Carob chip cookies baked into chewy perfection with natural sugars and gluten-free flours!
Using the recipe on the back of SunSpire Unsweetened Carob Chips and tweaking it a bit with natural sugars and gluten-free flours. For this carob chip cookies recipe you can also use Landau Carob Chips, which bake well too.
Quick Look
- 🕒 Prep Time: 10 minutes
- 🌡️ Bake Time: 10 minutes at 350 degrees F
- ⏳ Total Time: 20 minutes
- 🍽️ Yield: 24 cookies
- ⚡ Calories: 118kcal per cookie, per the recipe card
- 🥣 Ingredients: butter, raw honey, coconut sugar, eggs, vanilla, gluten-free flour, golden flaxseed meal, carob chips and ginger powder
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Chewy with a hint of honey and vanilla
- ✋ Difficulty: Easy, one mixer
Quick Answer
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Beat ¼ cup butter, ½ cup raw honey, 2 tablespoons coconut sugar, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1 cup gluten-free flour, 1 cup golden flaxseed meal and ¼ teaspoon ginger powder at medium speed for 30 seconds. Add 1 cup carob chips and combine well. Drop 2 teaspoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes or until slightly brown, then cool on a wire rack.
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I have never baked with Carob chips until now. Have you? Carob is a flowering shrub, belonging to the pea family that tastes quite delicious as a chocolate substitute and in baked goods.
Why These Carob Cookies Stay Chewy
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- Honey gives a chewy bite and a hint of sweetness.
- Golden flaxseed meal adds extra fiber.
- A short mix. It only takes about 5 minutes to mix the ingredients together.
- Don't overbake. When they are done they may look white and undone, but if you tap them they are solid. When they cool their color will change.
Why You'll Love These Cookies
- A distinct flavor hard to explain, mainly thanks to the morsels combined with a hint of honey and vanilla.
- It quenches a chocolate and sugar fix craving in a healthier way.
- Gluten-free with natural sugars.
- Family approved. My toddler and our whole family adores these gluten-free cookies.
- A fun holiday cookie tray swap for chocolate chips.
Key Ingredients
- SunSpire Unsweetened Carob Chips - or Landau Carob Chips.
- Butter.
- Raw honey and coconut sugar.
- Organic eggs and vanilla extract.
- Gluten-free flour.
- Golden flaxseed meal.
- Ginger powder.
See recipe card for quantities.
Health Benefits of These Carob Chip Cookies
Adding golden flaxseed meal gives these cookies extra fiber and nutritional value. Flaxseed meal boosts the immunity and is good for the cardiovascular system and preventing cancer thanks to high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids.
Some of the benefits of using carob chips in baking instead of milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips is there is less sugar in them and it is lower in saturated fat! I think everyone's heart should give an AMEN to that!
I was always afraid of this shrub as I used to think the morsels had a strange taste, not like the creamy satisfying essence of rich chocolate. My thoughts changed after experiencing these amazingly easy carob chips cookies. Passing through the aisle of Whole Foods carob chips seemed to shout out at me to venture and make one of the best carob recipes... and bake some gluten-free cookies! So I did.
How to Make Carob Chip Cookies
1Preheat. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2Mix. In a large mixing bowl beat the butter, honey, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, flaxseed meal and ginger powder in a mixer at medium speed for 30 seconds. Add the carob chips and combine well.
3Bake. Drop 2 teaspoons full of dough onto a greased cookie sheet with parchment paper on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until slightly brown.
4Cool. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool. When they are done they may look white and undone but if you tap them they are solid.
As always, be sure to check out the full recipe details in the recipe card below.
Expert Tips
- Trust the tap. They may look undone, but if you tap them they are solid.
- Color changes as they cool.
- Line the pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Either carob chip works. SunSpire or Landau both bake well.
More Healthy Cookie Recipes to Try
Try my Perfect Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies, Guilt-Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Gluten-Free Almond Butter Cookies and Gluten-Free Snickerdoodle Cookies.
Building a cookie tray? See my Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies, Christmas Crinkle Cookies, Vegan Gingerbread Cookies and Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies.
More cozy cookies: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Bakery-Style Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies and Gluten-Free Biscotti.
Carob Cookie FAQs
Carob is a flowering shrub, belonging to the pea family, that tastes quite delicious as a chocolate substitute and in baked goods.
SunSpire Unsweetened Carob Chips or Landau Carob Chips both bake well.
10 minutes at 350 degrees F or until slightly brown.
They may look white and undone, but if you tap them they are solid. Their color changes when they cool.
Yes. They are made with gluten-free flour and golden flaxseed meal.
24 cookies, at 118 calories each per the recipe card.
More Gluten-Free Cookies
Try Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies or Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies next. I hope you enjoy these carob chip cookies as much as we do! Follow along with me on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for a feature and more recipe inspiration! And don't forget to leave a comment below!
Carob Chips Cookies
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup raw honey
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 2 organic eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup gluten-free flour
- 1 cup golden flaxseed meal
- 1 cup SunSpire Unsweetened Carob Chips
- ¼ teaspoon ginger powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter, honey, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, flaxseed meal and ginger powder in a mixer at medium speed for 30 seconds. Add Carob Chips and combine well.
- Drop 2 teaspoons full of dough onto a greased cookie sheet with parchment paper on top or a baking sheet on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until slightly brown. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.
- *When they are done they may look "white and undone" but if you tap them they are solid. When they cool their color will change.
Robyn Cerone says
Do you use traditional flaxseed meal or golden?
Danielle | Delightful Mom Food says
Golden flaxseed meal.
Michael A Breda says
What is the calorie count per cookie?
Danielle at Delightful Mom Food says
The recipe has just been updated with nutrition and gluten-free making each cookie 118 calories (the batch makes about 24 cookies). The calories are based form My Fitness Pal.
Jillian B. says
I've tried Carob chips before, and I thought they had a weird taste too. But you've definitely got me willing to try them again in cookies:)