These delicious cookies puff up like little pillows in the oven! As they cool, they take the shape of traditional chocolate chip cookies. They are Chocolate Chip Protein Pillow Cookies!

inside view of a soft baked chocolate chip protein cookie with a fork with a piece of cookie on it on a white plate on a grey background.

The recipe has only five ingredients and is very easy to prepare. Because this is a simple recipe with few ingredients, it is important to keep that in mind and choose the right type of protein powder, and that is whey protein concentrate. I wouldn't recommend vegan protein powders, whey isolate, or casein for this recipe.

two halves of a protein pillow cookie on a plate.

These Chocolate Chip Protein Pillow Cookies are soft and cake-like in texture. Little pillows of protein cake. Enjoy!

Recipe

Chocolate Chip Protein Pillow Cookies

Andréa Marchese

Soft, cake-like chocolate chip protein cookies made with whey protein. Easy protein breakfast or snack!

4.89 from 18 votes

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings cookies

Ingredients

1 cup (102 g) natural vanilla whey protein powder
½ cup (111 g) unsweetened applesauce
¼ cup (28 g) almond flour
1 teaspoon (4 g) baking powder
2 tablespoons (21 g) stevia-sweetened chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325F (163C).
Mix vanilla whey and applesauce until smooth.
1 cup (102 g) natural vanilla whey protein powder, ½ cup (111 g) unsweetened applesauce
Add almond flour and baking powder. Mix well.
¼ cup (28 g) almond flour, 1 teaspoon (4 g) baking powder
Fold in chocolate chips.
2 tablespoons (21 g) stevia-sweetened chocolate chips
Spoon onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Let cool slightly, and enjoy! Store any extras in the refrigerator.

Notes

A vanilla whey concentrate is recommended for this recipe. Other types of protein powders are not recommended. See my Recipe Basics video for what happens whey you use the wrong type of protein powder.

Nutrition

You also may enjoy our easy chocolate whey protein cookies, our double chocolate protein sandwich cookies, and our vegan double chocolate chip cookies that melt in your mouth!

Comments

Andréa Marchese says

January 30, 2025 at 4:40 pm

Hi Rose,
Different types and brands of protein powder bake very differently, so I wouldn't expect everyone's to look exactly the same. Feel free to reach out by email and I'd be happy to help troubleshoot! (I hope they tasted good, at least!)
Andréa
andrea@proteincakery.com
Rose says

January 28, 2025 at 9:55 pm

These looked absolutely nothing like the image.
Andréa Marchese says

March 22, 2024 at 4:28 pm

Hi Nikki. I wouldn't recommend Greek yogurt in place of applesauce. I think the texture would be off (dry) and the result wouldn't be sweet enough. Hope this helps!
nikki says

February 21, 2024 at 6:20 pm

can you use greek yogurt instead of applesauce?