Sometimes, just sometimes; in our house, we have dessert first…because…
Believe it or not – these cookies are not that sinful! Really!

I mean they have NO flour!
None!
Zilch!
What they do have is lots of peanutbuttery-chocolatey gooeyness!
As I am always trying to justify my peanut butter consumption, I was thrilled to stumble on an article in Prevention magazine which quotes a study by the “Journal of the American Medical Association” that states that:
“…consuming 1 ounce of nuts or peanut butter (about 2 tablespoons) at least 5 days a week can lower the risk of developing diabetes by almost 30%.”
Now I can add this to the list of benefits of peanut butter! 🙂
This is an easy, quick cookie that has been adapted from Peanutbutterrunner’s “Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies”.

Ingredients to make a dozen of these flourless peanut butter chocolate chip cookies:
1/2 of a 16 oz jar of creamy peanut butter
4 heaping tablespoons of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 egg
1/2 a handful of peanut butter and chocolate chips
a whole handful of chocolate chips
Directions :
I started off by preheating the oven to 365 degrees. Then, using a spoon, I mixed the peanut butter, egg, sugar and vanilla – the mix starts off a little wet, but as the ingredients incorporate, it thickens up. Then mixed in the chocolate chips and peanut butter & chocolate chips (these quantities can be changed – or white chocolate chips could also be substituted). I then rolled up spoonfuls of it, flattened them slightly and baked for 12 minutes. These cookies are best when allowed to cool – they do not have a lot of sugar in them; but when cooled, they seem slightly sweeter than when eaten warm.
Of course some of us just cannot wait…
🙂

Flour-less Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Believe it or not – these cookies are not that sinful! Really!
Ingredients
- 1/2 of a 16 oz jar of creamy peanut butter
- 4 heaping tablespoons of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/2 a handful of peanut butter and chocolate chips
- a whole handful of chocolate chips
Instructions
I started off by preheating the oven to 365 degrees. Then, using a spoon, I mixed the peanut butter, egg, sugar and vanilla – the mix starts off a little wet, but as the ingredients incorporate, it thickens up. Then mixed in the chocolate chips and peanut butter & chocolate chips (these quantities can be changed – or white chocolate chips could also be substituted). I then rolled up spoonfuls of it, flattened them slightly and baked for 12 minutes. These cookies are best when allowed to cool – they do not have a lot of sugar in them; but when cooled, they seem slightly sweeter than when eaten warm.Of course some of us just cannot wait…
Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 185Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 8gCholesterol 16mgSodium 109mgCarbohydrates 14gFiber 2gSugar 10gProtein 6g
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[…] sweet tooth at dessert time, our go-to, non-dessert dessert is the interweb-popular, grain-free, 4 ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie or a couple of dates stuffed with peanut butter. If I need to add a bit of creaminess to a chicken […]
Zan
Thursday 15th of August 2013
These look so yummy.
Shashi Charles
Thursday 15th of August 2013
Thank You Zan :)
Rabia @TheLiebers
Friday 19th of July 2013
Those look awesome!! I'm going to have to give them a try!
Shashi Charles
Friday 19th of July 2013
Thank You! I hope you like them as much as we did!
Marcy
Thursday 18th of July 2013
Ohhhh, those look yummy!! Thanks for stopping by my blog from SITS!
Shashi Charles
Thursday 18th of July 2013
Your welcome and thank you for stopping by mine Marcy :)
Coffee and Crumpets
Wednesday 17th of July 2013
Great looking cookies! Nothing wrong with eating desserts first, we do it all the time in my house!
Nazneen
Shashi Charles
Thursday 18th of July 2013
Haha - Thanks Nazneen!