The fudgy paleo chocolate avocado cookies are made into bite size gooey dark chocolate goodness! Avocado plays a sneaky roll of adding healthy fats to this nutrient dense, gluten free, egg free, and nut free treat! As an added bonus, they are easily made keto and low carb as well!
I experimented with this cookie to get it just how I wanted. I have never tried avocado as a fat replacement before…and chocolate and avocado are always amazing together (check out my homemade fudgesicles!)! So it was challenge I was ready to tackle!
And we have all been in the “I have avocados ready to be too ripe in the next nano second, what am I going to make?!” situation. You have got use them up, STAT, what are you going to do besides guacamole?!!
Well now, there is a sweet option too!!
These are little morsels of dense chocolate heaven…in a convenient and packable form.
A brownie in a cookie’s body.
I wanted to make them grain free, but nut and egg free too so my little guy could enjoy them along with us. Everyone so far agrees, and I think you will too….these are yummy!
And anyone who has tried baking WITHOUT nuts, grains, dairy, and eggs KNOWS it can be a bit daunting. But these fill the bill in every regard!
Low Carb & Keto Avocado Cookies?
Totally possible! Just sub out the palm sugar for your favorite low carb granulated sweetener. I usually use a combination of erythritol (Lankanto’s Monk Fruit Sweetener) and stevia glycerite!
No leavening? It can be key to dense and fudgy textures!
You will notice there is no leavening in these…that keeps them nice and dense and fudge-like. You could experiment with a 1/4-1/2 teaspoon baking soda and see what that does for you if you like!.
Avocado chocolate chip cookies?
Simply by mixing in your favorite chocolate chips, you will have chocolate chip avocado cookies! Simply add 1/2-1 cu[p of chocolate bits into the batter at the end. My two favorite brands (they are both fair trade certified) are Guittard Dark Chocolate Chips, and Lily’s Brand.
Some more recipes using avocado?
- Strawberry Avocado Smoothie @ Low Carb Yum
- Avocado Key Lime Pudding w/ A Crunchy Topping @ What Great Grandma Ate
- Paleo Fudgesicles
Here are some more of my paleo AND vegan recipes you could try!
- Paleo Vegan Nut Free Dense & Fudgey Chocolate Brownies
- Paleo Sweet Potato Muffins – Egg Free
- Raw Chocolate Macaroons
- Raw Strawberry Macaroons
Paleo Chocolate Avocado Cookies Recipe:
Paleo Avocado Cookies - Nut Free | Egg Free
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or unsweetened is fine too
- 1/3 cup coconut milk or any non-dairy milk
- 4 oz avocado apx (1 medium Haas avocado)
- 1/2-1 cup palm sugar or any granulated sugar, I used part stevia)
- 1/4 cup coconut butter softened (or any nut/seed butter)
- 1 tablespoon gelatin use "tessa10" for 10 % off any order
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt to taste
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup tapioca flour or arrowroot starch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a sauce pan over medium low heat, gently heat and soften the chocolate and milk.
- Pour chocolate mixture in the bowl of a food processor and add the avocado flesh, sugar, and coconut butter. Puree.
- With the motor still turned on, sprinkle in the gelatin, vanilla, and sea salt.
- Continue with the remaining ingredients.
- Now taste and be sure the sweetness is to your liking.
- Using a cookie scoop for pretty balls...or if you don't care, just a tablespoon will do, drop the sticky batter onto a greased cookie sheet. These will not move, so placing them closer together is ok. You can smooth the tops with the back of a wet spoon if you like, or gently push down with your wet fingers.
- Place in a preheated oven and bake for about 8 minutes...DO NOT OVERBAKE!
- Remove, and cool. The cookies firm up a lot upon cooling (the gelatin working its binding magic!)
Nutrition
Yaas! Oh my gosh, I have to make these. Fudgey chocolate cookies that have avocado in them – sign me up!
Oh my gosh, I have to make these. Fudgey chocolate cookies that have avocado in them – sign me up!
I love everything bite size. I haven’t had a lot of time to cook lately so anything I can grab on the go is amazing. And the fact that you used avocado here is just delightful! Yum.
Such a brilliant idea to use avocado! These look incredible.
I don’t bake with avocado nearly enough. These look so decadent, I’ve got to give them a try!
Loving all of that gooey chocolate goodness! Yum!
Totally drooling at your cookies. Love the ooey gooey-ness of these beauties!
Yummy egg-free babies! I look forward to making these; our kids will love them!! Thank you!
Love all of the healthy fats here AND they are chocolate!
The flavor of this is quite interesting. I could also see that it is fudgy. I could never really resist a fudgy brownie!
paleo brownies would be the best and these are so moist and tasty!!!
These look magnificent, brownies disguised as a cookie??? I don’t even know where to start
These look divine, brownies disguised as a cookie??? I don’t even know where to start
Do you think I could double the cacao and leave out the starch? Or replace the starch with something? Unfortunately I can’t have any starches :-/
Thanks so much!!
Yes Jenna…definitely! I would not use more cocoa, only b/c it might start to get really bitter without more sweetener, but that is totally up to you and your tastes. You could use additional coconut flour, maybe 2-3 tablespoons!
Such fudgy goodness. These will be a hit in my house. Thanks.
Yum! Amazing, as usual :). Now I’m sad that I’m out of avocados. Can’t wait to go shopping!
I have made cake with avocado, but never cookies. I love how fudgy these turned out. I can never resist fudgy cookies.
me neither Kristen!!
These were the favorite at last weekend’s Savoring Saturdays, so we’ll all be featuring them at this weekend’s party. Thanks so much for sharing your delicious recipes with us, Tessa!
So, so fudgy looking, Tessa! I’ve used the magic of avocado with chocolate before to make egg-free, fudgy treats, but have not tried gelatin in the mix. Must try that next time!
Shirley
These look so fudgy delicious!! And the ingredients are fabulous!
Thanks so much for sharing!!
Andrea
Thanks ANdrea!!
Looks YUMMERS! Wonder if fruit pectin would work in place of the gelatin? Hmmmmm….
~jules
I can bet it would Jules//pectin and gelatin can function pretty similarly, I have just never worked with it!
Goodness — this looks so rich, moist, and chewy, Tessa! Love it 🙂
I might be making these at nap time… so I don’t have to share. 😉
sounds like a good idea to me Raia!
These are perfect! Egg-free and I’m game! I’ll have to try with with Agar instead of gelatin though!
Curious how that would work Rebecca…chia meal might work too, or psyllium.
Very very interesting. I can imagine avocado and chocolate going well together.I must try it. Good stuff, thanks for sharing.