With a rich and chocolaty flavor, these paleo nutella cookies are a healthy and allergy friendly treat! No eggs, no dairy, and they are easily made in your food processor!
Nutella cookies without any Nutella!
These cookies have all the wonderful chocolate and toasted hazelnut flavor without using the not so healthy OR allergy-friendly Nutella. Back when I first started this blog, I recreated a Nutella recipe….but that was back when I still used sugar. I am working on a sugar free version now…but no perfection…. yet.
Grain free and vegan baked goods can be hard to find as not using eggs with all the protein-rich flours can be even trickier than gluten free/egg free baking (is that even possible?!)
I remember feeling so completely overwhelmed when I first started doing gluten free vegan baking…it seemed like I would never get it. But now, it is second hand. I am hopeful that my expertise in grain free cooking will one day match!
Or maybe my son will actually be able to tolerate eggs….is it too much to hope? Just one little allergen back on the menu?! Please?! Maybe the Chinese herbs we hope to get soon will do the trick…I can hope, right?
How Do I Remove Hazelnut Skins Easily?
To remove the skins from hazelnuts, after toasting them in a 350 degree oven for about 12-15 minutes, vigorously roll the nuts between a folded kitchen towel.
This can be a pain, but it will get most of the skins off for you, which is all you need! Alternately, pre-skinned varieties DO exist for purchase!
Additional paleo recipes:
- These DIY Larabars are a paleo version of the popular peanut butter and chocolate chip flavor….using sunflower seeds!
- My kids can’t get enough of my oven baked kale chips!
- I learned to love eggplant with this smoky eggplant dip!
- I want to try these sweet potato and spinach raviolis!
- These almond butter and jelly brownies are sure to be a treat!
Paleo Nutella Cookies Recipe:
If you try these yummy vegan cookies, be sure to come back and leave a comment below!
Paleo Nutella Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter ghee, or favorite vegan butter
- 1/4 cup coconut oil or more butter, softened
- 6 tablespoons honey or coconut nectar
- 1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts papery skins removed
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 6 T coconut flour
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a food processor, whir the butter, oil, and honey until creamy and smooth.
- Add in the whole toasted hazelnuts and pulse to chop them.
- Add in the remaining ingredients through the baking soda and process until well mixed. You want to leave some nut pieces, and not puree the whole thing.
- Taste, make sure it is sweet enough for you! Adding an additional tablespoon or two of sweetener or stevia equivalent is fine.
- Add in chocolate chips as desired and pulse a couple of times to mix. Your dougn should be stiff, just like a typical cookie dough batter. Adding a tablespoon or two more of any of the flours is ok!
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto to a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for about 8-10 minutes until just golden around the edges, and no more! Grain-free cookies can dry out quickly!
- Let cool, and then store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
What do you bake your cookies on? I have tried finding a good stainless steel cookie sheet, with no luck. I’m looking for another option. (P.S. Your cookies always look amazing! I haven’t tried all of them, but we love the ones I have tried. Yum!)
These look so good! Almost like they would have a brownie consistency! Pinning this recipe for the day I can eat nuts again! 🙂 And please share when you’ve got a sugar-free nutella recipe. That would be amazing!
Oh these look wonderful! Thanks for such a creative recipe. Can’t wait for healthy Nutella!
-Dana
let me know how they work out for you Dana!
Omg! These cookies are the BOMB!! Made them yesterday with kindness for my Nutella-loving daughter but ate them myself for dinner and breakfast. Thinking I’ll have to make another batch just for her as I may eat these all myself before she gets home from school. Thx for the great recipe! 🙂
Great Moriah, so fabulous to get feedback and know someone else is enjoying something as much as me!! I will have control, I will have control…!
woohoo! these babies look beautiful. Vegan & paleo is awfully tricky to get right, I look forward to trying these
Thanks Cheryl, hope you enjoy them!
My brilliant baking queen-you’ve done it again! These cookies look delicious and perfect for my Nutella loving husband 🙂
There are plenty of Nutella addicts out there…now I am perfecting a refined sugar free nutella so we can all indulge without the junk!
Do I melt the coconut oil or just pack it in solid form like a shortening?
I used it softened and just scooped into the measuring cup…not melted Teresa, I will make that clearer in the recipe! Thank you!
These cookies look absolutely delicious!!!
I have been dreaming of Nutella cookies, but didn’t want them made with the store-bought junk. Thank you soooo much for this recipe, Tessa! Can’t wait to try them. 🙂
xo,
Shirley
p.s. look for a surprise on my blog in a little while. 😉
My pleasure Shirley!
Wow that’s great Tessa, I’ll have to try these out. We’re always looking for great gluten free free cookies. Even better that these don’t use eggs!
These look so yummy! My husband and I have been thinking more about the Paleo diet but haven’t made a huge switch yet. This will be a good recipe to introduce to the family! Thanks for sharing.
It was change to start, but we loved how we felt on it Aubrey!! And we ate so many vegetables….it was great to break some poor eating habits!
These look fabulous, Tessa! I’m so proud of you for kicking out that sugar. What a wonderful treat. 🙂
Hugs,
–Amber