These delicious Healthy Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are a hit even if you aren’t into healthy. But it sounds way better when you know deep-down they are healthy and they taste good at the same time. It’s like a win-win!
These healthier oatmeal cookies so easy to make and can be ready to be eaten within 20 minutes or so! They also can be made various ways to fit your diet needs.
They require no flour, no eggs and some healthy alternatives to making these cookies the way you want with simple pantry ingredients you use on a day-to-day basis.
Healthier Cookie Options!
Gluten free – Use gluten free oats
Vegan – Use dairy-free chocolate chunks or chips, maple syrup, organic peanut butter and and organic sugars like coconut sugar or Zulka. For more options check out these vegan sugar companies.
Keto – Use Keto maple syrup like Lakanto Maple Syrup
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Now that it’s a new year, if you’re craving something with peanut butter, chocolate and oats all wrapped up in healthy cookies, you’re good to go! They are hearty and delicious for snacking and super easy to make.
You might also love these Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal Bars! Enjoy!
Healthy Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup oat flour or gluten free oat flour
- 3/4 cup rolled oats or 1 minute oats or gluten free rolled oats
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup maple syrup sugar-free can be used
- 1/4 cup sugar of choice brown, coconut, white or sugar-free
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter or any nut butter
- 2 tablespoons oil of choice room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add-Ins:
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chunks or chips sugar-free and dairy-free can be used. Can also sub in raisins, dried cranberries, nuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir well to combine. Add in the chocolate chunks and stir again.
- Using a heaping tablespoon measure or 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop, roll the cookies into balls and line them up on a baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between each cookie.
- Gently press down on the cookies to lightly flatten.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- Cool for 2 minutes on the baking tray and then transfer them to a wire cooling rack. Devour!
Notes
- To make oat flour, just use a high tech blender or food processor and blend/process until oats resemble flour.
- Peanut Butter: Can sub any nut butter if desired.
- Oil - Needs to be room temperature, if you are using melted coconut oil.
- Chocolate - Use milk, dark, sugar-free, white or peanut butter chips.
- Gluten free - Use gluten free oats
- Vegan - Use dairy-free chocolate chunks or chips, maple syrup, organic peanut butter and and organic sugars like coconut sugar or Zulka. For more options check out these vegan sugar companies.
- Keto - Use Keto maple syrup like Lakanto Maple Syrup
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