Paleo Double Chocolate Chip Cookies come together in under 20 minutes, are soft, fudgy, and ridiculously delicious. So, you have no reason *not* to make them, right?
We’ve talked about this before, but I’m not so good with moderation. I’m a perfectionist, an all-or-nothing person, and a total type-A personality.
Give me a project and I’ll dive right in and emerge only when it’s complete and checked a minimum of three times. Hand me a style guide and I’m going to zone in and edit down to the last Oxford comma. Schedule a meeting and I’ll be five minutes early and completely thrown off when everyone else is two (or ten) minutes late.
And when I get a recipe idea, I don’t go for, “Oh, this is pretty good.” Nope. I go for, “Whoa, how did you do that? You’re a genius!”
I’m not a genius, by the way. Just a girl throwing some ingredients together and hoping for the best.
Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes perfectionism is a good thing, and other times it’s excessively stressful. Live and learn, you know.
Anyway, I would be willing to bet that you’ve had some “eh” cookies in your life. Maybe they looked amazing – how bad can a cookie look, right? – but then you tried them and immediately wanted a do-over. I was talking to one of my coworkers about that the other day. Sometimes you taste a food and think that it could’ve been so good if this or that were different. Instead, you’re disappointed.
If at first you don't succeed, make another batch of cookies. #fitfluential #bgbcommunity Share on XWell, that was round one of these cookies. First, I misread the recipe I was adapting, so my ratios were off. And though that worked out for me in the end, it was an accident. Second, I was going for rich, fudgy, chocolatey cookies. Instead, I got pretty good cookies with a hint of cocoa taste and some chocolate chips. Edible? Totally. Good? Yes. Amazing? Hardly.
I still (of course) ate a few for good measure, but I wasn’t fully satisfied. I took a break, made dinner, went back for round two, and #nailedit.
Side note: thanks to recipe testing and my love of cookies, I ate more sugar this weekend than I probably have since going Paleo. I felt it a little, but nothing too bad. Updates on Paleo coming soon.
What took these cookies from okay to awesome? Nothing crazy – just a little melted chocolate, some cinnamon, and a teeny bit of ground coffee. The result is a soft, substantial cookie full of chocolate flavor.
So, basically perfection… which is what I was aiming for.
- 1/4 c. coconut oil, melted and cooled
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 T. vanilla extract
- 1/2 c. coconut sugar
- 1/2 c. + 2 T. almond flour
- 1/4 c. coconut flour
- 2 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 T. chocolate chips*, melted
- 1/8 t. cinnamon
- 1/4 t. finely ground coffee**
- 1/4 t. salt
- 1/2 t. baking soda
- 1/4 c. chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk egg, vanilla, coconut sugar, and melted coconut oil together.
- Add almond flour, coconut flour, and cocoa powder to the wet ingredients and combine.
- Stir in melted chocolate chips, cinnamon, coffee, salt, and baking soda.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheet. I used a two-tablespoon cookie scoop and got 15 cookies.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes, depending on the size of your dough balls. Mine took exactly 8 minutes. They should be soft, but set on top.
- Allow to cool and enjoy!
- *I used Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips
- **I used instant coffee and ground it up with a meat tenderizer. I'm not a coffee drinker, so I don't keep a lot of coffee around.
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And just in case you weren’t convinced to make these yet… you might want them around later this week. Why?
{Wednesday sounds like a good day for ice cream sandwiches, don’t you think?}
Thoughts on the Oxford comma? I’m a fan. The company I’m interning for is not.
What’s the best cookie you’ve ever had?
oh you so so so have me with the 1/2 tsp of ground coffee as well
YEP THAT’S RIGHT 🙂
Im bumping it up….
DO IT. For that punchy caffeine kick 😀
All about that Oxford comma. Otherwise, we would be at a loss, out to see, and cookieless 😀
That’s the correct opinion to have 😉
The words “double chocolate” are music to my ears. These look great!
Same here 😀 Thanks, Kate!
I love your persistence Ellen! That speaks volumes, and your honesty about not being a genius. Well I think God made you with a gift for developing REALLY good recipes and persistence to make that recipe WONDERFUL in one night. I love that you went back on the same night to finish perfecting it. Can’t wait to try these. Soft and fudgy means I’m all there.
