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27 Healthy Cookies to Satisfy Your Cravings ASAP

These healthy cookie recipes make tasty, low-calorie treats

By Samantha MacAvoy and Trish Clasen Marsanico

Jan 5, 2021

Mike Garten

Dessert belongs in everyone's diet, and these delicious, healthy cookies are here to prove it. Whether you're following a specific meal plan or looking for a more nutritious way to indulge in some sweets, there's a recipe for you to enjoy in moderation (including foods you can eat on a keto diet and vegan desserts!). And we promise — the finished products won't taste like cardboard. Ready to get baking?

Mike Garten

Chunky Nut Butter Cookies

These cookies swap regular butter for your favorite nut butter, plus freshly chopped nuts for texture. What's not to love?

Get the recipe for Chunky Nut Butter Cookies »

Mike Garten

Fruitcake Cookies

Take the best part of Grandma's fruitcake (the dried fruit!) and turn it into an on-the-go treat.

Get the recipe for Fruitcake Cookies »

Emily Kate Roemer

Pumpkin-Cherry Breakfast Cookies

Believe it or not, these cookies are better for you than most breakfast cereals.

Get the recipe for Pumpkin-Cherry Breakfast Cookies »

Claudia Totir

Nutty Shortbread Cookies

Swap almonds for flour to make a traditional cookie recipe keto-friendly.

Get the recipe for Nutty Shortbread Cookies »

Mike Garten

Merry Meringues

Colorful, crunchy, and just 5 calories each? Count us in!

Get the recipe for Merry Meringues »

Mike Garten

Strawberry-Oatmeal Cookies

We lightened up the classic sweet treat by blending in freeze-dried strawberries instead of raisins.

Get the recipe from Woman's Day »

Steve Giralt

Hearty Oat Cookies

These not-too-sweet cookies are chock full of nuts, grains and dried fruit.

Get the recipe from Woman's Day »

Antonis Achilleos

Easiest-Ever Peanut Butter Cookies

Four-ingredient cookies can't be beat: these are made entirely of pantry ingredients and contain no dairy or flour.

Get the recipe from Woman's Day »

Lisa Hubbard

Chocolate-Dipped Coffee Meringues

Airy meringues are the perfect light treat after a healthy dinner.

Get the recipe from Woman's Day »

Mike Garten

Green Tea Cookies

Matcha powder makes these cookies beautifully green and wonderfully earthy — and rich in antioxidants.

Get the recipe from Woman's Day »

Emily Kate Roemer

Oatmeal-Pecan Cookies

No added sugar + just 70 calories a pop = a guilt-free way to satisfy your cookie cravings.

Get the recipe from Woman's Day »

SARAH ANNE WARD

Chewy Chocolate-Walnut Cookies

If you follow a gluten-free diet, one of these decadent, flourless delights won't get you off track.

Get the recipe from Prevention »

SARAH ANNE WARD

Blood Orange-Olive Oil Shortbread

Turns out, you don't need butter for shortbread! This 100% olive oil version features slightly savory, grassy notes that make it even more special.

Get the recipe from Prevention »

CHELSEA LUPKIN

Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Almond flour and honey provide all-natural richness and sweetness to this classic cookie.

Get the recipe from Delish »

Charlie Gillette

Keto Oreos

Black cocoa powder gives these keto cookies extra chocolatey flavor and the perfect color to mimic the real thing!

Get the recipe from Delish »

Parker Feierbach

Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

The secret to these moist, tasty morsels: substituting some of the usual butter and sugar with applesauce.

Get the recipe from Delish »

Chelsea Lupkin

Keto Peanut Butter Cookies

These luxurious keto-friendly bites require exactly no baking.

Get the recipe from Delish »

Jonathan Boulton

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Up your greens with these gooey chocolate chip cookies. That's how it works, right?!

Get the recipe from Delish »

Courtesy of Amy's Healthy Baking

Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies

These cookies actually taste like carrot cake — but without the sugar and butter (you won't miss it, we promise!).

Get the recipe from Amy's Healthy Baking »

Running With Spoons

Chewy Flourless Gingerbread Cookies

Because we could all use a healthy cookie for the holidays!

Get the recipe from Running With Spoons »

Spoon Fork Bacon

Blueberry Yogurt Cookies

These soft and pillowy cookies will remind you of pound cake.

Get the recipe from Spoon Fork Bacon »

Running With Spoons

Deep Dish Double Chocolate Breakfast Cookies

You had us at deep dish.

Get the recipe from Running With Spoons »

Minimalist Baker

Vegan Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

What's fall without a good pumpkin spice baked good? This one is fluffy, frosted, and vegan, to boot.

Get the recipe from Minimalist Baker »

healthy cookies - three-ingredient coconut cookies

The Queen of Delicious

3-Ingredient Coconut Cookies

When you need a cookie stat, just reach for coconut, bananas and oats.

Get the recipe from The Queen of Delicious »

Fit Foodie Finds

Grain-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms

Yeah, good luck stopping at just one.

Get the recipe from Fit Foodie Finds »

This Rawsome Vegan Life

Banana Bread Cookies With Coconut Cream and Chocolate Sauce

You don't even have to turn on the oven for these decadent beauties.

Get the recipe from This Rawsome Vegan Life »

Healthy Seasonal Recipes

Linzer Thumbprint Cookies

Think of these nutty, rich treats as the gateway health cookie. There's still some butter and a bit of all-purpose flour, but there's also whole-wheat flour and ground up almonds added to the mix.

Get the recipe from Healthy Seasonal Recipes »

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Samantha MacAvoy Samantha MacAvoy is the Editorial Assistant on the Good Housekeeping food team, where she writes about tasty recipes from the Test Kitchen, must-try food products and tools, and top-tested secrets for home cooking success.

Trish Clasen Marsanico Deputy Food Editor Trish (she/her) is the deputy food editor at Good Housekeeping, where she covers all things food, from cooking trends and delicious recipes to top-tested kitchen products and grocery finds.