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Last updated on October 9, 2017. Originally posted on June 28, 2017 By Maryea / 13 Comments

Flourless peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies

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Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe

Heads up: This post was originally published in November 2011. I’m republishing today with updated photos. Enjoy!

This post is going to be short and sweet because it’s the day before Thanksgiving and I know most of you don’t have time to be reading lengthy blog posts about healthy cookies.  You’ve got pumpkin pie on the brain, right?

Plus, the sun is shining, the temperature is in 50’s, and I’m anxious to get outside for a walk. Sunshine is good for the soul.Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe with a glass of milkThese Flourless Chocolate Chunk Cookies are also good for your soul.  I love a cookie that is healthy, tastes fabulous, and is simple to make.  These cookies  are simple.  I threw the ingredients in a bowl, mixed ’em, and put the dough in the fridge.

Then I made some dinner.  At the end of my dinner-making, I plopped the dough on a pan and into the oven they went while we were eating.  By the end of dinner, we had warm, chocolate-y cookies for dessert.  So easy and so good.Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe with a full plate of healthy cookies

I was initially inspired by this recipe on Back to her Roots.  She made her flourless cookies with chocolate nut butter, which I didn’t have.  After a quick google search, I found a variety of similar flourless peanut butter cookie chocolate chip recipes, including one from Epicurious and one from Recchiuti.Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe with melted chocolate

They all looked great, but I wanted to cut back on the sugar content.  Most of the recipes used one cup of regular or brown sugar, but I boldly cut it back to 1/2 cup and used Sucanat (affiliate link) instead.  They were plenty sweet with the 1/2 cup and turned out wonderfully.

The peanut butter flavor is intense in these, much more so than traditional peanut butter cookies made with flour.  The texture is different than a flour cookie as well, but I loved it.  These are moist and perfect with a glass of milk.Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe with melted chocolate chunks

My “short and sweet” post is getting longer than I intended, so I’ll get right to the recipe.

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Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recipe with melted chocolate chunks

Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies


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  • Author: Happy Healthy Mama
  • Total Time: 44 minute
  • Yield: 15 cookies 1x
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Description

Gluten and dairy-free, these healthy flourless cookies use less sugar than traditional cookies, but deliver intense peanut butter flavor.


Ingredients

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  • 1 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup Sucanat (or brown sugar)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chunks (chips will work, too)

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix together all ingredients except for the chocolate chunks until combined.  Stir in the chocolate chunks.  Refrigerate the dough for 15-30 minutes, optional.*
  3. Measure the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.  The dough will seem a little fall-y apart-y, but that’s how it should be.  Just make the balls and carry on.
  4.  Place the dough balls on your cookies sheet a few inches apart.  You should get about 15 cookies, more or less depending on the size of your balls.  I didn’t press the balls down at all, but if you want a less round cookie, go ahead and press them down.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.  They will seem a little soft coming right out of the oven, but transfer them to a wire rack to let them cool and they will harden as they cool.  Enjoy!

Notes

*This step is optional.  I did this because I have read that it helps flourless cookies have more body, and I didn’t want flat cookies.  You can skip it if you are in a hurry!

  • Prep Time: 10 + chilling time
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 154
  • Sugar: 9 grams
  • Fat: 10 grams
  • Carbohydrates: 12.3 grams
  • Fiber: 1.2 grams
  • Protein: 4.5 grams

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  1. Chris says

    January 27, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    Looks great! Can you use flax egg instead of the egg?

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      January 28, 2020 at 7:03 am

      Based on other recipes I’ve tried, I believe it would work!

      Reply
  2. Kiley says

    January 9, 2020 at 4:28 pm

    My whole family loved these! Doubled the batch and they want me to make more. Great recipe!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      January 9, 2020 at 9:04 pm

      So glad to hear that!

      Reply
  3. Candy @ Healthy In Candy Land says

    December 2, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    Cameron and I just made these this afternoon and ended up dancing around the kitchen they made us so happy! So peanut buttery and so good! And gluten free!

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      December 2, 2011 at 8:01 pm

      I’m smiling thinking of you dancing around the kitchen. 🙂 Glad you liked them!

      Reply
  4. Rachel says

    November 29, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    yum! just made these! delish! i added a pinch of salt to make them like pb cups as those are salty, really just a pinch though!
    your recipes always work and always are good and healthy! (as long as you dont eat all of them yourself in this case lol!)

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      November 30, 2011 at 5:32 pm

      Thanks for the feedback, Rachel! Glad you liked these.

      Reply
  5. Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says

    November 24, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    Delicious! The fact that there aren’t 15 ingredients inside of them make them 100 times better!! 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!

    Reply
  6. Lou says

    November 24, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving! What a great recipe, short list of ingredients which is a welcome bonus (and peanut butter and chocolate always wins in my book) 🙂

    Reply
  7. Kelli H (Made in Sonoma) says

    November 24, 2011 at 12:45 am

    love the minimal ingredient list!

    Reply
  8. Candy @ Healthy in Candy Land says

    November 23, 2011 at 10:20 pm

    I am not a fan of pumpkin pie at all, so to me these are a lovely, welcomed discovery. They are wheat free too? I am going to go ahead and think that you tailored this recipe just for me. Why thank you, Maryea! How kind of you! Now I get to have dessert on Thanksgiving! Yesssss!

    Reply
  9. Heidi says

    November 23, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    I love flourless peanut butter cookies! I always make mine super small because they’re so rich and even then I only need one or two tiny cookies. They’re so yummy 😀

    Reply

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