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    Hummusapien » Recipes » Dessert » Soft and Chewy No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

    ★★★★★ from 5 reviews

    Soft and Chewy No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Published Mar 27, 2017 · Modified Nov 8, 2021 · by Alexis Joseph · 26 Comments

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    These 7-ingredient Soft and Chewy No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies packed with wholesome ingredients make the perfect healthy snack! Vegan and gluten-free.

    Errrrmygerddddd the cookie gods have blessed me big time.

    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they come together in just minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.

    Life took a turn toward the crazies over the past couple weeks. I've found myself scrambling to get everything done and stay in one piece every time the weekend rolls around.

    Today was one of those days where I had an endless to-do list involving spending some time at Alchemy, cooking/photographing/blogging this recipe, cooking a few things for the week so I don't go hangry, and multiple rounds of hanging my head over the sink doing the sinus rinse dance (hi, relentless sinus infection!).

    Needless to say, 'tis a busy time! I started the day like any other Sunday with the fluffiest ever pancakes drenched in almond butter, blueberries, and maple syrup. Gotta start off strong when I know the day ahead is bound to be wild! Food first.

    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they come together in just minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.

    Then I thought about what I should make. What kind of food do I want when I know it's going to be a chicken-with-my-head-cut-off kind of week? NO BAKE COOKIES!! With seven ingredients of glory. The kind where I don't have to turn the oven on. The kind that are done less than fifteen minutes after I started making them.

    Today's fantastical recipes comes from my dear pal Arman's very first (there'll surely be more) cookbook, Clean Sweets! This book holds a really special place in my hummus heart because I've known the boy behind The Big Man's World for a long time.

    We both started blogs several years ago riddled with terribly blurry iPhone photography, tacky colored text, and the like.

    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they're come together in minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.

    The success I've seen from Arman is like nothing I've ever witnessed before. He blossomed nearly overnight from a newbie blogger to a celebrity-status no-bake bite king.

    He pretty much owns Pinterest and coconut flour and all the protein powder in the land. What sets him apart is that he walks to the beat of his own drum. Every success he's had is a product of tons of passion and hard work. I always knew he'd do big things and it's been so fun watching it all unfold.

    What you don't know about Arman is that despite his wild success in the blog world, he is still the hysterical beyond belief, caring, loyal, grounded soul I knew way back when The Big Man's World got three hundred page views a day.

    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they come together in just minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.

    When Arman lived in Cbus, he used to text me ordering me to swing by after work to try his latest creations. There was a period when my roommate would ask me on a weekly basis what desserts would be around that week.

    Brownies, rice krispie treats, bars, blondies, bites, cookies...you name it, I had it. I was one spoiled lady! I miss seeing him posted up at Alchemy watching me slave away behind the counter while he edited photos and ate endless bowls of tuna kraut, but I know he's in a better place traveling the world and blessing other fair ladies with his treats.

    The book is full of all the goodies I used to try and so many more. The focus is simple, high-protein desserts for one with plenty of gluten-free, sugar-free, vegan and paleo options. Basically anyone can enjoy his treats!

    Peanut Butter Cheesecake Mousse, Thick and Creamy Mocha Ice Cream, Snickerdoodle Cake Bars, Deep Dish Skillet Brownie...I can't freaking wait to bake my way through this baby.

    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they come together in just minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.

    I feel super warm and fuzzy to be able to share this recipe with you today.  If Arman were something edible, he'd be a no-bake bite---that's why I picked this recipe. Approachable, quick, tasty, and wholesome. The perfect package!

    The original recipe calls for optional protein powder, which I omitted. I highly recommend using cashew butter for the nut butter if possible for the best cookie-like flavor.

    Cookie on!

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    Soft and Chewy No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies

    ★★★★★ 5 from 5 reviews
    • Author: Alexis | Hummusapien
    • Prep Time: 15 mins
    • Total Time: 15 mins
    • Yield: 12 1x
    • Category: Dessert, Snack
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    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they come together in minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.


    Ingredients

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    • 1 ½ cups oat flour (I used ground old-fashioned oats, certified GF if necessary)
    • ¼ cup coconut flour
    • ⅛ tsp sea salt
    • ½ cup cashew butter (can sub almond butter)
    • ½ cup pure maple syrup
    • ½ tsp vanilla extract
    • ¼ cup chocolate chips

    Instructions

    1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
    2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours and sea salt. Mix well.
    3. In a microwave-safe bowl or on the stove top, melt nut butter and maple syrup (I did 30 seconds in the microwave) until they are combined. Stir in vanilla extract.
    4. Pour the syrup mixture into the dry mixture and mix until well combined. If it's dry, add a tablespoon of almond milk.
    5. Using your hands, form the batter into small balls and place them on the lined baking tray.
    6. Press each ball firmly into a cookie shape and top with chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until firm.

    Notes

    Reprinted with permission from Clean Sweets, © 2017 by Arman Liew, published by The Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton & Company

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    These tasty 7-ingredient No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies make the perfect healthy snack! Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats and cashew butter, they come together in just minutes. Vegan and gluten-free.

