Satisfy your cookie cravings with soft, chewy, chip-speckled oat flour chocolate chip cookies. Date sweetened and oil-free for a healthy but still scrumptiously sweet treat!
Soft like a pillow, chewy, chip-speckled, date-sweetened, easy, oaty, insanely healthy, vegan chocolate chip cookies!
That’s what these should be called, but the title bar wasn’t big enough.
Chocolate chip cookies were never my favorite. Chocolate chip cookie dough? Love that stuff. Chocolate chip cookie dough Larabars? The best flavor in my opinion. But when it comes to the actual cookies I never understood the hype. But that has changed because of THESE COOKIES!
They are quite simple, but quite extraordinary. Made with my favorite flour: oat. Made with my favorite baking fruit: dates. Made with my favorite mix-in: chocolate!
The cookie base in these oat flour chocolate chip cookies is soft and chewy. The melty chips bring the gooey.
I was drowning in cookies last week after so many trials, and I appreciate all the generous offers on Instagram to take them off my hands. But I can tell you that they all found good homes in happy cookie-loving bellies (mostly mine). There might have been one night last week when oat flour chocolate chip cookies made up a good portion of my dinner, but hey they’re healthy. Oats, dates, milk…it’s practically like eating oatmeal. Well oatmeal + chocolate.
The batch in the video is made with mini chocolate chips, which I love even more. More tiny chocolate bursts in each bite. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup of chips, but a few extra for good luck is always okay too.
I really like Enjoy Life chocolate chips (regular-sized or mini) because they are vegan and have a very short ingredient list. If you want a non-processed fruity alternative to chocolate chips in your cookies, you could use my Chocolate Bits instead.
Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 8 -10 1x
Ingredients
- 14 pitted medjool dates
- 1 1/4 cup oat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp tapioca starch (you can sub cornstarch)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1/4 cup vegan chocolate chips (or more)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Blend the dates and non-dairy milk on high to make a paste.
- Mix together the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the date paste. Stir to combine.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Divide into balls. Arrange on a pan and press down lightly to flatten them into cookies (wetting your hand helps if they are too sticky).
- Bake for 15 minutes at 375F.
- Cool then munch away.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 21g
- Fat: 4g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 3g
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Always sneakin in the dates 😉 I’m embarrassed that I still don’t have a choco chip cookies in my arsenal! They will be the next cookie on my list to make!!! The classics never die!!!!! Now we just need to make that cookie smoothie……
Nothing wrong with not having a choco chip cookie yet. I’m more worried about the fact that you don’t adore dates yet! We’ll work on that. And the cookie smoothie. Although with cookie in it, I think that qualifies as a milkshake don’t you? 😉
Now that’s another thing. I would pick living off of smoothie for the rest of my life then drinking something called a milkshake! EUGRJDBHKHouwfhds so gross! Hahahahahahaha!
Hey Natalie! If I already have some date paste in the fridge, how any cups do I need to use in this recipe? And love love love your recipes x infinity!
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Hi Katie! It will be about 1 cup of date paste, maybe make it one heaping cup. And thank you for the sweet words <3 Enjoy the cookies!
Yummy! As always…
Thanks girl <3
OMG these are perfect. Easiest, healthiest chocolate chip cookies ever! I must ask though, HOW did you keep the chocolate chips so perfectly whole? Mine ALWAYS melt in cookies! Pinning and sharing now!
Honestly I have no clue hahaha 😀 I actually though they would get more melty. They bake for 15 mins, so you’d think they would’ve?? But I kinda like them this way actually, like a hard chunk of chocolate instead! Thanks for sharing <3
Yum, these look delicious! Oats and dates are a magical combo. 🙂
Agreed!! I use them in almost everything haha 😀 Thanks Lauren!
