6 Ingredient Snickers Cookies (vegan & gluten-free)
These Snickers Cookies taste like a Twix bar and Snickers bar had a baby, but is secretly made better-for-you! With just 6 wholesome ingredients, these naturally sweetened cookies have a shortbread base, crunchy peanut butter caramel filling, and are topped with a chocolate coating. They're vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free, but so indulgent!
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup almond flour
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract & sea salt
Peanut caramel filling
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1/3 cup chopped peanuts (i used unroasted, salted)
- pinch sea salt
Chocolate coating
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tsp coconut oil (to help thin the chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix together the dough ingredients and drop by spoonfuls onto a lined cookie sheet. Flatten them slightly with your palm. Then, using your thumb.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. I like to pop them in the freezer for a few.
- In the meantime, make the caramel by mixing the nut butter, coconut oil, & maple syrup together until creamy. Fold in the peanuts. If your nut butter is really runny, you may want to pop the filling in the fridge while the cookies cool to thicken it up a little.
- Once the cookies are cooled, add a little of the peanut filling to each. Place them in the freezer for an hour or so until it's firmed up.
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate. Dip the cookies in the melted chocolate and place back on the cookie sheet.
- Place in the freezer to firm up. I like to store them in the freezer in an air-tight container and let them thaw for a few minutes before enjoying!