Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies are a 6 ingredient recipe that requires ZERO flour, only egg whites, and still magically comes out chewy, flavorful, and rich.
Recipe: $3.00 | Per Serving: $0.19 | Yield: 16 cookies
When I Meal Plan on a Tight Budget, I ensure I utilize leftover ingredients efficiently. For instance, when I bake cookies and use extra egg yolks, I'm left with surplus egg whites.
Meal planning with leftovers maximizes my savings by minimizing food waste. Utilizing every ingredient means more money stays in my pocket. See How a Messy Pantry Costs You Money.
This recipe ingeniously incorporates egg whites as the base, repurposing them from other recipes. While I could simply cook them into scrambled eggs or Egg White French Toast, transforming them into cookies adds a poetic touch.
This way, every ingredient gets to shine in its own way, contributing to a delicious cookie recipe.
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🍯 Why This Recipe Works
- Everyone loves them! These double chocolate gluten free cookies are such a huge hit with the kids and chocolate lovers around here.
- They're really chewy and packed with chocolate chips. They remind me of the chewy edges of a brownie, so if that tells you how good they are- great.
- They can help use up egg whites. If you're like me and using extra egg yolks here and there, having recipes for egg whites only, really helps to make the most of your groceries.
🥘 Ingredients
Ingredient Notes:
Powdered Sugar- You'll need powdered sugar to make the cookies sweet. This also doubles as the base of the recipe, because we will not be using flour.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder- Use some cocoa powder for that rich chocolate taste.
Egg whites- Use fresh egg whites or measure egg whites from the carton. Both will work fine here.
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips- I love the contrast in flavor from using semi-sweet chocolate chips but you can just as easily swap them for milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or white chocolate chips.
For specific ingredients and measurements, please see the recipe card below.
📖 Variations
You can change up the chocolate chips by using mini chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, or even peanut butter chips (any baking chips will work). Using M&Ms would also work great!
🔪 Instructions for Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies
Step 1: Whisk together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Step 2: Use a spoon to stir in the egg whites and vanilla until the batter looks moistened. It should look thick and wet like a brownie batter. It should never appear to be as thick as cookie dough.
Step 3: Fold in the chocolate chips.
Step 4: Spoon the batter onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet in 1.5-2 tablespoon sized scoops. Leave 2 inches of space between each cookie.
Step 5: Let the cookies rest on the pan for 30 minutes to develop a skin on top. This means you'll be able to touch them without having the batter stick to your fingers.
Step 6: Bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Step 7: Cool completely on the pan before removing.
🍴 Recipe Tips
- Precise Measurement. Don't guess how much vanilla to add; always use exact measurements to avoid making the batter too wet.
- Achieving Consistency. If the batter becomes too wet, add 1-2 tablespoons of powdered sugar and mix until it reaches the right consistency.
- Resting Period. Let the batter sit as instructed. This step is important for shaping and texture. Skipping it may lead to less desirable results.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe Scaling
You can scale this recipe down to use only one egg white, if you do so, use 3 Tablespoons of cocoa powder. The rest of the measurements should be easy to bring down to ⅓ of the original size.
💭 Recipe FAQs
These cookies can be kept stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 or 5 days.
You can freeze these cookies in an airtight container in the freezer (stacking is okay). They will last about 1 to 2 months this way. Simply thaw and enjoy.
I cannot recommend using fake sweeteners as they will not hold up well in the recipe and can make these cookies even trickier to get right.
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📖 Recipe
Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cup powdered sugar ($0.99)
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ($0.72)
- ½ teaspoon salt ($0.01)
- 3 large egg whites, room temperature ($0.45)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ($0.03)
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips ($0.80)
Instructions
- Whisk together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Use a spoon to stir in the egg whites and vanilla until the batter looks moistened. It should look thick and wet like a brownie batter. It should never appear to be as thick as cookie dough.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon the batter onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet in 1.5-2 tablespoon sized scoops. Leave 2 inches of space between each cookie.
- Let the cookies rest on the pan for 30 minutes to develop a skin on top. This means you'll be able to touch them without having the batter stick to your fingers.
- Bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.
- Cool completely on the pan before removing.
Notes
- Do NOT eyeball the vanilla (as tempting as it may be). Use exact measurements only or else your batter will be too wet.
- If your batter is too wet, whisk in 1-2 Tablespoons of powdered sugar.
- You can scale this recipe down to use only one egg white, if you do so, use 3 Tablespoons of cocoa powder. The rest of the measurements should be easy to bring down to ⅓ of the original size.
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