ hidden fruits and veggies says

    March 11, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    I’ve eaten more than my fair share of black bean brownies, but I’ve never tried a black bean cookie! I’m a fan of the salty/sweet combo, so these look like the perfect place to start.

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 11, 2014 at 1:25 pm

      If you like black bean brownies, you’ll love these. The salt is such a lovely addition.

      Reply
  13. Alexis @ Hummusapien says

    March 11, 2014 at 10:56 am

    OMG….I’m a huge fan of black beans in brownies so you know I’m down for beanies in cookies! Can’t wait to try these!

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 11, 2014 at 1:25 pm

      Oh, I know you will love these!

      Reply
  14. Jordan (Birch & Poppy) says

    March 11, 2014 at 9:59 am

    Yum! These sound amazing. I have been trying to cut back on sweets a little bit with summer coming up, and a healthy “chocolate” cookie recipe is exactly what I need. If I don’t have my chocolate fix, I tend to raid the baking cabinet, which is never a good thing… Excited to try these!

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 11, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      These are perfect for cutting back on sweets. 🙂

      Reply
  15. Alison says

    March 11, 2014 at 9:04 am

    You read my mind with these cookies – I’m not kidding! After a week of garbanzo beans cookies I got to thinking about a chocolate cookie made with black beans and even bought black beans to give it a try… I’ve got all these ingredients on hand, I wouldn’t have thought about adding salt though – genius!

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      March 11, 2014 at 1:27 pm

      Too funny! I actually thought of these thanks to chickpea cookies too. I was out of chickpeas and used white beans instead. It worked fine so it got me thinking about trying other beans in cookies. Black beans and chocolate seemed perfect!

      Reply

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