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Date Sweetened Peanut Butter Cookies

January 15, 2020 By Lisa Kitahara 46 Comments

naturally sweetened peanut butter cookies with a drizzle of chocolate and flaky salt

These Vegan Date Sweetened Peanut Butter Cookies are insanely easy to make, perfectly chewy and tender on the inside. Made with just 5 wholesome ingredients, this recipe is naturally gluten free, oil free and refined sugar free!

flourless peanut butter cookies with chocolate drizzle and flaky salt on parchment paper

Friends, they’re HERE!

I dug up an old old recipe that was stored on my hard drive from my university days and just had to share.

If you have been looking for a Peanut Butter Cookie that is:

  • healthy
  • date sweetened
  • vegan (dairy free, eggless)
  • gluten free and flourless
  • oil free
  • refined sugar free
  • fuss free
  • perfectly soft and chewy
  • peanut buttery
  • and insanely easyyy….

Your search is finally over.

These healthy date cookies check off cookie woes you might have had. If you’re allergic to peanut butter or nuts, fear not because there is an alternative… keep on reading.

date sweetened peanut butter cookie ingredients

What You Need

These vegan peanut butter cookies only require 5 simple ingredients:

  • Dates: SOFT!! dates here ya’ll- I always use Khadrawy dates.
  • Non-dairy milk
  • Peanut Butter: or any nut/seed butter of your choice.
  • Oats: blended into a flour or you can use oat flour if you have it on hand.
  • Baking Powder

I bet you grinned looking at these ingredients cause you know you already have them stocked in your pantry 😉

how to make date sweetened vegan peanut butter cookies

How to Make Date Sweetened Peanut Butter Cookies

  1. Add the peanut butter, dates, dairy free milk and blend until it becomes something like date paste.
  2. Add in the oat flour and baking powder and blend until a dough forms.
  3. Form them into balls and flatten them with a back of a fork. Bake for 20 minutes.

Yes, it’s really that easy!

And you could totally add in some chocolate to make them chocolate chip cookies. I haven’t tried using the oats as is, but I’m thinking they could successfully turn out as date sweetened oatmeal cookies! If you try this out, let me know!

peanut butter cookies made from dates on parchment paper

I’ve tried to capture the texture of these cookies: soft, tender and chewy. I hope I’ve succeeded!

I hope I’ve also convinced you just how easy it is to make these (highly) addicting peanut butter cookies.

Go, go make these now! You will not regret it.

  • flourless peanut butter cookies with chocolate drizzle and flaky salt on parchment paper
COOKIE PHOTO FROM 5 YEARS AGO VS TODAY

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flourless peanut butter cookies with chocolate drizzle and flaky salt on parchment paper

Date Sweetened Peanut Butter Cookies


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5 from 18 reviews

  • Author: Lisa Kitahara
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8 cookies 1x
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Description

These Vegan Date Sweetened Peanut Butter Cookies are insanely easy to make, perfectly chewy and tender on the inside. Made with just 5 wholesome ingredients, this recipe is naturally gluten free, oil free and refined sugar free!


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Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup soft dates, pitted (120g // I like to use Khadrawy dates)
  • 3 tbsp non-dairy milk (45g)
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter (65g)
  • ½ tsp salt, optional
  • 1 tsp vanilla, optional
  • 2/3 cup gluten free rolled oats, blended into flour (80g // or 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp oat flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • melted dark chocolate (for garnish), optional
  • flaky sea salt (for garnish), optional 

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F (180 C)
  2. Add dates, non-dairy milk, peanut butter, salt and vanilla into a food processor and blend until smooth.
  3. Add in the blended oats and baking powder and blend until a dough forms. Scrape down the sides of the food processor as needed. 
  4. Scoop out 1 heaping tbsp (around 40g per each) and roll them into balls. Flatten them with a back of the fork. Bake for 15 minutes.

Notes

  • Nutritional Information Disclaimer: Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated on an online tool excluding the optional ingredients (Cronometer).
  • Category: Sweets
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: vegan, gluten free

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 131
  • Sugar: 10.8g
  • Sodium: 65mg
  • Fat: 4.9g
  • Saturated Fat: 1g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 3g
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 20.2g
  • Fiber: 2.4g
  • Protein: 3.4g
  • Cholesterol: 0

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Comments

  1. AUDREY

    January 28, 2020 at 8:50 pm

    Just made these minutes ago – delicious when warm! I’m sure they’ll be delicious room temperature too, but that’s only if I can stop eating them. I don’t have a food processor and used my Vitamix, which is a little harder because there’s only a small amount in the bottom to mix, but it all still worked out.

