These healthy no bake triple chocolate protein cookies are the perfect snack to keep you satisfied or fuel you up for your day- High in protein, gluten free, sugar free and completely vegan- These no bake snacks take less than 10 minutes to whip up!
It’s no secret that my sister is one of my biggest taste testers for some of my blog recipes. I say some because more often than not, she would turn her nose at something based purely on it’s ingredient list- Not the finished product.
Mention to her there’s hidden cauliflower in these pancakes? She won’t eat it.
Tell her this flatbread has no yeast or wheat flour in it? She won’t eat it.
Tell her this McMuffin is in fact, not from McDonalds? She’ll complain and critique it.
If there’s one ingredient or recipe I know she will always be game to try, it is something which contains chocolate in it.
Long time readers may remember when I shared the recipe for Copycat Bounty Bars. These are her favourite chocolate bar and I recreated them for her birthday. While she was (somewhat) appreciative, she still HAD to critique me.
“These aren’t shaped like bounty bars”.
…..Plausible critique.
When I made these Copycat Subway White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies, she ate half the batch within the first three days, forgot about them, then polished the rest off a week later. Her critique?
“The second time I ate them they weren’t as chewy.”
…..Plausible critique.
More recently, I made her the single serve ‘Nutella’ breakfast cookie dough because she would skip breakfast and needed something quick, fast and delicious to bring with her to university. While she really did enjoy these, she had to critique me yet again.
“I put them in my handbag and my purse squashed one. It looked squished.”
….Plausible critique.
In case you couldn’t tell, I was being sarcastic. Her ‘critiques’ had nothing to do with the recipe itself. I think it comes down to the unspoken sibling rivalry, in which she ensures that I never receive a wholehearted compliment…or that she doesn’t want my head elevated.
Niki was the first person I shared these Healthy No Bake Triple chocolate cookies with because I needed yo pick something up from home and also it had chocolate in it…Three times the chocolate.
These healthy no bake triple chocolate protein cookies are based off my white chocolate and raspberry version posted several weeks back. Several readers on Facebook told me they’d love to see a chocolate version because they found white chocolate too sweet. This recipe is simple to whip up and the most time spent is attempting to wait for them to firm up slightly- 20 minutes. They are vegan, gluten free and can be made completely sugar free too! The protein powder is optional but I find using it really helps keep them together and enhance the chocolate taste- If you use a chocolate flavoured one!
One bowl. 20 minutes. A (minor) arm workout = Healthy No Bake Triple Chocolate Protein Cookies. Three times the chocolate, three times the deliciousness and three times less complaining.
Or so I thought.
“One of the chocolate chips must have been bad in the second one I ate”
….Who wants to be my new taste tester?
Healthy No Bake Triple Chocolate Protein Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free oat flour GF oats ground to a flour
- 1/2 cup gluten free oat bran can sub for extra 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 standard scoop of chocolate protein powder can sub for an extra 1/2 cup oat flour
- 2 tablespoon granulated sweetener of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup + 2 T nut butter of choice I used homemade hazelnut butter
- 3/4 cup brown rice syrup can sub for honey if not strictly vegan
- 1/4-1/2 cup unsweetened dairy free milk*
- Unsweetened chocolate chips/chunks I used sugar free chips
Instructions
- Line a large baking tray with baking paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the oat flour, oat bran, cocoa powder, chocolate protein powder, sweetener of choice and sea salt and mix well.
- In a microwave safe bowl, add the nut butter of choice and brown rice syrup and heat until melted and mix to incorporate.
- Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and stir until fully combined- Mixture should be crumbly. Slowly add dairy free milk, one tablespoon at a time, until a very thick dough is formed. Let sit for 4-5 minutes to ensure mixture has cooled. Stir through the chocolate chips until fully incorporated.
- Using your hands, form small balls and press down to a cookie shape on the baking tray. Using a fork, press down on it twice and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before consuming.
Notes
These can be stored at room temperature. If refrigerated, thaw very slightly.
The granulated sweetener of choice is optional- For a sweetener cookie, add 1-2 tablespoons. I prefer a more 'bland' cookie dough to bring out the flavours cocoa and chocolate chips. Adapted from Healthy No Bake White Chocolate Raspberry Protein Cookies
Want more healthy No Bake Recipes? Try some of these out!
