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Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites [vegan + gluten-free]

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These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

Oh it’s about to get real yummy up in here, folks. I am not totally down for descriptors like foodporn, foodgasm, and the like….but if I were ever to use those words, NOW would be the time.

I had a cookie craving recently and wanted to make something that was super easy to throw together yet still had the right amount of sweetness to satisfy my sweet tooth! At first I was thinking I’d go for the typical no bake raw energy bite or some sort of protein based bar. But for me, that felt like the easy way out! I wanted to do something I wasn’t already familiar with and break out of my baking comfort zone. So I came up with the following…

CHUNKY. MONKEY. COOKIE. BITES.

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

Now I know what you’re thinking, Chunk Monkey Cookie Dough Bites? What’s so adventurous about that? Well let me explain. I gave myself the challenge of making these VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE, and REFINED SUGAR FREE! Of course, that wasn’t too much of a challenge with my favorite Bob’s Red Mill ingredients on hand.

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

These cookies use:

  • coconut flour
  • gluten-free quick oats
  • ground flax seed 

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

These cookie bites also make a PERFECT homemade holiday gift. Even though you may be apart from your friends and family this year, you can still connect with them and show them how much you care with home baked goods, from the heart. I am definitely paying it forward by sharing home baked gifts using Bob’s Red Mill products.

BONUS…YOU CAN EAT THE DOUGH. These cookies are fully vegan…so no raw eggs or dairy to worry about! Aside from that, these bites are doughy, sweet n’ salty, fully of melty chocolate goodness, and pretty darn good for ya too.

Healthy fats from the nut butter, whole grains from the oats, and lots of delicious points from the extra dark chocolate chips!

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

#VEGAN, #NUTFREE, NO SUGAR ADDED Cookie Bites!

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Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites

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★★★★★

5 from 4 reviews
  • Author: Kaila Proulx
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 13 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins
  • Yield: 12-15 bites 1x
  • Category: Sweet Snacks
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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1/4 cup nut butter (I used peanut butter)

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1/4 cup unsweetened apple butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free quick oats

1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used peanuts!)

2 tbsp Bob’s Red Mill ground flax seed

2 tbsp Bob’s Red Mill coconut flour

1/4 cup no sugar added chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. In a food processor, blend together bananas, nut butter, vanilla, apple butter, and cinnamon.

In a separate bowl, combine oats, nuts, flaxseed, and coconut flour. Fold wet into dry ingredients and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and mix until evenly distributed.

Using a tablespoon, scoop dough into 12-15 equally sized balls and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Use the back of a spoon to make sure they are uniform in size. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until tops are firm and slightly golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and store in the fridge.

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

Now how about a close up on the goods…I’ll admit I got a little snap happy photographing these guys. 😉

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

Ooey!

Gooey!

Chocolate deliciousness!

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites | These delectable Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites are everything you could want in a healthy treat! Vegan, gluten-free, no added sugar, and FULL of chocolate goodness. Perfect for snacking on the go!

These are seriously perfect for a pre-workout snack, a fun addition to breakfast, a sweet end to lunch, or a thoughtful homemade gift for the holidays! They have a great mix of carbs, fat, and protein and are made with all real, whole food ingredients. What’s not to love?!

They are the perfect bite-sized snacking for popping on the go! Let me tell you, once you pop ’em you just can’t stop! 😉

Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites #vegan #glutenfree #homebakedfromtheheart

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67 responses to “Chunky Monkey Cookie Bites [vegan + gluten-free]”

  9. […] Vegan Chunky Monkey Cookie Dough Bites via Healthy Helper – These look insanely delicious. I will admit that I don’t have coconut spread or sunflower seed butter, but I’m sure I could think of a non-vegan alternative to make these bites… might be my weekend activity! […]

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  13. Um, drooling. Need these in my life.
    I’ve attempted making “energy balls” before but they were made with ground cashews and felt sooo heavy. Like, I almost couldn’t enjoy them because they were so dense. These look like the perfect solution to that problem!

    xo

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  15. These look like the most gorgeous little bites of yum. I fear I’d eat the whole tray! Thanks so much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. Sorry I was slow getting over for this one. I’ve pinned it to my food board and a tweet will go out shortly 🙂

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  22. HI Kaila,
    Yum! Chunkey Monkey cookie dough sounds perfect for when you get the munchies. Chocolate are always a favorite of mind. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!

    ★★★★★

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  23. With an ingredient list this good, nope there’s no way I’m getting past the dough stage. I should go ahead and double it so maybe some of them will actually have a chance at making it to the oven 😀 Banana, oats, chocolate chips–say no more, I love them <3

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  35. Thanks so much for sharing your delicious Chunky Monkey Cookie Dough Bites with us at Full Plate Thursday! Hope you have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
    Miz Helen

    ★★★★★

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  36. Oooooh Kaila – these sound fabulous! Although I don’t mind refined sugar from time to time, I prefer not to use it when possible. Coming across fun treats like this is great =) Yum.
    Thanks so much for sharing at Healthy Vegan Fridays! I’m pinning & sharing. Hope you’re having a great week.

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  44. UGH!! These cookies were terrible! So dry and tasteless. I made them for a vegan cookie swap but they were so bad that I was embarrassed to go so I canceled.

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    • Hi Leslie! I am so sorry you had a negative experience with this recipe. I’ve had a lot of people make these and really enjoy them. Did you make any changes to the recipe perchance? I’d love to help you troubleshoot what went wrong! 🙂

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