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5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

April 8, 2022

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

Made of oats instead of flour, banana, and peanut butter these easy 5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies are sweetened with cocoa and topped with pumpkin seeds. Full of iron and protein, they make a healthy dessert or breakfast cookie.

Only 5 Ingredients

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

These flour-free oat based cookies are made up of only 5 ingredients so they are so quick and easy to make. You can add in optional pumpkins seeds to amp up the protein and iron content.

Additional idea for optional add ins:

•Cashews, almonds, or nuts of choice

•Dried fruits such as cranberries or coconut flakes

•Seeds like sunflower, hemp or flax seeds

Making Your Oat Cocoa Cookies Extra Sweet

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

Overripe bananas are higher in sugar than lesser ripe bananas. This naturally sweet flavour makes overripe bananas excellent for baking. They add a sweet taste to your 5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies and therefore reduce the need for refined sugar. Overripe bananas also boast higher antioxidant levels too!

If your bananas are not overripe, you’ll want to add a touch of sweetener to your cookie batter.

1-2 Tbsps of maple syrup will make up for the lack of natural sweetness in your bananas. Or, you can opt for agave which is sweeter than maple syrup, so requires a bit less. A dash of vegan sugar such as Wholesome Organic Sugar also works as a sweetness booster in these cookies.

You can also add in vanilla extract for a sweeter cookie. While vanilla actually isn’t a sweetener, we associate its taste with sweetness. Natural vanilla extract actually comes from the pods of the vanilla orchid, soaked in alcohol and water.

Vanilla gives a warmth and complexity to the flavour of baked goods. It also enhances all the other flavours within a recipe. just as salt does on the savoury side. Its aroma has a sweetness to the palate. It’s not necessary in this recipe, since these cookies are more of less sweet breakfast cookie. But, you can certainly add vanilla if you prefer a stronger sweetness!

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies sweetened with cocoa and topped with pumpkin seeds. Full of iron and protein, they make a healthy dessert.
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Gluten free, Plant-Based, Vegan
Servings 8 cookies

Ingredients
  

5 Ingredient Oat Cocoa Cookies

  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 3 large bananas overripe (If your bananas are not overripe add 1-2 Tbsps maple syrup to sweeten)
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter or nut butter of choice
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp cocoa powder unsweetened
  • handful pumpkin seeds optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients and mix well until fully combined.
  • Wet your hands and form 8 balls with the cookie dough.
  • Place each ball on the lined cookie sheet, and press each ball into a cookie shape.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, until slightly golden on the edges.
  • Allow cookies to cool for 10 minutes before eating.

Notes

These cookies are Vegan and Gluten Free. They should be stored in the refrigerator and will keep for 5 days. They are freezer-friendly, for up to two months.
If your bananas are not overripe you’ll want to add 1-2 Tbsps maple syrup to sweeten your cookies. 
Keyword Breakfast cookies, chocolate chip cookies, Cocoa, Oat cookies, Oats, Pumpkin seeds

Looking for ore vegan cookie recipes? Try my Coconut Sugar Vegan Cookies with chocolate chips. Soft yet chewy, they’re absolute perfection.

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