Thick And Chewy Chocolate Orange Coconut Oil Cookies {Vegan}
These thick and chewy chocolate orange coconut oil cookies are completely vegan and taste great! Low calorie, no butter, but you won’t be able to taste the difference. Made with whole wheat flour, they have become my new favorite cookies. They are also 100 % vegan.
Chocolate Chip Orange Cookies With Coconut Oil
Happy Monday Guys!
Say Hello to my new favorite cookie, made with whole wheat flour, coconut oil, featuring light orange flavor and loaded with chocolate chips. And I almost forgot – I replaced the egg in this recipe with a “chia egg”.
Before I proceed, I did not intend to make these chocolate chip cookies vegan, but that’s how they turned out. It is totally up to you, to use a regular egg and dairy milk and make them non vegan. They will still taste amazing! They are totally customizable.
Chocolate Chip Orange Cookies With Coconut Oil
I’ve been enjoying soft baked, chewy cookies, made with coconut oil lately. Not just that makes them healthier, but cookies are extremely soft. Coconut oil does not change the flavor of the cookies.
When baking chocolate chip cookies, I like to add some corn starch to the dough, to make sure they bake tender.
I baked 2 batches of these and I wish I took pictures of the first one, but… We ate most of it so quickly, so I had to shoot the second one, which did not turn too visually appealing, but trust me, they taste good!
Vegan Whole Wheat Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies With Coconut Oil
And since oranges are in season now and of course I’ve been eating a lot of them this last month, I also used some orange zest in this cookie recipe, which created a great combination of flavors.
Chocolate Chip Orange Cookies With Coconut Oil
The chia egg – (again, no need to use chia seeds, just use a regular egg if you’d like), but it created delicate crunch in these cookies, which paired great with the chocolate chips and orange flavor.
Chia eggs make an easy substitute for recipes that call for just one or two eggs. For 1 egg you grind 1 Tbsp of chia seeds in a food processor and then mix it with 3 Tbsp of water. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.
For this coconut oil cookies recipe, I did not grind my chia seeds, just mixed them with water and let them sit at room temperature, until they get the consistency of an egg. (Basically made chia gel). Then added the mixture to my cookie dough.
If that’s too much of information for you and you don’t want to deal with that, just use 1 medium egg and skip the chia stuff. I’ve tested the recipe with a regular egg and it works fine.
This cookie dough is made with whole wheat flour only, so it is on the dry/thick side. It also does not stick well together. I do suggest that you chill it for at least 45 minutes or for up to 3 days. This will prevent cookies from spreading. Then once you start rolling the dough into balls, take the time to warm the dough up in your hands, this will soften the coconut oil and help you shape them.
Vegan Whole Wheat Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies With Coconut Oil
Bake time may vary depending on the type of oven used, type of baking sheet, chill time and moisture of the ingredients. I baked mine for 10 minutes, but you would be the one to decide if they’ll need to be baked for 1-2 minutes more or less.
I hope you like them!
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Thick And Chewy Chocolate Orange Coconut Oil Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened coconut oil — , not melted
- 3/4 cup unrefined sugar — (brown sugar, coconut sugar is fine)
- 1 Tbsp chia seeds
- 3 Tbsp water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp non dairy milk
- 1 tsp orange zest — (from 1/2 large orange)
- 1 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp cornstrarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 - 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips — (vegan)
Instructions
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In a small bowl combine chia seeds and 3 Tbsp water, stir and let it sit at room temperature for 15 minutes, until gel forms. This gel will be used as an egg substitute for the cookies. One large egg could be used instead.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with paddle attachment cream coconut oil and sugar together for 3 minutes.
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Add chia gel and beat until combined. Add in vanilla extract, milk and orange zest and mix until creamy.
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In a separate bowl combine flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Beat until thick dough forms.
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Add in chocolate chips and mix until distributed. (Since the dough it thick, chocolate chips will not be very evenly distributed).
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Gather dough in a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 3 days.
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Prehaet oven to 350 F.
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From the chilled dough, which is a little on the dry side, roll 1 inch balls. (Once you start rolling, coconut oil will start to soften in your hands and balls will come together easily).
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Place balls on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper or silpat.
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Bake cookies for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 179, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 154mg, Potassium: 52mg, Carbohydrates: 22g, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 12g, Protein: 1g, Vitamin C: 0.2%, Calcium: 12%, Iron: 0.6%
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Woah! I am so inspired, Mira! Love everything about these Chocolate Chip cookies! From the WW flour with a touch of corn starch for tenderizing to the coconut oil and chia seeds!! YAY!! A much healthier chocolate chip cooke! I think the brown sugar would be fabulous in these. Love everything about your recipe, Mira… oh especially the addition of orange! YAY!
thanks Traci!
