Vegan Cookie Dough (Gluten-Free)

This Vegan Cookie Dough is rich and fudgy, perfectly sweet and 100% edible! A quick and easy dessert or snack.

Why you’ll love this Vegan Cookie Dough:

• it’s rich and fudgy 
• it’s completely edible
• it’s egg-free and dairy-free
• it’s a source of protein and fibre
• it’s filling and satisfying 
• it’s refined sugar free
• it’s gluten-free
• it’s grain-free
• it’s oil-free
• it’s paleo-friendly
• it’s easily customisable
• it’s nut-free optional
• it’s ready to eat in 15 minutes!

How to make this Vegan Cookie Dough

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the full recipe.

• Place the dates, ground almonds, almond butter, salt, vanilla and plant-based milk in a food processor.

• Whizz until completely smooth.

• Add the chocolate chips.

• Stir into the mixture.

• Transfer into a bowl.
• Either enjoy immediately or place in the fridge for a few hours to firm up slightly.

How long does this Vegan Cookie Dough keep for?

This Vegan Cookie Dough keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days.

Substitutions you can make to this recipe:

• you can substitute the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground walnuts or ground hazelnuts
• you can substitute the almond butter with peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter or tahini
• you can use any type of milk: almond milk, cashew milk, soy milk, rice milk, oat milk etc
• for a nut-free version, use sunflower seed butter or tahini instead of almond butter, oat flour instead of ground almonds and use a nut-free plant-based milk.

Ingredients you can add to this recipe:

• desiccated coconut
• chopped pecan nuts
• raisins or dried cranberries
• rolled oats for an oatmeal cookie texture.

More vegan no-bake desserts:

• Chocolate Pudding Pots
• Chocolate Truffles
• Fudge
• Brownie Bites
• Chocolate Cookies
• Strawberry Trifle
• Key Lime Pie
• Blueberry Cheesecake
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

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Vegan Cookie Dough (Gluten-Free)

This Vegan Cookie Dough is rich and fudgy, perfectly sweet and 100% edible! A quick and easy dessert or snack.

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: egg-free cookie dough, gluten-free cookie dough, vegan cookie dough

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 172kcal

Author: Rhian Williams

Ingredients

• 60 g (1/3 cup) pitted dates soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 10 minutes
• 100 g (1 cup) ground almonds (almond meal) (or sub ground walnuts or oat flour)*
• 30 g (1/8 cup) smooth almond butter (or sub peanut butter or any other nut or seed butter)
• Pinch of salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 30 ml (1/8 cup) unsweetened almond milk (or sub any other plant-based milk)
• 20 g (1/8 cup) dark chocolate chips (ensure vegan/gluten-free if necessary) **

Instructions

• Drain the soaked dates
• Place the drained dates in a food processor with the ground almonds, almond butter, salt, vanilla and milk
• Whizz until completely smooth
• Add the chocolate chips and stir into the mixture - add more or less than the recipe calls for, if desired
• Transfer into a bowl
• Either enjoy immediately or place in the fridge for a few hours to firm up slightly
• Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days

Notes

*To make ground walnuts, place the walnuts in a food processor and whizz until you get a fine powder. To make the oat flour, place rolled oats in a food processor and whizz until you get a fine powder.

**Use refined sugar free chocolate chips if necessary.

Nutrition Facts

Vegan Cookie Dough (Gluten-Free)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 172 Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Fat 12g18%

Saturated Fat 1g5%

Sodium 10mg0%

Potassium 124mg4%

Carbohydrates 13g4%

Fiber 3g12%

Sugar 8g9%

Protein 5g10%

Calcium 72mg7%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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