That darn title bar! Haha!! Would have been a pretty fantastic name for this recipe though. Goodness, these cookies look amazing! Those close up shots with the crackly tops and chips are very tempting. Yeah, not sure it’s possible to make that paste pretty – but we know it’s good. As you probably guessed, Willow watched the video with me and here’s what she had to say, “Mom, those are chocolate chips! Can we make those today?” Then when you took them out of the oven she said, “Is she going to decorate them?” When I told her no, she said, “Can we watch the gingerbread men?” Haha! We love your videos! I’ll come back and give these a rating once I make these for Willow! Happy weekend, Natalie! xoxo
I legit just laughed out loud! I love the way that girl thinks <3 I remember from you hot chocolate post that she is quite the chocolate chip fan (I'm totally with her on that one) but I never thought to decorate a chocolate chip cookie. Sounds pretty fantastic--some coconut whipped cream on top. Mmmmm she may be onto something 🙂 Decorating things was always my favorite part too when I was little. If there was nothing around to decorate something I would decorate just a plate and then eat the frosting...ahhh such healthy ways haha! Thank you for always sharing Willow quotes with me, they always make me smile <3 Happy weekend to you too Mandy! xoxo
These got a big thumbs up in our house! Willow almost threw a fit when I cut her off from the cookies today…so I’m guessing they’re pretty amazing. I really wanted to take a picture to share with you and on IG, but mine were nowhere near as pretty as yours! They were lumpy (I struggled a bit to flatten them), not very circle-like and I’m pretty sure I didn’t grind my oat flour as finely as I thought! oops! I used a really small cookie scoop, so we made about 24 (maybe more) mini ones! The house smelled SOOOO good! I love how easy these were to make and I know we’ll make them again. Great recipe, my friend! XO
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I’m sure they were beautiful! Lumpy or not, mini cookies sound so freaking cute to me!! And as for the flattening, if you wet your hand a bit it makes it a lot easier (I’ll go add that tip to the recipe, thanks for reminding me!) And I can’t blame Willow, I would be a little upset after hitting my mini cookie quota for the day too. They are hard to resist. Thank you for giving the recipe a shot and leaving wonderful comprehensive feedback as you always do <3 I remember you were working on some cookies too, so hopefully we'll be seeing them soon! xoxo
You are the most amazing person for creating fruit-sweetened Chocolate Chip Cookies! Oh my goodness!! I love that shot when you shake the blender and it changes to the blended version – so cool and such a great idea! Your recipe videos are always blowing me away. These cookies look super yummy!
Haha the shake shot was my favorite part of the whole video too! I watch lots of videos to get ideas like that, make video making more fun 🙂 Thanks for watching Bianca! And I can’t wait to see more videos from you!
Haha, I laughed at the “title bar wasn’t big enough” because I’ve faced that problem so many times, haha! These look amazing Natalie! And please don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m so glad you used real chocolate chips!! I know you’ve used the cocoa date chips before and although yummy, nothing beats chocolate chips. These are just gorgeous! AND I love to see that you used tapioca!! Yay! These are so healthy, I just love them! Love your video, as always!
Hahaha sometimes I just feel like I need a whole paragraph as the title, it’s so hard to say it all concisely. Plus all that SEO stuff 😀 And yes I’m happy to use the real chocolate chips too (I actually had an awesome clip of them sprinkling in but lost it somehow :()! I think I used to be too worried about keeping my recipes strict HCLF, but I’m starting to just do me. And in real life I eat chocolate all the time! Thank you for your sweet comment and no worries I won’t ever take things the wrong way 🙂
Bring on all the chewiness and gooeyness! These sound too good to be true. Your many trials are much appreciated <3 By the way I'd also trade the actual cookies for cookie dough any day, so these might end up eaten prior baking 😀 but they look so good and pillowy that I might give a few of them a chance.
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Oh I would take the dough over cookies any day and every day too! Bake 1, eat the rest as dough 🙂 Thank you for your always sweet comments Lucie <3
Oh my goodness these look and sound absolutely perfect. This is seriously my kind of cookie (aka a cookie I can eat 5 of and not worry because they’re healthy). So beautiful!!
Haha that’s kinda exactly why I made them 🙂 Thanks Leah!
