Fudgy and rich vegan chocolate crinkle cookies are so pretty and a serious crowd pleaser! A classic holiday cookie, and for good reason.

vegan chocolate crinkle cookies in a stack of 4

It’s the season for cookies! Christmas is a month away, and I hope this is a time of cookie baking, hot chocolate sipping, snuggling with a kitten on the couch (wait, is that just my life?), fuzzy socks and quality time with friends and family.

These Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are sure to get you in the spirit of Christmas! Its almost like they’re trying to be a brownie that’s rolled in powdered sugar. They are super fudgy inside with a wonderful powdered sugar outside, and they get the most beautiful cracks after baking. It’s quite magical!

vegan chocolate crinkle cookies on wood board

My oldest son says these are his favorite cookies. Then again, whenever I make Vegan Snickerdoodles, he claims those are his favorite cookie ever, so I don’t know…. But I’ve never come across a person that didn’t LOVE these vegan chocolate crinkle cookies!

How do you make vegan chocolate crinkle cookies?

These fancy looking cookies are surprisingly easy to make. If you’ve been with me awhile, you might know that I like to make my dessert recipes as easy and delicious as possible. If I can, I use 1 bowl, which is what I did here.

First, you make the cookie dough (all in 1 bowl). A sifter is helpful because cocoa powder can be quite chunky, and you want it to be very fine. Same with the flour. If you don’t have a sifter, you can use a fine mesh strainer.

Then, shape in balls, roll in powdered sugar (GENEROUSLY) and bake! That’s it.

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vegan chocolate crinkle cookies before being baked on pan

What kind of cocoa powder?

Natural cocoa powder works here, as well as dark cocoa powder, dutch processed or even cacao powder. Use you what have. Dark cocoa powder makes them extra dark in contrast with the powdered sugar.

vegan chocolate crinkle cookies stacked with a bite taken out of one.

For more vegan cookie recipes, check these out:

Vegan Snickerdoodles

Vegan Sugar Cookies

Perfect Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

vegan chocolate crinkle cookies, 1 with a bite taken out up close shot.

vegan chocolate crinkle cookies in a stack of 4
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Vegan Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Fudgy and rich vegan chocolate crinkle cookies are so pretty and a serious crowd pleaser! A classic holiday cookie, and for good reason. 
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 18 cookies

Ingredients 
 

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, add the sugar and canola oil. Stir with a wooden spoon until well combined and smooth. Add the ground flax seeds, non-dairy milk and vanilla, and mix well to combine.
  • Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt using either a sifter or fine mesh strainer. Stir until combined with the wet ingredients and a soft dough is formed. 
  • Place the powdered sugar in a small mixing bowl. Scoop out a heaping tablespoon of dough at a time, and shape into a ball. Roll the ball in the powdered sugar very generously, covering all sides. The more powdered sugar, the prettier the cookies will be.
  • Place the balls onto the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart so they have room to spread.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes until set. They will appear slightly undercooked and soft, but will firm up as they cool.
  • Cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Store any extra cookies in an airtight container for 4-5 days. Enjoy!

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Notes

  1. May use canola oil, melted coconut oil or melted vegan butter.
  2. Use any kind of non-dairy milk you like, such as soy, almond, cashew, or coconut milk.
  3. If the dough is hard to work with, stick it in the fridge for 30 minutes or so, then try again. You can also wet your hands a little bit so the dough sticks less.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Nora Taylor
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Comments

  1. I made these tonight to get some baking therapy because my favourite football team lost by one point (yeah, I’m a wife who loves football as much as the hubby does). Wow, it’s one of the best cookie recipes ever! Thank you for sharing this recipe with us!

  2. These are yummy! They taste like brownies. I love that this recipe uses common household ingredients. I didn’t use the powdered sugar because these are already very sweet. Next time I’ll add some walnuts! Yummmm!

  3. I ate non-vegan versions of these a lot as a kid, and I found this recipe while craving its chocolatey deliciousness as an adult. It was perfect! I’ve made it twice now and shared the cookies with my non-vegan friends and coworkers. All of them adored it and were completely floored that it was vegan. I’m particularly happy that this uses ingredients that I mostly already have for baking various vegan desserts, so I didn’t have to go out of my way to find ingredients for this. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!