Aw, Emily, your thoughtfulness always makes me smile. Thanks so much, friend 🙂
Best cookie? Um….all of them? Bahaha! Idk, but I love cookies, probably my top “dessert” food…or maybe I just like baking them so much….
Yes! Cookies are seriously the best.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a recipe that’s made me want to run home and bake it ASAP as much as this one… pinned and definitely high up on my baking to-do list! 😀
The best cookie I’ve ever had is my mom’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, plain and simple. I can’t eat them anymore as I try to eat gluten-free for IBS, but I am on a mission to recreate them!
Aw, thank you so much, Claire!
Good luck! It’s definitely weird thinking about the things I don’t eat/won’t eat nearly as much since switching up my diet. But ya know, if it makes me feel better, it’s pretty worth it.
Woah the best cookie I’ve ever had…Ellen always asking the though questions!
When I was growing up I always went on little coffee dates with my mum, except I got hot chocolate because my love affair with coffee took a while to bloom. Anyway, we always went to this one cafe and they had these amazing chocolate chip, m&m cookies.
They were crunchy, but soft and they weren’t stingy on the chocolate, which I appreciated.
I think they changed the recipe, or changed owners now though because they just don’t taste as good.
Hahaha you know, just asking the important stuff 😉
I think I’m still a hot chocolate/tea person over coffee, no judgment here! And those sound AMAZING. I’ve had the same experience with recipe change, where the best thing ever suddenly changed and you’re like, “Why did you do that? It was perfect!” So annoying. 😛
These look SO amazing! I would never guess that those were paleo for sure! I can;t wait to try them ASAP!
Thanks so much, Morgan! I gave one to my grandma and she asked what Paleo meant. When I said “no grains”, she stared at the cookie in disbelief, and I was like, “Yes! Success!” 🙂
Hahahaha, I always go for the genius route 😛 The best reaction is when someone says “no. you’re lying… these cannot be healthy”. Then I’m like “TO THE BLOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!” 😛
Absolutely – the feeling when someone doesn’t notice the “healthy” is so satisfying! Like, “I was going to wait to post these, but if you love them, scratch my plans… I’m posting them ASAP.” 😀
These look awesome, Ellen! I admittedly haven’t experimented while baking in a LONG time because it’s exhausting to be so precise with everything. I have enough of that tendency in real life that I realized I’m better off following recipes…like this one 🙂
Thanks, Emily! Developing baked goods is definitely a more intensive process than the average meal, and I usually just follow recipes or tweak them a little, but occasionally I feel adventurous 😉
ahhh these sound awesome! especially with the icecream in the middle 😉
i’m the same when it comes to baking – it just cross my fingers and throw everything in. even if it turns out weird, if there is chocolate in there, i’ll still eat it 100% haha.
Thanks, Beverley! Ice cream has a way of making everything even better 😉
And sooo much yes. I’ve eaten a lot of sub-par cookies because they had chocolate in them. Would I share them? Nah, but that doesn’t mean they’re not edible 🙂
These look so yummy, Ellen! I wish I could say I was great at moderation but I may be similar to you– working on it, though! Eating just one cookie doesn’t seem possible! But I’d rather develop moderation than just cut anything out entirely so I’m trying 🙂
Thanks so much, Liv! Developing moderation is definitely preferable to going cold turkey, if you ask me – but it’s hard! Like you, I’m working on it 🙂
anything with double chocolate makes me swoon! Love that these are paleo too!
The more chocolate, the better 😀
Okay I need an emergency supply of these!! Haha they look fabulous!
I think we could all use an emergency cookie supply 😉 Thanks, Jess!
I’m always up for anything double chocolate 🙂
You and me both! 🙂
You certainly did #nailit! These look sooooo amazzzzzzing. Because seriously, how can you go wrong with CHOCOLATE?!?!
Thanks so much, Chrissa! I love these so much and I’m making them again for family this weekend 😀 And you’re right, chocolate is always a winner!
I am so glad that I discovered your blog tonight, Ellen! I love it, & I’ll definitely be back. Have a lovely night!
I’m so glad you happened upon it, Hannah! Thanks for checking it out and have a great evening!