These chocolate no bake cookies are very rich and chocolatey. They are just 2 ingredients and take less than 10 minutes to make. They don’t contain any flour, eggs, butter or oil. They also don’t require any baking or cooking.
Ingredients
- Unsweetened Dutch Process Cocoa Powder
- Maple Syrup
Cocoa Powder: Make sure to use dutch process cocoa powder because the cookie dough will not set with natural cocoa powder.
Maple Syrup: I used pure real maple syrup for these cookies. The syrup acts as a binding agent and adds sweetness to the cookies.
- The recipe should work with other kinds of syrups. Unfortunately, I am not able to test all the varieties out there. If you do use something other than pure maple syrup, like pancake syrup, make sure it has a similar watery consistency as pure maple syrup.
- I don’t recommend using any thick syrups like honey. When I used honey, it made the cookie dough too sticky.
- Low carb, sugar-free maple syrups like Lakanto should work but I don’t think the cookies will be sweet enough. (In my experience, Lakanto syrup doesn’t taste as sweet as real maple syrup when used 1:1 as a substitute and you can’t just increase the amount of syrup used because the dough will be too wet.)
Cookie Sweetness
These cookies have a strong dark chocolate (bittersweet) flavor. If you aren’t a fan of dark chocolate and prefer sweeter chocolates like white chocolate or milk chocolate, this recipe may not be for you.
Cookie Texture
These cookies have a firm exterior, but they are soft when you bite in. My husband described the texture like fudge. I don’t think it’s as soft as fudge but it does give you a similar mouthfeel.
Can These Cookies Be Baked?
I don’t recommend baking these cookies. When baked, the dough gets dry and hard. If you want a baked cookie, you should try my 2 ingredient healthy chocolate cookies.
More No Bake Cookie Recipes
- 2 Ingredient No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
- 3 Ingredient No Bake Apple Cookies
- Healthy No Bake Cookies
- No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- No Bake Banana Oatmeal Cookies
- Nut-Free No Bake Cookies
Recipe video below. You can also find all my recipe videos on my youtube channel.
2 Ingredient No Bake Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (88 g) unsweetened dutch process cocoa powder
- 7 tbsp (3.5 oz) maple syrup
Instructions
- Add ingredients to a mixing bowl. Use a spoon to mix until a dough forms and no traces of dry cocoa powder remain. When you first start mixing, it may seem that there is not enough liquid, but it takes time for the maple syrup to get absorbed. After about 30 seconds to 1 minute, you should see the cocoa powder begin to clump up and eventually all of the cocoa powder should be incorporated and a thick dough should form. The dough will be thick and a little stiffer than typical cookie dough. Taste the dough. If you find that it needs a little more sweetness or if you find your dough is too dry, you can add 1 more tbsp of syrup.
- Divide dough into 10 dough balls. Roll dough ball between your palms and then press down to form a thick round disk. Repeat with remaining cookies. Cookies can be enjoyed right away. Store uneaten cookies in an airtight container.
Video
Notes
- These cookies have a dark chocolate, bittersweet flavor. They are also very rich and chocolatey. I recommend eating them with a glass of milk or water.
- I used pure maple syrup. Please see post for more details about potential syrup substitutes.
- Because syrup is sticky, it will stick to your measuring spoon. If you only pour the syrup off the spoon, you may only end up pouring out 1/2 to 2/3 of the amount measured. To make sure you are getting the full amount into your mixing bowl, use another spoon to scrape any syrup clinging to your measuring spoon and add it to the bowl.
Nutrition
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
Tried this with Unsweetened Apple Sauce Instead and its absoloutely delicious. 5 Stars
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I tried this recipe last year and it was a major hit with the kids!! I loved it as well. Between then and now i forgot where i wrote the recipe. Im so glad it was fairly easy to find again because i didnt remember the name lol It was explained easy enough to confidently follow and it was true to how they told it. Thank you!!!! I will ALWAYS come to you for recipes! ? (yall taught me some mean 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies as well!)
