Oh yes.
I simply could not wait to post about my most recent creation in the kitchen.
I could probably live off of raw cookie dough if I had to. It is one of my most guilty pleasures. The only problem as we all know is that it is far from healthy.
Could I really create raw chocolate chip cookies that were delicious yet healthy too? I sought to find out!
Of course I researched a few raw chocolate chip cookie recipes online, and then I went to experiment!
Raw Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
Cookie dough:
- 1 3/4 cups ground raw cashews
- 3/4 cup ground raw oats
- 1/4 cup Agave Nectar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
Raw chocolate chips:
- 2 Tablespoon coconut oil
- 1/2 cup carob powder
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 4 T agave nectar (or maple syrup probably works)
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Dough: Grind up raw cashews and raw oats in a food processor or blender. Place all cookie dough ingredients into a large bowl and mix by hand or with a spoon. OR simply place all ingredients in the processor and blend (why didn’t I do this!? lol). Mix until a dough forms and you can make a large ball. Refrigerate dough while you make the chocolate chips.
Chips: Mix all chocolate chip ingredients together in a medium sized bowl. Roll the dough out onto parchment paper and place in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Optional: Half way through at 15 mins., flip the chocolate sheet over for even freezing.
When chocolate is frozen, cut into chips. This is the fun part! I used a pastry slicer and it was SO fun making the chips.
Mix chips into dough and have fun!
Place in fridge (if you have any left that is) to harden for about 30 mins. They get real hard! Make sure to refrigerate them on parchment paper or they will stick to the plate.
Notes: If you don’t have carob powder you can substitute it for cocoa powder just as easily. Alternatively, you may be able to sub the agave nectar for maple syrup or honey. If you try this and it turns out let me know!
Also note, I cut the recipe in half to make a smaller batch. Don’t be too worried about getting exact measurements here. They will still turn out, promise.
The best part is the total prep time (not including freezing and refrigerating) was 10 minutes! So quick and easy. These would be amazing to whip up before guests come over or for a quick birthday gift.
I adapted this recipe found here. I used much less coconut oil in both mixtures, substituted raw oats for groats, and I added vanilla and agave in the chocolate chips.
Flipping it after 15 mins of freezing:
WAY TOO MUCH FUN. Seriously. I can’t handle it.
Dare I say these were the best chocolate chips I have ever had?!?! I do, dare!!
I am feeling the love, are you?
Pure, sweet, rolled up bliss:
Ideas:
1) Roll out dough mixture and use cookie cutters.
2) Roll dough mixture into balls and then roll in coconut.
3) Add other mix-ins instead of chocolate chips, like raisins or chopped up dates.
The taste?
These raw chocolate chip cookies BLEW MY MIND! Seriously I was NOT expecting this. I could not stop eating this stuff. It was pure heavenly bliss with some great health benefits to boot! :)
I have been looking for a one lucky duck chocolate chip cookie copycat recipe… this one looks perfect! I might try dehydrating them a little too! Thanks!
I ended up using store bought vegan carob chips instead of your recipe, which I think was a big mistake. Especially since I have all the ingredients for the raw chips–i just hadn’t realized. I don’t like the chips I bought at all–taste too processed.
The dough was really good though! maybe i tad too much vanilla. I used 1/2 agave 1/2 maple and it was still yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I have a question about agave nectar use: I have recently read that agave nectar is not something found readily in nature, that it in fact has to go through serious processing much like HFCS and the resultant syrup is not much different from HFCS. What are your thoughts?
WOWOWOWOW!!! Totally amazing. I made these the day after I made “regular” chocolate chip cookies, and discovered that I like these even better!!! I used ground sprouted buckwheat instead of oats. Thank you SO much for all of the pictures and the recipe. Wow. <3
Wowwoo! These look awesome! Going now to get the ingredients at Vitamin Cottage! Thanks, Fae, for showing me this site!
I can’t possibly describe how delicious these are. I have made them twice. The last time I made them, I ate the entire bag within a week–and I was proud of myself for showing such restraint…truly I could have eaten them all within a day! I leave out the grouts and use all cashews. TRY THESE. They are U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E.
i didn’t have cashews so i used 1 1/4 cup of almonds, 1/4 cup of pecans, and 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds and they turned out amazingggg :)
I made these on the weekend and added some unsweetened coconut flakes and milled flax to the mix. YUM!!!
Seriously. Delicious.
I can’t wait to try this! I’m going to give it a whirl tonight. I might try adding ground salba to the dough….
Oh, and do you melt the coconut oil first? I have a jar in my pantry but I’m not sure what to do with it exactly, haha. Thanks for the recipe!
these are amazing! my boyfriend is a raw vegan, and i’m trying to get there, but i’ve been dying without chocolate. these are the perfect fix. i substituted honey for the agave (cause i’ve heard some awful stuff about the way agave is processed) and they were delicious. thanks for sharing! totally love the heart shape, too :)
I life in Boston and it was SWELTERING last night! The temperature reached 100 degrees F. I decided to make a treat without the oven and made these! They are DELICIOUS! I didn’t have any measuring cups and used a shot class and drinking glass but they came out great! I rolled them in unsweetened flaked coconut and they were delicious! I haven’t made anything resembling a dessert in a long time but I’m so excited to try more recipes. Thank you so much Angela! You are a beautiful person, I can feel myself glowing too!
-Jen
These sound delicious! I am just curious, because I didn’t think cocoa powder was raw, can you use cacao powder instead?
