this easy healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe yields chewy cookies with crispy edges and lots of chocolate chips!
What do you typically do to pass the time indoors? Growing up, all I thought you could do was: watch TV, read a book, watch TV, talk to yourself, play with dolls, and watch even more TV.
Then, sneak in a quick sesh of quietly going through the cabinets and whipping up a some crazy treat made with whatever I could find without my mom knowing. And trying not to light the house on fire while doing it.
As a much wiser (okay, fine… not really) adult, I’ve broadened my horizons to so much more: less TV watching, playing board games, still talking to myself, and still, yes, proudly still whipping up all manner of treats with whatever I can find in my cabinets.
How about you?
Easy Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m kinda hoping that you’ve got everything you need to whip up today’s super yummy, totally indoor-activity-worthy easy vegan treat: easy healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! No crazy ingredients required, no TV-watching involved, whatsoever. (And maybe a little healthy talking to yourself.)
More Oatmeal Cookies You’d Love: Simple & Easy Vegan Oatmeal Cookies (GF) + Gluten Free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (GF, Dairy-Free)
The Taste & Texture of Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies were a reader favorite when I shared them back in November 2018, and they still remain a big favorite today.
My favorite easy healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies yield mouthwatering crispy edges, chewy and moist centers, with an abundance of satisfying oatmeal flavor and melty chocolate morsels. Bonus: these healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free… just like my 3 ingredient no bake peanut butter oatmeal cookie cups. 🙂
How to Store Easy Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
To store your healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, simply cool completely and store in an airtight container. Keep for up to 2 weeks away from direct sunlight or other heat sources.
To freeze your healthy oatmeal cookies: store in a freezer-friendly container for 1-3 months. Just remember to thaw cookies for about 20 minutes before enjoying. Quick thaw by heating in the microwave in 10-second increments until just warm.
>>Related: 35+ Best Vegan Cookie Recipes
Recommended Tools for the Best Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Champagne Gold Chef Cookie Sheet + Parchment Paper Sheets: the hunt for the perfect, never-warping, even-heating cookie sheet is over. This baby is beautiful, so amazingly useful and yields amazing results. Bonus? I found the exact pre-cut sheets to fit perfectly into the champagne gold cookie sheet!
- Medium Cookie Scoop: you know I’ve been raving about this cookie scoop for years. And I still stand by it! 😉 These cookie scoops have been with me through 1,000s of batches of cookies, with cookie dough so tough even an ice cream scoop would run away from it. Lol. I highly recommend getting this (and honestly, getting at least 3.)
- Vegan Chocolate Chips or Sugar Free Chocolate Chips: my two favorite chocolate chips! Both tasty, one for the regular days and one for my lower sugar days. 😉 Both vegan + dairy-free.
How’d you like passing the time with me in the kitchen? Best indoor activity, amiright? 😉 Let me know in the comments below if you made my recipe—you know I love hearing from you! Thank you so much for stopping by. It truly means a lot to me to share in these kitchen moments with you and your loved ones. ‘Til the next baking adventure…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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Easy Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- Total Time: 41 minutes
- Yield: 28-34 cookies (mine made 32 cookies) 1x
Description
Easy Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: this easy healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe yields chewy cookies with crispy edges and lots of chocolate chips! Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Healthy.
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- ½ cup unsalted, natural creamy almond butter
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 flax eggs (2 tablespoons golden ground flaxseed + 6 tablespoons water, whisked together, set for 15 minutes)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free rolled oats
- ¾ cup gluten free oat flour – if using homemade oat flour, make sure it’s very finely ground (not coarse)*
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
Add-ins
- 1 cup sugar free chocolate chips or vegan chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (or your favorite add-in)
Optional Topping
- 3–4 tablespoons sugar free chocolate chips or vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients: coconut oil, almond butter, coconut sugar, maple syrup, flax eggs and vanilla. Whisk until the mixture resembles caramel.
- In a large bowl, using a rubber spatula, stir together all of the dry ingredients: oats, oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- Pour the wet mixture over the dry mixture. Using the spatula, fold and stir until well mixed. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop and drop cookie dough balls on the prepared cookie sheet, spread evenly apart. Optionally, dot the cookie tops with chocolate chips. Using a fork, flatten cookies to slightly chunkier than desired thickness—cookies will spread and flatten a bit. Cookie dough will be sticky.
- Bake for 12-18 minutes. Mine took 16 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for about 10 minutes (on a cooling rack). Transfer cookies directly to a cooling rack to cool completely before storing. Storing instructions below. Enjoy!
