This protein cookie dough is a simple five minute recipe that is perfect for a post workout snack or healthy dessert. It’s vegan, gluten free, keto friendly, refined sugar free and has 10 grams of protein per serving.
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This recipe has no chickpeas or beans needed, though I do love my chickpea cookie dough, but instead is made with some almond flour, protein powder, maple syrup, peanut butter and non-dairy milk.
I add a generous amount of chocolate chips, but you can add any fix-ins you like. Chopped nuts, sprinkles for a funfetti twist, whatever you like!
It’s perfect for a little post workout snack, after school snack or healthy dessert. Roll it up into little bites or eat it straight off the spoon! Try my cookie dough protein bars or protein donuts next!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Easy to make
- 10 grams of protein per serving
- Healthy but indulgent
- Gluten free & vegan
Ingredients and substitutions
Almond flour. The almond flour will help absorb some of the wet ingredients and give a more classic cookie dough like texture.
If you are nut free, you can likely sub for oat flour, but start with 3/4 cup and add more only as needed since oat flour is more absorbent than almond flour.
Protein powder. I opted to use a vanilla pea protein, but you can also use whey. I recommend sticking with vanilla for the best flavor, but chocolate will work. In this particular recipe, I do not recommend using collagen powder.
Peanut butter. The peanut butter adds a nice rich flavor and some moisture to this protein cookie dough. You can sub for any nut or seed butter such as cashew, almond or sunflower.
Maple syrup. I have test this recipe with both maple syrup and honey, and find maple syrup works best since it’s a bit thinner in texture. I do not recommend granulated sugar here.
Milk. You’ll need about 1/4 cup of any milk of choice. I used almond, but soy, oat or regular cows milk will also work.
Chocolate chips. To keep this refined sugar free, you can use a stevia sweetened chocolate chip. I like using mini chips, but anything goes!
How to make protein cookie dough
COMBINE DRY. Whisk together the almond flour and protein powder.
MELT PEANUT BUTTER. Add the peanut butter to the microwave and heat for about 20 seconds, just to melt it slightly so it’s easier to work with.
ADD IN WET. Add the peanut butter to the flour and protein mixture along with the maple syrup, milk and vanilla.
MIX. Mix together with a rubber spatula until combined, adding 1-2 more tablespoons of milk as needed to thin to your desired texture.
ADD CHOCOLATE. Fold in the chocolate chips. Leave as is or roll into balls. Store in the fridge for best results.
Storage tips
I recommend storing this cookie dough in the fridge. It will keep for up to 1 week in a sealed container.
You can also freeze it! To freeze, I recommend rolling up into little bites, then placing in a container or ziplock bag and freezing for up to 1 month.
You’ll want to let it thaw at room temperature for at least 10 minutes before eating.
Can I bake these into cookies?
No, I do not recommend that. This no bake protein cookie dough is definitely designed to be eaten raw, and since there are no eggs, you can safely do that! Instead, I recommend trying my protein chocolate chip cookies.
Is it keto?
As written, this protein cookie dough is not keto, but all you need to do is swap the maple syrup for a keto friendly liquid sweetener to make it low carb and keto friendly.
Most grocery stores sell a keto “maple syrup” that is sweetened with something like stevia or monk fruit.
I do not recommend leaving out the syrup completely and subbing for regular stevia as the syrup is necessary to add moisture to the cookie dough!
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Protein Cookie Dough
by: claire cary
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder
- ¼ cup unsalted creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup non-dairy milk more as needed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ⅔ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Whisk together the almond flour and protein powder.
- Add the peanut butter to the microwave and heat for about 20 seconds, just to melt it slightly so it's easier to work with.
- Add the peanut butter to the flour along with the maple syrup, milk and vanilla.
- Mix together with a rubber spatula until combined, adding 1-2 more tablespoons of milk as needed.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Leave as is or roll into balls. Store in the fridge for best results.
Angela says
Thank you for the recipe! I used PBfit powder and sugar free maple syrup to keep the calories down a bit. I also added salt, I felt it was needed to tone down the sweetness and bring out that true cookie dough taste! ❤️
Claire Cary says
So glad you made it work for you!
Trista says
This is the bees knees!
Kid approved! Husband approved!
This is just the right amount of everything 🍪
Definitely going in the ol’ cookbook.
Claire Cary says
Thank you, Trista!
Teresa says
so good just as is. Perfect for when I get those cravings at night. It is such a healthy way to satisfy those. Thanks for posting. And yes I do count my macronutrients and it is so great to have those posted.
Claire Cary says
So glad you love it! Thanks, Teresa!
Lindsey says
Can I use collagen powder and a tsp of stevia instead of protein powder? We only have chocolate protein powder…
Claire Cary says
You can try but I’m not sure how the flavor will turn out!
Sarah says
My son would love these but has a tree nut allergy. Is there a different type of flour you would recommend?
Claire Cary says
Oat flour would be your best bet!
