The Best Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Make healthy desserts or snacks for yourself and kids with the best healthiest chocolate chip cookie recipe I have ever tried and I have tried a lot! Scroll down for this gluten free, dairy-free, sugar-free, erythritol-free, sugar-alcohol-free, butter-free oat flour chocolate chip cookies.

Want to make any comfort food, snack or dessert healthy, gluten-free, sugar-free, oil-free for you or your little one? Hide veggies in your or your kid’s favorite foods with easy, healthy swaps and add-ins. Browse my Hidden Veggie Recipe Cookbook.

You and your pickiest eater can eat more veggies without trying to change your diet. You never have to buy, prep, serve, clean or throw away unwanted food ever again.

Read below and browse my Hidden Veggie Recipe Cookbook for kid-friendly comfort foods, snacks and sweet treats that contain hidden fruits, vegetables and protein. Every recipe is gluten-free, and can be made with dairy-free, sugar-free, nut-free and organic ingredients. I only share recipes with simple steps and ingredients that kids can help prepare in minutes. Add vitamins, minerals, fiber , antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory nutrients to any of your favorite foods.

Eat the Rainbow Starter Recipe

Doctors, nutritionists and social media “experts” tell us kids (and adults) must “eat the rainbow” every day. Steam, blend and freeze the veggies below and simply hide the thawed cubes in your favorite foods. See full "Starter Recipe" and my favorite hidden veggie recipes in my Hidden Veggie Recipe Cookbook.

Zucchini
Broccoli
Spinach
Green beans. (haricots verts)
Peas (for added protein)
Red and orange bell peppers
Orange and purple carrots
Beets (use in moderation to avoid altering flavor too drastically)

White Diet Starter Recipe

Is your kid averse to any foods with green, orange, red, purple, or anything not the color of bread? For the pickiest eaters, use my “white diet” hidden veggie mix to hide veggies without changing the color or flavor of common kid-favorite foods. My particular picky eater “white-diet” consists of bread, pasta, butter, eggs, turkey meatballs, chicken nuggets and chocolate protein "milkshakes." See full "Starter Recipe" and my favorite hidden veggie recipes in my Hidden Veggie Recipe Cookbook. The white vegetables below contain the same vitamin and antioxidant profile as their colorful counterparts in my “Eat the Rainbow” veggie mix.

Yellow peppers
White carrots
Yellow squash
Cauliflower
White string beans (haricots verts)
Golden beets (use in moderation to avoid altering flavor too drastically)

After you make the “Eat the Rainbow” and/or “White Diet” hidden veggie mix starter recipe and freeze the veggie purée in ice cube trays, simply microwave one or more hidden veggie cubes for 30 seconds each to mix into your child’s favorite foods. With just 30 extra seconds, you and your family can eat the rainbow every day.

Stir Cube(s) into Your Favorite Foods

Eggs (scrambled, omelet, frittata)
Protein "milkshake"
French Toast (add to egg/milk mix to dip bread)
Tuna fish
Chicken salad
Barbecue beef, chicken or pork
Shredded marinated chicken
Ground beef or turkey
Mashed potatoes
Mac and cheese
Buttered noodles
Tahini
Barbecue sauce
Teriyaki sauce

Spread a Thin Layer onto Your Favorite Foods

Quesadilla
Grilled cheese sandwich
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Cinnamon toast
Cream cheese bagel

Not-From-Scratch Baked Goods

Use your favorite baked good recipe or store-bought mix, and replace all of the water or milk and half of the oil or butter with puréed fruit. You can also microwave one or more hidden veggie cubes (page 3 – 5) for 30 seconds each, and mix them into the recipe. Use hidden veggie cubes sparingly to avoid changing the flavor too drastically. To freeze for later: Double or triple the recipe; Place on a flat surface to freeze; Once frozen, transfer to a freezer bag; Re-heat in microwave or toaster oven as needed.

