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    Home » Recipes » Vegetable Desserts

    Beet Cookies with Dark Chocolate Chunks

    Published: Oct 18, 2013 · Modified: Jun 21, 2019 by Kate Hackworthy · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Beet Cookies! Beets and dark chocolate chunks combine with oats to make a vibrant purple biscuit!

    A stack of cookies in front of a milk bottle.

    I've frequently extolled the virtues of the humble beetroot on this blog, but I just can't help myself; it's perfect for vegetable desserts.

    The earthy taste of beets works wonderfully in sweet dishes, cakes and puddings.

    In this beet cookies recipe I've mixed beetroot, oats and big chunks of dark chocolate to make biscuits that look as good as they taste.

    The beet taste doesn't come through at all, so they're really just oatmeal chocolate cookies with extra nutrients and a gorgeous colour.

    Close up of cookies.

    I love the colour of these beet cookies - so naturally purple, they prove that you don't need chemicals or food colouring to make food pretty.

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    Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you!

    Leave a comment and star rating below and share a picture on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook with the hashtag #veggiedesserts.

    A stack of cookies in front of a milk bottle.

    Beetroot Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    Kate Hackworthy | Veggie Desserts
    Beets and dark chocolate chunks combine with oats to make a vibrant purple biscuit. The flavour of the beetroot fades away in these moist and chewy cookies. 
    4.92 from 12 votes
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 12 mins
    Total Time 22 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 323 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 150 g 5 oz cooked beetroot (boiled, roasted, steamed, vacuum packed without vinegar)
    • 150 g plain flour (all purpose)
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 100 g butter , softened
    • 100 g light brown sugar
    • 50 g granulated sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 300 g porridge oats
    • 150 g chocolate , chopped

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Line a baking tray or cookie sheet with baking parchment paper.
    • Puree the cooked beetroot. Set aside.
    • Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla and beetroot and beat well.
    • Stir the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
    • Add the dry to the wet and stir. Add the oats and chocolate and combine.
    • Drop tablespoons of the mixture onto the baking tray and flatten slightly.
    • Bake for 12 minutes or until starting to brown. Allow to cool on the tray for a few minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 323kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 5gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 129mgPotassium: 230mgFiber: 3gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 230IUVitamin C: 0.6mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 2.2mg

    The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors, so is not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietician for special diet advice.

    Tried this recipe?Mention @kateveggiedesserts or tag #veggiedesserts! I love seeing your recreations.

     

    Looking for other vegetable dessert recipes using beetroot? Check out my beet vegetable desserts. From Slow Cooker Beetroot Chocolate Cake with Beet Vanilla Topping to Beet Nut Butter Cups!

     

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    Comments

    1. Fatema

      September 09, 2016 at 11:20 am

      Hie..i want to make this cookies but only for 2 servings .How should i decreased the quantities.?

      Reply
    2. Isa Bartkowiak

      May 08, 2016 at 5:03 am

      5 stars
      Hello from Tasmania! I have made the beetroot chocolate chip cookies several times now. They are a favourite of my daughter's, even more so since purple is her favourite colour (I just add a tsp of unsweetened dark chocolate powder for a deeper purple colour)! The other kids at childcare want to eat them when she brings them to school. I am making the sweet potato and ginger cookies today, I'll let you know how she likes them. Thanks for such thoughtful recipes. They are lovely.

      Reply
      • Kate Hackworthy

        May 09, 2016 at 11:42 am

        I'm so pleased that you like them!!! Thanks for coming back to tell me and I hope you enjoy the other cookies as well 🙂

        Reply
    3. Siobhan

      March 30, 2016 at 6:33 pm

      5 stars
      They are such a fab colour! Love them. x

      Reply
      • Kate Hackworthy

        March 31, 2014 at 7:47 pm

        Thanks Vohn, beetroot gives such an amazing colour!

        Reply
        • Nick

          April 17, 2015 at 1:24 pm

          Hi there, do you know how long these will keep for? Thank you!

