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Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Easter Egg Cookies

It's a Reese's chocolate peanut butter egg in a healthy-ish, vegan cookie form.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Holiday, Vegan
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes
Servings 16 cookies
Calories 208 kcal
Author melanie

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Cookies

  • 1/2 cup vegan butter preferably Miyokos
  • 2/3 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbsp chickpea brine (reserved in can of chickpeas)
  • 2 tbsp almond milk
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 2/3 cup almond flour
  • 1 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp peanut butter

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  • 1/3 cup vegan butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray two baking pans with spray oil (I used coconut spray oil)

  2. Add 1/2 cup vegan butter to mixing bowl and mix at medium speed until thick and fluffy- about 4 minutes.

  3. Add coconut sugar to bowl and continue to mix for 1-2 minutes. Next, add remaining liquid ingredients (chickpea brine, almond milk and vanilla) and continue to mix on medium, about 1 minute.

  4. Add remaining dry ingredients to mixing bowl and continue mixing until smooth, being careful to not over mix.

  5. Add your peanut butter and mix on low until just combined, refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

  6. While dough chills, add remaining 1/2 cup of vegan butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder and salt to a mixing bowl and mix on medium until thick and fluffy. Taste and add more powdered sugar and/or cocoa powder to taste. Let stand or refrigerate if its warm in your home.

  7. When dough is chilled, roll out to about 1/4 inch thickness and use butter knife to cut out 15 egg shapes, about 3 inches tall and two inches wide (don't worry about them being perfect!) Gently lift each egg with a fork and transfer to baking sheets, placing about one inch apart.

  8. Bake the eggs at 350 for 8-10 minutes (8 for a soft Lofthouse style cookie, 10 for a shortbread style)

  9. While the eggs bake, re-roll out remaining dough, and make egg cutouts: start by cutting out same shapes as before, then cutting out an egg-shaped hole in the middle, leaving a 1/2 inch border. Do this 15 more times or until you run out of dough

  10. When the egg cookies are done baking, transfer to a wire cooling rack. Re-spray the baking pans, gently transfer egg cutouts to tray (you can reattach if they break a little) and bake for 5 minutes.

  11. Gently transfer egg cutouts to a cooling rack and allow cookies to completely cool

  12. Frost your egg cookies with a butter knife and top with egg cutouts. Enjoy with a cold glass of almond milk!