This Vegan Cookie Dough is safe to eat raw and is the perfect 5-minute sweet treat! It’s packed with almond butter, almond flour, dark brown sugar, maple syrup, and chocolate chips!
Finally! A cookie dough that’s safe to eat raw! This vegan cookie dough is seriously SO GOOD! It’s perfectly sweet, nutty, and packed with chocolate chips. Bonus: it’s gluten-free too!
If you’re looking for a slightly more indulgent non-vegan cookie dough, check out my oatmeal chocolate chip edible cookie dough recipe!
Ingredients
Less than 10 ingredients needed to make cookie dough!
- Almond Butter – helps to bind the other ingredients together while also adding a delicious but not overpowering nutty flavor.
- Maple Syrup – our natural sweetener for the dough! This also provides moisture. Feel free to try another sticky sweetener if you don’t have maple syrup on hand, but keep in mind, the flavor and texture will be affected.
- Dark Brown Sugar – helps achieve the classic cookie dough flavor. It adds just a little more depth than the maple syrup and provides a rich molasses flavor.
- Almond Flour – gives the cookie dough structure while keeping this recipe gluten-free! Unlike traditional all-purpose flour, which needs to be heat-treated to kill any bacteria before eating it raw, almond flour can be eaten raw right away.
- Salt – cuts the sweetness and brings out other flavors.
- Almond Milk – adds moisture to the dough. Use more or less depending on desired consistency.
- Vanilla Extract – adds warmth and depth of flavor.
- Chocolate Chips – use dairy free chocolate chips to keep this recipe vegan. Other mix-ins will work as well! Try peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, or even M&Ms!
How to make
This sweet vegan treat is ready in 5 minutes!
- Beat almond butter, maple syrup, and brown sugar together until smooth.
- Mix in almond flour and salt then add in almond milk and vanilla extract.
- Stir in chocolate chips then serve or store in the fridge.
Is vegan cookie dough safe to eat?
This vegan cookie dough recipe is safe to eat raw!
Everyone loves cookie dough and usually we just accept the risk that comes with eating it. 😉 But with this vegan cookie dough, you don’t have to! No eggs, no flour…just a delicious sweet treat!
Can you bake this vegan cookie dough?
No. This recipe is designed to be enjoyed as dough. It’s lacking a couple of ingredients necessary (an egg substitute, a leavening agent, etc.) for making dough into cookies.
If you are looking for some yummy vegan cookie recipes, check out my vegan oatmeal cookies, these double chocolate almond butter cookies, or these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
Can you use a different nut butter?
I love the subtle flavor of almond butter in this recipe to keep a more classic chocolate chip cookie dough flavor, but others nut butters will work as well. Try peanut butter, cashew butter, or even macadamia nut butter! Whatever you choose, be sure to use an all-natural runny variety where the only ingredient listed is nuts (or nuts + salt).
How to store
Leftover vegan cookie dough will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 5-7 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
To enjoy again, thaw in the fridge if frozen then devour! I bet frozen cookie dough bites (if you’ve chosen to scoop the dough into individual portions) would be delicious straight out of the freezer as well!
– Jennifer
Vegan Cookie Dough
Equipment for this recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons all natural almond butter room temperature (use the just nuts variety - stirred well to combine the oil)
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup room temperature
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar packed
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour spoon and leveled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons almond milk plus more for thinning, if necessary
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup dairy free chocolate chips or other desired mix-ins
Instructions
- Beat almond butter, maple syrup, and brown sugar together until smooth.
- Beat in almond flour and salt - mixture will be dry.
- Beat in almond milk and vanilla extract.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Serve immediately or place in an airtight container in the fridge, chill, and enjoy cold!
Nutrition Information
*Note: Nutrition information is estimated and varies based on products used.
Laurel
Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy
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Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy
Sidratul