Oatmeal Chia Cookies
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These oatmeal chia cookies are perfect for breakfast or as a healthy snack. The texture is chewy and similar to baked oatmeal. Plus they’re portable and great for meal prep!
I’ve been seeing a bunch of 2 ingredient cookie recipes around the web recently and finally decided to try my hand at making a version of my own. I worked really hard to keep the ingredient list short and sweet, but I had to add a few things — just like seven or so, no big deal.
And oh well, the additional ingredients are worth it because these chia cookies are GOOD! Plus, it’s a recipe that allows you to have cookies for breakfast — that counts for something, right? Surely it does…
How to Make Chia Cookies
These cookies are made without any added sugar (except the sugar in the dark chocolate chips), no dairy or eggs and they can easily be made gluten-free if you make sure to purchase gluten-free oats.
They’re also packed with hearty and healthy ingredients that will keep you feeling full all morning. Chia seeds, oats, almond butter, coconut, dates… basically every ingredient in these cookies is healthy. They’re flourless so the texture is bit more chewy and similar to baked oatmeal so I’m deeming them breakfast cookies.
I’ve been eating them for breakfast and as a snack! They’re perfect for either situation and would be great to make as a brunch treat as well. If you’re making them strictly for breakfast and would like to cut out the chocolate, that’s cool. But I will admit, it’s pretty fun having chocolate for breakfast. Try it!
Want more Chia Recipes?
- Chia Pudding
- Strawberry Chia Jam
- Peanut Butter Chia Pudding
- Chocolate Chia Pudding
- Coconut Chia Bars
More Healthy Cookie Recipes to Try
- Protein Cookies
- Coconut Flour Cookies
- Healthy No-Bake Cookies
- Peanut Butter Granola Cookies
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- SunButter Cookies
- Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Oatmeal Chia Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/4 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 3/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup chopped medjool dates
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chunks, carob chips or cacao nibs (dairy-free, if needed)
- 1 Tablespoon creamy almond butter
- large pinch of cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a small bowl, stir together the chia seeds and almond milk and let the mixture sit for about 10 minutes, or until the chia seeds have created a nice gel-like consistency.
- Pour the chia seed gel into a medium sized mixing bowl and add in the mashed bananas, oats, coconut, almond butter and cinnamon until well combined.
- Gently stir in the dates and chocolate chunks.
- Scoop out dough (about 1-2 tablespoons worth) onto a baking stone or a greased cookie sheet and use a fork to press the dough down a little to make more of a cookie shape. You should get about 15 cookies.
- Place in oven and bake for 17-20 minutes, or until the bottom of the cookies have browned a tiny bit.
- Take them out, let cool and enjoy.
- Store leftovers in a sealed storage container in the fridge. They should last 5-7 days.
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Notes
- The almond butter can be substituted with any other nut butter – peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, cashew butter, etc.
- The medjool dates can be substituted with dried fruit like raisins, cranberries or chopped dried figs.
- The shredded coconut can be left out or substitute with another mix-in of your choice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I have made this recipe twice. It is the perfect recipe for kids to help with as they can taste away, and essentially guilt free. The only major modification I made is putting the banana and dates in a food processor and then hand mixing the rest. I will continue to make these cookies!
Hi Ranay! I am happy to hear that you and your kids are loving this recipe. Thanks so much for sharing and for taking the time to leave a comment (and star rating). Your feedback is super helpful to the EBF community so I really appreciate it!
Delicious! I didn’t have a couple things so I subbed cows milk for almond & PB for almond. Worked great! Hubby can’t stop talking about how good they are.
Hi Stephanie! Thank you so much for sharing your variation and so glad you and your hubby liked them! 🙂 And thank you so much for coming back to comment (and leaving the star rating) for this recipe. It means the world to me!
These are easy to make and taste delicious. I didn’t have chocolate chunks or chips, so I subbed 2T of raw cacao nibs. The slightly bitter taste of the cacao was a great compliment to the sweetness of the bananas and dates. These cookies are a hit at our house. Thank you!
Hi Cathy! Thank you so much for sharing. I bet they’re super tasty with the raw cacao nibs! And thank you so much for coming back to comment (and leave the star rating) for this recipe. It means the world to me!
Do you think I can leave out the coconut?
You definitely can leave the coconut out! You can also swap it with raisins, cranberries, slivered nuts or another mix-in. Let me know how they turn out for you.
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try them when we get home from vacation!
Paige
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Thank you for giving the nutritional count for your recipes. That is always extremely helpful to me. I am sure many others feel the same.
You’re so welcome. I love being able to provide the nutrition information for all my recipes and I’m glad it’s helpful.
These are absolutely delicious. I have to have them every morning for breakfast. The only thing I did is add altitude almond extract.
Hi Pam! I’m so excited that you are enjoying these cookies. I bet they’re super tasty with the almond extract. And thank you so much for coming back to comment (and leave the star rating) for this recipe. It means the world to me!
made your cookies, love them!! and thx for providing nutrition info, i was wondering!:)
Woo! I’m so so glad that you liked these cookies, Rachel. Thanks so much for coming back to leave a comment and star rating too. Means the world to me! <3
I am so glad I discovered your blog. Keep up the great recipe discoveries.
Namaste
elizabeth
We loved these! I left out the dates and chocolate chips and added slivered almonds and chopped pecans (1/4 cup total) instead. Also added 1T of flax meal. It was so good and still plenty sweet!