The Best Gluten Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

If you love chocolate, these homemade gluten free chocolate crinkle cookies should go onto your must-try cookie list. They are soft with that special melt in your mouth quality that is famous with crinkle cookies!

Have you seen the big chocolate crinkle cookies at your gluten free bakery?

Gluten free crinkle cookies are always so tempting with their sugary glaze. These gluten free cookies are soft, delicious, and they are bursting with chocolaty mint flavor.

I have wanted to make a gluten free chocolate crinkle cookie for a long time. We made these gluten free brookies last week, but now we are ready for crinkle cookies!

If you are a cookie-a-holic like me, then you may need to make a few different cookie recipes so you have a lot of cookies on hand :-). Try these Anyway You Like Them Pantry Cookies and these Gluten Free Funfetti Sugar Cookies.

Why these crinkle cookies are great:

This easy gluten free chocolate crinkle cookie recipe is one of my favorites because they are so chocolaty! They are easy to make and you can freeze them so you have chocolate cookies all of the time!

There is also something about forming dough balls and rolling them in powdered sugar that makes these cookies more hands-on and fun.

You will find these cookies will inspire your kids to find new ways to sneak them. If you want to try another fun crinkle cookie, give these Gluten Free Honey Crinkle Cookies a try too!

What you need and ingredient notes:

• Gluten free flour blend - I tested this recipe using Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour Blend and King Arthur's Measure for Measure Gluten Free Blend. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
• Xanthan gum- if your blend doesn't contain this or guar gum, you will need to add it.
• Cocoa powder- I really like the quality of Anthony's, Rodelle, and Ghirardelli brands best.
• Vanilla - use real vanilla and not imitation.
• Almond flour - make sure to use flour and not almond meal or your cookies will turn out gritty.

Step by step recipe instructions:

Step 1: Add the dry ingredients in this gluten free chocolate crinkle cookie recipe to a bowl and whisk to blend.

What cocoa powders are gluten free?

Most cocoa powders are gluten free but ALWAYS check the ingredient labels just in case. My favorites are Anthony's Cocoa Powder and Ghirardelli.

I love using Rodelle Vanilla Extract. This vanilla is made from high-quality Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans. The flavor really comes through in this cookie recipe.

Step 2: In a smaller bowl, add your wet ingredients and whisk to blend. Pour the wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and mix. This can be done in a standing mixer if you prefer.

Step 3: Once you get your dough together, use a spoon to scoop out some dough. Roll the dough into balls and then roll in powdered sugar. Place the cookie balls onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.

Step 4: Press the dough balls flat to about ½ inch and then bake at 350º for 8 minutes. Dig in!

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Reader Raves:

Absolutely delicious! We made another batch with nuts as well, those were also amazing."

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📖 Recipe

Gluten Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Sandi Gaertner

A delicious easy gluten free chocolate crinkle cookie recipe.

4.95 from 19 votes

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 12 mins

Total Time 27 mins

Course Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 16 cookies

Calories 146 kcal

Equipment

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  Cookie sheet
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  Cookie scoop

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 ½ cups gluten free flour blend * see note
• ▢ ¾ cup almond flour * see note
• ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 cup cocoa powder * see note
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ ½ cup + 3 tablespoons melted butter
• ▢ 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• ▢ 3 large eggs
• ▢ powdered sugar for rolling the dough balls.

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350º F.
• In a large bowl, add dry ingredients and whisk to blend.
• In a small bowl, add all wet ingredients and whisk to blend.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix.
• Add Andes Chocolate pieces and mix.
• Scoop a little dough and roll with your hands into a ball shape.
• Roll the ball in powdered sugar and place on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• When all of the dough is made into these balls, flatten them to ½ inch thickness with your hand.
• Bake 8-10 minutes.
• Remove onto a cooling rack.

Notes

1. I have tested this recipe with King Arthur Measure for Measure GF and Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF blend. That doesn't mean others will not work, I just have not tested other flours.
2. If your gluten free flour blend doesn’t contain Xanthan Gum or Guar Gum, please add 1 teaspoon.
3. If you want to reduce the sugar, you can skip rolling the cookies in powdered sugar.
4. To make this recipe dairy-free, substitute the butter for vegan butter.
5. I highly suggest using almond flour and not almond meal. Almond meal is more coarse and will make your donuts grainy.
6. To make this recipe nut-free, omit the almond flour and substitute an additional ½ cup gluten free flour blend.
7. These cookies will keep up to 4 days in an air-tight container, or up to 4 months in the freezer.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 146kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 5gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 40mgPotassium: 154mgFiber: 3gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 57IUCalcium: 60mgIron: 2mg

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