I posted a recipe for my delicious Hot Chocolate recipe and people were so excited about having a plant based version. They were equally as excited about the cookies that were featured in the photo along with the Hot Chocolate! In the interest of all chocolate lovers I wasted no time in getting the recipe out to you. These are a soft and chewy, whole food plant based chocolate chip cookie made without any refined sugar.
If you are not a fan of raisins you can use some date paste instead and add a little extra oats if that makes them too wet. It’s a very forgiving recipe so feel free to change it up to satisfy your own personal taste preferences.
These are similar in texture to my Pumpkin Spice Oat Cookies. To make sure these are gluten free be sure to purchased certified gluten free oats and oat bran.
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These cookies are a must have with our delicious Hot Chocolate.
These are the two brands of unsweetened chocolate chips I have found. You can order directly from the Santa Barbara Chocolate Co. or if you have a Trader Joe’s near you they carry an unsweetened cacao chip. (Update, as of 12/23, Trader Joe’s no longer carries the cacao chips).
We did a YouTube Live to show how easy it is to make these cookies and we answered your questions about making them. Enjoy!
Substitutions:
Oat Bran – substitute oat flour, quinoa flakes, ground quinoa or ground millet.
Chocolate Chips – leave them out, substitute more raisins or any dried fruit. Try blueberries fresh or frozen.
Bananas- substitute mashed mango, baked Japanese Sweet Potato or baked Hannah Yam – mashed.
Vegan Chocolate Chip Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
Equipment
- Oven, baking sheet, parchment paper, silpat mat
Ingredients
- 2 each Bananas, very ripe, peeled
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/4 tsp vanilla powder
- 1/2 cup oat bran or oat flour or quinoa flakes or ground millet
- 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/4 cup unsweetened chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a rimmed baking pan with parchment paper or a silpat mat.
- In a medium size bowl mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher.
- Add the unsweetened apple sauce, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom. and vanilla. Stir until well incorporated.
- Add the oats, oat bran, chocolate chips and raisins. Stir until well mixed.
- Using about a 1/4 cup scoop or measuring cup full of batter for each cookie, place this on the prepared baking sheet using all of the cookie batter. Using your fingers or a small silicone spatula flatten the cookies and give them a nice round shape.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly brown and cooked through.
- Let rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then remove and place on a wire cooking rack.
- When cool place in a container with a lid and store in the refrigerator or the freezer.
Notes
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I have been having a challenge understanding your website and your youtube postings. Is there a location on your website that lists all your youtube videos? I am particularly interested in this one for the chocolate oatmeal raisin cookies. If you have the link, it would be great.
Thanks for your great work. I am now eating chopped salads and love them! I wish I had found your website years ago.
Suzanne Helwig
Hi Suzanne,
The video is embedded right here on the blog page just above the recipe towards the bottom. There is an arrow in the center of it – just click on that and you can watch the video right here. If you want to check out our YouTube Channel go here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa3oha66QQ21lCIBkcgYdng?view_as=subscriber and you can look at our library of videos there.
Happy Healthy Cooking,
Tami
Hi Suzanne,
We don’t have master list of videos. However the video for these cookies is located towards the bottom of this very page – right above the recipe. There is an arrow in the center of it and you just click on it and the video plays for you. That is true for any recipes on the blog that have videos – we embed the videos in the blog post.
I am so glad you like the chopped salads – they are delicious!
Happy Cooking,
Tami
Hello Tami,
Thank you for your generosity in helping others attempt a WFPB diet. It’s not easy, particularly when the two of us are nightshade free. I’m emailing to ask if you know of anyone who is the same as us and has recipes to share ??
I understand that there’s possibly no one.
Thanks for your help.
Neroli Thelning
I don’t know of anyone who blogs recipes for nightshade free food plans. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t someone who is doing it. Google it and see what you can find.
Wishing you all the best.
Tami
Oh my god!! It looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe. 🙂
You are welcome!
I made these and they are delicious! No guilt cookies are the best!!
Hi Pan,
I am so glad you like them. They are a favorite treat for me!
Happy Cooking,
Tami
what are the calories of each cookie?
Hi Peggy,
We don’t track calories so I don’t know.
Happy Cooking,
Tami
Looks delicious. Do you bake these in your Breville oven/air fryer? I use mine all the time for baking and I’m wondering if the temperature you listed is good for the Breville or if I need to lower the temp by 25o F because of using convection.
Hi I recently used up all my Terrasoul Vanilla Powder and Amazon doesn’t have it anymore, I saw you used a different brand in this video, could you share where you bought it and what brand it is please? I’m really looking forward to trying these cookies!
I looked on your Amazon page and found that Vanilla Powder so please disregard the previous comment. I’m sorry and thank you.
Hi Tami, love your recipes, your work. Is this oven temperature for a conventional or convection oven? I’ve learned that convection usually goes 25o lower. I usually bake cookies, bars, etc in my Breville oven/airfryer so I use convection temperature as above. I know you often use your Breville too, so that’s why I’m asking this question 🙂
Tami–I’m so happy to have found you today when you were on Chef AJ’s Weight Loss Summit. That was such a good summit and I took a lot of notes from your presentation. I came here for your hot chocolate recipe and then found the cookie recipe. I hope (think) I have subscribed to your blog. Thank you!
Hi Rosie
Thank you for visiting the blog. I hope find many recipes here to try and enjoy. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel as join us for our live YouTube show on Sunday’s at 4:00 PM Pacific.
Happy Cooking,
Tami
Thanks Tami for all your recipes. They are awesome!! Cookies were a hit with my family.
Keep up the good work. You and Tom are helping hundreds, thousands of people with your blog and YouTube.
Thank you, we appreciate you so much🤗
Thank your Tami ! Just made the chocolate cookies .
i have vanilla extract. whats a good conversion from vanilla powder?
I would start with the same amount and adjust accordingly.