If you've started Low FODMAP Diet, you might be wondering if it ever gets easier to say “no” to high FODMAP treats. It can be hard to stay focused on our health when well-meaning friends and family offer us things we can't have. Especially since, more often than not, we do want what they're offering.
For me, the easiest way to say “no” to temptation is to say “yes” to something else. When it comes to sweet treats, my yes is usually these low FODMAP chocolate chip cookies.
These low FODMAP chocolate chip cookies are one of my absolute favourite treats. They come together in 5 minutes and taste amazing. They're also freezer-friendly, so I normally make a few batches at a time. This way, I have them handy for “emergencies.” Note, I use the term emergency loosely when it comes to cookies.
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Keep it FODMAP friendly
These low FODMAP chocolate chip cookies are a great way to keep your sweet tooth in check. Check out the notes below for some tips and tricks to keep them low FODMAP.
First, if you're in the elimination phase of the program, you need to use gluten-free flour. Remember, unless you have celiac disease, you're not avoiding the gluten, but rather the FODMAP fructan.
For my Canadian peeps, I normally use PC all-purpose gluten-free flour. I like it because I can use it cup for cup and it doesn't have any gums.
This recipe also uses butter. Even though it's made with milk, according to the Monash app, butter doesn't have any FODMAPs (because it's made of fat). This means you'll be ok using regular butter.
Finally, you're going to need some chocolate chips. Most chocolate chips are made with too much lactose to be FODMAP friendly. I use Enjoy Life vegan chocolate chips. They're made with cocoa and coconut oil and are wheat, dairy, and soy-free.
FODMAP math
Lactose = 0
Fructan = 0.12
GOS = 0
Polyols = 0
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Low FODMAP Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 36 Cookies 1x
Description
Curb your sugar cravings with these low FODMAP chocolate chip cookies. Ready in a flash, they make a great kid-friendly dessert or snack.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp warm water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups low FODMAP chocolate chips
- 3 cups low FODMAP all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and both sugars until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time until they make a paste.
- Add vanilla. Dissolve the baking soda in warm water and add to paste along with the salt. Stir in chocolate chips. Add the flour and stir a final time.
- Drop dough onto an ungreased baking sheet and cook for 13 – 15 minutes (until edges are brown). Cool on a wire rack.
Notes
Make sure the cookies aren't too large, or they won't cook through in the center. If you're looking for something extra fancy, top with a dollop of fresh whipped cream when they're fresh out of the oven.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cookies
- Calories: 387
- Sugar: 37 g
- Sodium: 156 mg
- Fat: 19 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 56 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 57 mg
Keywords: chocolate chip cookies, low FODMAP chocolate chip cookies, gluten-free chocolate chip cookies
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These chocolate chip cookies are perfection. Must make!
Hi, Suzanne!
Thanks for your kind words! Cookies are kind of a thing in our house, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that this was one of my first Franken-FODMAPed recipes. Glad you like them!
Thank you for this recipe. These cookies are wonderful! This recipe made 7 dozen cookies when I used a one tablespoon cookie scoop, so I baked 4 dozen and froze 36 scoops on a tray to pop into a Ziplock bag for later baking. The cookies were lovely and soft right out of the oven, but like regular cookies, got a little hard overnight. Prefer an out-of-the-oven soft cookie? No problem. Just pop these into the microwave for about 20 seconds and they’re warm & soft again, just like when you baked them without getting weird & hard like a regular cookie would. I will definitely be making these cookies again. Next time, I’ll make them with dried cranberries & white chocolate chips (a favorite cookie in my family).
★★★★★
Hi Chris!
Cranberries and white chocolate are a favourite at our house as well! Definitely let me know how those turn out! And thank you for the tip on “freshening” the cookies! I’ll try that too!!
Amy
Fructans are listed as 0.12 per serving of 2 cookies. What is that compared to the Monash University low FODMAP serving size for Fructans? For someone that can’t tolerate Fructans I’m wondering if these are ok for me to eat.
Hi Heather!
Monash’s recommended serving of FODMAPs is a total of 1.5 servings per sitting (with the exception of fruits which is 1 serving). This means if you eat the whole recommended serving that = 1 serving. If you eat two half servings of foods from the same FODMAP group, that = 1 serving, etc.
Since all foods have different numbers of FODMAPs, the FODMAP math for each ingredient is calculated separately in the post and added up for you at the bottom (so you can see the total serving size by FODMAP group). For this recipe, the total number of fructans adds up to 0.12 servings for 2 cookies. So if you ate this serving size, you’d be within Monash’s recommended range for fructans.
Let me know if that makes sense!
Amy
Thank you for the information. I plan on making these soon, and will let you know how they turn out. I haven’t eaten a chocolate chip cookie in over a year! So I’m anxious to try these. 🙂
Hey Heather!
I think you’re really going to like them! Let me know how it goes 😊
Cheers!
Amy
What is in this recipe that would be Fructans?
Hi Heather!
Chocolate contains both fructans and lactose (unless you use a lactose-free brand).
Cheers!
Amy
Do I need to use xanthan gum? If so how much. You say the flour you used o
Doesn’t have gums in, but I search it and it has xanthan gum in.
Hi Holly!
If your gluten-free flour doesn’t contain gums you’ll need to add them (they help the recipe stick together and give it the structure in place of the gluten). This recipe is several years old and the flour I use regularly has updated its recipe to include xanthan gum. If you’re adding your own, you want to add 1 tsp of gums per 1 cup of flour for cookies.
Hope that helps!
Amy