15 Plant-Based Peanut Butter Cookies for When You’re Tired of Plain Chocolate Chip – One Green Planet

Peanut butter cookies don’t get enough credit for how delicious they are! Everyone always goes for the classic chocolate chip, but adding peanut butter or peanut butter chips to cookie dough brings the recipe to another level. Plus, peanut butter cookies are way more filling! If you love peanut butter cookies or are looking to shake things up just a little bit in your baking, check out these delicious plant-based peanut butter cookies!

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1. Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies

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These Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies by Alison Corey are soft, chewy, and easy to make. With whole food plant-based ingredients they’re oil-free, refined sugar-free, vegan, and gluten-free.

2. Peanut Butter Cookie Cake

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Sometimes, it’s simply fun to create baked goods that aren’t super healthy but are made from scratch and whole ingredients. This is one such recipe. This Peanut Butter Cookie Cake by Amanda Froelich is both delicious and makes a wonderfully sweet treat, but is made with whole ingredients that your body will thank you for!

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3. Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies

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These Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies by Alison Corey are the best and easiest one-bowl gluten-free vegan peanut butter cookies. They’re soft melt in your mouth delicious. Made with six simple whole-food ingredients, they’re dairy-free, oil-free, and gluten-free.

4. Paleo Peanut Butter Cookies

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So chewy, so healthy, so simple. These Paleo Peanut Butter Cookies by Taavi Moore are the best peanut butter cookies out there. It’s hard not to eat the whole batch and even harder not to eat all of the dough. These cookies require 7 simple ingredients: peanut butter, tahini, coconut sugar, vanilla, non-dairy milk, coconut oil, and almond flour. Soft peanut butter cookies drizzled with chocolate––what more could you need? There are no crazy ingredients, they take minimal prep, and the process is super quick overall. Not to mention they are healthy, packed with fiber, protein, grain, gluten-free, vegan… the list goes on. You have to try these paleo peanut butter cookies!

5. Fluffernutter Sandwich Cookies

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Vegan marshmallow fluff made with aquafaba is amazing – especially in these Fluffernutter Sandwich Cookies by Amy Lyons!

6. Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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Celebrating one of America’s most iconic and widely loved comfort foods. Check out these delicious Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies by Lan Pham Wilson!!

7. Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

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When the cookie craving comes, the easiest thing to do is make a big batch of vegan Easy Peanut Butter Cookies by Laine Rudolfa. They’re easy to make, super delicious, and filling. And this recipe is a lot healthier than the classical one (that involves tons of refined sugar and butter!). So it’s a win-win situation – your cookie cravings will be satisfied with no harm done to your health.

8. Double Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

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These Double Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies by Wendy Irene have an indulgent dark chocolate flavor without intense sweetness. Coconut oil, although less common in baking, is a healthier alternative than traditional fats often used in cookie recipes. Coconut sugar and brown rice syrup provide a milder sweetness and are thought to have less of an impact on your blood sugar than table sugar. It’s the perfect treat for a sunny spring day. The only problem with them is… cookie monsters (husbands, children, anyone with a nose) will have a hard time waiting to eat them. They’re the best vegan chocolate cookies ever!

9. Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

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Soft Peanut Butter Cookies by Fabio Gallo are the ultimate cozy Sunday afternoon treat. These cookies are so yummy and easy to make. Topping these soft vegan peanut butter cookies with chopped roasted peanuts will give them additional crunch and flavor.

10. Peanut Butter Cookie Skillets

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Looking for a dessert that will satisfy your sweet tooth? These Peanut Butter Cookie Skillets by Wholesome LLC are perfect! Plus, they’re made with peanut butter and are perfect to top with vegan chocolate chips and vegan whipped cream!

11. Break and Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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These homemade Break and Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by Carly Paige are just as convenient as the store-bought kind but much healthier. Featuring a few signature healthy baking swaps, these cookies can be enjoyed immediately, or a few weeks later. Make now, break, and bake later!

12. Shortbread Cookies

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Here’s a gluten-free vegan shortcrust pastry (shortbread dough) that is made of only wholesome ingredients. So, no vegan butter or margarine! Furthermore, you’ll need merely 4 ingredients, one bowl, and less than 10 minutes of your time to make these Shortbread Cookies by Nele Liivlaid.

13. No-Bake Chocolate Cookie Dough Filled Cookies

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Easy, simple, no-bake chocolate cookies stuffed with decadent no-bake cookie dough. So soft, chocolatey, and perfectly sweet. You have to try these No-Bake Chocolate Cookie Dough Filled Cookies by Taavi Moore!

14. Chocolate and Peanut Butter ‘Digestive’ Cookies

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Who doesn’t love a good biscuit to enjoy alongside their afternoon cup of tea or coffee? These Chocolate and Peanut Butter ‘Digestive’ Cookies by Vicky Coates you can enjoy without the added sugar and instead with added nutrients and protein. These biscuits are great if you are following a Keto, Vegan, or Gluten-free diet.

15. Giant Fluffernutter Skillet Cookie

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Cast iron skillets are great to use for a variety of dishes, but not all of them are savory. A skillet is more than ideal for a cookie. Not only does it cook faster, but it also gets a lot softer! If you love cookies, marshmallows, or simply the fluffernutter concept all around, then you need to make this vegan Giant Fluffernutter Skillet Cookie by Gabrielle St. Claire. Vegan marshmallows are baked into a big, soft peanut butter cookie, which is topped with vegan ice cream and even more peanut butter. Are you drooling yet? This vegan skillet cookie is phenomenal!

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