Low Calorie Cookies (34 CALORIES) - Lose Weight By Eating (2024)

Desserts, Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian / By audreyleejohns

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These Low Calorie Cookies are double chocolate, just 34 Calories, only 1.5g of sugar (and I supplied a swap to make them just 0.4g of sugar!) and completely delicious.

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Everything You’ll Need

  • ⅔cupall-purpose flour(or Gluten Free Flour)
  • ¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  • ⅔cupZero Calorie All-Natural Brown Sugar (see recipe card)
  • ½teaspoonbaking soda
  • ⅛teaspoonsalt
  • ¼cupunsweetened apple sauce
  • 1teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 2tablespoonswater
  • ½cupsemi sweet chocolate chips
  • 2tablespoonscourse salt(optional)

Low Calorie Cookies

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Low Calorie Cookie Meal Prep and Storage

Meal Prep: You can make the batter ahead of time and chill it in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can also scoop the cookie dough into balls, place on a baking sheet and freeze. Once completely frozen move to a freezer bag or container and store for up to a month in the freezer. Bake as directed – baking just 1 cookie or the entire batch still requires the same heat and time.

Freeze Leftovers – Add to a freezer bag and pop in the freezer. Will hold for 1 month.
Refrigerate Leftovers – Cover and place in the fridge, will last up to 2 weeks.
Pantry Storage – Not recommended, you’ll eat them all! But if you must, cover and store for 5 days in the pantry.

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Low Calorie Cookies Recipe

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Low Calorie Cookies (34 CALORIES)

Lose Weight By Eating

These low calorie cookies are chewy and delicious, and just 34 calories and 1.5g of sugar.

You can lower the sugar more by swapping out the chocolate chips for sugar free chocolate chips. But I had semi sweet on hand, so that is what I used.

Special Tip: I really recommend adding the course salt, it adds so much to these yummy cookies. But if you need lower sodium feel free to skip this step.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 7 minutes mins

Total Time 12 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 16 servings

Calories 34 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

  • cup all-purpose flour (or Gluten Free Flour)
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • cup Zero Calorie All-Natural Brown Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons course salt (optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  • To a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix well.

  • In a separate bowl combine the apple sauce, vanilla extract and water. Whisk together.

  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together until just combined.

  • Add 1/2 of the chocolate chips and fold into the batter.

  • Scoop out 16 cookie balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.

  • Wet your hands a little and then press the cookies down a bit to form cookie rounds.

  • Top with remaining chocolate chips and course salt.

  • Bake for 7 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet (they will continue to cook on the sheet while they cool.)

Notes

Low Calorie Cookie Ingredient Swaps:

  • Lower the Sugar – if you swap out the semi sweet chocolate chips for sugar free chocolate chips (I like monk fruit sweetened- they are all natural) you can lower the sugar down to just 0.4g per cookie!
  • Gluten-Free – use gluten free 1:1 flour (I like Bob’s Red Mill) in place of the flour.
  • Apple Sauce Swap – you can use pear baby food, pumpkin puree, or 2 tablespoons of coconut oil plus 1 egg in place of the apple sauce should you desire.
  • Regular Chocolate Chip Cookies – you can swap the cocoa powder for regular flour if you want low calorie chocolate chip cookies.
  • Vegan – to make this recipe vegan all you need to do is swap out the chocolate chips for vegan chocolate chips.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 34kcalCarbohydrates: 6.4gProtein: 0.9gFat: 0.7gSaturated Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 59mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 0.8gSugar: 1.5gCalcium: 3mgIron: 1mg

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About the Author

Hi, my name is Audrey Johns and I am a 4 time best selling cookbook author! All 4 of my low calorie cookbooks are published by HarperCollins (the oldest publishing house in the US!) and have been featured on prominent TV shows like The Today Show, Rachael Ray and The Doctors. I am a low calorie and healthy recipe authority and my delicious recipes are tried and loved by thousands of readers.

After a one year 150 pound weight loss (and I’ve kept it off for 13 years!) I started sharing all of my low calorie recipes with the world. They are always all-natural and geared around weight loss and weight management. I have even made some of these recipes with my Biggest Loser pal Bob Harper! Check out my weight loss story, my best selling cookbooks, and my numerous TV appearancesby clicking here.

Nutrition and Calories in Cookies

Lower the Sugar: Swap out the chocolate chips for all-natural sugar free chocolate chips.
Low Sodium Tips: Omit the salt from the recipe.

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Article History:

  • Originally written and published January 25, 2023 by Audrey Johns
  • Updated on September 15, 2023 by Audrey Johns
  • Updated on October 2, 2023 by Audrey Johns
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