When I first saw these photographs I said to Jaye: ‘Shouldn’t we redo these pictures? Not because of the photography, but because of the actual shape of the cookies, they look so homemade!’
And Jaye’s response was: ‘They look perfect! They remind me of the oatmeal cookies my grandmother used to make on the farm when I was a kid.’
So…. we didn’t redo the pictures, and here they are. My super dooper ‘homemade’ looking vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
I mean most of my recipes look ‘homemade’ – that’s exactly what they are after all! So there’s no shame in that, but now and again, I feel a bit awkward if it looks like it’s going a bit too far that way! But maybe in the case of oatmeal cookies, this is a good thing.
The taste was certainly spectacular!
This recipe was very closely based on my simple vegan oatmeal cookies recipe. I just added in chocolate chips (well, chunks for me, since I can’t get chocolate chips here so I just chop up a bar of vegan chocolate into chunks) and made a couple of small adjustments to the recipe to account for the chocolate chips.
Just as with the original recipe, this is a super easy, really straightforward recipe, with a very wholesome oatmeal, coconut, cinnamon, brown sugar delicious flavor and texture!
Adding in chocolate chips to get all melty in there makes this recipe just the bees knees!
You will love these vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! They are:
- Crunchy and soft at the same time
- Deliciously chewy
- Packed with chocolate chips
- Brown sugar sweetened
- Oatmeal and coconut textured
- Easy and fun
- Simply divine
You can keep them covered at room temperature, or covered in the fridge. I did not notice any drying out in the fridge, so long as they were covered. They stay fresh for up to a week.
So let us know your thoughts about these vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! Love ’em? Let us know in the comments! And if you make them, tag a pic on instagram #lovingitvegan so we get to see it too!
For more delicious cookies, check out:
- Vegan Thin Mint Cookies
- Vegan Gingersnap Cookies
- Crunchy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
- Vegan Sugar Cookies
- Vegan Chocolate Cookies
- Soft and Chewy Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Small Batch Vegan Shortbread Cookies
I wanted to just choose 3 or 4 other cookie recipes to highlight above but suddenly there were 7 instead! 
So hard to choose!
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Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 30
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Deliciously chewy vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Packed with chocolate chips, these brown sugar sweetened treats are easy and fun and make a perfect dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups (144g) Rolled Oats
- 1 cup (125g) All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup (80g) Dried (Dessicated) Coconut
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 cup (200g) Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup (112g) Vegan Butter/Margarine
- 3 Tbsp Golden Syrup (or any syrup)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Tbsp Soy Milk (or other non-dairy milk)
- 6 oz (170g) Vegan Chocolate Chips or Chunks (divided)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Add the rolled oats, all purpose flour, coconut, baking soda, salt and cinnamon to a mixing bowl and mix together.
- Cream the vegan butter and brown sugar together and then add the syrup and vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet and stir until the mixture is very crumbly.
- Add the soy milk and mix in. You may need a little more or a little less, this will depend on the water content of your vegan butter or margarine. Add in most of the chocolate chips, leaving a few of them behind to place on top when they come out the oven. Check if you can roll some of the batter into a ball – it should be sticky enough to do so. If not, add a tiny bit more soy milk. Roll into balls, making sure that you get some chocolate chips into each ball and place the rolled balls onto a parchment lined baking tray.
- Bake for 15 minutes. The edges should be firm and the tops lightly browned. As soon as they come out the oven, press the remaining chocolate chips into the top of the cookies while they’re still warm and soft.
- Allow the cookies to cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
*Adapted from my Simple Vegan Oatmeal Cookies.
*In the original recipe, we made the cookies much bigger so only got around 16-18 cookies per batch. This time we rolled them smaller, so got 30 cookies. It’s up to you if you want to go with large cookies or smaller cookies, the recipe stays the same.
*You can bake these in two batches if you want to space them out on the baking tray so that they don’t stick together while they’re baking. We didn’t – but our cookies did bake together and needed to be separated once cooled.
