Here’s an easy recipe for Low Fat Chocolate Cookies– a lower fat cookie that is great for people who are watching their calories.
Low Fat Chocolate Cookies
Cookies are indeed an indulgence. And it’s perfectly okay to eat a regular, awesome cookie once in a while. But you should know that these low fat chocolate cookies are pretty darn good too. And at 76 calories per cookie, you might just feel like you get to eat more of them than traditional chocolate cookies.
🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- all purpose flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- salt
- unsalted butter
- fat free cream cheese
- granulated white sugar
- dark brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- miniature chocolate chips
✏️ How to make Low Fat Chocolate Cookies:
*The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with nonstick spray, or line with parchment paper.
- On a sheet of waxed paper or in a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa and salt.
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Beat in the vanilla. Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. With your fingers, knead in the chocolate chips.
- Divide the dough into quarters. Divide each quarter into 6 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball and place on the prepared cookie sheets. Repeat to form 24 balls.
- Using the bottom of a glass, press the balls into 2-inch rounds.
- Bake cookies in two batches, for 8 minutes, or until slightly puffed and very soft to the touch. Let cool on the pans for 1 minute, then transfer to wire racks to cool before serving.
➡️ Tips and Substitutions:
- To prevent glass from sticking when you flatten the balls of dough, coat the bottom of the glass with granulated sugar. Dip glass in water, then into a saucer of sugar. After you’ve flattened the first cookie, the glass will become sticky and the sugar will adhere to it.
- Use low fat or regular cream cheese if you don’t care so much about the calories.
- Use more chocolate chips if you don’t care about the calories!
- Coating them in powdered sugar might also be a nice idea.
✔️ How to store:
Store the low fat chocolate cookies in a covered container at room temperature for up to 4 days. Freeze in the same manner for up to 3 months.
❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- I love a low fat dessert!
- They taste pretty indulgent, even though they are low fat.
- Low fat chocolate cookies- score!
Chocolate Cookie Recipes:
Low Fat Chocolate Cookies
This cookie recipe will satisfy any chocolate lover's cravings.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2½ ounces fat free cream cheese (it's okay to use reduced-fat)
- ⅓ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ ounces mini chocolate chips (or regular chips, chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray 2 cookie sheets with nonstick spray, or line with parchment paper.
- On a sheet of waxed paper or in a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa and salt.
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Beat in the vanilla. Beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture. With your fingers, knead in the chocolate chips.
- Divide the dough into quarters. Divide each quarter into 6 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball and place on the prepared cookie sheets. Repeat to form 24 balls.
- Using the bottom of a glass, press the balls into 2-inch rounds. (See tip below.)
- Bake cookies in two batches, for 8 minutes, or until slightly puffed and very soft to the touch. Let cool on the pans for 1 minute, then transfer to wire racks to cool before serving.
Notes
- To prevent glass from sticking when you flatten the balls of dough, coat the bottom of the glass with granulated sugar. Dip glass in water, then into a saucer of sugar. After you’ve flattened the first cookie, the glass will become sticky and the sugar will adhere to it.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 76kcal, Carbohydrates: 14g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 4mg, Sodium: 48mg, Potassium: 48mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 49IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 20mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
FYI – for anyone following the new Freestyle program, these are now 3 points each.
Thank you 🙂
I love this recipe for several reasons – it is lower in fat, it is full of chocolatey goodness and it tastes moist and rich. I love this recipe!
any chance you can tell me how many grams of cream cheese are in this? and how many grams of chocolate chips? thanks, it looks delicious!
Here is a converter that you may find helpful: http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/ounces-to-grams.htm
Anything to substitute for the cream cheese? I don’t have any, and don’t really want to buy any. 🙂 I have sour cream, skim milk…? Thanks!
@Lauren, I’ve not used anything but cream cheese so I’m afraid I can’t help w/ a sub.
These are deeeeelish! It was very soft and verrry chocolatey- my husband loved them as well. Thank you!