The most deliciously fluffy, thick, and flavorful bakery style chocolate chip cookies.
These cookies were made in partnership with Bertolli olive oil. olive oil adds a rich, smooth flavor to baked goods. It might sound strange to some, but olive oil + chocolate are really delicious together. Plus, it’s a healthy fat packed with omega-3’s.
High quality, healthy fats are so important in a healthy diet. I pay close attention to the fats I consume- even in baked goods/desserts! Olive oil is a long standing favorite of mine (yes i am very Italian and olive oil basically runs through my veins- but it’s also loaded with health benefits :).
I can’t believe the way these cookies turned out- the texture and taste is out of this world good. They taste like a thick and chewy bakery style cookie- but made with real and wholesome ingredients. free of grains, refined sugars, and made with healthy fats. Homemade is always best!
P.S. I recently made these into “monster cookies” using chocolate gems and they were DELICIOUS!
I can’t wait for you guys to try these! Enjoy xx
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The best thick, gooey, dense chocolate chip cookies made without any grains or refined sugars. They are gluten free, paleo friendly, and insanely delicious!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 + 3/4 cups almond flour
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup chopped dark chocolate or chocolate chips
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Whisk olive oil, egg, coconut sugar, and vanilla together until smooth.
3. Stir in the dry ingredients until everything is well combined, then fold in chocolate chips.
4. Scoop dough out into about 1.5 tbsp sized balls- roll with your hands to make them smooth. leave room between each cookie for them to spread while baking.
5. Bake for 11-12 minutes. allow to cool before serving or cookies will be fragile.
Notes
-I have not tested these cookies with any other flour substitutions. For best results, I recommend keeping the recipe as is!
Genna
These cookies are life! The recipe is SO easy and they’re sooo good — I made them last night and I can’t stop snacking on them. And I love how simple the ingredients are 🙂
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Hayley J
This are a staple for my GF FF diet! They are a crowd pleaser for those who aren’t even GF or DF!
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Lilly
These cookies are ADDICTING. My mom has the biggest sweet tooth but found out a few years ago that she is gluten and dairy intolerant. I showed her this recipe and she genuinely makes these every week (or if she doesn’t get to making the cookies, keeps a bowl of dough in the fridge). When I first brought her a batch she said that she hadn’t truly enjoyed a cookie since her diagnosis until these. SO GOOD
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Diedri
These are the best and my children had no idea how good they were for them. Luv your recipes!!
Mia Zarlengo
So happy you and the whole fam can enjoy these 🙂 Thank you so much Diedri!!
Wholesome Ingredient Lover
Keep your recipes coming! I look at your page often for ideas – love the wholesome ingredients and healthy meals.
Cara
These are literally the best cookies on the internet. I make them all the time and I eat them all so fast but I feel like these would stay perfect even after a few days (I don’t know – they’ve never actually lasted that long for me) I make a bunch Sunday night and end up eating the few that are left for breakfast the day. Everyone should be required to make these at least once in their life to know what true happiness feels like!!
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Madeline
I absolutely love these cookies! Delicious, quick, and easy to make. I make a batch almost once a week!
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Mia Zarlengo
Hi Madeline! This truly makes my day that you make these so often!! Thank you so much 🙂
Melanie
Just tried these and can’t believe how amazing they are!!! They really do taste like the real deal. Thank you for this recipe!
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Maddie
These are the best cookies!!! They are loved by all and hands down my favorite healthier choc chip cookie that I have tried.
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Mia Zarlengo
Thank you so much Maddie!!! 🙂
Colleen
Get. Out. Of. Town. These cookies are insanely good and similar to that perfect chocolate chip cookie you grew up eating BUT they are grain free and have so much less guilt. I doubled the batch and brought them to thanksgiving. I’m trying to introduce the concept to my family that there are alternative choices when it comes to ingredients even in desserts.
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Mia Zarlengo
Omg Colleen this is SO sweet and seriously made my day! So happy you loved them!! 🙂
Tori Horton
So easy to make, my friends and family always try to steal them from me! Favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe ever!
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Katrina
Truly the greatest cookie recipe I’ve ever found. And I bake a lot. A LOT. They are chewy and moist and so beyond flavourful. Every time I make these they disappear in less than 24 hours. Run don’t walk to the store, buy the ingredients and get baking people! ❤️
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Gillian
This recipe is what led me to discover gathered nutrition (previously bitesbymia ;)) and boy am I glad I did. These cookies are so easy and so delicious. They’re the only chocolate chip cookies I make! Plus I love a good butter substitute. You have to make these!!
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Amber
These are my absolute favorite chocolate chip cookies! They’re so quick and easy to make plus I feel good about the ingredients! Bonus points that I have gestational diabetes and these don’t raise my blood sugar 😎
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Alex
If you haven’t eaten these yet you are not living. The freaking best cookies in the world!!!
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Kayla
The best chocolate chip cookies! Definitely my go to
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Hannah
The BEST gf cookies ever.
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Kendyl
The BEST cookies ever. Make them once a week. YUM!!
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Madeline
Finally made these cookies and now have my favorite go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. The main thing for me, is I’ve had gluten free cookies be really crumbly. These have the perfect texture! Moist and they hold together!
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Mia Zarlengo
Ah thank you SO much Madeline! xo
Katie
New staple in the house!