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 123
- Sugar: 8.9g
- Sodium: 115mg
- Fat: 5.2g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5g
- Carbohydrates: 16.7g
- Fiber: 1.6g
- Protein: 1.8g
Keywords: vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
Thanks for this recipe. I just made a batch they came out well. I of course used whole wheat flour instead of white. Since I do not use white flour for any purpose I guess whole wheat flour IS my all purpose flour. Anyway having made them I am wondering if it needs a tad more salt? While the cookies are good, they are missing the wow factor I was going for considering all the coconut and butter. So I may try increasing the salt but wanted to check with you if you had tried that? I should mention that I ended up using 1.5 cups flour because I had already measured it for your other recipe but ended up going with this one. But would .5 cups flour make that much difference?
I agree with the commenter who said reduce the chocolate chips. I measured out the amount called for but ended up putting half back because it looked like too many.
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Hi Aravinda, an extra half cup of flour would absolutely make a very BIG difference. Baking is very precise. Any changes can have a big impact and an extra half cup of flour is a big change. This could definitely have caused them to be more bland. If you try them again I would stick to the original quantities of the recipe and see how that goes. 🙂
ok I will try again … incidentally I ate one again yesterday after they were fully cooled and I thought the taste was much better.
When I realized I had too much flour I considered multiplying all the other ingredients by 1.5 as well … but didn’t do that.
Will update after next time.
These are the best cookies I’ve ever made, the kids love them. Moist and delicious, a firm favourite in our house!
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Awesome! So pleased to hear that Ali! Thanks for the awesome review. 🙂
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Hi Danae! So glad you found the recipes, hope you’ll enjoy the cookies! 🙂
I enjoyed these cookies however I prefer more flour and less oatmeal so reversed the amounts in the recipe.
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I made these split into 2 batches one with chocolate chips one without
oh my god OMG amazing thankyou so much 👍👌🏼😍
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So glad you enjoyed them! Thanks so much for the awesome rating! 🙂
I thought about leaving out the coconut but didn’t and man am I ever glad I didn’t. I thought the coconut was just for flavour but in fact it gives the cookies a chewy texture and is not over powering what so ever! The recipe is genius- so good!! Was wondering if I could make a few batches and freeze them? What are your thoughts on freezing?
Hi Cristina, so glad you enjoyed them! Yes the coconut is awesome in this! And to answer your question about freezing, yes you can definitely freeze them too. 🙂
Yummy! Best cookies ever! How are you doing this?! Sheer genius again. I used slightly less sugar (160 g) and pure cocoa nibs (which are bitter on their own) instead of chocolate chips. The coconut and oats give a lovely texture. Next time I may try and use the “applesauce instead of fat trick” as per your other reviewer, (Tamara who’s been vegan for 50 years, respect to a vegan pioneer!). I’ll let you know how the applesauce goes next time. Thank you for my very happily fed vegan kids. My daughter emailed to thank you herself!..thank you for replying to her!
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Hi Satin, oh I loved receiving that email! So glad you’re enjoying the recipes! xo
Just a quick update on the batch I tried with applesauce instead of the fat. It made the cookies less crunchy and a bit too crumbly ? …so it’s back to your recipe hooray! ?
Thanks for the update Satin! 🙂
To date, this is my favorite cookie recipe. I’ve made it three times at the request of my kids and 15-year-old niece. The coconut is the best part, don’t leave it out. I added 2 teaspoons of cinnamon (instead of 1) for an extra kick… but you don’t need to, just my personal preference. The recipe is amazing as is.
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Fantastic! So happy to hear this! Thanks a million Pia. xo
Any issues if I want to omit the coconut? Add a bit more flour?
Hi Emily, you can just omit it, and you will likely not need to add in any soy milk at the end. Other commenters on our simple vegan oatmeal cookies made them successfully leaving out the coconut and just not adding in any soy milk.
Excellent ez recipe especially bc of the coconut . I use a small organic apple sauce instead of oil. I also replaced the brown sugar with coconut sugar. It’s excellent and still performs perfectly. Thank You. I have been vegan for 50 years. Getting up there.
Hi Tamara, so glad you liked the recipe and wow, that is so amazing that you have been vegan for 50 years! Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
These are such incredible cookies. The recipe is so great and makes you forget some of the usual challenges of vegan baking. My one piece of feedback is for my taste I find that the chocolate chips can be reduced. Seriously obsessed with these cookies, I’ve make this recipe at least 5 times.
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Yay! That’s wonderful news. So happy you love the recipe and thanks so much for the great review. 🙂