Best 8 Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes

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In the realm of sweet delights, chocolate chip cookies reign supreme, captivating taste buds with their irresistible combination of rich chocolate and chewy dough. However, the pursuit of a healthier version of this classic treat can be a daunting task, often resulting in dry, crumbly cookies that lack the desired flavor and texture. Fear not, cookie enthusiasts! This article embarks on a culinary quest to uncover the secret to creating healthy chocolate chip cookies that satisfy your sweet cravings without compromising your well-being. Discover how a few simple swaps and mindful ingredient choices can transform your favorite indulgence into a guilt-free pleasure.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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Whole-wheat pastry flour and dried fruit make these irresistible chocolate chip cookies less indulgent, but you don't have to tell your kids that.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Yield 26 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 11

3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon fine salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
4 ounces dried cranberries or dried cherries

Steps:

  • Evenly position two racks in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. (If you have only one baking sheet, let it cool completely between batches.)
  • Whisk the sugars, eggs, oil and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth.
  • Whisk the flours, salt and baking soda in another bowl. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a wooden spoon; take care not to over mix. Stir in the chocolate chips and dried fruit.
  • Scoop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto the prepared pans. Wet hands slightly and roll the dough into balls. Space the cookies about 2 inches apart on the pans. Bake until golden but still soft in the center, 12 to 14 minutes, depending on how chewy or crunchy you like your cookies. Transfer the hot cookies with a spatula to a rack to cool. Serve.
  • Store the cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 3 days.

HEALTHY VEGAN PUMPKIN OAT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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These are the best vegan cookies I've ever tasted!

Provided by Julie Manoukian

Categories     Fruits and Vegetables     Vegetables     Squash

Time 40m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 16

3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon ground flax seed
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oats
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup raw sugar
½ cup coconut sugar
½ cup coconut oil
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup vegan chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
  • Mix water and ground flax seed together in a bowl, creating a "flaxegg"; set aside until thickened, about 5 minutes.
  • Combine whole wheat flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Beat raw sugar, coconut sugar, and coconut oil together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until smooth; add pumpkin puree, flaxegg, and vanilla extract and mix well.
  • Pour pumpkin mixture into flour mixture and stir just until dough is combined; fold in chocolate chips and pecans. Scoop dough onto the prepared baking sheet using a small ice cream scoop.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned around the edges, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 380.8 calories, Carbohydrate 49.4 g, Fat 20.9 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 11.1 g, Sodium 302.7 mg, Sugar 30.3 g

STUPID EASY TRIM HEALTHY MAMA CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE - (3.9/5)



Stupid Easy Trim Healthy Mama Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - (3.9/5) image

Provided by paulmartinjr

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/2 cup softened salted butter
1/3 cup Gentle Sweet, DIY Gentle Sweet (my pick), or low-carb sweetener of choice
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups blanched almond flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup sugar-free chocolate chips

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF and spray two baking sheets with coconut oil baking spray. Set aside. Using a stand mixer, beat together butter and sweetener. Add eggs one at a time, beating for one minute and scraping the bowl after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Add almond flour and baking soda and mix until thoroughly combined. Fold in chocolate chips with a spatula. Use a tablespoon-size cookie scoop to portion out 18 cookies, dividing them between the two prepared pans. It's alright if they're fairly close together because they won't spread much. Bake cookies for 7 minutes, then rotate pans top to bottom and front to back and bake for 7 minutes more. Cool on pans for five minutes, then transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days or in the freezer for up to two months.

ALMOST HEALTHY AND SURPRISINGLY GOOD CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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I made this recipe based roughly on a few recipes I found and several of my favorite healthy ingredients. Don't want to talk it up too much, but the outcome was a pleasant surprise. My family liked it too, and none of us are the type of people to substitute flavor for health. It does have a few ingredients that you might not find around your kitchen (like chia or diatomaceous earth), even though they are good, healthy foods or supplements that should add to the health value. But I don't think it'd be too hard to omit them or replace with something of similar substance. I would not advise skimping on the chocolate chips. If you like darker chocolate, all the healthier, but I say get your favorite kind of chocolate chips, no matter how unhealthy. I'll also add this does not make a very good dough. If you're the type of person who make chocolate chip cookies as an excuse to eat cookie dough, stick to the old tollhouse recipe. Make sure the diatomaceous earth is "food grade." There is a non-food grade which you don't want to eat! Chia is a very healthy seed that has its roots in Aztec and other native cultures and is only now being grown in quantities enough for people to take it as a supplement. It's the same seed that you put on your chia pet, but you can get supplement chia seed at your health food store. Chia seed, when soaked, absorbs six times its weight in water. To make chia gel, put 1/3 cup of chia in a jar with 2 cups of water. Let soak overnight. You can add this healthy chia gel to all sorts of things for an extra health boost: mayonaise, jelly, eggs, cookie recipes, etc. This recipe calls for 1/2 cup chia gel. You can make just that amount or more, if you might use it other places. It will keep for a couple weeks in the fridge.

