These Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies are simple, healthy cookies that are made with ingredients naturally high in protein and supercharged with protein powder. It’s a great high-protein alternative to my Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies, Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies, Vegan Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies. This recipe is ready in less than 25 minutes for a delicious post-workout snack or just to use as a hunger-buster.
Ingredients and Substitutions
To make a healthy chocolate chip protein cookie recipe at home, you need:
Natural Peanut Butter or drippy fresh almond butter to decrease saturated fat and increase protein per serving. Maple Syrup or brown rice syrup for a low GI protein cookie recipe. Unsweetened Almond Milk or any dairy-free milk you love, like oat milk or coconut milk. Vanilla Extract – for more flavor. Plant-Based Protein Powder – We used peanut protein powder for this recipe, but soy protein powder or pea protein powder also works like a charm! Coconut Flour – It’s a great low-carb flour to make healthy protein cookies with a lot of fiber and keep your blood sugar levels stable. Baking Soda – for a more airy texture. Dark Chocolate Chips – Any chocolate chips work, but dark chocolate chips often contain less sugar to keep the cookies healthy.
How To Make Protein Chocolate Chips Cookies
There’s nothing easier than making homemade protein cookies. It’s also cheaper and healthier than the store-bought version that often contains additives of sugar-free sweeteners that can upset your gut health, such as maltitol.
Allergy Swaps
Nut-Free – You can replace peanut butter with sunflower seed butter and almond milk with coconut milk or oat milk. Sugar-Free – This recipe makes delicious keto protein cookies. If you use your favorite keto protein powder, swap the maple syrup for sugar-free maple syrup and use sugar-free chocolate chips. If the batter is slightly dry, add 1 tablespoon of extra almond milk until the dough comes together. Coconut-Free- Replace the 4 tablespoons of coconut flour with 2/3 cup of almond flour or all-purpose flour. Protein Powder – You can use any of your favorite protein powder in this recipe, including chocolate protein powder as well. Note that we didn’t try the recipe with whey protein powder that is not vegan-friendly. However, I know that some of you follow us and don’t obviously use 100% plant-based ingredients, so let me warn you that whey protein powder often soaks up way more liquids in the recipe. So, if you use it, the cookie batter can be on the dry side and require more almond milk.
Storage Instructions
You can store the Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies in an airtight cookie jar at room temperature for up to 4 days. They can also be frozen for up to 3 months and thawed the day before eating.
More Protein Recipes
We love to create plant-based protein recipes as a healthy, fulfilling snack post-workout or when a sweet craving comes. Below I listed our favorite protein recipes for you to try.
