Raw peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe

The Rawtarian’s Thoughts

By The Rawtarian

You’ll note that there are no actual “peanuts” in these raw peanut butter cookies. This is because you should not be eating truly raw peanuts. Thus, we’re using the tahini for a peanutty-flavor and the tiny chunks of almonds resemble the tiny chunks of peanut butter in chunky peanut butter!

The tahini (aka sesame seed butter) is the critical ingredient that holds this recipe together, thanks to its oily goodness 🙂 (You can use runny cashew butter or almond butter instead of the tahini, but it won’t quite taste as peanutty.)

I had a difficult time deciding whether to call for 1/3 or 1/2 cup tahini in this recipe. So I’d say it’s somewhere between the two! If your cookies aren’t holding together very well, add a little more tahini, one small spoonful at a time.

Also, a little warning about cacao nibs. So, you love chocolate, right? So you think you should add more cacao nibs than called for, right? Mmmmno wrong. You see, I love chocolate as much as the next crazy sweet-toothed raw vegan, but, you see, cacao nibs are not sweet. So if you add more than called for, you’re turning a good cookie into a bitter cookie, mmkay? You have been warned, my pretties.

If you don’t hava cacao nibs, you can use raisins instead for a peanut butter *raisin* cookie. Not quite as good as chocolate, but it works in a pinch!

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