I decided to make up my own holiday:
Eat A Cookie Tuesday.
A holiday disguised as an excuse to eat more cookies is never a bad thing, right? And these absolutely irresistible cream cheese cookies are some of the softest, chewiest, lightest, and most delicious cookies ever to come out of my kitchen…
Yet they have just 40 calories… and less than 2 grams of fat each!
Try and stop at just one.
No seriously; try to stop at just one.
It isn’t possible.
A few weeks after first making the cookies, I got a text from a friend to whom I’d given the recipe. Apparently she’d brought a double batch into work, and one of her coworkers ate nine!
So this is what happens one day in February when when you find yourself with a container of cream cheese in the fridge, a bag of chocolate chips in the pantry, and a view through the window of weather so cold and rainy the thought of leaving your heated apartment—and your oversized flannel pajamas—never even crosses your mind.
Finally, a silver lining to miserable weather.
For more recipes: Over 50 Wholesomely Healthy Cookies Recipes
If you try them, be sure to post your pictures and tag me on facebook or instagram so I’ll be sure to see!
Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies
(makes 10-12)
Adapted from: Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup oat flour OR just process rolled oats in a blender until you get a fine flour (70g)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2-5 tbsp chocolate chips, as desired
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar or xylitol (46g)
- 3 tbsp full-fat cream cheese, such as Tofutti (45g)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp vegetable or melted coconut oil (12g)
Combine the first 5 ingredients in a deep bowl. In a cup, stir together the remaining 3 ingredients, gently heating if the cream cheese is too firm to stir. Pour wet into dry, then stir together and do not add extra liquid. It will look a bit dry, but keep stirring and scraping off the spoon as you stir. After a few minutes, it will moisten into a cookie dough batter. Form a big ball, then roll into cookie dough balls. Place balls on a plate and freeze at least 30 minutes (or up to a month). When ready to bake, preheat oven to 325 F and grease a cookie tray. Place balls on the tray, press down if desired, and bake 8 minutes—they will look quite underdone when they first come out, so do not even touch them for at least 10 minutes, during which time they will firm up.
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Librarian Lavender says
10th February 2015 at 2:16 pmSuch fabulous cookies, I can imagine people can’t stop eating them!
Jessica says
10th February 2015 at 3:11 pmDo you add chocolate chips at the end before the freeze or do you sprinkle a few on top of each before you bake? How many tbsp do you use? These look like something I need to make asap.
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:01 pmThey are included in the “first 5 ingredients.” But you can always press a few into the tops as well/instead!
Chelsea says
10th February 2015 at 3:50 pmI got so many ideas from your blog. Thank you for the amazing recipes !
Chelsea says
10th February 2015 at 4:13 pmP.S. Have you tried making vegan nilla wafers ?
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:11 pmI have tried… unfortunately am still working on it!
Sandra says
10th February 2015 at 4:10 pmThis looks awesome! Would we be able to swap the oat flour for another gf blend or for straight coconut flour? Our daughter and I sadly both have a slight reaction to oats.
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:12 pmI have only tried with oat flour, but you can definitely experiment. Be sure to report back if you do!
Angie says
25th January 2017 at 11:43 amI tried coconut flour but the dough would not stay together. It was too dry. Possibly adding some more liquid would help? I just turned the dough into a strawberry cobler.(I left chocolate chip out because I was going to put chocolate inside the cookie ball.) The dough was delicious with ice cream. 🙂
Cassie says
10th February 2015 at 4:23 pmLittle bites of perfection!
Eribis says
10th February 2015 at 5:31 pmWhat if you don’t have full fat cream cheese?
Lisa says
10th February 2015 at 8:52 pmDear Eribis,
In other recipes calling for full-fat cream cheese, I replace it with half butter-type spread or coconut oil and half lowfat/fatfree cream cheese. It usually works well. Sometimes there is still too much water content in the lower fat varieties, so no promises!
