These homemade flourless chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy, and so delicious. It’s the perfect recipe for bake sales, lunch boxes, snack or dessert!
Easy flourless chocolate chip cookies
Did you know that chocolate chip cookies can talk?
It’s true. Every time I pass by a plate of cookies sitting on the kitchen counter, they call out to me, informing me of their existence and telling me that I want to eat them.
As if I needed a reminder.
And with five stars and over 500 positive reader reviews, clearly this flourless chocolate chip cookie recipe speaks to you all as well.
Homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies symbolize everything that is good in the world: love, comfort, wholesomeness, and gooey chocolate chips.
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Why you’ll love these healthy flourless oatmeal cookies
The best chewy texture. If traditional chocolate chip cookies are good, these are even more delicious than normal cookies, because they take out the flour and replace it with soft, hearty rolled oats instead.
Rich, elevated flavor. Without all the dense and starchy wheat flour to weigh the cookie down, each distinct flavor and texture really shines. The oats lend a natural sweetness to every bite, and they have the perfect amount of chocolate chips.
Guests love them. The cookies are a huge party favorite. I first created the recipe over a decade ago and have been making them for book clubs, birthday parties, and potlucks ever since!
Portable dessert option. They are easy to transport and can be left out on the counter without melting as long as it is not too hot. Guests of all ages and dietary preferences love the classic flourless chocolate chip cookies.
Also try these Homemade Protein Bars
Key ingredients
To make the recipe, you need rolled or quick oats, chocolate chips, sweetener, baking soda, salt, butter or oil, and milk of choice.
Rolled oats – I like traditional old fashioned Scottish or Irish oats. Quick oats or instant oats can work in a pinch. Do not use steel cut oats.
For gluten free flourless cookies, look for certified gluten free oats at the grocery store or pick up a bag of rolled quinoa flakes.
Chocolate chips – Feel free to use mini or regular dark chocolate, semi sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, or a combination of chocolate chips.
To create vegan flourless chocolate chip cookies, simply use dairy free chocolate chips, plant based butter or oil, and nondairy milk.
Sugar – Good sweetener options include regular granulated sugar, brown sugar, packed unrefined coconut sugar, or sugar free xylitol.
If you experiment with other options like pure maple syrup, honey, agave, or stevia, let me know how it goes.
Fat source – Coconut oil, vegetable oil, or softened butter all work well.
You may substitute softened peanut butter or almond butter, or plant based butter.
I do not recommend leaving out the fat unless you want fluffy muffin cookies instead of chewy, buttery ones.
Customizations – Suit the cookies to your personal tastes by stirring in a pinch of cinnamon or a handful of diced walnuts, pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts, or shredded coconut along with the chocolate chips.
Preparing the recipe for a family party or overnight guests? You can easily double or triple all ingredients to feed a large crowd.
The recipe is naturally egg free and can also be oil free, nut free, and sugar free. For those who want keto cookies with no flour, I include an option in the recipe box.
For low carb cookies, try Coconut Flour Cookies
Step by step recipe video
How to make flourless chocolate chip cookies
- Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Blend the oats, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a food processor or blender until the texture resembles that of flour.
- Mix with the chocolate chips, oil or butter, and milk of choice to form a cookie dough. If too dry, slowly add up to one tablespoon additional milk of choice.
- Use either a cookie scoop or your hands to roll cookie dough balls, and place them on a greased baking sheet. The cookies will spread more with butter than with oil, so press each cookie down a little if you use oil and prefer flatter cookies to puffy cookie balls.
- Bake on the oven’s center rack for just eight minutes, remove from the oven, and let them cool an additional ten minutes, during which time they will firm up nicely.
Storage tips and tricks
Store flourless chocolate chip cookies as you would traditional chocolate chip cookies.
Leftovers can be refrigerated or stored in a container or cookie jar.
The cookies should stay fresh for up to a month or possibly longer when covered and stored in a cool, dry place.
Want instant chocolate chip cookies without all the work? Freeze leftovers in an airtight covered container for up to six months. Thaw, and enjoy.
A great trick to keep soft and chewy cookies from turning dry and brittle is to add a small slice of bread to the container.
This chocolate chip cookie recipe inspired my Healthy Oatmeal Cookies.
Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (for grain free, try these Keto Cookies)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp butter or oil
- 2 1/2 tbsp milk of choice
Instructions
- To make the flourless chocolate chip cookies, first preheat the oven to 350 F. Blend the first 4 ingredients in a food processor or blender until they form a fine flour consistency. Mix with remaining ingredients to create a cookie dough texture. Using a cookie scoop or your hands, roll or form into balls, and place on a greased cookie sheet. Cook 8 minutes for soft cookies or 10 minutes for crispy cookies. Then remove from the oven when still undercooked. Let cool before handling, and they will firm up. Feel free to double the recipe!View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
More Easy Cookie Recipes
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Or these Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
I just made these and they taste AMAZING! There is really no difference in taste between these and a regular chocolate-chip oatmeal cookie. My sister was a little skeptical when I told her they were flourless, but she loves them too!
I just wanted to share my positive feedback. I just made these! At first I tried to mix the ingredients in the magic bullet after I blended the first 5. I had to switch over to a bigger bowl and then it mixed well. They were absolutely delicious! Honestly, you are amazing. Thank you for sharing these recipes. I will keep following you as I’ve made some tasty things provided through you! 🙂
What kind of chocolate chips do you use in your recipes? 🙂
Depends on what’s available. Whole Foods vegan brand, Enjoy Life, Ghirardelli (gold package), Guittard, Sunspire… 🙂
Is preheating necessary?
Yes. It takes time for the oven to reach the desired temperature. I guess you could skip it and just bake the cookies longer.
Thank you! I made them and they were absolutely delicious – soft and chewy. They didn’t stick together though, I probably need to run the oats in the food processor longer next time. I loved them nonetheless and healthy as a plus 😀
I let mine sit long enough for hem to firm up, if not they will fall apart.
i just made these and they were amazing! so easy and fast too. perhaps a little dangerous that i can make these in 10 minutes…
thanks for the recipe!
Hi
I have done a quick nutritional count for these – I made 12 in total using coconut oil.
So per cookie it makes- 55 cal, 8g carbs, 2.4g fat, 1g protein.
Hope this is helpful to people like me who need to keep an eye out (I have no gallbladder, so poor fat tolerance, although I tolerate coconut oil quite well).
In other news, my husband who was recently diagnosed with coeliac, adores these! Thank goodness I already knew about your site, Katie, it has been a godsend when baking for a hungry toddler, coeliac husband and my low /healthy fat needs!
Thanks, Boo!
Hopefully it’ll be more helpful that I now provide full nutritional info for all the recipes. Maybe someday I can go back and do the old ones!
I’m so glad these turned out well for you :).
love these cookies! just made them, so delicious and easy to put together 🙂 I added more choco chips of course haha
Mm, I literally JUST made these and they are so delicious, I can honestly say that they are the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made and you can tell that they’re healthy because you don’t feel like garbage after eating them, I also love that this recipe only makes a small batch, perfect for a light snack, for substitutions I used brown & white sugar, dark chocolate chips, coconut oil and unsweetened original almond milk
I made these two weeks ago, last week and today. I like to add a little vanilla. They remind me of cookies that I used to make with my Nana when I was a youngster. Love it:)
delicious… I mean omg good…