These vegan and gluten-free oreos are BETTER than the real thing! Sweet vanilla frosting is layered between two extra-chocolatey, crumbly cookies. These gluten-free oreos are not only fun, but surprisingly easy to make!

Five gluten-free oreos stacked on top of each other.

I. love. oreos. They’re easily one of my favorite packaged cookies (right next to milanos). Thought as I’m sure we all know, oreos are not gluten-free. *womp womp* But now that’s ok! I made these gluten-free oreos with all my celiacs and gluten-intolerant people in mind. These babies are completely gluten-free, though I’d argue they taste even better than regular oreos.

What You Need to Make Vegan and Gluten-Free Oreos

Vegan Butter – Found in both the cookie and the filling, vegan butter is key to this healthier recipe! A cup of softened vegan butter in the cookie dough makes them irresistibly soft and crumbly. While half a cup of softened vegan butter in the filling makes it light and fluffy. I use and love the Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Baking Sticks in most of my vegan/dairy-free recipes, though feel free to use whatever kind of vegan butter you’d like! Also, if you’re not vegan or dairy-free you can easily swap regular butter in its place.

Gluten-Free Flour – I prefer and recommend Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Baking Flour, though feel free to use your favorite gluten-free flour in this recipe. When picking out a gluten-free flour for baking, you always want to make sure that it contains xantham gum! If you’re not gluten-free, you can use regular all purpose flour instead.

Cocoa Powder – Any unsweetened cocoa powder will work for these gluten-free oreos! You could even use unsweetened cacao powder for extra vitamins and minerals in your cookies. Cocoa powder is usually pretty lumpy and is the main reason I recommend you sift the dry ingredients in this recipe. Sifting the cocoa powder in particular will ensure that the rich chocolatey flavor is distributed evenly throughout the cookie dough.

Filling gluten-free oreos with vanilla frosting.

Tips and Tricks

I know most of us, me included, forget to soften our butter ahead of recipes that call for softened butter. While you can usually get away with quickly microwaving butter to soften it, that trick won’t work for this gluten-free oreos recipe. The dough for these cookies is on the stickier side and if your butter is at all melted going into this mixture, it will make your dough nearly impossible to work with. Therefore, don’t forget to leave the vegan butter out for at least an hour before making this recipe!
I didn’t have a cookie cutter small enough for this, so I used the rim of a shot glass to cut out my cookies! If you find yourself in the same boat, take a look around your kitchen for other items you might be able to use. You’ll be surprised by how many round objects can double as a cookie cutter!
Any double-stuffed fans out there?? Simply double the filling recipes and pile on that sweet vanilla frosting! You’re free to stuff these gluten-free oreos as much as you want.

Gluten-Free Oreos (vegan)

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Samantha Russo Course: DessertCuisine: American

Servings

oreos

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Total time

minutes

Ingredients

For the cookies:
1 cup vegan butter, softened
1 cup sugar, see Notes
2 cups gluten-free flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
For the filling:
1/2 cup vegan butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

For the cookies:
Beat the butter and sugar on high until light and fluffy.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda together in a separate bowl and mix to combine.
Add the dry ingredients into the butter and sugar, mix until a dough forms.
Transfer dough to a floured surface and roll into 1/4-inch thick disc, then cut out 2-inch round circles.
Transfer all circles onto a parchment lined baking sheet and place in the fridge to chill for 20-30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit and bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the filling:
Beat all filling ingredients together until light and fluffy.
Place a dollop of filling onto each cookie and top with another cookie – repeat for all remaining cookies!

Recipe Video

Notes

Sugar: I used coconut sugar in this recipe and had great results! Though feel free to use white or cane sugar.

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What You Need To Make Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Almond Flour – Once hard to find, almond flour is sold at most grocery stores these days. Though be careful, almond flour is not the same as almond meal. Don’t try substituting almond meal, or any other flour, for the almond flour in this recipe.

Coconut Sugar – I pretty much only bake with coconut sugar these days. It’s plant-based, less processed, and is lower on the glycemic index than white sugar. If you don’t have a bag of coconut sugar at home, I highly recommend you buy one!

Coconut Oil – Not a fan of that coconut flavor in your baked goods? I feel you and I got you. Look for refined coconut oil, it has little to no coconut flavor but does the exact same thing as the unrefined kind. You could also swap melted dairy-free butter or regular butter for the coconut oil if you’d like.

Chocolate – Ahh the most important part! If you’re looking to make this recipe 100% paleo, be sure to use a paleo chocolate bar. My favorites are the Hu Kitchen and Eating Evolved paleo chocolate bars. If you’re not paleo, use whatever chocolate bar you’d like in this recipe. Alternately, you could use 1 cup of chocolate chips instead of chopping up a chocolate bar!

Adjust This Recipe To Your Dietary Needs

Make It Vegan: Use a flax egg or your favorite egg-substitute in place of the egg in this recipe. Your cookies won’t be as fluffy, but still delicious!

Add Dairy: If you’re not paleo or dairy-free, you can substitute the melted coconut oil for melted butter. You can also use whatever chocolate you’d like, no need to seek out a paleo kind.

Best Ever Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Samantha Russo Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy

Servings

Prep time

minutes

Baking time

minutes

Resting Time

minute

These paleo chocolate chip cookies are truly some of my best work yet. Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, perfectly sweet and loaded with chunks of chocolate – YUM!