Check ingredients Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
Add flax seeds and water to a small bowl. Whisk using a fork to combine. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Add dates, melted coconut oil and applesauce to the bowl of a food processor and blend on high until you get a smooth puree.
Add the flax egg and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
In a medium sized bowl, add flour, cacao powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix to combine.
Transfer the flour mixture into the food processor and pulse until combined or until you no longer see any of the flour mixture. Be careful not to overmix.
Transfer the mixture into the bowl in which you mixed the flour. Add the chocolate shavings and chopped dark chocolate. Fold in using a rubber spatula.
Scoop out about 2 tablespoons of dough to make each cookie. Place onto your baking sheet.
Moisten your hands with water and gently flatten the cookies.
Garnish with a few extra chunks of dark chocolate if desired.
Bake for 8 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool on the pan for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with fleur de sel and transfer on a cooling rack to cool completely.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Recipe adapted from Chelsea’s Date-Sweetened Whole Wheat Double Chocolate Cookies.
My favorite dates are mazafati dates because of their incredible softness, but this recipe will also work with any other soft dates such as medjool. If your dates are hard, remove their pit, measure them and add them to a bowl. Cover with boiling water and let sit for 10 minutes or until they are soft. Drain the dates (keep that sweetened water! It is great to use in oats!) and use in the recipe.
Here is the easiest way I have found to make chocolate shavings with a chocolate bar.
Can you use any other flour for this recipe? Probably, but I have only tested this recipe with whole wheat flour so I would not be able to tell you for sure which flour or flour blend would work best.
There is a lot of chocolate in this recipe, can I reduce the amount? Yes, of course! If you want to reduce the amount of chocolate, just omit the shaved chocolate. Your cookies might not taste as decadent and fudgy, but they will still be delicious!
I don’t have a food processor, can I still make these cookies? I think so. I would just recommend blending your dates, coconut oil and applesauce together in a blender or using an immersion blender. Then transferring that mixture into a bowl and adding the rest of the ingredients in the order mentioned in the recipe to that bowl.
