These vegan chocolate crinkle cookies are the perfect balance of soft inside and chewy inside. They are beautiful to present as a gift!
Don’t you love when things can be multipurpose? These vegan chocolate crinkle cookies are the perfect example of that.
Obviously, you can make and keep all of them for yourself. But their unique cracks and gorgeous look and contrast of the dark colored cookie and snow looking powdered sugar also makes these dairy free chocolate crinkle cookies perfect for gifting.
It may seems like people have moved away from giving homemade gifts; however, that’s not the case at all. Most people still love gifts that come directly from the heart and that have taken time to make.
Crinkle cookies actually started as molasses spiced style of cookie, but overtime the chocolate version seems to have stolen the show.
These are absolutely delicious no matter if you decide to keep them for yourself or gift though!
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What ingredients do you need for vegan chocolate crinkle cookies?
Ten ingredients. That’s all that stands in between you and these fabulously delicious vegan chocolate cookies. The ingredients that you need are:
- Vegan sugar
- Canola or coconut oil
- Dairy Free milk
- Vanilla extract
- Flour
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Powdered sugar (coating)
How do you make vegan chocolate crinkle cookies?
Preheat the oven to 350° F/177° C. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
Next, add in your flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir until it’s completely combined.
Add powdered sugar to a smaller bowl.
Scoop out tablespoon size balls of dough. Roll each ball very thoroughly into the powdered sugar. Place on parchment lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart as they will spread while cooking. *DO NOT PRESS DOWN.
Bake for 10 to 13 minutes. It’s okay if still slightly soft in the center.
Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. The transfer to a cooling rack.
Can you make these Top 8 Allergen Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies?
Use a dairy free milk that is safe for your allergens.
The flour can be replaced with gluten free flour or almond flour. We like King Arthur Gluten Free measure for measure.
The rest of the recipe is allergen friendly as written.
Can you prep these Chocolate Crinkle Cookies ahead of time?
Absolutely!
You can make the cookies and store the cookies in an air tight container for up to 7 days.
Can you freeze Chocolate Crinkle Cookies?
Our recommendation is to make the dough, roll into balls, and then place the dough balls (not rolled in sugar) into a plastic sealed bag or an air-tight container. Then, freeze up to 3 months. Pull or one or a handful!
What are other vegan cookies that I should try?
Once you try these delicious vegan cookies, you will want to try more. These are some of favorites, and we know you will love them too !
- Incredible Vegan Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Easy Vegan Sugar Cookies
- Vegan M&M Cookies
- Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
- Easy Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
- Bonus: Try our Vegan Ice Cream sandwiches
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Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegan sugar
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 tablespoon dairy free milk
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup powdered sugar (for coating)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F/177° C. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
- Next, add in your flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir with a spatula until it's completely combined.
- Add powdered sugar to a smaller bowl.
- Scoop out tablespoon size balls of dough. Roll each ball very thoroughly into the powdered sugar.
- Place on parchment lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart as they will spread while cooking. *DO NOT PRESS DOWN.
- Bake for 10 to 13 minutes. It's okay if still slightly soft in the center.
- Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. The transfer to a cooling rack.
Nutrition
Aashish R
Dear Larissa, I would recommend rolling the balls in granulated sugar before you roll in powdered sugar. It helps the crackle spread. I also recommend wrapping the dough and chilling for a minimum of 2 hours. And I recommend using soy milk for the plant milk rather than any other plant milk. I’m a huge fan of your site!
LarishaBernard
Glad you enjoy them! Thanks for your suggestions
Rebekah
These cookies are amazing! Come together so easily, are very pretty, and just so incredibly delicious. My family gobbled up a dozen before I knew it!
I did make one change- 1 tsp peppermint extract and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Was a winning combo in my book.
LarishaBernard
Sounds wonderful!
Rachel
LOVE this recipe! super fast and easy and the cookies are absolutely delicious. i think my cookie scoop is bigger than a tbsp so o got 15 cookies out of the recipe but they cooked perfectly and have the perfect crispy on the outside and a bit softer on the inside texture. will definitely make again!
LarishaBernard
So happy to hear that you are enjoying the cookies Rachel!
Famke
I really enjoyed these. Easy quick and pantry friendly.
My little sister used to bake something we would refer to as “brownie cookies”. We were 12-15 at the time. But we lost/forgot the recipe, these crinkle cookies resembled those brownie cookies so well! And they are so good.
LarishaBernard
I loved that it brought back those memories! So glad you liked it
Theresa
These are yummy. I was worried about them turning out because the dough was loads more crumbly than I’m used to in non-vegan crinkle cookies (which, I’ve never been a fan of), but these turned out amazing.
Thank you guys! This is a nice, easy to throw together recipe that Santa is gonna love this year!
Emerita pattin
This seems like the recipe my grandma makes but just without eggs. Do you not use an egg substitute? Are these crunchy? Either way I will definitely be making these this Christmas!
LarishaBernard
The combination of ingredients makes the perfect balance that replaces the eggs! Enjoy
Larkin
Sooo delicious — right out of the oven they’re beautifully warm and crumbly, and then once they harden a bit they have a wonderful outer “crust” (not sure how to describe it, but it’s the perfect bite!) and soft interior. Perfect texture for a soft cookie lover like me! Will be using this as my go-to chocolate cookie recipe.
LarishaBernard
We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed the recipe, thanks for the review
Chickadee
Great recipe! Mine were a bit more crispy than I would have liked and spread out rather than chewy…but I think that was due more to mistakes in measuring (was teaching a teen to make these with a three year old) than the recipe itself. Delicious, super easy. Would definitely make again, thanks for sharing!
LarishaBernard
We’re so happy you liked them. Can totally related to trying to work with kids and recipes
Nikole
Best recipe everrrr!!! I am not amazing at baking but definitely could’ve ate the whole tray by myself.
LarishaBernard
So happy that you like it! Thanks for taking time to leave a review, we really appreciate it!
Keith
You forgot the cocoa in the directions.
LarishaBernard
Hmm that’s weird. It’s fixed now, thanks for bringing that to our attention.
Lisa
Made these today—super good! I got 2 dozen cookies. Took some pics but they didn’t turn out good, darn it, so probably won’t appear on IG. Did want to leave a comment here though. This is a great recipe and I’ll be making these cookies again, for sure. Thanks!
LarishaBernard
So happy to hear you loved the recipe. I’m sure your picture were wonderful. Thanks so much for taking time to leave a review, we appreciate that a lot. Have a great week!