Lisa
Lisa says
10th February 2015 at 8:26 pmAmazing, Katie! And thanks for the link to the meals! I was wondering–do you like salads? I’d love to see some of your salad ideas if so. I bet you make amazing combinations with lots of protein!
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:13 pmI do like salads;basically “use up the fridge” salads, where I throw leftovers on top of salad greens, add some Newmans Own sesame ginger dressing, and am good to go.
Cole says
10th February 2015 at 3:26 pmThese sounds so amazing!
Coleoftheball xx
Kathryn says
10th February 2015 at 8:35 pmMmmmm these look delicious and look so easy to make, excited to try them out sometime soon.
Kathryn
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Millie | Add A Little says
10th February 2015 at 3:46 pmThese look amazing Katie! Looks delicious!
Nicole says
10th February 2015 at 9:08 pmStay In Your Pajamas Day?!! Haha that’s one I celebrate for sure! I’ve actually taken to calling my pajamas my “work clothes” lol. Being a cream cheese and chocolate chip cookie lover, I’m really intrigued by this recipe! They look so pillowy and delicious and I just happen to have all the ingredients on hand so I guess it’s meant to be that I have to make these…
Jules @ WolfItDown says
10th February 2015 at 10:04 pmThese look too cute! Perfect before Valentine’s or just, you know, for eat a cookie Tuesday 😀 x
Sarah says
10th February 2015 at 10:19 pmLove your website! But I was wondering what kind of chocolate chips do you use?
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:15 pmIt varies, but often I use a brand called Fair Trade. Or Enjoy Life mini chips.
Tara says
10th February 2015 at 10:20 pmMost delicious ever created by you?! I will definitely make these. :))
Sara B says
15th February 2015 at 10:32 pmThese are literally the best chocolate chip cookie I have ever made! My two kids and I can’t get enough.
Everyone go make these cookies. You will not regret it!
Taylor says
17th February 2015 at 10:13 amSara, I agree! 🙂
Karen says
18th February 2015 at 4:07 pmI made them with the homemade oat flour option because I didn’t have oat flour and they came out wicked good
MJ says
11th February 2015 at 1:47 amHi katie..I recently found your blog and was thrilled to find all these low calorie desserts. Tried some of them successfully. I particularly love your boatmeal recipes. I tried these cookies today and absolutely loved them. I found them to be slightly chewy. I am not sure why but it could be bcoz i used regular cream cheese. Still, loved them.The only problem is that they were all gone after the 10 min waiting time. I have to double or triple the recipe next time. Thanks for all your recipes and keep them coming.Oh.. I cannot finish without saying this..your black bean brownies are just….Awesome!!
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:15 pmThank YOU so much for making them!
Mandie @ Mandie's Kitchen says
10th February 2015 at 10:31 pmI’ve heard a lot about cream cheese cookies, but I’d never thought to try them until now! Your recipes always look and sound SO delicious! =D
Brin says
11th February 2015 at 4:36 amHi Katie! Today is my birthday and I just wanted to say thank you so much! I got your cook book as a gift and I’ve followed you for probably 4 years now and I love your recipes thanks so so much! <3
Brin
Chocolate Covered Katie says
11th February 2015 at 2:16 pmHappy Birthday!
Dark Chocolate says
11th February 2015 at 2:25 pmTHose cookies look to die for! Welp, I’ll see you next year, diet.
kara says
11th February 2015 at 2:44 pmI would go for the pyjama day. Totally.
Love your recipes!
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance says
11th February 2015 at 3:13 pmI love how puffy these turned out, those are the best kinds of cookies. Pinning them now!
Lauren says
11th February 2015 at 3:30 pmCream Cheese and Chocolate?!?! Genius.
Lisi says
11th February 2015 at 6:03 pmHey katie !!been making some of your recipes recently with my kids and they love them and they r super healthy and yum !!ive been trying on and off for years to make healthier baking recipes but they didn’t turn out so well but yours are great !just wondered what amount of chocolate chips did you use to calculate the nutritional info ?thanks so much !