Hey Natalie!! You are a Cookie Monster Genius 🙂 The recipe is perfect in every way!! I LOVE oat flour and dates!! I don’t have tapioca starch but will try this with corn starch. I hope I have time to bake tomorrow or Tuesday. I really need these (haha now maybe even more than RAWNOLA!!) in my life 🙂 Thank you for an amazing recipe!
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More than rawnola!?! Oh man you need cookies badly then haha! Oats and dates are two of my faves too <3 And the tapioca is just for some extra binding power, you could probably use a flax egg instead as well. Thanks for hopping over here and commenting! Hope you get to bake soon Tiina! xoxo
Looks delicious! looking forward to have it with tea! 😛
That sounds perfect, enjoy!
Yum! I love a good chocolate chip cookie, but I don’t make them often because I tend to eat way too many! These are so darn healthy though, I could for sure eat a few or more without feeling bad at all ? I love the shot of the inside too. The texture looks perfect!
That’s pretty much why I made these, because I want to be able to eat 4 and feel okay afterwards! Or heck, forget cookies I want to be able to eat many many spoonfuls of dough and feel fine after 😀
Love this recipe! I would like to make this for my family but some do not like dates sadly is there anything i can substitute them with? would maple syrup work!!?
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Hi Meg! Yes of course there are ways around the dates, can you do banana? If so then I would do 1 ripe banana and probably 1/2-2/3 cup (depending on how sweet you want them) of coconut sugar or maple syrup. If you use coconut sugar, leave in the milk. If you use maple syrup, take that out or it will be too liquid-y. You might have to adjust the amount of flour a bit too depending on the consistency. The banana will help make up for the moisture that the dates added, without that they would be pretty dry cookies. I hope that helps!
“The cookie base is soft and chewy. The melty chips bring the gooey.” Love your rhyming and glad they’re not dewy 😀 cuz that would be weird 😉
These look so darn cute! And I love all the ingredients. And the way you put it these are indeed practically dinner or breakfast… <3
Hahahaha! Dewy is always trying to sneak into our food poetry, but nope definitely not dewy. Although if I froze and defrosted them then we might have some dewiness 😀 Cookie dinner, it’s not a bad way to go 😉
Hi Natalie, I found your recipe where it was featured on Healthy Helper Blog and had to pop over to check out your recipe. I love the way your write your post, so cute. But….the recipe sounds delicious and I want to give this a try. love oat flour and I already have dates.
And now I would love t have you stop by and visit and share your recipe on m Friday Features Linky Party..
I have also pinned to share!!
Hope you have a great weekend!
Karren
Oh My Heartsie Girl
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Hi Karren, thank you so much for clicking over to check them out! Oat flour and dates are two of my most used ingredients 🙂 And I just added my link, thanks for hosting the party! Happy Saturday to you <3
These look delicious Natalie! Love the use of dates and oat flour. My freezer is stocked with home-grown dates from my in-laws back yard and they are awesome! We’ve been making a few batches of chocolate chip cookies lately, so once I’m on a little bit of an overload when it comes to chocolate chip cookies, so once i’m over it, I’m definitely trying out this recipe!
Oh man your freezer sounds like a dream to me! Never thought about freezing dates either, good to know that that works. I know the over-cookied feeling all to well. But I’m sure your kids will gladly help with decreasing the overload 🙂
How much coconut sugar would be used to replace the dates??
For the sweetness level about 1/2 to 2/3 cup of coconut sugar would be about equivalent. But if you take out the dates you will be removing a lot of the moisture and binding power, so I would recommend adding a mashed banana or applesauce to make up for that.
Love this recipe so much 😀
Made it two weeks in one week :O
It’s so awsome that it wholewheat, fruit sweetened an gf 🙂
Recommend everyone to try this, right away!
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Yay I’m so happy that you love them too! Thank you so much for leaving such lovely feedback Frida 🙂
Made these this afternoon and absolutely love them. The best fat free one I’ve had so far. Thanks for the recipe.