          Reply
    4. Ania

      March 18, 2016 at 11:55 am

      5 stars
      I baked cookies with this recipe. They are delicious, thank you 🙂

      Regards
      Ania

      Reply
      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        March 18, 2014 at 10:29 pm

        I'm so pleased that you enjoyed them, Ania!

        Reply
    5. Anyonita

      March 23, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      I'm a bit iffy with beetroot, although my husband love it! I'm thinking I'll have to put these cookies down on the menu for his birthday; I'm sure they'll go down a treat!

      Reply
      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        March 23, 2014 at 7:21 pm

        You can't taste the beets at all and the bright colour is perfect for parties!

        Reply
    6. Egger

      January 04, 2014 at 12:02 pm

      5 stars
      Hi there, thanks for the recipe. I had such luck with it. I didn't have butter so I used 2 medium size avocados instead. I used way too much beets so the cookies are deep purple. Thanks heaps!

      Reply
      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        January 04, 2014 at 6:58 pm

        Fabulous substitution and I'm so glad that you liked them! 🙂

        Reply
    7. Kate Veggie Desserts

      November 01, 2013 at 8:30 am

      Nature's colours are indeed amazing. Spinach makes such a nice green, beetroot pink and I love a nice, earthy, yellow turmeric bread. 🙂

      Reply
    8. Lou

      November 01, 2013 at 7:38 am

      5 stars
      I somehow lost track of your latest posts...now I'm discovering so many nice recipes!
      Isn't it amazing how beetroot colours cookies, cakes and bread so nicely?
      I struggled a bit to get one of my breads a nice and quite dark pink, you know someone had the courage to tell me: I don't believe it, you must have put some colouring!
      People often do not realize how nature provides us with many wonderful natural colourings 😉
      I love your cookies
      Have a wonderful day 🙂
      Lou

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    9. Kate Veggie Desserts

      October 30, 2013 at 7:52 pm

      Thanks for running alphabakes, and please let me know if you make them and how they turn out. 🙂

      Reply
    10. Paula

      October 30, 2013 at 5:17 pm

      5 stars
      I really like your blog, the whole idea of baking with vegetables is so great! I used these cookies as an inspiration for some double hazelnut and beetroot cookies with cashew-vanilla filling and they turned out really well: (only in swedish so far). I used only the juice since I wanted flat and quite thin cookies, but your looks delicious as well. I want to put beetroots in everything I bake now : )

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      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        October 30, 2013 at 7:55 pm

        Hi Paula, thanks for taking inspiration from my biscuits. Yours look so amazing! The colour is so nice and vivid. Beetroot is such an easy vegetable to bake with, I hope you get the chance to do it more often!

        Reply
    11. bakingaddict

      October 30, 2013 at 1:33 pm

      I've had chocolate beetroot cake before but never thought to add it to a cookie. I love the colour of the cookies and I'm glad to hear that it does not taste like beetroot. I'm bookmarking this to try. Thanks for entering AlphaBakes.

      Reply
    12. Kate Veggie Desserts

      October 19, 2013 at 6:28 pm

      Go on, Jac! Try something else!

      Reply
    13. Jacqueline

      October 19, 2013 at 6:09 pm

      I've only tried beetroot in a chocolate cake. I really must be more adventurous.

      Reply
    14. Kate Veggie Desserts

      October 19, 2013 at 10:46 am

      Thanks Ness. Glad to be part of the challenge again.

      Reply
    15. Ness

      October 19, 2013 at 10:30 am

      What an absolutely amazing colour! I love oat cookies and I'm sure my daughter will be swayed by the colour. Thanks for entering them into this month's We Should Cocoa.

      Reply
    16. jill

      October 18, 2013 at 9:26 pm

      I think the use of the milk bottle is rather genius.

      Reply
      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        October 18, 2013 at 9:51 pm

        Thanks! A little something found at my gran's house. Very sweet little bottle.

        Reply
    17. Javelin Warrior

      October 18, 2013 at 9:31 pm

      I love the sound of these cookies! And there's a lovely shade of red - with no need for artificial food colors... Very cool...

      Reply
      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        October 18, 2013 at 9:52 pm

        Isn't the colour gorgeous? No dye or photoshop in sight. Vegetables are so great to adding colour.

        Reply

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