Healthy No Bake White Chocolate and Raspberry Protein Cookies (Vegan, Gluten Free)
Healthy No Bake Salted Caramel Slice (Vegan, Gluten Free)
3 Ingredient No Bake Protein Bars (Vegan, Gluten Free, Sugar Free)
No Bake Cashew and Coconut Protein Bars (Vegan, Gluten Free)
Hope you all have an amazing weekend and eat something delicious. (That should be standard practice).
Are you one to compliment or critique your family members?
Is there such thing as chocolate chips going bad? No. Anyone who has chocolate remaining is doing something wrong.
What is the most ridiculous critique you’ve ever received? The bowl had a slight tint in it.
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Laugh now – but I’ve never made or bought Oat flour – just but in my ninja processor and pulse until like flour? These look AMAZING!
Thanks Sarah! YES- I’ve never bought oat flour either- just pulsed it in my blender 🙂
I will be your taste tester – these look great! What protein powder do you use? And congrats on the Natvia publishing – just saw your delicious Bounty Bar recipe in their newsletter! 🙂
Thanks so much, Ali! I use several but my all time favourite is Optimum nutrition casein- I despise Australian brands- They taste horrible!
she sounds like me, to an extent–I’m the ‘correct” police. mostly to do with how things are worded. I love words so that i part of it. Wordsmithing is one of my favorite things.
Well that’s great. Now I’m all prepped to get grilled during our hang outs.
*raises hand to be new taste tester* (Wait, it this a paid position? Because that would be even cooler!) Your sister and my sister sound like they have a lot in common…there must be a class that all little sisters attend. It’s called “Being a Brat 101” and that is followed with “How to Cry on Command (to get big brother in trouble)”. Of course, the capstone class is “How to Be Awesome (once you’re older)”. Haha! Oh, and I dropped one of these cookies on the ground before I hate it. It tasted like dog hair. Plausible critique?
Mate, before I forget- My favourite way to eat vegemite is with cheese. Grilled. no joke. That is what I shall be paying you with to be my taste tester.
I think our sisters took the same damn class.
Hahaha at least Niki is honest and gives good feedback! She’s making you a better chef 😉 I’ve been in the mood for nothing but chocolate lately so these look like a great recipe that I won’t feel AS guilty about (I ate an entire medium-sized bag of M&Ms in three days over here….it was NOT GOOD.)
Dude, that’s self constraint. I housed purple dark chocolate peanut butter m and ms from New York in one night.
Yes, that was specific.
Give me all the cookies please!
I have been making cookies with oat flour recently and the husband can’t taste the difference.
It’s one of my favourite flours to use!
I’ve been looking for a quick no-bake high protein snack for a long time! Thanks!
No worries! enjoy!
Anything with chocolate is a win in my book. These sound so good!
Thanks so much, Melanie!
These cookies look out of this world! And I love the gluten free bonus
Thank you! Hope you enjoy them 🙂
Ooh these look good. I’m finally venturing into no-bake land, not sure what’s been stopping me!
Right? I kind of feel bad that I have close to 30 no bake recipes…oops.
The person that is always criticizing my culinary experiments is my husband, but he ends eating everything. Love these cookies, simple, healthy and I bet delicious too.
Haha, the irony of it all, right? Thank you 🙂
I am the same way with my brother who is 2 years my senior..and he with me! What can is say? Males are generally blessed with an abundant ego..I simply cannot risk blowing his up to epic proportions. He’ll turn into a monster! Now about these drool-worthy cookies..I may just promise to shower the bro with compliments if he would happen to present these to me. Or alternatively I could sign up as your taste tester :p .
Please do- I need new taste testers!
Haha I think a sibling’s sole purpose is to make sure your head never gets too big! I’m not a huge fan of white chocolate either, so I’m glad you made this version!
No worries! Not a fan of white chocolate? Kelly, I’m shocked 😉
Will be making ASAP, thank you sir!
Anything for you, Francesca!
These look so soft and chewy–NOM. I critique my brother on an almost daily basis, but he also critiques me. …especially at the grocery store… “OK ALMOND EATER”, he says.
I need to move to Pittsburgh purely to hang out with Justin. And be your taste tester.