Alana says
11th February 2015 at 8:34 pmThese look great! Would it be possible to make them with oat fiber instead of oat flour? Or would that change it to much?
Paula says
11th February 2015 at 8:57 pmHi Katie, these look awesome! I only have fat free cream cheese in my fridge and full fat cottage cheese… Can it be done with fat free cream cheese by adding more coconut oil? or sub with cottage cheese?Thanks for sharing your recipes with us!
Chrissy says
14th February 2015 at 4:16 pmThat’s all I had, too, and it worked though I had to add a bit more liquid to make it stick. 🙂
Jeri says
11th February 2015 at 4:41 pmI love that you can make your flour out of the oats! Also, I die over cream cheese so clearly I will be making and most likely eating way too many of these! Nice work!
Natalie says
11th February 2015 at 11:15 pmHi, Katie! I know this sounds absolutely CRAZY, but I was dreaming about your Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie and wondered if you’ve ever thought about making a healthier chess pie recipe? I have no idea how it would work, but I’d love to see one! Thanks for your amazing ideas!
wild nettle says
12th February 2015 at 12:55 amLooks yummy 🙂
Maria G. says
12th February 2015 at 1:26 amIf I could make up a holiday, it would be “Cook all you want (including all the dessert recipes you have been dying to try for months!).” I think that would actually have to turn into a holiday week! Hahaha.
Jon | This is Why Im Hungry says
12th February 2015 at 5:26 amWow, those cookies look freaking amazing. I’m afraid if I make them that I would just eat them all in one day. That’s dangerous!
carmela says
12th February 2015 at 4:03 pmI am a new viewer, I am anxious to try some of your recipies. They look really great.
I am having a hard time printing them. Am I missing the print icon somewhere?
Mary Anne says
12th February 2015 at 5:54 pmFYI, I highlight the recipe and right click, and click on the print option. You might try that…;)
Izzie says
12th February 2015 at 4:59 pmJust made these and they were SO good! I must make more because all of family keep eating them! Another lovely recipe 🙂 x
Mary Anne says
12th February 2015 at 5:25 pmHi Katie,
Thank you for all your hard work developing these recipes! I made the cream cheese cookies this morning, but sadly, mine don’t look anything like your’s :(. They came out of the oven looking exactly like they did going in. They didn’t puff up or melt into the cookies shape, like your’s. I did weigh my measurements too, however the only thing I didn’t weigh was the Tbsp of oil. Do you have any thoughts on what I did wrong?
Thanks again for all your recipes!!
Karen says
13th February 2015 at 10:37 pmMine came out like that too! Just little cookie balls. I wonder if I’m supposed to press them down before baking? I used full fat dairy cream cheese and xylitol. Did yours still taste good?
Mary Anne says
14th February 2015 at 2:07 amYes, they tasted great! I used the full fast cream cheese and part Splenda, part sugar. They really taste good, kind of like eating cookie dough ;). But I really would like to have mine look like Katie’s, LOL!
anonymous says
16th February 2015 at 5:06 pmIf you used part splenda, then you didn’t follow the recipe: https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/faq-page/recipe-questions-and-troubleshooting/
Mary Anne says
16th February 2015 at 8:55 pmOk, I guess I didn’t realize that ingredient would make the difference. Somewhere, I got the impression it was sweetener of choice, but I must have confused that with a different recipe.
Lauren says
14th February 2015 at 4:20 pmMine looked like puffy pillows when I took them out. So I gently pressed down with a spoon, and then they looked pretty much exactly like Katie’s. They are SO good!
Courtney says
24th February 2015 at 3:33 amMine did that too! I haven’t tried them yet but they look like the raw energy ball thingies instead of like Katie’s cookies. Hmmm.. I used everything exactly as she said!
Ilana says
26th February 2015 at 12:03 pmRead the recipe again. It says right in the directions to smush them down before baking if you want them to not be balls.
