Whole-Wheat Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

These chocolate whole-wheat sandwich cookies are soft, lightly baked, and naturally sweetened with honey, offering a more wholesome alternative to traditional cookies. The cocoa-rich dough stays tender, while the crunchy peanut butter filling adds a satisfying contrast and nutty depth without relying on refined sugars.

With January being the time when many people set healthier eating goals, these cookies are a perfect fit for health-conscious bakers. For British and Australian readers, they’re made with wholemeal flour, the equivalent of whole-wheat flour, making them a smart choice when you want a homemade treat that aligns with a more mindful start to the year.

Enjoy!

Whole-Wheat Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Giorgos Tsoulis

These wholewheat cocoa sandwich cookies are soft, lightly sweetened with honey, and made with simple, wholesome ingredients. Filled with crunchy peanut butter, they’re a healthier take on a classic cookie, while also being rich, chocolatey, and perfect for a quick homemade treat or snack.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine International

Servings 14 pieces

Ingredients

 

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• 180 g whole-wheat flour (wholemeal flour)
• 40 g cocoa
• 1 pinch of salt
• 80 ml water
• 2 tsp sunflower oil
• 80 g honey

For the Filling:

• 200 g crunchy peanut butter

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven at 175°C/ 345°F, with the fan on.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, salt, water, sunflower oil, and honey. Mix well with your hands until a smooth dough forms.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll it out to 1 cm (⅓ inch) thickness. Cut out cookies using a 5 cm (2-inch) round cookie cutter.
• Using a smaller cutter (about 1 cm / ⅓ inch), cut a hole in the center of half of the cookies.
• Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Bake for 5 minutes for very soft cookies. The cookies will firm up slightly as they cool.
• Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely.
• Spread peanut butter over the solid cookies and top with the cookies that have holes, pressing gently to form sandwich cookies.
• Repeat the same process for the rest of the cookies and serve. Enjoy!

Notes

Chef’s Tip: Roll the dough evenly to ensure the cookies bake uniformly.

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Giorgos Tsoulis

Celebrity Chef Giorgos Tsoulis specializes in modern Mediterranean cuisine and his recipes are widely appreciated not just in Greece and Cyprus but also around the world. He has been the executive chef of numerous successful Greek restaurants, while at the same time hosting many popular culinary TV shows in Greece and Cyprus. Giorgos Tsoulis is passionate about educating his fans in more sustainable and healthy cooking and eating while making the most of the flavors of the ingredients. As sustainable cuisine ambassador for WWF Hellas, he plays a key role in cooking activations that relate to the European #Eat4Change program, as well as the #Farm2Fork program.