Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
on Jan 28, 2025
The perfect Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe! Soft, gooey, full of rich chocolate flavor, and made with classic easy to find ingredients.
The best vegan chocolate chip cookies
There is nothing like the taste of a melt in your mouth delicious chocolate chip cookie and everyone should be able to enjoy that experience.
That’s why these vegan chocolate chip cookies are one of my favorite things to bake for a dairy and egg allergy diet.
The classic chocolate chip cookie flavor that you love, but made totally dairy free and egg free.
They stay soft even when cooled, and taste heavenly. This will be your go to cookie recipe!
Ingredients & Notes
- All purpose flour: or substitute whole wheat pastry flour
- Salt
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Unsweetened applesauce: the egg replacement that keeps these cookies soft and chewy
- Vegan butter: we love earth balance brand for baking
- Vanilla extract
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips: make sure to buy dairy free. Enjoy life is a good brand for strict allergies.
How to make vegan chocolate chip cookies
Step 1: Whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
Step 2: In a separate bowl, cream together the sugar, brown sugar, applesauce, vegan butter, and vanilla extract.
How to replace eggs in vegan cookies
Traditional chocolate chip cookies use eggs, so to replace that this recipe uses a combination of baking powder and unsweetened applesauce, which ended up being perfect.
You don’t need any eggs or milk for these chocolate chip cookies and they are so rich and full of flavor that you wouldn’t guess they are vegan!
Step 3: Add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Recipe Note
Not all chocolate chips are vegan. Many contain milk ingredients.
Be sure to buy chocolate chips that are dairy free. One of my favorite brands is Enjoy Life.
Tips for baking your vegan chocolate chip cookies
Step 4: Use a mini cookie scoop to drop the batter onto a nonstick baking sheet.
Step 5: Bake your vegan chocolate chip cookies for 10 – 14 minutes at 350 degrees. Right around 12 minutes is usually perfect for me.
You are looking for the top to no longer be doughy and the edges set, but try to avoid over baking them.
Step 6: Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the pan for around 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
When the cookies come out of the oven, they will be puffed out, then after a few minutes they settle back down into a flatter shape.
If you are looking for a perfect every time vegan cookie recipe, this is it!
You simply can’t go wrong. And these cookies are still delicious the next day.
Freezing Cookie Dough
One of my favorite hacks for fast fresh baked cookies is freezing balls of uncooked cookie dough.
Simply roll the batter into balls, and place on a piece of wax paper inside of a freezer safe ziploc bag.
Once ready to bake, place the dough balls on the cookie sheet and bake from frozen. Just add a few extra minutes onto cook time!
Can you freeze cookies?
Yes, baked cookies also freeze well! Just place in an airtight container, or wrap each cookie in cling wrap for best freshness.
When you are ready to eat, just remove the cookie from the freezer and allow it to thaw, then enjoy!
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Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup vegan butter, softened (see notes)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, dairy free
Instructions
- Whisk together the all purpose flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together until combined. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the white sugar, brown sugar, applesauce, vegan butter, and vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and beat to combine.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Use a mini cookie scoop or spoons to spoon the batter onto a baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 10 – 13 minutes, until the edges are set. Right around 12 minutes is usually perfect for me. You do not want to over bake them. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the pan, then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Do these have a coconut flavor at all from the coconut oil? Thanks!
I do not taste any! If you eat the batter raw you will taste it, but once baked I cannot detect it.
@Stacy, I use the already melted coconut oil and it does leave a coconut taste at all.
@Kristy, did you double the coconut oil since it was already liquid
I would like to make these delicious sounding cookies for my vegan daughter and my gluten-free daughter. Could I sub the flour for Red Mill gluten free whole grain oatmeal flour without having to add Xanthum gum?
Hi Jody! I actually created a gluten free vegan version of these same cookies! Here is the recipe: https://buildyourbite.com/vegan-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies/
These are seriously the BEST vegan chocolate chip cookies I have ever had…..and I’ve tried quite a few recipes. My family loved cookie dough prevegan….and this dough is actually better than traditional dough….in our opinion. It’s light and fluffy! The baked cookies have an excellent texture….even after a day or two. (they don’t get as hard as a rock),..but they typically don’t last very long in our house! They also form beautifully shaped cookies. So….disclaimer….I replaced the whole wheat flour with regular organic all purpose unbleached flour from Costco and I also added a tablespoon of vanilla to keep the taste more similar to the “Tollhouse” recipe. Vegan chocolate chips from Costco are amazing too. Better double the recipe…These cookies won’t last! Thanks for the great recipe!!
I am so happy you enjoyed the recipe!
Can you use regular all purpose flour and not whole wheat pastry flour?
Yes you can!
LThe best vegan chocolate chip cookies I have tasted and baked. Love this . PS the dough is the best lol
The dough might be the best part! haha. so glad you enjoyed it!
Can you make these using regular butter if 100% vegan is not a concern? otherwise I like the healthier ingrediant list!
Yes, you can! Enjoy!
These are the best cookies I have ever had in my life! I could barely keep myself from devouring the dough. Thank you so much for sharing!
You are welcome, so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
I tried this recipe for my Daughter- in- law that is vegan. I really like them. Can’t wait for her to try them.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe Jeanne!
How many calories are in these, per cookie?
These look absolutely amazing! Can’t wait to try.