Salted Dark Chocolate Cookies

These Salted Dark Chocolate Cookies are flourless and gluten-free, and soft and chewy just the way a cookie should be.

Cookies are one of my favourite treats; give me a good cup a coffee with a cookie and I’ll be one happy little camper. On the way to a friends cottage this summer we stopped into one of my favourite coffee shops just outside of Ottawa, The Fieldhouse, to grab a coffee for the drive. When I was in the shop I decided to get some cookies to bring to the cottage (C’mon, I’m not all kale and coconut oil!), and they had these dark chocolate diablo cookies that were absolutely amazing. They were soft and chewy, with a little hint of spice and touch of salt, they hit all of the taste buds at once. I was shocked when the lady at the counter told me they were grain-free, I figured gluten-free could easily be done but had never really thought about creating a grain-free cookie.

The only grain-free cookie that I can really think of are classic peanut butter cookies. They are essentially just a combination of peanut butter and sugar, so it’s no wonder they are delicious. Now, obviously that is not a recipe that will fly with me, so I had to find a slightly healthier alternative, which is exactly what I’ve done with these Salted Dark Chocolate Cookies.

These cookies are a little chocolatey twist on a classic peanut butter cookie, with a lot less sugar and tahini instead of peanut butter. If you have never had tahini before, don’t be alarmed, it is essentially just sesame seed paste or the sesame seed version of peanut butter. I’ve used it in a lot of recipes on the blog, including my Power Bowls and Broccoli Salad, so if it is not a staple in your pantry yet, it is about to be. Truthfully, I was actually a little nervous about sharing this recipe and therefore played around with it a lot. I talk a lot about the importance of avoiding sugar, so by sharing a cookie with sugar in it might seem a little odd. However, I also talk a lot about the importance of opting for quality over quantity and enjoying treats in moderation. I’m not going to pretend that I don’t eat cookies (because I do), it just make sure that when I eat a cookie its a good quality cookie and not a processed pre-packaged one. So, to sweeten this recipe I opted to use raw organic cane sugar because it is one of the least refined version of sugar. If you don’t have raw organic cane sugar, coconut sugar would also work really well, but for the purpose of this recipe, natural sweeteners like maple syrup or honey just won’t just cut it.

These Salted Dark Chocolate Cookies are a good quality, flourless and gluten-free cookie, that hit the sweet spot for a delicious chocolatey treat.