• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

PLANTED NOSHERY

  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Contact
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Recipes
  • Contact
  • ×

    Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies

    July 15, 2021 by Samantha Leave a Comment

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
    Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies

    Mini cookies are great, right?  When things are mini it’s just a fantastic excuse to eat more of them.  At least, that my excuse.  But they’re also great for the kids who don’t need a massive cookie at the end of a meal.  And they pack well in lunches.  So Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies are well-loved by our herd and, I hope they’re just as popular with yours, too!

    Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies

    Any good mini cookie needs a good portion of mini chocolate chips.  I use the Enjoy Life brand because they’re a perfect size, taste like regular chocolate chips, and are available at any of the grocery stores in my area.  Next, I wanted these cookies to be filling in little tummies so that if they’re having a little after-meal treat it also helps fill in any cracks left by a dinner that wasn’t full of their favorite foods.  Not that I ever make something my kids don’t like… I’m rolling my eyes big time here if you could only see.  Hence, the filling oat flour.  It’s lighter in volume than wheat flour, but keeps these cookies gluten-free and still tasting oh so good.

    Substitutions

    Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies

    Peanut butter – Almond or cashew butter can be substituted here.  I haven’t tried these with sunflower seed butter but it would likely work just fine as a nut-free option.

    Coconut oil – You can sub this out for apple sauce if you’re after an oil-free version.  It changes the texture a noticeable amount, but they’re still delicious.  I make this sub at home sometimes because I like to sneak in extra fruit for oil in things we eat often.

    Coconut sugar – Cane, brown or granulated sugars are 1:1 swaps here. 

    Oat Flour – Generally speaking, you can substitute all-purpose flour for oat flour.  But, you need to substitute by weight.  All-purpose flour weighs more than oat flour, so you’ll end up with hockey pucks for cookies if you try to make this sub by volume. 

    Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies

    These Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies are

    • Packed with chocolate chips
    • GF, Vegan
    • Easy to make
    • Seedy
    • Nutty
    • Spiced
    • Packable
    • Snackable
    • Kids pleasing
    • Delicious!

    If you make these Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies, let us know how it went!  Leave a comment or rating below and follow us on Instagram for more vegan deliciousness #plantednoshery.  However you found our little slice of the internet, we’re so glad you’re here.  Enjoy!

    Print Recipe

    Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies

    These Mini Chocolate Oat Cookies and bite sized treats, that are loaded with extras. Spiced with cinnamon, filled with sunflower seeds and bursting with healthy whole grain oats, these little cookies punch way above their weight when it comes to texture, flavor and nutrition.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time15 mins
    Total Time25 mins
    Course: Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine: Gluten Free, North American, Vegan, Vegetarian
    Keyword: best cookies, chocolate chip, chocolate chunk, easy cookies, healthy cookies, loaded cookies, oat flour, oats, peanut butter, sunflower seeds
    Servings: 18 cookies

    Ingredients

    • ⅓ cup Sunflower seeds
    • ¾ cup Rolled oats (65g) Use certified GF if needed
    • 1 cup Oat flour (90g) See notes for link to making your own
    • 2 Flax eggs See notes
    • ½ cup Natural peanut butter, unsalted *runny and smooth
    • ½ cup Coconut sugar
    • ¼ cup Coconut oil
    • 1 tsp Baking powder
    • 1 tsp Cinnamon
    • ½ tsp Baking soda
    • ½ tsp Nutmeg
    • ½ cup Dairy free chocolate chunks
    • ½ tsp Sea salt

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare the Flax Eggs (see notes below).
    • In a small non stick pot, melt the peanut butter and coconut oil over medium low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat as soon as the coconut oil melts. Do not overheat.
    • Combine the oats, oat flour, sunflower seeds, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and coconut sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir well to combine.
    • Add the prepared flax eggs to the peanut butter mixture and stir to combine evenly. Then, pour the just melted peanut butter/coconut oil/flax egg mixture over the dry ingredients. Fold everything together until evenly combined and a dough comes together.
    • Touch the dough to ensure it isn't warm from the peanut butter mixture. If it is, let it cool to the touch first, then fold in the chocolate chips. If the dough is warm, the chocolate chips will melt and and cookies won't have chocolate chunks.
    • Use teaspoons or your hands to form small cookie dough balls about 1" in diameter. Place the cookie dough balls on a lined baking sheet, and flatten to half their height with your fingers. The cookies can be placed fairly close together, as they do not expand with baking.
    • Bake for 13-15 minutes at 350°F. Once finished, let cool for 10 minutes to set before digging in. Enjoy!

    Notes

    How To Make Your Own Oat Flour HERE.
    How To Make Flax Eggs HERE.
    For 2 Flax Eggs, combine 2 tbsp flaxseed with 6 tbsp water.  Stir and let sit 5 minutes before adding to the recipe.  See link above for more info.

    Filed Under: Baking, Gluten-Free, Snacks, Sweets & Treats, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: chocolate chip, chocolate chunk, gluten free cookie, healthy cookie, kid snack, oat flour, Oats, peanut butter, school snack, snack cookie, sunflower seed

    Newsletter

    These Chocolate Chip Protein Balls only take 6

    I should start by saying that we LOVE veggie

    Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats are pretty much as

    Soaked oats. Overnight oats. Easy oats. Peanut

    These Best Vegan Chocolate Waffles are rich and

    The ingredients in these Healthy Loaded Oatmeal

    These Vegan Lemon Blueberry Muffins are everyone's

    These Simple Vegan Crepes are light, slightly

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Primary Sidebar


    A Little About Me

    Hi, I'm Samantha.

    Read my Bio



    Popular

    • No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie (Vegan)
    • Coconut Oat Bars with Blueberry Filling
    • Chunky No Bake Date Bars
    • Tangy Avocado Pasta Alfredo
    • Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Granola
    • Peanut Butter Baked Chickpeas
    • Healthy Loaded Oatmeal Cookies – GF, Oil Free
    • Sweet Potato & Chickpea Soup

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    Planted Noshery

    • About
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy

    Recipes & Such

    • Recipe Index

    Copyright © 2021 Planted Noshery website by Industrial Networks and Powered by SiteGround with the Feast Plugin

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.