Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with no flour, oil, or butter. They are perfectly chewy, full of chocolate, and downright addicting!
Hey y’all! Happy Wednesday! Today I’m bringing you one of my new favorite treats, Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies!
These are soooo good, plus they are flourless for all of my gluten-free pals out there!
We love almond butter around here and I like to find all kinds of ways to put it to good use. We became true-blue almond lovers about four years ago after my son was diagnosed with a severe peanut allergy. Thankfully almonds don’t cause any issues for him, so we use almond butter and sunflower seed butter as a replacement for peanut butter.
I will fully admit to y’all that giving up peanut butter was a bit of a challenge. More so for me than it was for my husband. As soon as he found out that our son was allergic, he declared that he was done with peanut butter and he had no desire to eat it anymore. Me? Well, I struggled! At the time we found out about his allergy, I was making peanut butter, banana, and spinach smoothies nearly everyday for breakfast. Plus, any peanut butter dessert was automatically my go-to favorite.
Over time I started trying peanut butter alternatives and have found some that I really love. I actually make all of our almond butter at home because many of the kinds that you buy at the store have a risk of cross-contamination with peanuts. The store-bought kinds are also more expensive, especially out here in Hawaii where everything costs an arm and a leg! Almond butter is SUPER easy to make, as long as you have a food processor. I’ve made multiple kinds including, cinnamon, maple, vanilla, and more. I’ll have to share some of those soon. 🙂
You can use any kind of almond butter you like in these cookies, store-bought or homemade. I’m going to try these with cinnamon almond butter next time! You could also use a different kind of nut butter, including peanut, if you don’t have any allergies.

Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats and set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, stir together almond butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, baking soda, and salt until well combined. You can do this by hand; no need for the electric mixer. Stir in the chocolate chips and mix well.
- Scoop the cookie dough by rounded tablespoon and place on prepared baking sheets about two inches apart. Bake in preheated oven for 10-11 minutes, being careful not to over bake. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 3-5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!
I love how easy these are – they look delicious and what is better than a homemade chocolate chip cookie. Never seen them made with almond butter, but I need to try them!
These cookies look delicious and I love that they seem pretty easy to make. I also like the sound of the different almond butters you make. Would love to have recipes for those!
These look great! Could I make these with date sugar instead of regular sugar?
Hi Emma! I’m sure you could! I haven’t tried it like that myself though.
What an amazing flourless looking cookie! The photos are mouth watering and really cant wait to try your recipe!
These cookies look amazing! I love the beautiful rich texture! Nothing beats a good chocolate chip cookie!
Oh how delicious this recipe looks! I really like. It’s just incredible. Thank you!
Oh Yum! I am totally going to give these cookies a try this week!
These cookies look so delicious! I love peanut and chocolate chip cookies, but I need to try it with almond butter next time. Pinning right now!
Do you flatten them before baking? Mine dont appear to be spreading….
Update: I did have to flatten them and they turned out great! The dough is kinda weird and crumbly to deal with, I also used about half the chocolate chip amount and swerve instead of sugar (which I only used 1/2 a cup instead of 3/4). Made 14 cookies for me
Glad they turned out well! I’ve never used swerve before; glad to hear it worked in these.
These cookies are so delicious! I also used a sugar replacement (swerve)…. would recommend to everyone !!!
I just made these and they are delicious and so easy to make! Thank you!
So glad to hear you liked them, Farah!
Hi Ashlyn! I’d love to try these. Can brown sugar (the loose or packed) be used instead of white?
Hi Cam! I’ve never tried it like that but don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Let me know if you try it!
Can i use sweetener instead of sugar to make it more low carb?
Sure! Let me know if you give it a try and how it turns out!
I just made these last night and there are only 3 cookies left! They were so quick to whip up and better than any nut butter cookies I’ve tried! Husband even loves them! Keeper
Yay!!! So glad you enjoyed them, Jess! Definitely one of our favorites!
Has anyone tried using a sugar altnerative (stevia/xyltiol) in place of the sugar?
Hi Anne, I haven’t tried it that way before. Let me know if you give it a shot and how it turns out.
I have made these several times using organic coconut palm sugar (low glycemic) and they have been great!
Did you wind up trying this? That’s what I’m looking to do. I’ve made them as written before and they’re awesome.
I MADE THESE TODAY AND USED STEVIA AS THE SWEETNER. HOWEVER, MY COOKIES DID NOT STAY TOGETHER WHEN I PUT THEM ON THE COOKIE SHEET AND THEY WERE VERY GREASY. I USED FRESH GROUND ALMOND BUTTER. THEY CAME OUT OF THE OVEN AND STAYED TOGETHER FINE AND THEY TASTED GREAT. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THEY WOULD NOT COME TOGETHER IN THE BOWL???
These look so amazing! This coming Monday starts the Jewish holiday Passover, on which we can’t eat any leavened or fermented grain products, so essentially it’s a gluten free diet. This will be a great treat for us to enjoy!
Awesome Jessica! Glad you found a treat you can enjoy while you celebrate Passover!
Doesn’t the baking soda mean they are not suitable for Passover? Thanks.
I made these cookies and they were amazing even my sons friends loved it. Amazing how it turned out great without the flour.
Glad you enjoyed them, Colleen!
I cannot believe these have no flour! The texture looks perfect! Pinning 🙂
Mmmmm…. what I would do for a few of these and a glass of cold milk!
Love your suggestion for using cinnamon almond butter!
These cookies look fabulous! We haven’t tried almond butter, peanut is king in our house. Perhaps these cookies would be the perfect way to introduce it!
These cookies look AMAZING! I still can’t believe they have no flour or butter!! Need to make asap!
I am amazed by the ingredient list (no flour, oil, or butter – woah) and bet my gluten free neighbors will be pretty happy with me soon. 🙂
I am kind of a peanut butter addict, it would be hard to give up. But almond butter is such a great alternative, and these cookies look incredible!
Oh, this is SUCH a good idea!