We’re glad you found it again! So glad you’re enjoying the recipes.
Does Honey work instead of Maple syrup?
We haven’t tried it with honey. It’s a lot thicker than syrup, so it might not work well.
It Is So nice
I’ll make more
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Thank you for your simple recipe. I am confused with the ingredient 1 cup (88 g) of cocoa powder. 1 cup = 16 tablespoons and 88g is about 6 tablespoons. Should I use 16 or 6 tablespoons? Please advise.
We recommend using a one cup dry measuring cup or weighing the cocoa powder on a scale. In testing the recipe, the weight listed is correct.
I love your recipes,they are easy and delicious.akes it a lot of fun ,not to mention ,easy on the grocery budget as well. Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes with us. God bless,
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These sound great. Can you use raw cacao powder? Thanks.
Sorry, we haven’t tried it.
I love this because it’s like eating dark-dark-dark chocolate, if you are not a big fan of dark-dark-dark chocolate then this isn’t for you, unless you use a lot of syrup
So glad you enjoyed!
I love these cookies. I also tryed them with peanut butter and they were a bit stickier but delish. Oh by the way I eat keto so I used keto maple syrup.
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This recipe Only turns o goop, lol.
It is t a valid recipe.
The dough should not be goopy – are you sure you measured the syrup in the right amount?
My sweet family was looking for a little something as a treat after dinner this evening. I was looking for a quick and healthy recipe to whip together and remembered seeing yours online and decided to seek it out. Glad I did as my 3 year and loved helping me stir them up and both her and her 2 year old sister loved them. One small bite was enough for my little one but my 3 year old kept asking for more! My husband told her if she sleeps in her big girl bed all night that he will give her two for breakfast ha ha!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This makes our day! So glad your family enjoyed these cookies.
Hello Kirbie,
I am so happy that I came across your quick and easy no bake cookie recipes. I am a vegetarian and I love to create healthy food options for my family. Thank you for sharing your recipes.
We’re so glad you’re enjoying them!
Made the recipe as written but had to add a lot more cocoa powder to get it to a workable consistency. Also dusted plate and hands with confectioners sugar to make it less stick and easier to work with. Tastes like dark chocolate fudge!
Glad you enjoyed them!
Gail
I just tried to make these cookies but the dough was so sticky I couldn’t make a ball or put it on paper, just stuck on my hand, and the spoon. I tried to make half recipe. How do you get the dough not to be so sticky? I could only put some on paper and they didn’t get bigger than your picture. What did I do wrong?
We have only tested this recipe with the amounts listed and haven’t tried halving it – we haven’t had a problem with the dough being as sticky as you describe, so it might be that you made a half batch.
Pure maple syrup, baking cocoa and a couple tbsp of peanut butter microwave for 30 second as stir, like eating peanut butter cups, yum!
That sounds good. What amounts of each did you use?
I am so excited on your recepis, I will definitely try
We hope you love the cookies!
Great tasting cookies, on a couple I put a small dab of all natural crunchy peanut butter. Satisfied my craving for something special today.
I’m so glad you enjoyed! PB on top sounds delicious
Wow. Definitely gonna try these.
I hope you enjoy
Love how it is easy to make. Thank you for this recommended dark chocolate recipe & posting it through the media.
I’m glad you like it
Hi, I tried making this with my 8yo, following your recipe as closely possible. But then, it just turns out like lumps of sticky dough and couldn’t be shaped properly to look like the cookie in your picture. Texture doesn’t even come close.
Did you use a different kind of syrup? We use pure maple syrup but make some other suggestions in the post.
Love these. Started with cold maple syrup out of the fridge. Maybe why I had no sticky dough problems?
Going to try the peanut butter variation another commenter suggested.
Thanks for winning recipe!
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I’ll make sure I try this cos it looks attractive
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This seems to be simple recipe to make. I’m so excited to make these cookies. Thanks for the recipe.
