These paleo chocolate chip cookies for two are made deep-dish style so they’re crunchy on the outside, but soft and ooey gooey on the inside! You would never know they’re a healthier treat!
Well. It’s back.
We took a break for a few weeks with some Breakfast Burrito Bowls and Roasted Cauliflower.
But, I missed our Monday dates with paleo-friendly chocolate-for-two goodness.
And I am thinking your probably did too. Monday’s started to feel like a sad, chocolate-less black hole of doom and gloom.
That IS an exaggeration because there was still some MAJAH yummage going on. It just wasn’t Paleo Brownies.
We needed chocolate. We needed almond buttah.
WE NEEDED DEEP DISH PALEO CHOCOLATE COOKIES.
Pick your taste buds off the floor. It’s rude to leave things like that laying around friends.
If that wasn’t enough, well, who are you?
Just kidding. Sort of.
What I was going to say is, these deepy-dishy crunchety-on-the-outside-but-super-soft-and-THE-MELTY-CHOCOLATE-NUMS on the inside paleo coconut flour chocolate chip cookies POR DEUX (because French makes everything sound fancy and extra full of tasties) can go from the bowl to YER FACE in UNDER 30 mins.
This is both awesome and terrible at the SAME TIME.
Because that means that you can even make them for breakfast and go to work on a “I JUST HAD COOKIES FOR BREAKFAST AND NOW MY DAY IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE RAINBOWS” high.
I mean, I am not suggesting you do this, because your boss might not like you having the attention span of a chicken nugget (aka: zero) all day long.
BUT, I am also not NOT suggesting it either.
If you’re picking up what I am putting dowwwwwnnnn. 😉
SIDENOTE: I was googling “what is a Butterfinger” the other day (do NOT ASK) and then it took me to their website, and the OFFICAIL website described it as CRISPETY AND CRUNCHETY! I thought I made those words up!
Clearly, me and Butterfingers and kindred spirits and I should eat them every day for all the evers of my life right? Right.
Anyway. Back to paleo cookies.
There is really nothing too unusual about these healthy chocolate chip cookies, like at ALL. Which is why I LOVE them. The ingredients are always in the pantry (again, the DANGER) and you pretty much just do a little stir-the-cookie-dough dance and into the oven they go.
It doesn’t get easier than this paleo cookies recipe folks.
Ya ya ya, unless you eat a pre-made cookie. Stop being all logical. That would defeat the healthy shenanigans anyway.
I win.
And you can win too. By putting down this computer and falling into a deep romance with a crispety-soft-perfectly sweetened bites of ooey-gooey-melty-chocolate yums.
I won’t even tell if you eat them both.
I PINKY SWEARS it.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Grass-fed Chocolate Whey protein powder
- 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp Cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 Cup Crunchy Almond Butter
- 3 Tbsp Honey
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 Large egg
- 1/4 Cup Dark chocolate roughly chopped
Instructions
- Lightly grease two 4oz ramekins with butter or coconut oil and preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl, stir together the protein powder, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat together the almond butter, honey, vanilla and egg using an electric hand beater on high speed. Beat until the almond butter begins to "absorb" the liquid ingredients, and begins to thicken, just a minute or so.
- Pour the protein powder mixture, along with the chopped chocolate, into the almond butter mixture and stir until well combined. Your batter will be wet and sticky.
- Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared ramekins, and spread out evenly. They will be about 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake until the cookies have risen significantly, the edges just begin to darken, and the top feels firm and slightly crunchy, about 20 minutes.
- Let cool for 5-10 minutes (depending how long you can wait!) and DEVOUR!
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Anna says
Thanks a lot Taylor! Now I’m craving chocolate! LOL! Thanks for sharing. Loved your butterfinger story. Random? Yes. Called for? Totally.
Taylor Kiser says
Haha! SO glad you also considered it “called for” 😉 Thank you Anna!
Anna says
Hi Taylor,
I have a chocolate brownie recipe on my blog, but lately I’ve been really craving some good old chocolate cupcakes! Or lemon cupcakes? I would love it if you did either of these recipes in the future! (gluten free or not
Taylor Kiser says
Hi Anna!
I’ll have to keep those things in mind. I have a ton of gluten free brownies 🙂 And there is gluten free lemon bar recipe this week!
sheda says
Hello! This recipe looks awesome but i live in switzerland and there is no protein powder here 🙁 what can i use instead? Or do i just ignore it? Thaanks 😀
Taylor Kiser says
Hi Sheda! I can’t tell you for sure, as the recipe was not tested any other way, but you could probably use cocoa powder! Please let me know if you try it! Thanks!
Bonnie says
This looks super good! It was fun meeting you at Indulge in Portland! I’m glad you didn’t get coffee spilled in your purse! 🙂
Taylor Kiser says
Haha, me too! I had fun meeting you too girl – thanks!
GiGi Eats says
For 2?? HA HA HA! PUHHH-LEEZE! lol!
Taylor Kiser says
Haha! Thanks 😉
Cynthia says
Hi, Taylor, I’m a couple of years late to the party, but I have two quick questions. 1) Is half of this cookie actually 21.6 grams of sugar? Is that still Paleo? 2) Could I substitute crunchy peanut butter for the crunchy almond butter? Thanks, so glad I found your blog!
Cynthia says
Sorry, one more question. Is there a substitute for honey? For those of us on low-FODMAP diets, honey is a killer. Would maple syrup work, or maybe something else? Thank you and God bless!
Taylor Kiser says
Hi Cynthia,
Yes, that’s right – and, yes, it’s still paleo. Paleo is all about the ingredients not nutrition label.
You totally could sub peanut butter! However, just note, that’s not paleo 🙂
My husband follows the low FODMAP diet! 🙂 I haven’t tested it with maple, but I bet it would work! I just don’t want to 100% for sure say yes!! Does that help?
Cynthia says
It does – thank you!! I will try the substitution with maple syrup for honey and let you (and your hubby!) know how it goes 🙂 Thanks for your quick response to my question; now I can make these this weekend!
Taylor Kiser says
Yes, please do let us know! 🙂
Of course – I always try to get to them within 24 hours! 🙂 let me know how they turn out!
Liz says
Searching the net for paleo choc chip cookies and found your site. While reading the comments I noticed one requested a replacement for whey protein powder (fyi – not paleo!) and I always sub pea protein powder which is available in flavours.
Taylor Kiser says
Many people I know who follow the paleo diet believe that grass-fed whey protein is paleo! But you can definitely pick which one works for you! Thanks for the pea protein tip!