Throughout my childhood, Mom rarely baked anything from scratch. She worked while my brother and I were at school, and she then drove us to music lessons and sports practices in the afternoons, along with helping us finish our homework assignments.
Yet a few times each year, she made a special exception for chocolate chip cookies. She followed the recipe on the back of the yellow chocolate chip bag, and after she mixed together the buttery cookie dough and dropped spoonfuls of it onto baking sheets, she handed my brother and me the beaters and bowl so we could lick every last sugary remnant while we waited for the kitchen timer to ring.
A few minutes later, once we waited just long enough so we wouldn’t burn our tongues, Mom let us each pick a warm cookie from the pan. We savored every bite of those chewy cookies, and if it wasn’t too close to dinnertime, Mom let us reach for a second.
I eventually learned that the yellow chocolate chip bag recipe wasn’t the only recipe for chocolate chip cookies… And I realized that many recipes taste even better!
So today, I’m sharing some of my favorites with you: these 34 Easy and Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes! They’re all soft and chewy, just the way I prefer my chocolate chip cookies… Yet unlike those childhood ones, these contain no refined flour or sugar—and they’re low calorie, too!
THE COOKIE RECIPES
from left to right, top to bottom…
- Healthy Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy Egg-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
- Healthy Flourless Chocolate Cowboy Cookies
- Healthy Fudgy Peppermint Mocha Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
- Healthy Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Zucchini Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
- Healthy Caramel Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
- Healthy Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
- Healthy Classic Cowboy Cookies
- Healthy Practically Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Mini Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies
- Healthy Chai Spice Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Banana Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Fudgy Triple Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Healthy Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
- The Ultimate Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Fudgy Triple Chocolate Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Cowboy Cookies
- Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies
susan says...
Nice to have this list of healthy chocolate chip cookies for easy reference. I went right to the coffee flavored variety your Dad likes. They will happen, one of these days along with the peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip breakfast cookies which I have made before. 🙂
Thank you, Amy!
Amy says...
It’s my pleasure, Susan! I’m so glad you enjoyed the chocolate chip peanut butter oatmeal breakfast cookies. They’re definitely another favorite of Dad’s, just like the coffee-flavored ones! 🙂 I can’t wait to hear what you think of those when you get a chance to try them!