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Awesome thanks
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I am usually wary of recipes toting only a few ingredients because they contain boxed unhealthy products instead (which then are full of tons of unknown ingredients), so I was tickled pink to come across this recipe. Not only does it look delicious but the ingredients are Whole Foods and healthy for the body. Dark chocolate and real maple syrup both contain polyphenols, antioxidants, and minerals, and also new studies suggest that pure maple syrup can help protect brain cells. As an herbalist, this will be a recipe that I can definitely feel good about. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Nice
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Looks delicious!
They are good! We hope you try them!
Enjoying watching and Learning new cooking , baking i really love it ????
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Great!
I’m going to it this week
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OUT STANDING!!!!!! LUV!
Thanks!
These were perfect for me. My hubby wanted sweeter so he added some Sweet and low. Delicious for me as per instructions.
I’m so glad you liked them!
I’m looking for gluten wheat dairy free baking and these cookies hit the spot. Thanks.
So glad they worked for you!
Hi. I just made ur cookies. Yummy. Quick& easy. If ur a chocolate ?? lover , u’ll lov these..
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Will start baking as soon as I get well following your recipe.
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Delicious if you’re a dark chocolate lover like I am!! ?? Ridiculously easy for something so tasty and relatively healthy.
I didn’t form it into cookies…I just ate the “dough” with a spoon (okay, I may have used my fingers) with some unsweetened vanilla almond milk to wash it down. Yum!
I’m so glad you liked them!
At my work we make cookie dough bites with almond flour tastes gud
Thanks for sharing!
Easy and excellent. Definitely for the dark chocolate lover. Very rich, and as mentioned, a glass of milk (almond for me) goes well as you savor the chocolate.
Thanks for the recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Yummy
I’m so glad you liked them!
Tried these. Great taste, however they never got firm enough to hold or eat like a cookie.
Hi, the dough should be quite firm. It sounds like you may have added too much syrup.
Great Addictive
So glad you like the recipe!
I can’t wait to make the no bake chocolate cookies but what brands of maple syrup & cocoa powder do you recommend? ( is Hershey cocoa powder okay ?
Hershey’s unsweetened baking cocoa will work fine. As far as the syrup, we don’t have a brand recommendation but we like to use pure maple syrup. You can read about our other suggestions in the post. Hope that helps!
Can Corn syrup be replaced for maple syrup?
Corn syrup is a lot thicker so we don’t think it will work well.
Dark chocolate cookies look and sound great
I just made these and they are so good! It reminds me more of a truffle than a cookie but they are so rich and chocolatey!
I only made 1/4th batch to start with and added a drop of orange essential oil. It tasted like the chocolate oranges that are available around Christmas time! Next time I might add peppermint essential oil! Thank you for this recipe, it is quick, rich and satisfying!
We love the idea of adding an extract! Thanks for sharing that.
At what temperature do you bake the cookies
We don’t recommend baking them.
Cant wait to try these, My daughter and I are allergic to gluten, eggs and dairy. These sound great.
We hope you both love them!
Not bad. Very strong chocolate flavor. I used sugar free pancake syrup with 1 extra tablespoon syrup. Interesting taste.
thanks for sharing!
Kirbie, you are my favorite go-to for so many recipes. Haven’t tried these yet but sure going to
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Recipe looks nice an easy just learning how to bake different things thanku
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“what if”
I added pecans
We haven’t tried adding nuts but if you do we recommend finely chopping them.
What other syrup can I use?
We share a lot of info about the best syrup to use under the ingredients section in the blog post. Please refer to that for suggestions!
If you coat your measuring spoon/cup with a little oil or butter inside, sticky liquids will pour out easily and entirely! And I would add mint extract to the recipe because chocolate mint is my favorite flavor combo. Think Girl Scout Thin Mints! I will be making this recipe soon. ?
Thanks for those tips!
They were delicious but my texture was all wrong…too soft…I added and added and added more cocoa powder…but still not thick enough to roll. I could eat with a spoon. What am I missing?
I used Kroger brand cocoa powder and pure maple syrup.
Are you sure your measurements were correct? It definitely shouldn’t be that soft. The dough should be very thick.