  4. These are delicious. I’m becoming increasingly intolerant of dairy and am constantly looking for recipes that will work for me…and taste great. Thank you!

  5. These cookies are amazing!!!!!!!! I decided to make a batch for a potluck at work. Of course I had to try one being it was the first time making them and I didn’t want to bring them in if I didn’t like them myself. Fast forward to my boyfriend and I eating the entire batch in one night so I had to make a new batch for work. They are THAT GOOD. I typically give up on cookie recipes because they never come out as good as the pictures or as the comments say but this is absolutely the best cookie recipe I’ve ever followed. This will be my new go to and I’m 100% sure no one will know they’re vegan. My cookie didn’t expand a lot from the initial balls so when they came out of the over I just pushed down on them a little with the back of a spoon while still warm so they flattened a bit. Besides that I followed the recipe to a T. Thanks so much for this amazing recipe.

  6. Chocolate crinkle cookies used to be one of my favorite cookies as a child, a treat I would get maybe once a year or so. I’ve made and loved multiple “Nora Cooks” recipes at this point, so I was thrilled to see that she had developed a vegan version of these. This recipe perfectly replicates the crinkle cookies of my youth and is such a lovely reminder of my childhood! They’re sweet and slightly crunchy on the outside, but perfectly moist and chewy on the inside

    I made them for my college students over midterms and they seemed to be a big hit (although most likely any kind gesture would be during an exam!).

    1. Hi Alexandra! I’m so happy you enjoyed the chocolate crinkle cookies, thank you for your kind comment!

  7. Delicious and easy to make! I think they would be extra good with a little bit of finely chopped chocolate mixed into the batter at the end. Or maybe a small square at the centre of each cookie 🙂

    Also I subbed water for the plant-based milk (which I do 90% of the time when baking vegan recipes) and it worked just fine.

  8. My husband and I agree that these might be the very best vegan cookies we’ve ever had! So fudgy and delicious!

    I landed here for the first time from a google search today but I look forward to exploring the site and trying additional recipes now.

  9. These cookies are sooooo delicious! Thanks for sharing. When I coated mine in powdered sugar, after a minute or two it soaked in to the cookies so they weren’t pretty like yours. I even re-rolled them all right before putting them in the oven, but it still just soaked in. How can I prevent that?

    1. I’m glad you enjoyed the cookies! I’m not sure why your powdered sugar soaked into the cookies so quickly. To get them looking pretty, I roll them in a LOT of powdered sugar, several times and rather gently, so a good amount sticks to the dough. Perhaps it was your powdered sugar? I’m really not sure though. 🙂

    1. It might work though I haven’t tried it in this recipe. The cookies would likely be softer and not as chewy, but I think it would probably be just fine!

  10. It was good I didn’t have flax seeds so I just completely took it out. I added more flour and doubled the batch and I got exactatyl 2 dozen, I mean and a little extra but I ate that. It’s edible raw since there are no eggs so yeah.

    1. It might be better to simply leave it out, I’m afraid mashed banana might ruin the flavor! It should be fine without it.

  11. Is it okay to use organic golden flax meal? Or Bob’s red mill whole ground flaxseed meal. These are the only options at the store near me and I’m unsure if they’re any different than what you used.

  12. Is the flaxseed your eggreplacer? If so, have you tried making this with aquafaba? Definitely planning to try these this Christmas for my many vegan friends.

    1. Yes, the flaxseed acts as a binder similar to eggs. I haven’t tried making cookies with aquafaba, I’m not sure how it would change the texture, but it may work! Hope you and your friends enjoy the cookies!

  13. These will only be vegan if certified organic sugar is used. Sugar is processed with bone char, especially the powdered sugar.

    1. I’ve heard this is less common, at least in the U.S. these days, but if concerned or unsure you can know you are safe buying organic sugars. Trader Joe’s has organic granulated sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar. You can also make your own powdered sugar from organic sugar if you have a Vitamix! I do this often. This article is helpful on this topic. Thanks Sylvia!

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