Chocolate Cookies with AVOCADO?! Yup. Amazing, moist, chocolatey, rich Double Chocolate Avocado Cookies! Prepare to fall in love.
It should be a rule that mom’s should never get sick.
Seriously.
My kids will one by one get sick and I’m the one wiping their noses, doling out medicine, rubbing Vick’s on their chest, getting up with them in the night, etc etc.
And then as soon as they’re all better, guess who gets it?!
Life has moved on by then and I’m stuck driving to baseball practices, piano lessons, scouts, and so on and so forth. Meanwhile I’m on my death bed with the world’s worst cold and nobody is taking care of me!
So yes, mom’s should never get sick because we never get a day off!
This has been one of the worst colds I’ve EVER had. Five days later and I’m finally feeling a little better but still congested. Okay, END of rant!
Cookies. Let’s talk avocado. Cookies and avocado? Weird.
But good weird. It’s one of those things that you’re like “who came up with this?” and then you make them and realize that it’s genius and you should have been doing it all along!
You can’t taste the avocado at all. My boys were downing these cookies. You should have seen the look on their faces when I told them that there was avocado in them. Pretty funny stuff! Regardless, these cookies did not last long, as cookies usually don’t at my house full of boys.
They’re moist, rich, chocolatey and overall a bit healthier than the average chocolate cookie. It makes you wonder what other crazy combos have you missed out on? Maybe tomato cookies? 😉
Double Chocolate Avocado Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp. Truvia or 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 1/2 cup avocado mashed or pureed in the food processor
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the flours, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- In a standing mixer bowl, blend the brown sugar and Truvia. Slowly beat in the coconut oil. Add in the mashed or blended avocado, egg whites, and vanilla. Blend on low speed until smooth.
- Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips and blend on low speed until the dough is just combined. Dough will be crumbly. Refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 300º F. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Roll the dough into small balls and place on cookie sheet. Flatten slightly and bake for 17-19 minutes (do not over bake!) Transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Want more skinny desserts? Check these out:
Skinny Chocolate Brownies
Skinny Blueberry Crumble Bars
Skinny Granola Cookie Wedges
Jen, these look incredible! I’m all about avocado in cookies, especially if they are chocolate! I hear ya on the mom’s being sick thing. I had the same awful cold last week. It’s just not fair that we don’t get a nap when we’re not feeling well, yet when they’re sick, they get to lay around all day while we serve them. Such is life I guess. I hope you feel better soon!
Thanks Christine! YES! Is a nap too much to ask for?! Lol! I hope you’re having a great week!
What an absolutely beautiful recipe, I have never heard of this cookie before. We are going to use it for our dieting group next week. This will be a great treat. Avocados are incredible and are so very healthy. One of the ladies in our group lost 75 pounds on Avocadoes, we are definitely going to do this recipe.
http://75poundsdiet.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-lose-weight-with-avocados.html
YAY!!! I hope you like them as much as my family and I do! Can’t wait to hear the verdict! 🙂 Have a great week!
I still haven’t baked anything with avocado yet, and I hear nothing but good things about it! These cookies look just fantastic. 🙂
Thanks Marcie! I still can’t believe that adding avocado to baked goods can taste yummy! Crazy!
Being sick as a mom should totally not be allowed, ugh. Glad you’re on the upswing! These cookies look wonderful – I tried avocado in regular chocolate chip cookies once and they tasted great but the weird green tinge totally threw off my kids and they weren’t fans…everything is better with double chocolate 🙂
I haven’t tried anything like this yet, but I bet you could also use avocado in your skinny brownies too.
So glad you are feeling better, Jen. Take it slow and extra sleep wouldn’t hurt a thing.
You’re amazing!! I would have never thought to add avocado to chocolate chip cookies. All I know is that I’m excited to have a healthy chocolate recipe! Yay!!
I know, right Crystal?! An excuse to eat dessert because it’s healthier! Yay!
The one thing that’s held me back from baking with avocado (other than I love to eat avocados, and never HAVE extra), is the fact that avocados notoriously don’t “keep”. They go funky pretty fast, right? How do these cookies hold up – days, weeks?
Hi Charlotte! These cookies were gone pretty quick but I can see what you mean about the avocado. They will last probably two days on your countertop or you can throw them in the freezer or fridge and do a quick 15-20 sec microwave heat up to make them warm again. They’re surprisingly pretty good! My boys didn’t know they had avocado in them until after they had eaten most of them. Thanks for the comment. I hope this helps!
Still call my mom and whine when I get sick! I don’t think that will ever go away 🙂 Hope you are feeling better! Love these “healthified” cookies!
