Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (AIP)
With all of the treat recipes that I have here on my blog, something was missing. My favorite treat of all was totally absent from my blog… until now. Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies have arrived!
Chocolate Chip Cookies have always been my all time favorite dessert. We had them around entirely too much when I was growing up, and I have dozens of memories of eating them. I loved them straight from a box, a boxed mix, or homemade. But the thing with chocolate chip cookies is that they can vary greatly depending on how they’re made. They are not all created equal by any means.
I love chocolate chip cookies that are soft and pillowy right out of the oven and are still easy to bite into once they cool. I always had trouble finding exactly what I’m looking for… until now! A paleo chocolate chip cookie that’s AIP, egg-free, dairy-free, soft and delicious.
How to make these paleo & AIP Chocolate chip cookies
- Sift together the tigernut flour, tapioca starch, baking soda, and gelatin
- Next pour in the vanilla, maple syrup, and coconut oil and stir well to combine
- Finally, mix in the chocolate (or carob for AIP) chips and sea salt
- Form the batter into cookies about 1-1.5 inches in diameter. You’ll have 7-8 cookies
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool (preferably on a cooling rack) for at least 20-25 minutes.
The Ingredients You Need for the Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tigernut flour
One of my favorite flours for AIP baking. You can get this at health food stores, or on Amazon.
Tapioca Starch
You can also sub arrowroot here.
Maple syrup
I haven’t tried to swap honey here, but I assume it would work!
Coconut oil
I have listed some coconut free alternatives below, but I have not tested these cookies to be coconut free.
Grass-fed gelatin powder
You cannot sub collagen.
Dairy-free chocolate chips (sub carob for AIP)
I use enjoy life chocolate chips, but you can also sub this for AIP.
Coconut Free Alternatives…
If you want a coconut free alternative that’s similar to this recipe, check out these recipes from Grazed and Enthused and Grass Fed Salsa. These cookies are both amazing!!
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Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 cup tigernut flour
- ¼ cup tapioca starch
- 1 tbsp dry gelatin, vital proteins is what I use
- ⅛ tsp baking soda
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ⅓ cup coconut oil, softened
- 3 tbsp dairy free chocolate chips, sub these for AIP
- ⅛ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Sift together the tigernut flour, tapioca starch, baking soda, and gelatin.
- Pour vanilla, maple syrup, and coconut oil into the batter. Stir well to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips and sea salt until fully incorporated.
- Form the batter into cookies about 1-1.5 inches in diameter. You'll have 7-8 cookies
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool (preferably on a cooling rack) for at least 20-25 minutes... these cookies will break if they don't cool!
- Store in the fridge or enjoy immediately.
Notes
This recipe first appeared on unboundwellness.com in February of 2018 and was updated with February of 2020.
The best paleo and AIP cookies!!
These are the best tasting AIP cookies I’ve made! My fiancé has Crohns and cannot eat his favorite chocolate chip cookies anymore… but these have done the trick! They bring him such joy. Thank you 🙂
also have subbed honey for the maple syrup and they still come out just as tasty
These are amazing! I thought the Pumpkin chocolate chip were my favorite but these just took that!
I just made these & they were AMAZING!!
I missed out vanilla as didn’t have any & subbed dried blueberries for chocolate chips. They smelt & tasted delicious. I couldn’t wait for them to cool either, gorgeous amount of chewiness & crunchiness throughout. Will wait & see what the cooled versions taste like.
Another top recipe, thank you
These were delicious! I much prefer your use of Tigernut flour over almond flour. Thanks for the recipe!
I can’t believe I just ate a chocolate cookie!!! I’m on AIP/paleo and decided to try reintroducing chocolate back through these cookies. I used 100% organic cocoa nibs just to play it safe. And darn these came out delicious!
I liked these cookies! I have a question though, can I replace one scoop of collagen for one of gelatin? Thanks!
Thanks, Gaby! The gelatin is more of a binder, so the collagen wouldn’t work as well as they don’t have the same properties.
Wow, just wow! These were incredible! I had a major craving for chocolate chip cookies and these totally fit the bill! I made my own carob chunks first and then used your cookie recipe and the flavor and texture was absolutely perfect! Definitely will be making these again! 🙂
Yay, so glad it hit the spot!!
So amazingly soft, even after they’ve cooled down! Highly recommend 🙂
These are delicious even with chocolate chips and half of the maple syrup!! Thank you!
These were so decadent! I subbed grass fed butter for the coconut oil and it worked great. I put the dough balls in the freezer for 20 minutes before baking. The kids loved them! I made a triple batch.
Do you measure the tigernut flour before or after it’s sifted? I measured a cup of flour and then sifted it with a mesh strainer. I decided to see how much flour I had after sifting and it was closer to 1 1/2 cups sifted flour. I’m not sure if I should use a cup sifted or measure a cup and then sift.
I always measure it before.
I made these without the chips because I didn’t have any of the AIP ones. SO GOOD! Perfect treat for myself with my tea. Definitely will make again with and without chips!
Thank you for the receipt MICHELLE 🙂
I don’t have tapioca starch, so I replaced it with casava flour and they turned out wonderful!
Also I replaced chocolate with raisins.
I’m not eating chocolate right now so I replaced the chips with a tsp of cinnamon and my husband can’t have coconut oil so I used palm shorting and they turned out so good! Totally hit the spot!