Courtney says
26th February 2015 at 1:53 pmI wasn’t talking about the shape I was talking about the color. Mine were not golden, they were brown! Lol. They tasted amazing so I guess that’s all that matters. Maybe it was the stevia? I don’t know. But it’s a keeper recipe for sure.
Ilana says
26th February 2015 at 9:43 pmWait, where in the recipe does it call for stevia?
M says
1st March 2015 at 5:40 pmWHY are all these people commenting that the recipe didn’t turn out when they DIDN’T FOLLOW THE RECIPE without saying they didn’t follow the recipe in their initial comment? That’s really not helpful to readers who are reading the comments wanting to get feedback of the recipe.
Grrrrrrrr.
Courtney says
1st March 2015 at 5:43 pmLOL!! Sorry to have ruffled your feathers SO much. Wow. Oh M, calm yourself. 🙂
BTW I just used stevia in place of regular granulated sugar. Didn’t realize it would change the look of the cookie so much! Either way, I’ll still be making these. I like them better than the chocolate chip cookies in her book but those are great as well! Katie’s recipes are a lifesaver!!! 😀
Rachel says
16th April 2015 at 3:21 amDid you heat the cream cheese up before adding it? Because I did and it melted the chocolate chips a little bit leading to a brown color.
Emma says
12th February 2015 at 5:37 pmThese are SO FREAKIN GOOD!
I’ve made two batches now, one for work and one all for me! Thank you, thank you, thank you for creating these little cookies of paradise and sharing them with us. I have not made a recipe yet from your site that hadng been a success all around. 🙂
Matea says
12th February 2015 at 1:22 pmI think Eat a Cookie Tuesday should become an official holiday!
Amber says
12th February 2015 at 7:06 pmHelp! #$%^&*()
I can’t stop eating these! Is there such a thing as a cookie that is *too* good?!?
Tania says
12th February 2015 at 11:45 pmJust took them out of the oven. Delicious! Thanks for the recipe, it is a keeper!
Alexa says
13th February 2015 at 12:45 pmI brought these into work about an hour ago, it is not even 8 am and they are already gone. True story. I don’t know if that means these cookies are awesome or we are pigs or maybe both! But I thought you’d get a kick out of this. 🙂
Thanks for the recipe!
Jenny says
13th February 2015 at 5:54 pmThese are absolutely amazing! I don’t think I will make regular old chocolate chip cookies for my family ever again. Thank you for the recipe!
Lauren says
14th February 2015 at 4:21 pmThese are like puffy pillows. They are SO good!
Hannah says
15th February 2015 at 11:19 pmThese cookies are boyfriend approved! He had no idea they were low calorie and made with spelt flour! He just kept eating them, even after I told him! Thanks Katie for making me look good in the kitchen!
Hannah says
15th February 2015 at 11:21 pmI just learned that the cookies are all gone and boyfriend is requesting more! 😉
Stephanie says
16th February 2015 at 1:30 pmOh Katie, you have no idea how much your blog means to me or how big of a help it has been to discover your site. My daughter has multiple allergies, including eggs and milk, and your recipes are actually something she can eat and enjoy! She might be one of your youngest Chocolate Covered fans :).
Thank you for posting your recipes, and this recipe in particular. We have made this chocolate chip cream cheese cookie recipe twice since you posted them.
anonymous says
16th February 2015 at 5:07 pm5 stars both from me and the hubs. Thanks for the recipe!
Taylor says
17th February 2015 at 10:07 amHi Katie! I just wanted to write and thank you for this recipe. It went down a treat with my friends and I. We love your recipes and our goal is to get through all of them someday. 😉
Jennifer says
18th February 2015 at 6:04 pmI can’t believe there’s no egg in here! They taste just like regular chocolate chip cookies and I would never believe they could be so healthy if I didn’t make them with my own two hands and see all the ingredients that went in. There is only one problem and that is that the cookies are too addictive!