Choose a Baked Good Mix

Pancakes
Waffles
Muffins
Cornbread
Bread loaf or rolls
Brownies
Cookies
Cake

Choose a Brand

Simple Mills (gluten free)
Kodiak (added protein)
Miss Jones (keto and paleo)
Hungry Harry’s (allergen free)
Lakanto (sugar free)

Replace all water or milk and half oil or butter with fruit:

Applesauce
Mashed banana
Fruit pouch (any fruit and vegetable combination)
Canned pumpkin, butternut squash or sweet potato
Pureéd Cauliflower

Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Notes

Add organic carrot powder, organic spinach powder, organic broccoli powder and/or organic beet powder for added hidden veggies or color for adventurous eaters.
For added protein, add organic hemp seeds for a hidden protein, omegas, iron, magnesium, potassium and more essential vitamins and minerals for a chocolate chip cookie protein bar. These soft, mild tasting seeds are nutrient powerhouses can be mixed into anything from salads to smoothies to secretly healthy ice cream milk shakes.
If you want a lectin-free chocolate chip cookie, replace oat flour with tiger nut flour or almond flour. Since oat flour is very absorbent (picture oats absorbing liquid when making oatmeal), you my need to reduce the liquid in the recipe).
For homemade chocolate chips, combine 4 TBLS melted organic virgin coconut oil, 5 TBLS cacao powder, 4 TBLS sugar-free maple syrup, 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract, sea salt. Pour and spread evenly in silicone chocolate chip molds, place flat in freezer until chocolate hardens and store in freezer until ready to use.

Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup oat flour (almond flour or tiger nut flour - see note)
1/4 cup monk fruit allulose brown sugar (or see note)
1/4 cup allulose (see note)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
2 TBLS organic virgin coconut oil
2 TBLS dairy free milk
1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup sugar-free dark chocolate chips (see note for homemade recipe)
Add organic carrot powder, organic spinach powder, organic broccoli powder and/or organic beet powder for added fiber, antioxidants and vitamins for a breakfast cookie or hidden veggie snack.
Optional mix-ins or toppings: hemp seeds (for added protein), cacao powder, stevia-sweetened dark chocolate chips, sugar-free natural sprinkles, shredded coconut, etc.

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 F.
Grease 1 large (or 2 small) stainless steel cookie sheet with organic virgin coconut oil or natural cooking spray.
- Alternatively, grease 8” stainless steel baking dish to cut square cookie bars.
Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl.
Mix in coconut oil with hands until flour is crumbly.
Stir in remaining wet ingredients with spoon.
Spoon 12 dollops of dough evenly on 1 - 2 stainless steel baking sheets.
- Alternatively, Spread dough evenly in 8” stainless steel baking dish.
Bake 10-11 minutes or when knife comes out clean.
Let cookies cool on stove top and store in air tight container in fridge for 2 weeks.
Eat at-home or on-the-go for healthy dessert, snack or even breakfast for toddlers, kids or adults.

Want to make any comfort food, snack or dessert healthy for you or your little one? Hide veggies in your or your kid’s favorite foods with easy, healthy swaps and add-ins. Browse my Hidden Veggie Recipe Cookbook.

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From my two-minute bread and cookie dough to my ten-minute chicken nuggets, biscuits, crackers, cookies and cakes, and more healthy hidden veggie meals, desserts, snacks, dinners and breakfasts like my easy, healthiest sugar-free, sugar-alcohol-free, erythritol-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, butter-free, oat flour coconut oil chocolate chip cookies that are fun and easy for kids and adults to “eat the rainbow” every day. Say goodbye to meal prep stress. You can feel good about eating and feeding your family healthy, unprocessed, comfort food, snacks and sweet treats that contain hidden fruits, veggies and nutrient-dense whole ingredients - start with my healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe for a delicious healthy dessert or guilt-free delicious breakfast idea for toddlers, kids and adults and try my Hidden Veggie Cookbook for more secretly healthy kid-friendly comfort food recipes recipes for healthy alternatives to junk food, snacks, fired food and desserts.