Flourless Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies {Nut-free}

These paleo chocolate chip cookies are hands down the BEST and they’re nut-free, flourless, dairy-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free!

I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but these paleo chocolate chip cookies have just blown me away! They’re dough-y, sweet, weirdly butter-y though there’s no butter nor dairy, and they’re just downright addictive!

When I was thinking about a cookie recipe to make, I knew that many paleo recipes called for oodles of paleo flour. Not that there is anything wrong with using the flours, I actually think it’s really cool that people now have grain-free options.

But I also know that a lot of people have nut allergies or can’t eat a lot of nuts all at once (a 1/4 cup of almond flour is essentially like having a big handful of nuts!). So I decided why not try to make these paleo chocolate chip cookies completely flourless?!

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It went against everything that I knew to be true. Cookies must have flour in them, that’s how it works! But of course, I used my favorite ingredient: the sweet potato! What I love about the sweet potato is that it can add some filling carbs while packing in a decent amount of nutrients…and it’s an excellent sturdy ingredient that holds together the cookie much like flour, butter, and baking powder/soda would!

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I’m a baking scientist here…but I do think it’s pretty cool, huh?

Using sweet potato, specifically the Japanese sweet potato, is also why these paleo chocolate chip cookies are so sweet without the necessity of adding a paleo sweetener or sugar!

To keep it completely sugar-free, you can use Pascha 100% Chocolate Chips, like I do! But if you also like a little extra sweetness in your cookies, go for these delicious vegan chocolate chips by Lily’s! They’re sweetened with stevia and absolutely amazing when melted!

I’ve made a video on how exactly to make these paleo chocolate chip cookies with sweet potato because I get it. It sounds confusing! So check this out on Instagram if you need a reference 🙂

All you need to do is puree all of the ingredients (minus the chocolate chips) in a food processor, stir in the chocolate chips, and then roll them into dough balls that melt into these delicious paleo chocolate chip cookie bites!

Adding these on top of banana ice cream or regular is soooo good. They’re really yummy on their own with a glass of almond, coconut, or regular milk!

What’s really cool is that essentially anyone can have these chocolate chip cookies, and that’s what I want to come out of my recipes. I hope to show you all that food is not to be feared, but celebrated, and that you don’t need to live by labels- you can eat foods from any “label,” paleo, vegan, gluten-free, keto, or just straight up regular food! Whole foods are foods for everyone 🙂

Enjoy!

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