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      January 29, 2020 at 5:21 am

      Hi Audrey!

      Glad it worked out in the blender and that you enjoyed them 🙂

      Reply
    • Diana J

      July 22, 2022 at 10:30 pm

      I’m so glad you shared your experience. I was thinking of using my BlendTec. Now I know it’s straight to the food processor.

      Reply
  2. Anya

    February 13, 2020 at 11:13 pm

    So delicious!

    ★★★★★

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  3. Hunna

    March 17, 2020 at 5:47 am

    I can t wait to make this, I have been making the classic 3 ingredient PB cookies for years(1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup peanut butter) and love them, but this is such a great option! It s hard for me to find time to bake lately, and I m definitely a chewy-underbaked cookie person. Plus, no wait time, no processed sugar, and extra protein and fiber! Thank you so much

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      March 17, 2020 at 1:02 pm

      Hi Hunna,
      I hope you enjoy!

      Reply
  4. Baker

    March 18, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Can you make this if u don’t have a food processor? I have a magic bullet but I don’t think it will blend the ingredients because there is not Enough liquid in the recipe.

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      March 20, 2020 at 2:44 am

      You could try and blend the dates in the magic bullet and then mix the rest of the batter by hand! I haven’t tried in a blender or magic bullet so I can’t say for sure but let me know how it works out! 🙂

      Reply
    • Sarah

      April 26, 2020 at 12:03 am

      If you use date paste by weight of the dates the recipe works fine, too.

      Reply
    • Kylie

      November 22, 2020 at 11:41 pm

      Both baking powder and baking soda is mentioned in the recipe! I just want to clarify, you mean baking soda yes?

      Reply
      • Lisa Kitahara

        November 26, 2020 at 11:12 am

        Hi Kylie!
        Yes baking powder is correct 🙂

        Reply
  5. Alex

    March 23, 2020 at 1:35 am

    OMG! These cookies are delicious! Instead of peanut butter, I used almond butter and it worked just as well! Very subtly sweet and a healthy alternative to other treats! 10/10!

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      March 30, 2020 at 4:10 am

      Yes!! Almond butter is so tasty in these as well so glad you enjoyed 🙂

      Reply
  6. Raf

    April 18, 2020 at 5:45 am

    This batter is so sticky on my fingers when I try to lay the balls on the tray, anyone has this?!

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      April 19, 2020 at 2:07 pm

      If that happens you can stick the dough in the freezer to firm up 🙂 I usually just use a wet spoon and scrape it into ‘balls’

      Reply
      • Sarah

        June 21, 2020 at 2:57 pm

        We doubled the mixture and split into 3 to make plain, chocolate (added 1 tbs of cocoa) and ginger (we added about 1tbs of fresh ginger). The fresh ginger really brought out the date taste. We made 20g balls so we didn’t feel bad eating so many 😉

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        • Lisa Kitahara

          June 23, 2020 at 11:50 am

          So happy to hear you enjoyed! And YUM I gotta try adding in ginger.

          Reply
  7. APKun

    April 22, 2020 at 3:03 pm

    Looking forward to making these cookies. Your recently dates recipes as the sweetener in cookies, would it work with your flourless peanut butter cookies in place of the honey? Substitute the same amount? Those have always been my favorite. Thanks for all your recipes!

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      April 24, 2020 at 2:24 pm

      Hi! Which cookie recipe are you referring to? 🙂

      Reply
      • Jamie

        November 5, 2020 at 8:56 pm

        I can’t wait to try these! I’m looking for ways to add dates to my diet (for pregnancy) and this sounds perfect !

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        • Lisa Kitahara

          November 9, 2020 at 12:34 pm

          I hope you enjoy Jamie!

          Reply
  8. Michelle

    May 20, 2020 at 3:03 am

    I don’t bake much – can I use regular cow milk for this?

