The Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies! The perfect taste and texture and no one will be able to tell they're healthy! Gluten free, dairy free, and naturally sweetened. These are a must-make!
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These cookies were a labor of love. I tested and re-tested until they were absolutely perfect. I have had my fair share of mediocre paleo cookies and I didn't want these to fall into that category. They need to be amazing and not taste one bit healthy! These cookies deliver in every way!
These cookies are soft, gooey, a little doughy in the middle and are packed with chocolate. They are buttery tasting from the ghee and sweet from the coconut sugar. They fill the house with that amazing, signature chocolate chip cookie smell which is an added bonus.
I usually get lots of questions about substitutions so I tried these with ghee, coconut oil, and grass-fed butter and they all came out great! Room temperature is key here though, don't use any of them hard or the batter won't mix properly.
The dough does need to chill before baking to make sure the cookies don't spread too much (check the notes for a no-chill version). I usually make the dough one day and bake the cookies the next, but 1 hour in the fridge should be good in you're in a hurry.
Texture is a big part of the perfect chocolate chip cookie and the mixture of almond flour and tapioca flour give the cookies the best texture. I use Bob's Red Mill for both those flours because they are high quality and consistently good.
If you have been searching for the best paleo chocolate chip cookie- look no further- here it is. I hope you love them!
Here are some more cookies you will love: Paleo Easy Snickerdoodles, Paleo Butter Pecan Cookies, Paleo Homemade Tagalong Cookies, and Paleo Thin Mint Cookies.
*Pictures updated 6/2020 with a no-chill option added to the notes. Original recipe remains the same.
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The Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup ghee*, at room temperature
- ¾ cup coconut sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 ¾ cup Almond Flour
- ¼ cup Tapioca Flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup dairy free chocolate chips or chunks
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine ghee and coconut sugar until creamy and well mixed. Add in the egg and vanilla and stir well.
- Add in the almond flour, tapioca flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix well until no dry spots remain and batter is smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350° and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and divide into 22 equal balls. Each ball should be about a heaping tablespoon. 11 will fit on each sheet. Roll each ball and evenly space them apart on the sheet. Add more chocolate chips on top if desired.
- Bake for 12-13 minutes. Let cool before removing them. They will be soft in the center until cool. Bake a couple extra minutes for a crunchier cookie.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days and in the fridge after that.
Notes:
Nutrition Information
Amanda says
Would these be low fodmap?
Jessica DeMay says
Hi Amanda- no, these aren't. I currently only have 1 low FODMAP dessert on my site and it's here: https://29pickstoday.com/2019/02/04/paleo-nut-free-skillet-brownie-for-two/%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> I'll be trying to come up with more this year.
Teagan says
The absolute best chocolate chip cookies! Cannot tell these are paleo.
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks, Teagan! I'm so glad you like them!
Amy says
Could you arrowroot work instead of tapioca ?
Jessica DeMay says
Hi Amy- yes, that should work.
Tiago Lira says
350 F or °C?
Jessica DeMay says
Fahrenheit
Nicole Constantino says
These cookies turned out very moist and flavorful but I definitely reacted to the amount of coconut sugar
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks, Nicole! I'm sorry you reacted to the coconut sugar. Maybe you'd do better with maple sugar or date sugar?
Amy says
These are great! I am not a huge fan of the flavor of Ghee so next time I may try Palm shortening or coconut oil. I wonder if the combination would work, half Ghee and half palm shortening. Fantastic cookies though. My kids said that I finally got it right!
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks for trying them, Amy! I tried them with coconut oil and they worked great. I think a combo would work as well. I'm so glad your kids like them!!
Rachelle says
Great recipe! Today I changed the recipe just a bit to suit my taste, but really no need to alter anything because it is sooo good! What I did instead was used 3//4 cup of chocolate chips, 1/4 cup chopped pecans and reduced the sugar. Yummy. They were soft and chewy in the centre. I just wanted to know if you pressed the dough into a disk shape because mine stayed round like a ball? If not, should I reduce the flours to have the batter less dry so that when baking they spread out to a flatter cookie shape? Thanks for your inspiration and expertise!
Krystyná says
Omg! These look super!!!! I’m new to paleo and was wondering how we can have these chocolate chips - there is sugar in them...
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks! They aren't strict paleo, but they are soy, dairy and gluten free which is hard to find. You can use chopped Eating Evolved bars if you want. https://amzn.to/2DyuC88
Dee says
Just went Paleo and have been craving something like this -- found incredible Dairy-Free Organic 85% Dark Choc Chips at my grocery store (Pascha - for some reason online they are super expensive but these were not bad in-storem and were available right away) and whipped these up using Melt vegan butter spread (comes soft in a tub). I didn't let the spread or the egg come to room temp before mixing, didn't chill the batter before baking (I was rather anxious for this treat!!) and only baked 9 initially .... definitely should have listened to you about the "batter chill time" as they did spread too much (but haha they would work right away in an 8x8" as "bars" probably). WOW delish. Thanks for awesome recipe and awesome inspiration.
Michelle Washington says
These really are the best Paleo chocolate chip cookies! My whole family loves them. I added some unsweetened shredded coconut too. Yum!
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks, Michelle! I'm so glad your family liked them! Thanks for trying them and for the great feedback!