Yay, that is fantastic to hear Virginia! I’m so happy you like them, and thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback 🙂
NEVER HAD SUCH AN AMAZING COOKIE AND SO HEALTHY, they were chewy and perfect. couldn’t believe it, thank you finally found the cookie recipe of my life!!
YAY!!!! Oh Sonja I am so happy to hear it, your comment brightened up my morning 🙂
These are amazing!!! My Hubbie loves them and actually requested (politely) that I make them so he can take them to his thanksgiving potluck at work. Yay! Anytime I can make something vegan and share it, I’m happy to do so. Thank you so much for all of your healthy recipes. I actually bought a 10pound box of dates the other day just to make your desserts. Woo hoo!!!!
Dayna that is absolute wonderful to hear!! Yes sharing vegan goodies with non-vegan people is the best, I try to sneak them into social events whenever possible too 🙂 Whoa 10 pounds!?! You lucky ducky, make the most of them. Thanks for the positivity, you made my night!
Hi Natalie.I was wondering if i could use prunes instead of dates in your recipes and if so would it be the same amount as the dates? Thank you!
Hi Renae! Yes in most cases prunes will work fine in place of dates. The flavor will be different of course, fruitier usually, but for sweetness and consistency they will work. I would start with the same amount by volume as the dates, but if you are finding things aren’t sweet enough then maybe add a few extra. Hope that helps!
14 medjool dates for this recipe… was that one cup of dates? I rarely ever buy medjool as they’re too pricey. I prefer to soak standard deglet noor dates before blending. I’m just trying to figure the proportion because I really want to try these! Thank you 🙂
I totally understand, the deglet noor ones will work just fine here too, 14 medjool dates is about 1 1/4 cup. Hope you enjoy!
May i ask how many grams of dates are there ? As my dates are slightly smaller than yours. Massive thank you.
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I didn’t measure the weight so I can tell you exactly, but according to the package 2 dates is approximately 46g so 14 dates would be about 322g. Hope that helps!
Is there something readily available I could substitute for the tapioca starch besides cornstarch? I don’t have either one on hand, don’t have time to go out and buy something, and I’d really love to try this recipe. Thanks in advance.
You can just leave it out although they will be a bit more crumbly. Or 1 tbsp ground chia or flax would work instead 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
Hi Natalie,
Love the recipe! I tried it out before, and now I want to incorporate some protein powder into the cookies? Do you think if I replace a bit of the oat flour (1/4 or 1/2 a cup) for protein powder something will wrong wrong? Should I put some more liquid?
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It depends on the protein powder, all of them contain different ingredients and will react different in baked goods, but I would try just subbing 1/2 cup of the flour with protein powder and leaving everything else the same to start. If the batter seems SUPER dry you could add more liquid, but probably won’t be necessary 🙂
This recipe is brilliant! My only suggestion would be to pop the dough in the fridge for about 5 minutes before making it into balls. Otherwise you can’t properly scoop the dough or roll it with your hands because it is just too darn sticky. Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes. They’re healthy and husband approved. What more could you ask for?
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Woohoo that sounds like a success to me!! I am so happy you both liked them Rachel, and thanks for sharing the tip too 🙂
Tried the recipe today. I used deglet nour dates as that is what I have in hand. I used 18 pcs to get the consistency like your dates paste. I’m not vegan, but I love oat & choco chips! It’s my 1st time baking cookies without oil/ butter. I lined my baking pan with baking paper. I didn’t know the cookies would stick to the baking paper..oh my.. :(I had to carefully scraped the bottom of the cookies with a thin knife. Maybe you can add a note in your recipe to line the baking pan with baking mat instead of baking paper. Tastewise, I love the chewiness. I think the cookies itself already tastes good. Thanks for sharing the recipe. ~Greetings from Singapore~
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Hi Inge! What kind of paper did you use? Was it for sure parchment paper and not wax? I have made these on baking paper many times and never had sticking issues, in fact I prefer that to a baking mat personally. So I am not sure why they stuck. I am glad you enjoyed the taste/texture though!