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Mia Zarlengo
Yay!
Georgie Wallden
I think I’ve made this about 20 times in past few months. I love making cookies that use almond flour because I feel better about eating them. That being said I’ve tried tons of recipes, and THIS is the BEST recipe by far. My family requests this weekly. Thank you for this!!!!!
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Caoilin D
These are super tasty!! I made them the first time as-directed and really enjoyed them. Today I made them with coconut flour instead (just bc almond flour was so expensive). Still tasty, but the almond flour is definitely better. These are loosely the adjustments I made since coconut flour is much more absorbent!
– Instead of almond flour, 1 cup of coconut flour
– Use 4 eggs TOTAL so add an extra egg
– Add a *little* more sugar than originally directed (maybe like 1/8 a cup? just to taste)
Again; the almond flour tastes much better, but in case you want to try coconut for whatever reason that’s what worked for me!
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Amber
These are AMAZING. Super easy to make, amazing texture and flavor, and I used Hu Kitchen chocolate and WOW! SO good!
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Mia Zarlengo
So happy to hear that!! I absolutely need to try these with Hu Kitchen!! xo
Lindsey Keller
Hands down the best choc chip cookies I’ve ever had or made. They sub for healthier ingredients so you don’t feel as guilty. I make these easily every other week!
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Lillie
I can’t even make other cookies anymore because nothing compares to these! They’re so quick and easy and taste absolutely amazing. All of my friends can’t even believe they’re grain free. Love this recipe!
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Maria
I am obsessed with these cookies!! Every time I make them (which is often) my family just demolishes them. They are so fluffy, chewy, and easy to make! I usually make them with brown sugar instead of coconut sugar but they still turn out fantastic!
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Henni
I admit I was a little confused with the olive oil taste after my first bite but once you get it it’s heaven!
These cookies are so delicious and so easy to make!
Just made another sheet and didn’t have enough almond flour so I used oat flour for the remaining amount needed. Consistency is not as good but they actually get better after a couple of days in the fridge and are super yummy too!
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Joanna M.
So easy and delicious! I love the chewy texture. I think I under baked them slightly, but there’s no way to really mess these cookies up 🙂 Thanks for the excellent recipe!
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Jenn
My husband had no idea these were not the classic Nestle cookies we grew up making. SO much better though! Staple in our household.
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Jamie
In love these simple and tasty cookies! I sent the recipe to my Danish friend, who now lives in The Netherlands, and she’s been baking them non-stop for her family, so your recipes now have international reach! This recipe is absolutely my go-to now for any pot-luck or ‘gathering’ with my friends. I’ll have to bake them after quarantine for my housewarming 🙂
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Mary
These are delicious! The best grain-free cookies I have ever made, and I have tried a ton of recipes. These will be a staple in my kitchen for sure!
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Mia Zarlengo
This is such a compliment!! Thank you so much Mary 🙂
Sara
AMAZING! I’ve been baking a lot with almond flour for Passover and these were SO good. I substituted canola oil for olive oil (a bit shy that my taste testers would find olive oil too strong) and did half white sugar / half brown sugar. They spread slightly but are still a good thickness with a chewy center. 10 out 10 in my book! Thanks Mia!
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Emily
Just made these and they are amazing!
Stacy
I made these cookies with regular refined sugar and mini semi-sweet chocolate chips and they were amazing! I’m amazed at how easy they were to make! I love them with the almond flour since it comes with such a great texture.
My recommendation would be to take them out at the 11 minute mark, even if you think they are underdone. The first time I was afraid they were too wobbly but they definitely settled after they cooled, and I ended up slightly burning. mine on top. But still very delicious!
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Natasha
I made these cookies with 1/2 cup of coconut sugar instead of 3/4s cup (just to cut down a bit) and they were still absolutely perfect and delicious! Thick yet moist and so so yummy!
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Mia Zarlengo
So good to know- glad it worked for you Natasha 🙂
Juliet
I want to start off by saying I have never commented on a recipe before – these cookies are THAT good. I was skeptical about the olive oil at first but WOW I am 100% on board now. Best gluten free cookie recipe I have ever made. Thank you!!!
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Mia Zarlengo
This is SO sweet!! Thank you so much Juliet- so glad you loved them!! xoxo
Maja
These cookies are the best ever. Love them so much. My all family do. I would like to bake them every day. The best , you never buy something like that at store. So good , so easy to bake and healthy. Thanks so much!!!
★★★★★
Chantel
These are delicious but for some reason mine stayed in ball form they only spread out a little. I followed the recipe and didn’t use any substitutions??
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Mia Zarlengo
Hi! Did you slightly flatten the balls of dough before baking? That’s so strange they didn’t spread!
Linda
WOW! Great recipe!
Addison Tompi
Just like the description: “The most deliciously fluffy, thick, and flavorful bakery style chocolate chip cookies.” SO GOOD! I actually subbed the almond flour for oat flour cause it’s all I had on hand and they were still great. Highly recommend.
I saved some dough in the fridge for later – excited to see how that batch turns out after being in the fridge.
This recipe was also so quick – an easy staple for sure!
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Erum
So so good! I make these over and over again and my friends have started making them too. So much better than traditional chocolate chip cookies!
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Mia Zarlengo
I am so happy you love these Erum!! Thank you so much xo