No Bake Chocolate Cookie Dough Stuffed Cookies (Vegan Gluten-Free)

These No Bake Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Cookies are the best no bake cookie for chocolate chip lovers: a rich no bake chocolate cookie stuffed with a delicious chocolate chip cookie dough. These are vegan, gluten-free and ready in 10 minutes.

This recipe is a winner for when the cookie dough and cookie cravings hit. They have the best of both worlds: edible cookie dough and no bake cookies all rolled into one before being dipped in more chocolate. What’s not to love? I did struggle knowing what to call these no bake cookies as they have no bake cookie dough and a no bake chocolate cookie – it felt like too much “cookie” but that’s the very essence of these beauties, so let’s go with it.

How delicious are these no bake cookies?
These cookies are the chocolate dream, they are:

• Rich and chocolatey
• Sweet and salt
• Stuffed with a chocolate chip cookie dough filling
• With a rich chocolate cookie outside
• Tender, soft and moreish
• Easy to make in 2 bowls in 10 minutes
• Made with only 9 store cupboard ingredients
• Vegan, gluten-free with nut-free options

If you are ready to make these no bake treats, skip ahead to the recipe card. Or, let’s first discuss the ingredients and method in more detail.

What ingredients go into these No Bake Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Cookies?
The cookie dough filling and the cookie use mostly the same ingredients, so don’t be put off by the seemingly long list.
For the cookie dough:

• Peanut butter: the runny, smooth natural peanut butter works best here, and other nut or seed butters will also work like cashew, almond, sunflower seed or tahini.
• Maple syrup: for the sweetness and to help create the perfect texture. Other syrups like agave, date, coconut or vegan honey will work.
• Vanilla essence: for the classic cookie dough flavour.
• Oat flour: grind your oats into oat flour for these no bake cookies. It’s important to not swap this for other flour which is not safe to eat un-baked. Coconut flour is safe to eat raw, although it absorbs much more liquid so I’d suggest sticking to oat flour.
• Ground almonds: I love the texture and naturally sweet taste this adds to the cookie dough. If you avoiding nuts, you can see ground up sees like sunflower or pumpkin or use more oat flour. Or try another ground up nut, like hazelnut, or swap for more oat flour.
• Salt: to enhance the flavours.
• Chocolate chips: to make the cookie dough chocolate chip cookie dough. Or you can use a bar of chocolate, chopped up.

And for the chocolate cookie mix:

• Peanut butter: or, another nut or seed butter as above.
• Maple syrup: any sticky syrup will do.
• Coconut oil: this helps to make the cookie firmer when it chills.
• Vanilla essence: for the cookie flavour.
• Oat flour: as above, you can grind your own oats and I don’t recommend swapping this for other flour.
• Ground almonds: other nuts or seeds ground up will be fine (not chia of flaxseed though as these absorb too much liquid). You could swap this for more oat flour.
• Cocoa powder: or cacao powder, as long as it is 100% raw cocoa/cacao.
• Salt: for the flavour.

For decorating these No Bake Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Cookies, we need:

• Dark chocolate: any chocolate will do but I prefer darker chocolate. You can use other dairy-free chocolates and try a flavoured chocolate bar, too.
• Coconut oil: this helps to make the melted chocolate more glossy and results in a shiner chocolate dip. It is not essential though.

How do I make these no bake cookies?

The method is really simple and can be made in just a few steps:

• Make the cookie dough: by stirring together all the ingredients and then chilling in the fridge.
• Make the chocolate cookie mix: stir together the ingredients to a thick dough.
• Divide the chocolate cooks into 8: and roll into balls.
• Shape the chilled chocolate chip cookie dough into 8 balls: for the centre of the cookies.
• Take one ball of chocolate cookie and make an indent: using your finger or thumb.
• Place the chocolate chip cookie dough into this indent: and wrap the chocolate cookie around to seal in all the edges.
• Flatten the stuffed cookie: just slightly and chill in the fridge.
• Melt the chocolate and coconut oil: and pour into a bowl or glass.
• Dip each stuffed cookie into the chocolate: allow the excess to drip off and place on a piece of parchment.
• Decorate with extra cookie dough and flaky salt: and enjoy these No Bake Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Cookies.

How long will these cookies last?

As these are no bake they keep well in the fridge in a sealed container for 1 week or you can freeze them for 1 month, too. Eat them straight from the fridge or allow to reach room temperature where there will be softer.

Are these cookies gluten-free and nut-free?

These no bake cookies are gluten-free as long as you use gluten-free certified oats. To keep these nut-free, opt for seed butter like tahini or sunflower seed butter and use ground sunflower or pumpkin seeds or all oat flour and check that your chocolate is nut-free.

I love no bake recipes, what others can I make?

I hope you will love these No Bake Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Cookies and for more no bake inspiration how about my:

• No Bake Funfetti Cookie Sandwiches
• Chocolate Plum Mini Cheesecakes
• No Bake Black Bean Brownie Cookie Dough Bars
• Hazelnut Praline Bars
• No Bake Almond Caramel Brownies

I look forward to hearing what you think of these No Bake Chocolate Cookie Dough Stuffed Cookies so please let me know in the comments below. If you do make these cookies, I would love to see them so please tag me in them – I’m @nourishing.amy on Instagram and use the hashtag #nourishingamy. I’m also on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest  – please say hello!

With no bake double cookie love x