Healthier Dark Chocolate Coconut Oil Cookies – These are estimated to be 150 calories. I love that the recipe calls for ordinary ingredients, and no refined sugar, butter or oil!
A few weeks ago while I was testing batches of the healthier fudgy brownies I shared last week, I inadvertently discovered an awesome healthier coconut oil cookie recipe!
I took my original healthier brownie recipe and started tweaking it – adding more flour, scaling back the coconut oil and formed the dough into cookies and it was magic!
And cookies aren’t cookies without chocolate chips, so I was able to cut back on the amount of honey I used to sweeten the batter and add in some chocolate chips!
Easy to make Healthy Dark Chocolate Cookies
The whole goal was to create a healthier chocolate cookie with ordinary ingredients. I touched on this in the healthier fudge brownie post too, but I don’t want to have to buy special ingredients for a single recipe. So I used what I had in my pantry and got creative about healthier alternatives!
Healthy chocolate cookies ingredients
- Coconut oil: a healthy fat
- Dark chocolate: used to give the brownies that deep rich, chocolate flavor (you can even use a darker chocolate or one without added sugar)
- All purpose flour: a very accessible flour that everyone has
- Cocoa powder: adds deep cocoa flavor
- Salt: a pinch of salt helps with flavor
- Eggs: used as a leavener and binder
- Honey: used as a sweetener
- Dark chocolate chips: because cookies aren’t cookies without them!
I wanted these skinny chocolate cookies to be accessible to everyone with normal ingredients!
How to make healthy chocolate cookies
- Melt the coconut oil and dark chocolate together
- Meanwhile, mix together the flour, cocoa powder and salt
- In a second bowl, combine the eggs, honey and coconut oil/chocolate mixture
- Add in the flour and chocolate chips, and stir to combine
- Use a cookie scoop to drop balls onto a baking sheet
My favorite way to eat these Healthier Dark Chocolate Coconut Oil Cookies is to heat them up in the microwave for 8 seconds so the chocolate chips get a little melty!
The cookies are estimated to be 150 calories each if you split the batter into 12 cookies. These are definitely a healthier alternative when compared to our triple chocolate drop cookies.
Chocolate cookie baking time tips
As for the baking time, I’ll give you some guidelines..
- 16-18 minutes in the oven will give you perfectly baked cookies – not gooey, but fully baked
- 14-16 minutes in the oven will give you more of a fudgy texture
The cookies are best the day they are baked, but you can always pop them in the microwave for a few seconds to warm them up if you keep them around for a few days!
How to freeze healthier chocolate cookies
Allow the cookies to cool completely. Wrap 3-4 cookies together in plastic wrap then in aluminum foil. To thaw, place in the fridge overnight.
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Healthier Dark Chocolate Coconut Oil Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 3 oz dark chocolate, if using dark chocolate chips that’s 6 tbsp
- ⅔ cup all purpose flour **can use GF flour!
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp honey
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300ºF. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the coconut oil and dark chocolate. If using a dark chocolate bar, break into smaller pieces. Stir occasionally until completely melted.
- In a small bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder and salt. Stir together.
- In a mixing bowl combine the eggs, honey and melted coconut oil chocolate mixture. Stir with a spatula until combined.
- Add the flour mixture and the 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips to the chocolate mixture and stir by hand just until combined.
- Use a cookie scoop to drop the batter onto the lined baking sheet. I divided the batter into 12 balls.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes for a perfectly baked cookie, bake for 14-16 minutes for a fudgier cookie.
- Allow them to cool for 5 minutes, then remove them from the baking sheet. Store in an air tight container.