In a small bowl, mix together almond flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt, set aside.
In the microwave or on the stovetop gently warm almond butter and coconut oil until melted. Stir until combined.
Add honey (or maple syrup), applesauce, coconut sugar, almond milk and vanilla. Stir well.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until well combined.
Gently fold in mini chocolate chips.
Spread batter in your prepared 8x4” loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-15 minutes or until just barely set. Let cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting.
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Notes
Notes about baking pan/time
**If you only have a 9x5" loaf pan check after baking 8-10 minutes. If you bake these for 10 minutes they will be very gooey, almost like warm brownie batter (YUM). The longer you bake, the heartier and less gooey they become. My favorite baking time is between 11 & 12 minutes.
To double the recipe:
Double this recipe and bake in an 8x8" pan for 12-15 minutes.
Ingredient Substitutions
Almond butter. If you are allergic to almonds cashew butter is a phenomenal substitution int his recipe. Like out of this world good! You can also use tahini, sunflower seed butter, or peanut butter (not paleo).
Coconut oil. Grass-fed butter or ghee can be used in place of coconut oil.
Maple syrup. Honey is a delicious option to use in place of maple syrup.
Almond milk. Any non-dairy or regular dairy milk can be used in this recipe.
Almond flour. I do not recommend tampering with the flour in this recipe. However, I have heard some people have success with regular flour, all-purpose gluten-free flour and tapioca flour. Do not use coconut flour, it is not an acceptable substitution for almond flour.
Chocolate chips. You can use your favorite healthy/paleo chocolate variety, chips, chopped up bars, etc. See below for my favorite paleo chocolate options!
Paleo Chocolate Chips & Bars
Hu Kitchen Chocolate Gems. This is my favorite paleo chocolate. These gems are delicious and easy to toss into cookies (no bar chopping required).
Hu Kitchen Dark Chocolate Bars. You can also buy dark chocolate bars and chop them up to toss into these paleo chocolate chip cookies.
Lily's Dark Chocolate. They make chips and bars that are stevia sweetened, low carb, keto, etc.