These sound so interesting. It’s a must-make-soon-kind of cookie!
Thanks Jaren!!
have wanted to try this. looks great!
I agree! I’ve been sick and for the most part and still driving the kids around too!
I was JUST talking to my mom about that….how moms really can’t EVER afford to get sick! Oh well. At least we can make yummy treats to get us through, right??
Buying avocados today! Must try these. Made chocolate pudding last week using avocado. So creamy, completely decadent! And NOONE guessed what the ‘secret’ ingredient was.
That’s what grandparents are for, haha! I LOVE baking with avocado, these cookies look amazing Jen!
These look so yummy!! I may have to give this recipe a whirl sometime. 🙂 Just found your blog through the linky party palooza. Just pinned. XO
I’m just getting over the cold that my kids so generously shared with me, so I totally relate! I’ve never seen avocados mixed into cookies, but because love chocolate and avocados, this is something I have to try! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
So glad you’re feeling better…maybe these cookies helped a little? ha ha
I can’t wait to try this recipe! Gorgeous photos, too! Pinning right now…
Oh no! I hope you are feeling better! Mommies never get the day off … and it’s really tough when we don’t feel well. Sometimes I feel like my kids just bring the germs to me. They don’t ever get sick – they just share germs with me!
Avocado cookies?!? Gotta admit, I was a little skeptical until I read the whole post and looked at all the amazing pictures! And I’m totally convinced now! This could be the perfect use for my two avocados that are ready to be used up! Awesome recipe, Jen! 🙂
I am not even going to comment about getting sick, last time I did, well you know. Ok this sounds interesting, I don’t like avocados but I could give this a try! They look delicious!
Thanks Heather!! You won’t even taste the avocados!
Looks yummy. Would love to try it but wanted to know if we can substitute vegetable oil or coconu oil, and if so, do we use the same quantities? Thank you
Yes, you can definitely sub vegetable or canola oil for the coconut oil. You can use the same quantity as the coconut oil. I hope you like them! Thanks for the comment!
Hey Jen,
These look and sound amazing. Just had a quick question…is it possible to use all regular flour or do we have to use flour and white whole wheat?
-Linsey
Hi Linsey! You can definitely use all regular all-purpose flour!! I was just trying to add in a little more fiber, lol! I hope you like the cookies!
Wow! Making these tomorrow!! You are SO right on the whole no mom getting sick thing! :(. No one ever takes care of us…but glad to hear you are starting to feel better!
Can I use all AP flour?
Absolutely Katie! Let me know if you have any other questions – I hope you like them!
I have all the ingredients to make these! I’m super excited! They look amazing!
I LOVE using avocado in unusual ways! They go so well with Chocolate; it disguises the flavour perfectly. They’re so creamy and healthy!…..maybe a cookie day will keep the colds away?!
These were awesome! They were gone in a day and a half. They remind me of the Snackwells devils food cookies. I don’t feel bad about giving these to my 18 mos. Old, who was premature, who is still trying to catch up on his weight. My 4 year old couldn’t eat these fast enough. Will definitely be making these again.
Yay!! I’m so happy everyone liked these!! They really are delicious cookies. Thanks so much for the sweet comment!
These were delicious! Mine came out a bit dry, but I think that was because I was a little short on the avocado and guestimated with the flour. Definitely will be making again. I wonder if substituting flax seed for the egg white would make them less fluffy?
I’m going through a nasty stomach bug right now, and yesterday I had to totally fake it through the day. Fortunately my boss insisted that I took the day off today, which meant getting some much needed rest. I totally agree, MOMS SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO GET SICK! ;-J Thanks for the recipe, I love anything that involves an avocado, so I’ll have to try this!
I hope you get feeling better soon, Dee! These cookies should help! 😉 Take care!
Made these today – they were super great! I used just shy of a 1/2 tsp of Sucralose instead of Truvia (made them for my Dad and he hates Truvia) – turned out just fine though 😀 Thanks for this 😀
Yay! I’m so happy you liked them!
Hi! I am hoping to make these tomorrow for my son’s first birthday. Just wanted to clarify, if I’m using granulated sugar instead of truvia…does the recipe include 3/4 cup of granulated sugar and 1/4 cup of brown sugar?
Thank you!
HI Crystian! Sorry to be late in commenting back! Yes, you would use 3/4 cup granulated sugar + 1/4 cup brown sugar if you aren’t using the Truvia. I hope you give them a try! Thanks!
Hi, 2-3 dozen cookies is a lot of cookies. My children eat 1 cookie max per day don’t ask me why. So could I half this recipe.. would it work?
Absolutely!! Feel free to half the ingredients for less cookies!