Light, crispy and easy to make Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies are a hit any day of the year! These delicious chocolate chip cookies are vegan and lightened up.
I make these easy and delicious Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies every year for all of my kids on their birthdays. With just a little bit of fun m & m candies, it brightens up these crispy (healthier) chocolate chip cookies! Note* these are only vegan WITHOUT the m & m's!
If youa re looking for more fun, healthier cookie recipes, you will love these Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peppermint Crunch Cookies, Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies, Iced Sugar Cookies and definitely these Almond Flour Thumbprint Cookies!
These would be extra delicious with some Apple Chai Latte, Eggnog Latte, Low Carb Bulletproof Hot Chocolate or even some Spiked Apple Cider!
Also, my cookbooks are both on sale now and would make a great gift! The Everything Wheat Free Diet Cookbook and The Greek Yogurt Cookbook are both the lowest prices I have seen!
My Story of My Boys' Birthdays
Today is my oldest's 10th birthday and my middle guy's 8th birthday. Yes, I am aware that it's pretty crazy to have two kids born on the same day two years apart.
No, it wasn't planned. Just the opposite actually.
I went into labor 2 weeks early and was devastated to leave my son on his 2nd birthday. And just as hormones make you crazy, I was a lunatic leaving for the hospital.
Ask my husband, I tried desperately NOT to have him born on his brother's birthday. But he had different plans.
And they ended up being 2 years and 12 minutes apart. It was just meant to be and I loved him the second I saw him.
I knew he was going to be stubborn though! 😉
So to go along with mom overcompensation (I am seriously the queen on that) I have made my kids' birthdays crazy special. Fancy breakfasts, balloons, presents right when they wake up…you name it.
It's hard when you have to share your one special day. And that's where these cookies come in.
Why You Should Make These Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies
These babies are lightened up a bit but still incredibly delicious. You an easily leave out the m & m's to make them completely vegan and add some more vegan chocolate chips if you'd like.
These birthday chocolate chip cookies are ready in minutes and freeze really well. I always make a double batch and froze a few to have ready for their lunch boxes.
This way I just grab one out of the freezer and put it right in their lunchbox and they will be defrosted by lunch time. These aren't a great picture but you get the idea.
Recipe Tips for These Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies
I like to use these as a yummy alternative to classic M & M's. They taste delicious, are naturally colored, vegan and have the same crispy texture.
I like the m & m's because they add some fun colors and a little crispy texture. And what kid doesn't like m & m's?
The best part is these birthday chocolate chip cookies are totally customizable. I've added chopped walnuts, chopped pecans, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips...the possibilities are endless.
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Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- ¾ cup oats
- ½ cup ground flaxseed
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup unrefined sugar
- ¼ cup coconut oil softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips I used Enjoy Life
- ¼ cup mini M & M's no longer vegan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Place oats in food processor or blender and blend until powdery.
- Pour into a medium size bowl and add flour, flaxseed, baking soda, baking powder, salt and beat with electric mixer until combined. Add applesauce, sugar , coconut oil and vanilla extract while continuing to beat with the electric mixer.
- Add chocolate chips and M & M's and stir to combine.
- Drop by tablespoonfuls onto undressed cookie sheet, about 1 inch apart.
- bake for about 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Cook on cookie sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack until completely cooled.
Paula+-+bell'alimento
Well chocolate chips just got a whole lot more exciting!
genevieve @ gratitude & greens
Happy birthday to your kids! It's so cute that they have the same birthday- even though it wasn't planned!
lauren.kelly
Thank you Genevieve!
Lauren+@+Healthy+Delicious
I love that you go super crazy overboard! Also, I want one of these cookies. Loving that ingredient list!
lauren.kelly
I love my kids' birthdays, Lauren! 🙂
Ashley+@+Wishes+&+Dishes
M&M's in cookies make me happy. I don't know what it is about them. Love the cookies and want them for MY next birthday 🙂
Brianne@Cupcakes & Kale Chips
What a great mama! These sound amazing and your boys are very lucky for many reasons!
Cookin+Canuck
What lucky kids you have! How crazy that they share the same birthday, but I bet they appreciate the lengths you go to make the day special for each of them. Case in point...these cookies.
Stephanie+@+Back+For+Seconds
Happy birthday to your boys! 2 of my boys have the same birthday too...of course, they're twins 😉 I think that's awesome! And the cookies look delish!
lauren.kelly
Ha, that's awesome Stephanie!! 🙂
Heather+//+girlichef
M & M cookies were always one of my favorites when I was a kid. I don't know why I don't make them anymore...I must change that. Yours sound wonderful, I bet the ww pastry flour makes them so tender!
Brenda@Sugar-Free+Mom
YOU are a good momma !! I love you my friend!
Ginny+McMeans
You are a great mom! I love the colorful cookies and your kids are so lucky!
Donna
How sweet! Your boys will be all the more appreciative to have a Mom like you who took the time to make the day special, even though you were not there in the AM. Don't feel guilty and enjoy the day! You are a great Mom!
Erin @ Texanerin Baking
Aah! Love that these are 100% whole grain! 🙂 And two kids with the same birthday?! That's pretty crazy. I hope they have a great birthday!
Sylvie | Gourmande in the Kitchen
What a special bond that they share a birthday, I bet they'll think that's pretty cool when they're older.
Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy
You are such a great mom!!! I am same with birthdays, and I don't even have kids that have the same birthdays! We recently went to Hawaii and the only time we could go was during the week of my 10 year old's Birthday. I was so upset I had to leave him and tried to plan all these fun things for him to do while I was gone. He didn't even care that I wasn't there on his Birthday, lol! It's hard dealing with that mom-guilt sometimes, though! These cookies look amazing!! Pinned! P.S. World's longest comment award goes to me! 🙂
Joelen
What a great cookie and even better are the little notes included! What a delicious way to brighten up a special day...