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9 Easy to Make Healthy Cookie Recipes

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Satisfy your sweet tooth with these 9 healthy cookie recipes to celebrate National Cookie Day.

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Did you know December 4th is National Cookie Day?! Heck yes. But let’s be real, I definitely don’t need a foodie holiday to tell me to eat a cookie. I’m gonna go ahead and say that next to ice cream, cookies are my favorite type of dessert. Fresh outta the oven? Fuggedaboutit.

You know what else I love? Making cookies that are delicious and healthier! Yes, my friends it can be done. So to honor this very special holiday I’ve rounded up some of my absolute favorite healthy cookie recipes both from my blog and from some of my favorite blog bffs who’s healthy dessert recipes never let me down.

So go ahead, pour yourself a nice big glass of (almond)milk and let’s make some healthy cookies.

1. Flourless Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cookies via In it 4 the Long Run

Chocolate and gingerbread are a total flavor power couple. These flourless cookies are like little chocolate pillows of goodness and so simple to make.

These Flourless Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Cookies will absolutely melt in your mouth, but the best part is how easy they are to make!

2. Whole Wheat Oatmeal Berry Cookies via Fit Mitten Kitchen

Ashley is a healthy baking goddess so I never ask questions, I just eat the cookies.

FitMitten

3. Hemp Heart Superfood Cookies via In it 4 the Long Run

These hemp heart superfood cookies rock because they taste like coconut macaroons but are packed with superfoods. We’re in Hannah Montana territory because you’re definitely getting the best of both worlds.

hemp heart superfood cookie

4. 5 Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies via the Balanced Berry

When the main ingredient of a cookie is cashew butter you don’t say no.

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[Tweet “Holy cookies batman! I want to make all these healthy cookie recipes”]

5. Coconut Cashew Butter Cookies via In it 4 the Long Run

Oh did I mention how amazing cashew butter is? Yup. And these Coconut Cashew Butter cookies are no exception.

Coconut Cashew Butter Cookie

6. Healthy Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies via the Almond Eater

Made with gluten-free flour and drizzled with healthy caramel sauce? Yes I’d like 1000 please.

ERIN

7. Double Chocolate Chunk Almond Butter Cookies via In it 4 the Long Run

3 words: double chocolate chunk. Game over.

Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies

8. Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter Cookies via RachLmansfield

Cinnamon Raisin, meets peanut butter cookie meets your tastebuds. No, it’s not a new RomCom, it’s a bangin’ healthy cookie recipe.

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9. Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies via In it 4 the Long Run

Who needs flour when you’ve got peanut butter? Ammiright? These babies are moist, ooey-gooey and pretty damn addicting if I do say so myself.

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Your Turn:

  • What’s your favorite kind of cookie? (I know, I ask the hardball questions here)
  • Do you celebrate foodie holidays?
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  2. Those chocolate chip gingerbread cookies are calling my name! I would say that my favorite cookie would have to be biscotti but who doesn’t love them all? Great roundup of delicious and healthier cookie recipes!

  4. Ummmm talk about epic flavor combinations. Seriously. Every day is national cookie day in my life, but I’ll be sure to eat an extra cookie today. Favorite cookie: too hard of a question, but probably traditional chocolate chip.

  6. YAY! Obvi I love this <3 Chocolate chip is pretty epic. Snickerdoodle next… THEN probably some form of nut butter chocolate chip combo. Then oatmeal… Yeah so I don't really discriminate 😉 thanks for the link loveeeeeee XX