These remind me of Fudge Babies!! (but not quite :))
Is there anything that can be a substitute for coconut oil?
Love your blog SO MUCH!!!
I wonder, could you substitute some of the oat flour with coconut flour and add more coconut oil or water? I have a lot of coconut flour and I am not sure how to use it. Any helpful suggestions? :)
I made your cookies today. I really like them & they were so easy to make. I just have one question? is the dough supposed to be so crumbly? Both doughs were really crumbly, did I do something wrong? Taste is great however!!!
Thank you for the recipe & any comments you might have for me.
Hi there! Nope the dough isn’t supposed to be crumbly. I would try adding more sweetener (agave or maple syrup). Hope this helps!
HOW DID I MISS THIS POST????? I will be making these soon and sharing away, thanks Maggie girl!
xo
Heidi
Oops, sorry Angela! I didn’t realize I had left “She Let Them Eat Cake,” where I saw the link to this post, too early in the morning! *embarrassing* :-D
I didn’t make the cookies, but I did make the chocolate. OMG! It’s so AWESOME! I love the dark chocolate taste and that a little bit keeps me satisfied and not wanting more. I’m blown away at how easy it is to make such a delicious recipe.
I substituted peppermint extract for vanilla with excellent, minty results.
Thanks, Angela! :-)
What would be good in these cookies too would be raisins (like you mentioned already, haha), or chocolate covered raisins. Another good add in would be coconut, like you said. These cookies are sooo good! It’s too bad mine are finished already :P. I had tried to melt the chocolate chips from this recipe in the microwave, so I could use it for the Chocolate Banana Coconut Bliss. Unfortunately, that didn’t work… Instead I got burnt chocolate. Angela, do you perhaps have a recipe for chocolate chips that will melt? If you could make it raw that would be great!
I’ve been looking high and low for a raw chocolate cookie recipe! Thank you, and love the photos that go along with your experience. I’m off to the kitchen…
This recipe is literally no-fail. We made chocolate covered “bites” out of the dough. Check out the pics!
http://sketch-freeveganeating.blogspot.com/2010/09/raw-frozen-cookie-dough-bites-vegan-gf.html?showComment=1285367352588#c8186581131321245560
Pure delight, I am gonna try this REAL soon.
Thanks for posting!
Love from The Netherlands!
Christina
These are AMAZING! I’ve shared them with my kids, and co-workers who don’t usually eat healthy food, and they’ve been loved by all! Thanks for sharing!
Just made two batches of these for a Raw Potluck in Seattle, WA and had nothing but rave reviews for these cookies. When tasted them prior to bringing them, just for scientific purposes, they were soo delicious. Almost kept them all for myself.
Altered the recipe a little bit and used raw honey along with a little mesquite pod meal in there as ran short on carob powder. Used about 2/3 of the chocolate chips for each batch of dough
Made them into cookie balls, brought them to the picnic/potluck and life was amazing. THANKS!
Excellent Recipe! I made 1/2 batch knowing that I have no self restraint. I had to add an extra 1/2 T of coconut oil to the chocolate (so 1/1/2T) in order to incorporate the dry to wet. I used maple syrup because I am a lucky girl who has a dad that makes it, therefore always have it in supply! These came out more tasty than most things I’ve eaten; raw or not! Next time, I’m going to try sprouted oat berries for the cookies and adding spirulina to the chocolate for more nutritional merit. Kudos! Loved them!
Thanks for this recipe! I didn’t have raw oats so I made flour with some quinoa – worked great!
I just made these and I could eat the whole thing! I made a couple changes- peanuts and almonds instead of cashews (i hate cashews) and honey because I don’t have agave. They were SO AMAZING! mmm…I think I’ll mix the leftover chocolate into my oatmeal at breakfast time :)
My sister specifically asked for 5 batches of these for Christmas! We LOVE them! Maybe a little too much..once we (mostly me) ate a whole batch in a day…oops.
Is the agave nectar 4 T stand for tablespoons?
Yes it does :)
i made this recipe,ohhh my, my new favorite!!! i made some changes though.instead of all the nuts..too many calories,i added more oats ,1 cup inexchange for nuts.i also added 2 t. butter extract. i found it to be helpful before thou put the chip batter in the freezer that you score the chips for easier cutting.i used my pizza wheel cutter.worked perfectly!! thanks again for an awesome raw treat!!!
I made these but substituted chocolate with dried cranberries as I cold not get hold of carob powder. They still turned out lush, and I even took them into work. All the staff loved them and were shocked when I said that they were vegan and had agave nectar in instead of sugar. They all asked for the recipe and wanted me to make them again! Fab recipe, thank you!
I’m allergic to cashews :( what could I substitute for instead?
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing. I made my first batch of cookies Wednesday of this week, before seeing this post. I have not made the chocolate chips yet. I also dehydrated them. The are good and chewy and the measuremnt are about the same too!
ground raw cashews
ground raw oats
Agave Nectar
vanilla extract
coconut oil
raw honey
salt
Read more: http://ohsheglows.com/2009/05/03/raw-chocolate-chip-cookies/#ixzz2zG3yyptTseeing your post. I used the same ingredients
Hrm
Tried these and didn’t taste much of anything, good or bad ..
So I tried to add some flavor with cinnamon, but it just made the dough too grainy.
Maybe half cashews, half pecans next time? Or get lax about the whole vegan thing and use honey, because agave nectar is flavorlessly sweet and weird to me. Except I probably won’t do a next time. Not baking or buying cookies has been working for me so far.