Bianca says
Looking forward to trying this but was just wondering how many cookie dough balls would be one serving?
Claire Cary says
Depends on the size, but about 2!
Shyamala says
All your dishes are awesome
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Jen says
Can you use a protein shake instead of protein powder?
Claire Cary says
Like a liquid protein shake? I don’t recommend that!
Jen says
Ok I just have more fairlife protein shakes than I have protein powder. Why would it make a difference. Just wondering?
Claire Cary says
Because one is a liquid and one is a powder! You can’t swap dry ingredients with wet 🙂
Bayleigh says
SO GOOD!! I just bought a new protein powder that I’m not a fan of because I’m not used to drinking protein powder, I wasn’t used to that flavor or texture. I saw this recipe and figured it wouldn’t hurt to try it since I don’t want to waste all that money. IT WAS AMAZING!! I used chocolate protein powder and regular gluten free flour that I zapped in the microwave to kill any bacteria, then followed the recipe as normal and sprinkled a dash of sea salt on top. It definitely still tastes a bit like protein powder but as someone who doesn’t really like protein powder, this recipe masked the aspects I don’t like about protein powder super well!! Definitely a genius way to satisfy my sweet tooth and trick my brain into thinking I’m eating raw cookie dough when I’m also giving my body the protein and nutrients I need. For context, I’m gluten free and experience a lot of digestive issues due to IBS so for me to get to enjoy something like this without any gut problems is priceless!! 100000% will be making again and 1000000% recommend!!
Claire Cary says
Thank you so much Bayleigh! So glad you enjoyed this recipe.
Abby says
Amazing!!! So delicious and just what I needed for high protein, sweet treat!
Jo says
So good!! Not exactly like traditional cookie dough but pretty darn close! I used a vanilla protein powder that was already sweet so I omitted the vanilla, used oat flour since that’s what I had on hand, raw a2 protein milk, and cashew butter–you do not need to heat this nut butter at all. I also put it in the frig before eating it–so good cold in my opinion 😀
lyla says
how many calories are in this?
Claire Cary says
Calories are included in the bottom of the recipe card!
Darla says
I can’t wait to try this recipe! Can you share details for what appears to be “salt” in your pictures? (making my mouth water, LOL)
Claire Cary says
Yes, it’s just flakey sea salt on top! You can get it on amazon or most grocery stores.
Susie Brans says
This is amazing!! I used peanut butter flavored protein powder and had sugar free syrup i used in place of maple syrup. This is going to be my go to treat!
Amber says
Absolutely love this recipe. I use cashew butter instead of peanut and honey instead of maple syrup. Also throw in some raisins because I love a raisin/chocolate combo.
Claire Cary says
Sounds perfect, thanks Amber!
Sydney says
Could you use regular All Purpose Flour as a substitute for Almond Flour?
Claire Cary says
I don’t recommend that since they both absorb wet ingredients very differently.
Shelby says
What is non dairy milk? Almond milk?
Claire Cary says
Milk that is not dairy. Almond, cashew, soy, oat etc.
Ashley says
As someone with PCOS I’ve been searching for something to kick my sweet cravings while trying to lose weight, and it had to be low carb and low sugar. These did exactly that! I swapped the almond flour for oat flour and they came out wonderful. Added dark chocolate chips as well. My fiance had to stop me from eating it all in one sitting! I rolled them into balls and chilled in the fridge for a nice snack. 10/10!
Claire Cary says
Thanks, Ashley! So glad you found something that works for you!
Jasmine says
This stuff is delicious. And easy to make with ingredients I already had in my kitchen.
Annette says
Sooooooo good! I used crunchy peanut butter in the soon to be one of many batches I made❤️
Claire Cary says
Perfect! Thanks Annette!
SWolf says
Very good! We thought it needed to have some salt to be closer to chocolate cookie dough though. It’s almost like almond paste with chocolate Which is wonderful!
Adam says
You didn’t give any measurements besides 3/4 cup of flower and “about” 1/4 cup of milk.
How many scoops of protein did you use, how many Oz of syrup? How many grams/OZ of peanut butter?? You just told us all the ingredients but not how much. 1 out of 5 stars for that.
Claire Cary says
Every measurement is listed in the recipe card.
Anonymous says
This looks great! Could I use peanut butter powder as an alternative to peanut butter?
Claire Cary says
If you mix the powder up with water to make it like regular peanut butter then that should be fine. Won’t be quite as rich as regular PB but should work!
Sandra says
Perfect recipe, so easy to make and so tasty!! I did it also with vegan chocolate protein, it´s also perfect! Many thanks 🙂
Erin says
Can this be made without the protein powder?
Claire Cary says
You can try, but it’s key for this recipe! I’d just recommend my vegan cookie dough instead!
Katie says
YUM!!! It took me about 5 min to make this. I actually used a dark chocolate protein powder because that’s all I had. It’s amazing. Texture & taste is just like cookie dough!