    About Alexis Joseph

    Oh HEY there! I'm Alexis Joseph, food writer, blogger, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), new mama, and co-founder of local restaurant group, Alchemy. I use my passion for cooking and wellness as fuel to help others ignite a more freeing and happy relationship with food. Learn more about Alexis!

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    1. Emma says

      June 29, 2020 at 9:40 pm

      These were featured on Buzzfeed! Congrats, girl!

      Reply
      • Alexis Joseph says

        June 30, 2020 at 11:21 pm

        Amazing, thanks for letting me know!

        Reply
    2. DMoose Fitness says

      June 25, 2020 at 3:48 pm

      Thank you for the recipe its like soo good but does it work well without chocolate chips?

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Alexis Joseph says

        June 29, 2020 at 6:10 pm

        I guess if you don't like chocolate chips you can leave them out? Then they're not chocolate chip cookies, though!

        Reply
    3. Best Daycare in Stafford says

      September 06, 2018 at 3:30 am

      OMG I've gone crazy looking around for this recipe? Made these for two times already and i swear to GOD this is the best cookie recipe, ever! I became a cookie goddess after I made these when infect I used to bake flat cookies before???

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    4. Remi says

      June 07, 2018 at 2:43 am

      Can’t wait to try! If don’t have oat flour, what can I substitute with?

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        June 07, 2018 at 10:45 am

        Oat flour is key for the cookie flavor. You can grind old fashioned oats in the blender or food processor until it reaches a fine flour and use that!

        Reply
    5. Viktor says

      May 14, 2017 at 3:43 pm

      This is soo yummy, my kids loove them!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    6. Jon says

      May 11, 2017 at 3:12 pm

      Love this recipe

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    7. lee says

      April 25, 2017 at 1:30 pm

      Wow, it's hard to get cookies of this quality more so with them being vegan AND gluten free to boot!
      I can't wait to give these a whirl! Awesome photography too, you make them look even tastier!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    8. Alexis says

      March 29, 2017 at 6:33 pm

      You're going to have a new fave for sure!

      Reply
    9. Lauren Grant | Zestful Kitchen says

      March 28, 2017 at 5:00 pm

      These look so chewy and delicious! Yum!

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 29, 2017 at 6:33 pm

        They're the BOMB.

        Reply
    10. Arman @ thebigmansworld says

      March 27, 2017 at 4:58 pm

      There is so much I want to say, but it is more than PG13 for this. Thank YOU for being the most incredible support pre-book, post book and post workout shake.

      I sincerely hope you sacrificed the single chocolate chip in the Tupperware for this.

      🙂

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 29, 2017 at 6:34 pm

        Love you to the quail egg moon.

        Reply
    11. Carrie says

      March 27, 2017 at 3:43 pm

      I shared a no-bake cookie recipe today, too! This one looks yummy! P.S. Loved your interview on the That's So Maven podcast. You're a wise and interesting woman!!

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 29, 2017 at 6:34 pm

        Awww thank you! I've never been calling "interesting" before but I totally take that as a compliment 🙂

        Reply
    12. ACKTIVE LIFE says

      March 27, 2017 at 12:20 pm

      I can't believe how ridiculously easy and delicious these look...GET IN MY BELLY! And seriously how do you only eat a couple of these...I would have no self-control. XOXO

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 29, 2017 at 6:34 pm

        Right?! Chocolate and self control just don't belong in the same sentence LOL.

        Reply
    13. Julia Mueller says

      March 27, 2017 at 9:56 am

      I remember the days I'd see you and Arman together on instagram and it just made me swoon! I met him briefly at Expo West last year when he was living in L.A. and he's such a bright person to be around! He really is the no-bake, few-ingredient king of the treat world, and his work is definitely inspiring. I have yet to get my hands on his book, and I really need to do this asap!Bring on them no-bake cookies!

      As a side note, I hope things level out and become a lil' less crazy for you work-wise! Let's take a vacation together, kay? Kay. You bring that gorgeous man of yours, meow, you hear? 😉

      Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 29, 2017 at 6:35 pm

        Awwww we miss yewwww! How have we never met? It bamboozles my wee brain. Off to go make his mocha ice cream that involves three million sweet taters weee! AND HELLA YAS TO THE VACA.

        Reply
    14. Susan says

      March 27, 2017 at 9:33 am

      my Clean Sweets just arrived in the mail and I'm anxious to start trying all Arman's goodies. 🙂

      Reply
      • Arman @ thebigmansworld says

        March 27, 2017 at 4:56 pm

        That means so much- Thank you, Susan! 🙂

        Reply
      • Alexis says

        March 29, 2017 at 6:35 pm

        Awww fun! Let me know what you make!

        Reply
    15. Sam @ Hygge Wellness says

      March 27, 2017 at 9:16 am

      I can't wait to make these! They're so easy to put together & I love how few ingredients there are! Thanks for sharing-- and congratulations to Arman for all the success and the gorgeous cookbook!

      Reply
    16. Carrie this fit chick says

      March 27, 2017 at 8:48 am

      I haven't had breakfast so you're teasing me here. I would totally pop one of these on my oatmeal! Yummy!

      Reply

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