Libby says
19th February 2015 at 2:08 amMine came out of the oven still in balls!
anonymous says
21st February 2015 at 1:44 pmWe loved these cookies. Great recipe.
Thanks!
TeacupsonaString says
22nd February 2015 at 10:54 pmI don’t suppose you have a single ladies version of this? if not I *suppose* I can share with my roomates 😉
Ilana says
26th February 2015 at 12:00 pmhttps://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/06/20/make-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Melissa says
23rd February 2015 at 8:30 pmHi Katie,
Does this recipe work doubled? Allergy kid and the rest of us can’t get enough of these AWESOME cookies!!!!
Unofficial CCK Helper says
27th February 2015 at 4:30 pmI think it would, but if you experiment then be sure to report back!
Melissa says
28th February 2015 at 11:58 pmThe recipe works doubled!!!! Double YUM! =)
In my oven, whether I make a single batch or double batch, they take 16 min. at 325
Ilana says
26th February 2015 at 11:58 amI made a batch of these, along with your peanut butter bliss balls, and both were a huge hit. Your recipes are the BEST. I have to tell everyone about you even though I’d kind of like to keep it my little secret. Now they know why my baking is so good 😉
Karlie says
28th February 2015 at 8:27 pmYesterday I found a lonely unopened tofutti tub that was about a week past it’s prime date. I didn’t want to throw away an opened tubbed, but I wanted to use a lot of it up quick before it got too old. Then I remembered this recipe and decided to whip up a double batch. I am so happy I decided to double this up, because these cookies are incredible. I don’t have tofutti around very often (and when I do, I guess I don’t even know I have it) but now I feel like I need to have it around just to make these cookies.
Sarah says
1st March 2015 at 10:55 pmHave now made this recipe more times than I can count, and more times than I’d like to admit!
Sarah says
13th March 2015 at 1:47 pmI made these today and they were great! I made “cream cheese” by placing whole fat plain yogurt in a coffee filter, and let all the water drain out. After 10 hours, the texture was like cream cheese! Really good, and healthier than cream cheese for those who aren’t vegan 🙂
Kelsey @ Snacking Squirrel says
17th March 2015 at 12:32 amnom nom nom!
Shreya says
17th March 2015 at 8:30 pmI AM EATING THESE COOKIES AS I TYPE! They are absolutely delicious <3<3<3
I actually didn't have any cream cheese on hand, so I subbed in canned pumpkin. And added a few drops of imitation butter extract. Fabulous!!!!! Perhaps a bit more crumbly than the original would have been (and a bit more orange), but nonetheless I'm exercising considerable restraint from going back to the kitchen for another….
Thank you Katie for yet another fantastic recipe! 🙂
Cara says
30th April 2015 at 3:42 pmI had extra cream cheese on hand so I decided to make them and absolutely loved them! My husband, who normally doesn’t like when I make “healthy” desserts as he says he can taste the difference, ate more than me. They are light and delicious – perfection.
sabrina says
5th May 2015 at 1:59 amMade these cookies tonight. They might be the best cookies I have every had!
Renee Ball says
5th May 2015 at 2:44 amDo these have to be stored in the refrigerator?
MK says
5th May 2015 at 3:32 pmI tried this recipe over the weekend and they were delicious. Family polished them off! thank you for sharing!
one question – I had to bake it for a bit longer than 10 minutes, do you think I may have had my proportions wrong?
Unofficial CCK Helper says
6th May 2015 at 4:28 pmMaybe your oven just needs to be calibrated or the humidity is different where you live. As long as they worked out, that’s the important part 😉
Beverly says
31st May 2015 at 3:36 pmHi,
These are fabu recipes! I love them all! Thank you for sharing!
Bev
maria says
20th June 2015 at 8:00 amThis looks amazing!
I was wondering if it would be possible to use Greek yogurt or cottage cheese instead of the cream cheese?