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 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!