    Reply
    • Lisa Kitahara

      May 20, 2020 at 10:42 am

      Yes!

      Reply
  9. Gina

    May 27, 2020 at 12:55 pm

    Wondering about substituting date sugar for the dates? Has anyone tried this? Measurement ratios?

    Reply
    • Lisa Kitahara

      September 7, 2020 at 10:07 pm

      The dates give moisture so I wouldn’t substitute it but you could try other dried fruit!

      Reply
  10. C

    July 2, 2020 at 2:28 am

    Thank you so much for this recipe! These cookies brought me so much joy. Even my diabetic mum can have some when I reduce the half the dates. She’s very happy. Thanks! 🙂

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  11. Mimi

    July 13, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    These are really good! I love how simple the ingredients are. I had some trouble blending the oats up well enough when I added them to my food processor whole alongside the other ingredients, so to get a smoother texture, I’m planning to make the oat flour beforehand and add that in at the end next time I make these. Even so, the cookies were delicious, just not as pretty. Thanks for the great recipe!

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  12. Summer

    July 14, 2020 at 1:18 am

    Omg these are so good! I’m absolutely obsessed with peanut butter and I always use dates in places of other sweeteners for baked goods. I have been making a different pb cookie recipe w dates for like 8 years but lately I haven’t been happy with it (equal parts date page, pb, almond flour and unsweetened shredded coconut plus some vanilla). Anyway, these blow those out of the water. I never leave comments on recipes. I think this is actually the first time, but I just had to comment on this one. These are amazing—sweet and salty and peanut buttery and fluffy and soft. So good!

    ★★★★★

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  13. sana kayyali

    July 15, 2020 at 12:52 pm

    Incredibly delicious! Will definitely be a healthy staple!

    ★★★★★

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  14. Colleen

    August 3, 2020 at 1:17 am

    Tried these as the base for an icecream sandwich and it was delicious!

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  15. Rasha

    August 3, 2020 at 7:20 am

    These were super tasty! I popped a dark choc melt on top of each one and they were awesome – loved the texture too although we basically ate all of them while they were warm!! I think I’ll double or triple batch next time – thanks!

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  16. Silvia O.

    August 14, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    Delicious!

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  17. Pazit Schrecker

    September 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    These were delicious and so easy to make 🙂

    ★★★★★

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  18. kes

    November 17, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    I was really pumped about this recipe. I usually buy all natural peanut butter > creamy peanut butter spread and so the flavor is very healthy which I was slightly disappointed in. The dates are awesome and I love how simple and quick the recipe is.

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  19. Suzanne

    December 28, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    This looks so good! Do you use dates to sweeten any other kinds of cookies?

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      December 30, 2020 at 12:04 am

      Right now I only have these cookies that are sweetened with dates 🙂

      Reply
  20. Vanessa

    December 28, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      December 30, 2020 at 12:04 am

      You can freeze them! 🙂

      Reply
  21. Nicole

    February 3, 2021 at 1:32 am

    I love this recipe so much. I made this a few days ago and I have another batch in the oven right now. Thank you!!

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  22. Chiara

    April 23, 2021 at 1:35 am

    May I use date syrup in place of the dates? If yes, what would be the ratio?

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    • Lisa Kitahara

      April 23, 2021 at 12:04 pm

      Hi Chiara,
      I haven’t tried so I can’t say, but I would start with 1/2 the amount and add as needed because it is more liquid-y. As always please use your best judgement and good luck!

      Reply
  23. Serena

    May 7, 2021 at 4:46 pm

    I made these the other day because I am currently not consuming added sugars, and they were a TREAT!!! I’m seriously going to make these over ‘regular’ cookies in the future, they were so amazing and easy. Thank you so much for brightening my sad dessert-less life lol!

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  24. Jeanette

    November 25, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    Are these crunchy? If not, is there a way to make the crunchy?

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  25. Suzanne

    April 12, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    This looks so so good! What a great way to still enjoy a treat while sticking to the good stuff!

    Reply
  26. VAnessa

    April 12, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    thanks for sharing! What a fun cookie to make with kids!

    Reply
  27. Karen

    May 1, 2022 at 10:08 pm

    These are amazing! I needed to use prunes and almond butter instead of dates and peanut butter. Even my hubby raved about them!

    ★★★★★

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