Oatmeal Cookies For You
Notes
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Vegan Chocolate Chips or Sugar Free Chocolate Chips | Natural Almond Butter | Coconut Oil | Coconut Sugar | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- A Note on Homemade Oat Flour: *If using homemade oat flour, make sure to blend the flour until very fine and sift the flour to remove coarse bits of oats that could create less than ideal results. Store until needed, then measure the amount required for the recipe.
- Storing Instructions: Store in an airtight container for 1-2 weeks.
- Freezing Instructions: Store in a freezer-friendly container or bag. Keep for up to 1-3 months. Thaw at room temperature for about 20 minutes before enjoying.
- Recommended Tools: Champagne Gold Chef Cookie Sheet + Parchment Paper Sheets | Medium Cookie Scoop
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 16 mins
- Category: Dessert, Snacks
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
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Do you have nutritional information for the cookies? Calorie count, in particular? Thanks, love this recipe.
I love this recipe! first try the other day went way too fast, today I’m back for a double batch!
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That’s awesome! I’m so happy to hear it, Cara. 🙂 Double batches of fresh-baked oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a must! Happy baking. 🙂
Gave these a try this afternoon and they were a hit even with my picky eaters! Easy and healthy, indeed!
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Oh yes! No better complement than satisfying a picky eater. 🙂
I was looking for a healthy cookies recipe! This sounds amazing!
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What perfect timing!
I love it! Easy, healthy, and so delicious! My kids can’t stop eating these cookies!
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Love it! So glad to hear Toni!
Awesome tasty cookies! Love how simple and healthy they are
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Yep! Easy, healthy and totally delish! 😋
These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies would disappear in our house!
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Haha oh I’ll bet! 😉
I’m always looking for heathy grab n go snacks! These were delicious with the perfect amount of chewiness. I have some ready in my freezer for whenever I need them!
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Same here! Healthy grab n go snacks are the best! I’m so glad that you enjoyed my recipe. 🙂 Happy baking, Tara!
Yum! These are so delicious and tasty! I LOVE oatmeal and adding the chocolate chips made it so scrumptious! My family loves these cookies. Thanks!
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Woohoo! That’s simply wonderful to hear Beth! 😊
These cookies are a tasty healthy take on a classic. Didn’t last long in my house!
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Woohoo! So glad to hear it Angela!
If I can make a healthy cookie that looks this good, I am all about it!
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Oh yeah you can! Happy baking Jill!
Healthy cookies you say? That means I an eat them for breakfast, right? They look amazing.
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LOL I like the way you think Dannii! 😂
I LOVE oatmeal to bits, so this is the perfect recipe for me! Adding choc chips makes it all the more enjoyable and I can’t wait to give it a go. Thanks for sharing!
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Same here! 😋 I think you’re really gonna enjoy these Jeannette!
I love these! I’ve been looking for refined sugar free snacks, so thanks for the recipe!
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Wonderful! You’re so welcome Julia!
Thank you for sharing this fantastic recipe. A real winner.
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Woohoo! That’s so wonderful to hear Helen!
Can I use regular eggs?
Hi Laurie! I haven’t tried it myself, but it should be fine. Happy baking!
Made these today! I added whole wheat flour and used 2 real eggs instead of flax eggs, and brown sugar instead of coconut sugar.
I never bake, so my question is if my cookies turned out a little bit dry and “cake-y”, how could I avoid this in the future? They’re very yummy but fall apart and aren’t super chewy, if that makes sense. I may have overcooked but want to see if there could have been another reason for when I make these next time!
Hi Makayla, yeah, it looks like something went wrong here. These cookies are supposed to be chewy and not cakey at all, with no issues sticking together. Did you use drippy, natural almond butter? It should be very liquidy & greasy (lol). Also, did you use large eggs? If the eggs were too large, that could increase cakeiness as well. Good luck!
We love these cookies! I have made them several times for family and friends, and no one can believe they are gluten free and vegan! They are making an appearance at least once a month now!
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Woohoo! I’m so thrilled to hear it Diana! . Thanks for taking the time to let me know how much you enjoy them.
I love chewy cookies and chocolate chips of course. So glad you made these cookies healthy so I can feel good about having two or three.
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LOL yes! These are cookies we can all feel god about eating! 😉
These look so deliciously moist and creamy! Who doesn’t love a great classic such as this one!
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Oh you know it Cathy! .
