Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

4.84 from 6 votes

These healthier cookies are possibly better than the real deal! Almond flour and cashew butter makes these naturally sweet and perfectly chewy. Naturally sweetened with maple syrup and coconut sugar. See recommendations in notes for paleo chocolate chip options!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 167kcal

Author: Michelle Miller

Ingredients

1/4 cup cashew butter or almond butter
1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
5 tablespoons coconut oil melted (but not hot), or melted butter
2 tablespoons coconut sugar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups almond flour
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips paleo, see notes

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the melted (but not too warm) coconut oil, maple syrup, cashew butter, coconut sugar, sea salt and baking soda. Whisk together.
Into the mixture, add the almond flour and chocolate chips, and stir until a sticky batter is formed.
Scoop cookies into balls and place on cookie sheet. These will not spread a lot, so if you'd like the cookies to be flatter and thin, press them down with wet fingers into a cookie shape.
Bake for 10 minutes, until just starting to brown on top.
Allow to fully cool, and the cookies will firm up. Store cookies at room temperature for a week. Alternately, store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for 2 weeks, or frozen for 3 months.

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Notes

Options for Paleo Chocolate Chips:

85-90% Dark Chocolate Bar, chopped into chunks
Hu Dark Chocolate Chips (these are sweetened only with dates)
ChocZero Dark Chocolate Chips (these are sugar free and sweetened with monk fruit)

Substitutes for Cashew Butter: If you do not have (or want to make homemade cashew butter), sub almond butter or sunflower seed butter. Cashew butter gives the cookies the most "normal cookie" flavor.

Can I freeze the cookie dough? Absolutely! Make the cookie dough, then scoop it into balls and flatten them into cookie shapes. Freeze them on a cookie sheet, then transfer them into an air tight freezer container once they have hardened. When you're ready to bake, sit them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment for 20 minutes to thaw prior to baking them. Fresh baked paleo cookies, whenever you want them!

Vegan Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies: These cookies are vegan as written! Stick to the coconut oil and maple syrup rather than subbing butter or honey.

Can I make Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut Flour? Almond flour and coconut flour bake very differently. This recipe does not work with coconut flour. If you're looking for a paleo coconut flour chocolate chip cookie, I recommend trying this recipe.

Optional Additions

Want to mix up the flavors in your cookies? Try:

1/4 cup unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup chopped nuts, like almonds, pecans, or walnuts
1/2 cup unsweetened dried fruit, like raisins, dried cherries, or cranberries (make sure they are unsweetened)
Orange zest (the zest of 1 orange)

Simply add whatever addition you love and mix in along with the chocolate chips and almond flour!

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