I love how these cookies have no butter ~ and I’m not even one to avoid butter, but it has so many calories~! These look chewy and absolutely delicious.
thanks Laura 🙂
I am so loving the texture of these cookies! So dense and decadent – I love baking with coconut oil and cannot wai to give these a try!
Thanks Shashi!
Totally love them, recently bought a new coconut oil.. seems these cookies will be perfect to try it out.
I hope you guys like them !
Chocolate orange and coconut what a delicious combination and they’re low calorie? I could eat them all, great recipe.
Thanks Janette!
These cookies look perfect, Mira! I can’t get over how thick and chewy these cuties are. And I love the orange flavor in here, too! Pinned!
So creative, Mira. I love the addition of the orange! Pinned!
Mira!!! I have been trying to make VEGAN chocolate chip cookies!!! I cannot wait to try this recipe!!! Pinned!!
Gorgeous cookies! I love chocolate and orange together! I cook a lot with coconut oil, but I really don’t bake with it hardly ever. You’ve really sold me though – I never turn down a soft and chewy cookie, so I’ll have to try these! Thanks for sharing!
Wowie! These cookies are gorgeous! I love the chocolate orange flavor combo, it’s one of my favorites. And the fact that you made these without butter is even better! Pinning!
These cookies look amazingly good! Love how thick and chewy they are! Yummy recipe, Mira! Thanks for sharing!
These look fantastic Mira, I bet the orange made them even more delicious!
These cookies look perfect, Mira! So thick and chewy and I love that they’re vegan and you used coconut oil! The orange addition sounds perfect too!
Love the flavors here! They look delicious and sound very healthy!
Chocolate and orange in a cookie is my favourite. I like how these don’t have butter in either.
Orange and chocolate are so darn good together. I know I’ll like these Mira. Thank you!
Wow, these cooking look amazing. The texture!! I love all of the good stuff in them too…great recipe, Mira!
Nothing better than a customizable cookie, I say! I love the idea of orange with chocolate! Classic! These look awesome, Mira!!
We are on the same page this week with our choc orange combos, Mira! These cookies sound wonderful, and it’s especially clever that you made them vegan. Never tried a chia egg before!
These sound fabulous Mira- I love that little hint of orange. I bet the whole wheat gives such a great flavor too. I will definitely have to give this recipe a try!
YUM YUM YUM PInned!!! I need these NOW 😉 I could eat like 10 of them right now! they look amazing!!!
These are just perfect for you Michele!
I love that these cookies are so soft and thick, but don’t have any butter! Love the addition of the orange too, such a fun idea. Pinned 🙂
Yum! Love citrus and chocolate and I love that you used cornstarch- the secret to great vegan cookies, I think 🙂
You have me at thick and chewy Mira. I adore chewy cookies.
These look so thick and soft! I love them!
On another note, thought of you yesterday. I was eating a tiramisu truffle from Godiva. So good!
Thanks for thinking of me Mir:) I can’t wait to experiment with more tiramisu recipes 🙂
now, this is my kinda cookie! vegan, chewy and scrumptious!
thanks Savita!!!
These look so thick and fudgy! Always good in a cookie.
Pinch me. These cookies are like life. That thick and chewy and soft texture is spot on and I love that they’re vegan!
I can’t believe those are vegan! They look SO yummy and I LOVE the added orange flavor in them!! Pinned 🙂
I can’t believe these cookies are vegan! They look so not vegan! Yum! I also envy your puffiness when it comes to cookies. I totally blame the altitude at which I live at, but mine always come out flat as a pancake. Bahhh. Totally trying this recipe though! Pinned!
Thanks Justine! These cane out surprisingly thick, not sure exactly why, but sometimes I get flat cookies too!
Wow, these cookies just look absolutely amazing. And I love that you added coconut to this recipe
Thanks!
I have never used a “chia egg” before but am looking forward to it. These cookies look amazing! And low calorie?! I am in! Pinned!
Thanks Mariah!!!
I love these cookies! I am always looking for recipes that use coconut oil where the coconut flavor doesn’t completely take over. I had no idea it would help with creating a soft cookie, either. Great tip!
Glad you like these Meggan! I really like coconut oil in cookies, but I’ve had some disasters, when trying to implement it in some other cookie recipes 🙂 Works in these 🙂
I’ve never baked with coconut oil, but I’m going to have to start – these looks AMAZING! Chocolate and orange is such a fabulous flavor combination – brilliant!