No-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
on Oct 08, 2015, Updated Mar 13, 2025
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These no-bake chocolate chip cookies are delicious and easy to make with just a few ingredients.
About the Recipe
Here are a few reasons to love these simple no-bake cookies:
- Easy to make with 5 ingredients.
- Customize with different nuts and add-ins.
- Perfect sweet & salty flavour!
- Can be made into balls, bars or cookie shapes.
- Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free and no added sugar (if you use sugar-free chocolate chips).
- Travel well for snacks and treats on the go.
Ingredient Notes
Here are the ingredients you’ll need and any possible substitutions:
- Almonds: Use raw almonds with no added salt or oil. You can substitute any kind of nuts such as walnuts, pecans or peanuts.
- Dates: You can use any kind of date as long as they’re soft and fairly moist.
- Chocolate Chips: Use any kind of chocolate chip you like. For vegan cookies, make sure you use something like Enjoy Life.
- Flavour: Vanilla and salt help to enhance the cookie flavour.
This list is not complete. Please see the recipe card at the end of the post for the complete ingredient list with measurements and detailed instructions.
Variations
There are lots of ways to customize these cookies! Here are some ideas:
- For no-bake oatmeal cookies, add up to 1/2 cup rolled oats.
- Try adding up to 1/2 cup desiccated coconut.
- Raisins, cranberries and cacao nibs work in place of chocolate chips.
- Try dipping the cookies in melted chocolate, placing on a baking tray and firming in the fridge for an extra treat!
- For peanut butter cookies, use peanuts and add 1 tbsp peanut butter.
- For a lower-sugar or sugar-free, reduce the chocolate added or use dark chocolate or sugar-free chocolate chips like Lily’s.
- You can roll the dough into balls, press it into bars in a pan or shape it into cookies.
FAQs
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask in the comment section and we’d be happy to help!
You can! If you’d like to use almond flour, start with 3/4 cup and blend with the dates to form a dough you can mold into cookie shapes. If needed, add a little more until you reach the right consistency.
Absolutely! These cookies do not contain wheat though you may want to double check the brand of chocolate chips you use.
They can be stored in the fridge or freezer in an airtight container. Store in the fridge up to 2 weeks or freezer or up to 3 months. They’re ok at room temperature for a day or two but will get soft if it’s warm. They can be enjoyed straight from the freezer.
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Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the almonds in a food processor and mix until broken down.1 1/2 cup raw almonds
- Add the dates, vanilla and salt and mix until it forms a thick dough.1 cup packed soft pitted dates, 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract, 3/4 tsp sea salt
- Add the chocolate chips and pulse a few times to combine.1/2 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
- Roll the dough into approximately 13 balls, pressing each ball into a cookie shape or using a fork to press them down. Place in the freezer for an hour to set.
These look delish! Yet another recipe I will be trying! Love chocolate. ?
Looks so delicious and sweet!
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These are pretty similar to protein bars I make, but with dates instead of protein powder and peanut butter (and the protein bars don’t have chocolate chips). Based on that, I think it’s safe to say these cookies are 10/10 because the protein bars definitely are, and adding chocolate chips to them would make them completely insane.