These chunky, cheerful, vegan, gluten-free Happy Monkey Cookies are totally worth messing up your clean kitchen over. Yup, baking can be a flour-splattering, dishwasher-filling job, but in the end homemade cookies are sooooo worth it.
Especially these cuties.
Each plump, rounded cookie is studded with vegan chocolate chips, walnuts and Brazil nuts. With a hint of tropical banana, vanilla bean and coconut in every dunkable bite. As you will see in my video for this recipe, these cookies are perfect for dunking into a tall glass of almond milk. They are sturdy and chewy, and do not crumble apart.
And I love that they kinda look like giant balls of cookie dough. Loved these!
Get the recipe + watch me make them in a video!..
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These are my spin on a "Chunky Monkey" flavored cookie. With chunky walnuts and Brazil nuts, chocolate chips and a hint of banana, coconut and vanilla bean.
...speaking of chunky monkey.. I am still endlessly searching for the vegan Ben & Jerry's flavors. Hope they come to my part of Los Angeles soon. Has anyone tried them yet? Fave flavor?
Giant chunks of my two fave nuts.. walnut and selenium-rich Brazil nuts.
Happy Monkey Cookies
By
Published 03/06/2016
Ingredients
- dry:
- 1 ½ cups gluten-free flour (all purpose baking blend -- I used Arrowhead Mills)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- wet:
- 1 tablespoon flax seeds, freshly ground*
- 1 banana
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or one vanilla bean, seeds)
- ½ cup virgin coconut oil, softened
- fold-ins:
- ½ cup chopped Brazil nuts and walnuts - raw
- ½ - ¾ cup vegan chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup shredded coconut, optional
- * freshly ground, powder-fine flax seed is so much better that store bought 'ground flax seed' -- I blend mine in my Vitamix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. (Tip: I like to leave out ½ cup flour and fold it in towards the end just in case I want to add a little less or a little more based on how my dough feels. The banana size variability can make the moisture vary a tiny bit.)
- In a blender, combine all the wet ingredients.
- Stir the wet into the dry. Then fold in the remaining ½ cup of flour. Add a little more of less if you think your dough needs it.
- Fold in nuts and chocolate.
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Serve warm. Store leftovers on counter for up to a day -- then store in fridge or freezer.
Yield: 16 cookies
Prep Time: 00 hrs. 10 mins.
Cook time: 00 hrs. 15 mins.
Total time: 25 mins.
Tags: dessert,cookies,chocolate,chunky monkey,glutenfree,soyfree,vegan,banana
Curious questions of the day:
- What amazing cookie flavor have you baked lately?
- Have you been watching Fuller House on Netflix? I seriously love it. These cookies + Fuller House = flashback to every day after school as a kid!
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RockMyVeganSocks says
These sound fantastic! I can't wait to make them. Thank you for sharing gf recipes - I don't see them enough on other blogs. And the video is going to make it nice & simple to make =D
Jessica Grimm says
My husband and I recently picked up all four flavors because I couldn't decide on just one! The coffee caramel was our favorite (reminded me of the Starbucks ice cream I used to eat back in the day), with the chunky monkey a close second. I kind of wish the PB cookie one was PB flavored ice cream, so that was a bit of disappointment. And I would not recommend the chocolate brownie one. Regardless, I'm super happy to be see more mainstream vegan products on the shelves :).
John Hartil says
Yummy yum....cannot get enough cookie recipes and this looks pretty good to try!
Kathy Patalsky says
Never too many cookie recipes! 😉
Ivy Castillo says
A few weeks a ago, I snagged the absolute last B&J's Coffee Caramel Fudge at the Von's in Santa Monica (Lincoln & Broadway). It was so good! The caramel swirl is so authentic and it's got these huge chunks of yummy chocolate. Between my husband and I, it was gone in two days. I check every time I shop there, but it has not been back since, and the space it occupied is now filled with dairy ice-cream. 🙁
Kathy Patalsky says
Wow that sounds awesome. I think I have to try that flavor because coffee ice cream is one of my faves.
Jennifer Solomon says
The PB and cookies is really good - the others are not worth trying in my opinion. And yes - it's total vegan junk food - not healthy at all but tastes yummy!
Kathy Patalsky says
Interesting! Good to know. I have two coupons for free pints from B&Js so I think I know which two to try now!
vegangretchen says
Hi Kathy - I'm in the Bay Area but I found the Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey at Target. Have you checked there?
These cookies look delicious!
Kathy Patalsky says
Ooo good tip! I have not checked Target. Thanks!
Shira says
The vegan Ben & Jerry's is here (Chicago suburb). So far, chunky monkey and pb cookie are really good and the fudge brownie is ok. Overall, vegans really haven't been missing out and even some of my homemade ice creams top the mouthfeel of these. But, the flavors are really creative and yummy! This is the first time I've ever had Ben & Jerry's!
Kathy Patalsky says
Thanks for the info Shira, very interesting! I took a look at the ingredients and the B&J flavors aren't exactly healthy but I'm still excite to try. I wish they had used coconut or cashew milk instead of almond milk but oh well. I guess I can't comment until I try them! And yea I agree, NOTHING will even come close to my homemade blender ice creams - I love making healthy ice cream from bananas and more. Satisfies my ice cream craving and they are always filled with healthy ingredients. Chocolate PB banana ice cream... I mean, the best. The
Shira says
I totally agree! I see Ben and Jerry's as a VERY occasional treat.