It’s the non stick baking paper I usually use for baking cakes & cookies. It’s OK, next time I can try it again but using a baking mat or a different brand of baking paper. I keep the cookies in an airtight container. Can I keep it in room temperature, or must keep in chiller?
They’ll be fine at room temperate for a few days, but they will stay moist/fresh longer in the fridge!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been searching for a plant based chocolate cookie recipe for ever! Yours was the only one I found without oil, sugar, or dairy. And to top it all off, they are super delicious, both of my Sons love them. Thank you!!!!
Woohoo!! I am so happy they were a success and kid approved too🤗 Perhaps you have found your go-to plant based cookie now. Thanks for the feedback Celia!
Could you give the nutrition info for these?
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Just added it to the recipe card for ya 🙂
Hey Natalie!
Can you substitute the oat flour for whole wheat flour or any other flours? Thank you!
Whole wheat flour will work, but it will change the texture and taste somewhat. They will likely be puffier and a bit chewier, but still good😊
Hi Natalie, sorry for asking so many questions, but can 100% whole wheat flour be used in replacement of the oat flour?
I meant wholegrain flour, sorry!
Either will work, yes! They might be a little puffier and more chewy though 🙂
I just made these and they are really good! I like to make whole food plant-based treats, and even I worried that these would almost taste “too healthy” and not sweet enough without any maple syrup or bananas. Thankfully, I was wrong. The only thing I would tweak in the recipe that tripped me up is when I went to make my own oat flour, I had already made the date paste first per the instructions, so I had to wash and completely dry my blender before I could make the oat flour. You may want to add that optional step in first, since I’m guessing a lot of people are making their own flour. Definitely keeping this recipe for future use!
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I am so happy you liked them!! And thanks for noting that about the wet blender, I always have some oat flour on hand already ground so I didn’t think of it. Appreciate the feedback😊
In love with this recipe. I’ve been making it for years now. I like to use fresh dates. Yummm!
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Aww that makes me so happy to hear Rachael! Can’t beat the classics🍪🍪
Great healthy alternative to chocolate chip cookies! Making it again soon, for sure!
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YES!! So happy you liked them, thanks for the feedback Auste 🙂
A VERY GREAT RECIPE. WHAT IF I JUST USE WATER INSTEAD OF MILK TO MIX UP MY INGREDIENTS?
That will work too, just make them slightly less rich/moist 🙂
Hi Natalie,
Thank you for such a great recipe . I used exactly the same measurements as given in the recipe but my cookies didn’t flatten up like yours . Any reason that you could think of ?
Thanking in advance!
Regards,
Mona
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Aw bummer. Without any fat/oil they don’t spread very much, so I recommend squishing them down a bit before baking 🙂
I just made these and they came out AMAZING! What is the best way to store leftovers and how long will they last? (:
Thank you for the great recipe!
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I am so happy you liked them Kris! I recommend an airtight container in the fridge and either eat them cold or microwave for a few seconds before eating, they will last at least a week that way. Or you can freeze them, but never quite as good as fresh imo. Enjoy 🙂
I really appreciate the fast reply to my question (: I just put them in an airtight container in my fridge and will be looking forward on snacking on them throughout the week. I’ll probably have to make more by tomorrow though because they’re getting eaten too fast!
Hahah yes mine never make it the full week either😆 Appreciate your feedback!
aagh you did it again, Natalie! another cookies recipe I’ve fallen in love with that you posted! but seriously, I had one cookie every day as a midday morning snack for the last week and I looked forward to it every night haha. whenever I’m in need of a quick, delicious cookie you’re the first one I turn to. and you keep amazing me with flavours and textures that make my world go round. thanks for all the amazing content and your photography skills.. pleasseee keep it coming 💛
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So so happy to hear that!! I love this one too, so simple and wholesome tasting with the oats but decadent with the chocolate😋 I admire your ability to pace at one cookie a day haha! Appreciate your support lara💕