The Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies! The perfect taste and texture and no one will be able to tell they're healthy! Gluten free, dairy free, and naturally sweetened. These are a must-make!
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These cookies were a labor of love. I tested and re-tested until they were absolutely perfect. I have had my fair share of mediocre paleo cookies and I didn't want these to fall into that category. They need to be amazing and not taste one bit healthy! These cookies deliver in every way!
These cookies are soft, gooey, a little doughy in the middle and are packed with chocolate. They are buttery tasting from the ghee and sweet from the coconut sugar. They fill the house with that amazing, signature chocolate chip cookie smell which is an added bonus.
I usually get lots of questions about substitutions so I tried these with ghee, coconut oil, and grass-fed butter and they all came out great! Room temperature is key here though, don't use any of them hard or the batter won't mix properly.
The dough does need to chill before baking to make sure the cookies don't spread too much (check the notes for a no-chill version). I usually make the dough one day and bake the cookies the next, but 1 hour in the fridge should be good in you're in a hurry.
Texture is a big part of the perfect chocolate chip cookie and the mixture of almond flour and tapioca flour give the cookies the best texture. I use Bob's Red Mill for both those flours because they are high quality and consistently good.
If you have been searching for the best paleo chocolate chip cookie- look no further- here it is. I hope you love them!
Here are some more cookies you will love: Paleo Easy Snickerdoodles, Paleo Butter Pecan Cookies, Paleo Homemade Tagalong Cookies, and Paleo Thin Mint Cookies.
*Pictures updated 6/2020 with a no-chill option added to the notes. Original recipe remains the same.
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The Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup ghee*, at room temperature
- ¾ cup coconut sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 ¾ cup Almond Flour
- ¼ cup Tapioca Flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup dairy free chocolate chips or chunks
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine ghee and coconut sugar until creamy and well mixed. Add in the egg and vanilla and stir well.
- Add in the almond flour, tapioca flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix well until no dry spots remain and batter is smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350° and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and divide into 22 equal balls. Each ball should be about a heaping tablespoon. 11 will fit on each sheet. Roll each ball and evenly space them apart on the sheet. Add more chocolate chips on top if desired.
- Bake for 12-13 minutes. Let cool before removing them. They will be soft in the center until cool. Bake a couple extra minutes for a crunchier cookie.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days and in the fridge after that.
Nichole says
FANTASTIC! Made this twice--first by the original recipe and 2nd with a few alterations (per personal preference ). First time, fabulous, and you cannot tell this from a non-paleo cookie. It baked up not took thick and not too thin. I think I did under cook them by a minute or two because they remained soft (how is that a bad thing though?).
The second time I doubled the recipe. I used 1/2 refined coconut oil and 1/2 ghee (for the buttery taste) and cut the total fat back by 1 TBS (in the double batch), 1/2 coconut sugar and 1/2 maple sugar, and 1/2 almond butter and 1/2 cashew butter, (because it's what I had on hand). Both times I used HU chocolate gems for a completely Paleo cookie. Each time, I measured the ingredients on a scale per tenth of ounces (grams not available on my scale) and each cookie was 3.2 to 3.5 ounces and I still ended up with 14 cookies (in the doubled recipe). I also cooked them 13-14 minutes the 2nd time and they turned out fabulously. I pride myself on my chocolate chip cookies because I have tried and refined many many recipes over the years to get them just right. I have only recently ventured into the Paleo realm of eating and cooking. I have tried several other Paleo chocolate chip cookie recipes with some success. Kudos to Texanerin for a FANTASTIC CCC recipe which I know took much time and ingredients to perfect. It being Paleo is just an added plus for me so I know I can occasionally splurge. Thank you again for a great recipe! I can't wait to try the others on your site.
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks for trying them, Nichole and for the great feedback. I love that you experimented with them and it sounds like they came out great!
Molly Norback says
Holy MOLY! I made these with unrefined coconut oil and they may not look like the picture above. But OH MY GOSH! It's like coconut chocolate candy heaven. Highly recommend! I'm still healing from inflammation but I could eat all 24 if I wasn't.💗😝
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks for trying them, Molly and so glad you like them! 🙂
Ashley Bundy says
Yum!! Tastes so much like a regular chocolate chip cookie. Freaking delicious!! I searched through a lot of paleo cookie recipes and this one just stood out. Pretty minimal ingredients and so easy to make! Winner!!
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks, Ashley! I'm so glad you tried them and like them! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Leslie Kelly says
These are the best cookies I’ve made in a long time- paleo or otherwise. Everyone loves them and I get request after request for the recipe. Thank you for making me popular with my gluten free friends!!
Jessica DeMay says
Haha- you're welcome, Leslie! Thanks for trying them and I'm so glad you like them!
Julia says
Ive been looking around for a good paleo chocolate chip cookie. This is the best one I've made yet. Light and airy and delicious taste
Jessica DeMay says
Thanks, Julia! So glad you like them!
Emilie says
I have lost track of how many times I've made these! I've made SO many different paleo cookie recipes over the years- this is the one that stands out time and time again and it's my "one". I sprinkle sea salt on the top fresh out of the oven - totally irresistible. Thank you!!
Jessica DeMay says
You're welcome, Emilie! Thank you for making them and for the great review. That means a lot!
Laura Carson says
Could you substitute coconut flour or arrowroot starch for the tapioca flour?
Jessica DeMay says
Hi Laura- definitely not coconut as that is very absorbent. Arrowroot should work great though. Hope you love them!
Margot says
Wonderful! Perfect cookies. Thank you for yet another great recipe!
Jessica DeMay says
You're welcome, Margot! Thanks for trying them!
Jennifer says
Making these for the second time. So good! Thank you!
Jessica DeMay says
You're welcome, Jennifer! Thanks for trying them and so glad you like them!
Sarah says
These are amazing! Easy and delicious for a paleo recipe. Thank you!
Jessica DeMay says
You're welcome, Sarah! Thanks for trying them and for the great feedback!