This was just the sweet treat I was looking for! The oats provide such a satisfying crunch! Perfectly delicious!
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Woohoo! So happy to hear it!
These look so incredibly good! And I love that you have almond butter in them, that adds that extra taste of goodness. Definitely trying these!
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Oh it most definitely does! . Happy baking Denise!
I am going to give these a go. They look gorgeous. Thanks for the recipe. Sharing it now.
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Aw thanks Jacqueline! I think you’re really gonna enjoy them!
What would you recommend in place of the nut butter for my very allergic family? Excited to make these!
Hi Susie! You could use sunflower seed butter or soy butter. 🙂 Hope your fam enjoys them!
Crazy enough, both sunflower and soy butter are also on the major allegen list for my kids. Could I just use regular butter (even though it isn’t as healthy)?
Hm, that’s a tough one. I haven’t tried it, so I can’t say for sure, but you could try using melted butter. It might take some adjusting to get this texture of the cookie right. Let me know how it turns out!
I’ve been on a quest for fun desserts I can make once a week that aren’t going to make me feel bad every time I take a bite. It’s so hard to find recipes that still taste good when you cut out all the sugar/butter, but this recipe tastes BETTER than a normal cookie! It’s filling if you just have one, and my entire family loves them. I’ve been making them for a few months now. I thought I’d keep looking for more recipes, but this is my go-to. Thank you so much!!
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I know EXACTLY where you’re coming from!!! I was so over feeling guilty about dessert (and so was my mom)—hence, my healthier versions of them. It makes me so, so happy and satisfied knowing that you & your family are enjoying my recipes (and not feeling one bit of guilt). Thanks for stopping by and letting me know. Hugs!
What can you substitute for the coconut sugar? Can I use honey, more maple syrup or monk fruit sweetener and how much if I am substituting it?
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Hi Shash! You could sub organic brown sugar at 1:1, or perhaps a granulated monk fruit sweetener (though I haven’t tried this yet). I would not recommend using more maple syrup or other liquid sweetener. Let me know how it turns out!
These are delicious, and are now one of our favorite cookies! Thanks for a great recipe!
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Woohoo! I’m so happy to hear it Diana! . Thank you for taking the time to let me know!
Love this! Allergic to nuts though. Do you have any other recos? Thanks so much!
Hi Nic! This recipe might work better for you: https://beamingbaker.com/best-gluten-free-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe-gf-vegan-dairy-free/
Happy baking! .
Can I substitute something else for the coconut oil?
Hi Sarah, try melted dairy-free butter or perhaps a flavorless cooking oil. I haven’t tried those options, but they’re the closest subs. Enjoy!
This looks so delicious and easy to make.. I always have tough time making cookies and never get them right! Definitely trying to these 🙂
These are so easy to make, and super tasty. I know you’ll love them Soniya!
Hi!
can I use Bran oats instead of
& what ingredient can I use instead of the gluten free oat flour, if I do eat gluten…?
Thank you so much!
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Hi Ariel! I think part of your comment got cut off—can you clarify on the bran part of your question? For the GF oat flour, you can sub with white whole wheat flour or perhaps regular all purpose flour. Enjoy!
How would switching the almond butter out for Adams peanut butter work? I can’t have almonds. They sound delicious!
Hi Patricia! That should work out fine. Happy baking! 🙂
Can’t wait to try the cookies.
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Oh yay!! Can’t wait to hear what you think. 🙂 Okay, I’m gonna look into Monopoly Deal!! Thanks for the recommendation, Eileen. 🙂
these photos are mouth watering I would love one or two with my cup of coffee right now and I can tell they are delicous
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Aw thank you Claudia! . Oh, these are excellent with a cup of coffee!
What a great healthy alternative to one of my favorite cookies. I really like the addition of the almond butter. Can’t wait to make these!
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Yes! The almond butter really adds something special. Can’t wait to hear what you think!
I’m always on the search for a healthier chocolate chip cookie that’s now only easy but also delicious! This is for sure my new go-to!
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Haha well now your search is over! . Happy baking Kim!
Oh my goodness now it’s my favorite cookies! I want to thank you for this great recipe! Looks very tasty. I want to eat it every day! You are a genius and I save your recipe!
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Aw you are so welcome. . Thank you for the kind words Mary!
These are absolutely gorgeous and oh-so-tempting! You’ve managed to make my favorite type of cookie healthy and for that, you deserve a parade!
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LOL thank you Lisa! . These cookies are seriously amazing, I think you’ll really love them!