Provided by Cleoppa

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 26m

Yield 24-36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 15

3/4 cup coconut flour
3/4 cup oat flour (old-fashioned oatmeal sent through a food processor)
1/2 cup powdered milk
1/2 tablespoon food-grade diatomaceous earth
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 teaspoon stevia powder
1/4 cup softened butter
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
3 eggs
1/2 cup yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons chia seeds (or 1/2 cup chia gel)
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped raw walnuts

Steps:

  • If you don't have pre-made chia gel, soak 2 tablespoons chia seeds in 6 tablespoons water, to make 1/2 cup chia gel. This should be soaked several hours.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Combine the coconut flour, oatmeal flour, powdered milk and diatomaceous earth, cocoa powder and stevia in a bowl. Mix and set aside.
  • Mix butter and salt in blender.
  • Add eggs to butter, but don't worry if it doesn't mix perfectly.
  • Add yogurt, honey, vanilla and chia seed and beat well.
  • Mix in chocolate chips and walnuts.
  • Place on cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.

HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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These will be THE LAST peanut butter chocolate chip recipe you try! YUMM. These taste really sinful, but they are actually healthy for you. I adapted this recipe from the classic nestle one. (shh...I think these are even BETTER) They are very thick, soft, and chewy cookies and I promise you that NO ONE will be able to eat just one. I hope you enjoy baking (and eating) these as much as I do.

Provided by ChardonianCook

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 38m

Yield 36 cookies, 36 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons honey
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (I like to use Ghirardelli)

Steps:

  • Combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a medium mixing bowl; set aside.
  • Beat butters, sugars, applesauce, and honey on medium speed until creamy, about 3 minutes.
  • Beat in egg and vanilla.
  • Gradually beat in flour mixture, just until combined.
  • Scrape down bowl (for flour buildup on the sides) and stir in chocolate chips.
  • Set OVEN to 375ºF (If using dark or nonstick pan, lower temperature to 350ºF).
  • Drop dough by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are set but centers are still soft; cookies should NOT be browning yet.
  • *optional: You can quickly chill dough or dropped cookie dough on baking sheets in the freezer 10-15 minutes before baking, for a thicker cookie.
  • You can also position oven racks to top and bottom thirds of oven; halfway through baking, rotate cookie sheet top to bottom and front to back.

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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light and cakey, but secretly healthy cookies. Hey! this line is her fiance writing, and the cookies really are good. She isn't lying or anything.

Provided by 806542

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 32m

Yield 30 cookies, 30 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup sugar
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups oats
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup olive oil
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Combine dry ingredients.
  • Mix in olive oil, egg and milk.
  • Add spices and salt.
  • Add chocolate chips and nuts.
  • Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
  • Enjoy!

FINALLY HEALTHY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!



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I found this recipe on a heart healthy recipe site. I made them and they are incredible! I couldn't believe it! They are the lowest fat/cholesterol/sodium chocolate chip cookies I've had that actually taste great! I did change it a bit when I made them by using 1/2 C whole wheat flour and 1/2 C all purpose flour.

Provided by alcomene

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 40m

Yield 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

3/4 cup rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup canola oil
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips (or whatever kind you like)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray of your choice.
  • grind oats in blender or food processor until fine and add to medium bowl.
  • stir in flour, baking soda, salt and stir until blended.
  • beat butter until fluffy, add oil, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla and beat until smooth.
  • add dry ingredients a little at a time and beat until combined.
  • stir in chips.
  • drop spoonfuls 1" apart onto sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes.
  • cool cookies on pan for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES



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"I stir a few chocolate chips into the melted butters to give the cookie batter some chocolate flavor." Muriel Mableson - Winnipeg, Manitoba

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield 4-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/3 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Steps:

  • In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave butter and peanut butter until butter is melted; stir until smooth. Stir in applesauce., Transfer to a large bowl. Beat in the sugars until blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to peanut butter mixture and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 75 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 12mg cholesterol, Sodium 47mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

Tips:

  • Use a combination of butter and coconut oil for a chewy and flavorful cookie.
  • Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before baking to prevent the cookies from spreading too much.
  • Use a cookie scoop to ensure even-sized cookies.
  • Bake the cookies until the edges are golden brown and the centers are set.
  • Let the cookies cool on a wire rack before enjoying.

Conclusion:

These healthy chocolate chip cookies are a delicious and nutritious snack that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are made with wholesome ingredients and are a good source of fiber, protein, and healthy fats. These cookies are also gluten-free and refined sugar-free, making them a great option for people with dietary restrictions. Whether you are looking for a healthy snack or a sweet treat, these healthy chocolate chip cookies are a great choice.

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