No-Bake Healthy Cookie Dough Bars (Vegan Recipe)
This amazing vegan cookie dough bar contains only 6 ingredients and it can be even eaten as breakfast because this recipe is much healthier than most cookie doughs. It’s naturally protein-rich, refined sugar-free, eggless, gluten free, and tastes like heaven!
It’s perfect as a healthy snack or dessert, and a great idea to bring to a party or for when you host friends and family. It’s super nutritious; and you’d never guess it has dates instead of sugar!
Healthy Vegan Cookie Dough
I’m a big fan of cookie dough! When I was a child growing up in Chilean Patagonia, my mom and I would make cookies sometimes on the weekend and I always had to steal some raw cookie dough. But mom would always try to stop me because she was afraid I would get an upset stomach with some of the non-vegan ingredients. Fast forward, now you don’t have to worry about it with this vegan cookie dough. It’s totally safe to eat, no-bake (unless you want to), and it tastes just great. I love it because it’s:
Healthier than most cookie dough recipes I’ve seen.
Super quick and easy to make, with an option to have them ready in less than 10 minutes.
Ingredients are mostly whole foods, which means it’s refined sugar-free, and further down I give you an option to make it oil-free too.
It provides enough energy to use it as a pre-workout meal, which I do!
Only 6 Simple Ingredients with an Optional 7th
Chickpeas
Cashews
Dates
Tahini
GF Quick Oats (aka instant oats)
Coconut oil
Dark chocolate chips (optional)
Don’t worry, you don’t taste the chickpeas, you taste the dates, tahini, and cashews. You can also use drained cooked red lentils instead of cooked chickpeas. It will have a different color, but still super tasty.
Cashews: You can use cashew butter instead of cashews (or any nut butter or nut-free butter). This time I used cashews but I have also made the recipe with peanut butter. If you go that route, you will need only ½ cup + 2 tbsp nut butter.
Sweetener: While I use dates for this recipe you can use raisins instead, or any sweetener you have. You will need to adjust the amount based on the type of sweetener you use though.
Dark chocolate chips: I make this recipe with chips when I am going to share it, but I skip them when I make it for myself. Your call!
How to Make Vegan Cookie Dough?
You do you need a good food processor. I use a Ninja Blender for this type of recipe.
Better to process the dates with the chickpeas and the wet ingredients first.
Then add the oats and mix again.
Finally, you can add the chocolate chips and stir with a spoon.
You can eat this vegan cookie dough right away (for the less than 10-minute option) or put it in the freezer to settle.
You can store it in the fridge for 5-6 days, or freeze the leftovers!
This Vegan Cookie Dough Is
Gluten free
Egg-free
Dairy-free (without butter)
Healthier than most cookie dough recipes I’ve seen
Refined sugar-free
Easy to make
Fast to make
Amazing as dessert, breakfast, snack, or as a pre-workout meal