Gluten free Chocolate Wafer Cookies

If you're looking for a delicious gluten free treat without having to sacrifice your sweet tooth, look no further than these Gluten Free Chocolate Wafer Cookies! These are the perfect, indulgent snacks - crunchy and buttery on the outside with a heavenly flavor inside.

Not only do they taste amazing, but this recipe is easy to follow so even gluten-free baking newbies can easily make their own batch of yummy treats. So put on your aprons and let's get baking!

Chocolate wafer cookies are a childhood classic, which is why I just had to create these gluten free chocolate wafers.

Y’all I used to eat these chocolate cookies like crazy as a kid. My mom would have to buy two boxes when she needed them for a recipe because my dad and I would devour one box while she quickly made the dessert that used the other box.

They are Chocolatey and crisp and super addictive. I went without them for years after going gluten free. I missed them and all the desserts that can make.

There just wasn't a gluten free substitute and I wasn't the greatest gluten free baker in the early years. So I pined away in silence.

My mother used to make this frozen zebra cake with them. She would make a sweet whipped cream concoction and layer it between the cookies and then cover all of it in whipped cream and freeze it, like one of those icebox cakes.

It was like eating frozen cookies and cream. We’ve also crushed them to make a chocolate cookie pie crust or my childhood favorite dirt and worms.

I don’t remember ever doing it but you can also make ice cream sandwiches with these by slathering some ice cream between two cookies. The possibilities are endless with these sandwich cookies.

Why You'll Love These Cookies

• They're so versatile, I just named off a bunch of ways to use them above
• These crispy cookies are the perfect texture
• If you have any Oreo fans, they'll love these to use with a homemade Oreo filling for a sweet twist on a classic treat
• They're easy to scale and make a few more batches to have on hand for later

Ingredients Needed

Get all the information you need about these ingredients in the recipe card towards the bottom of the post.

• Softened butter
• Brown sugar
• White sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla extract
• Bob's red mill 1 to 1 gluten free flour
• Cocoa powder- Dutch processed
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Salt

How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Wafer Cookies

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars. Then add the egg and vanilla and mix to combine.
2. In a separate bowl combine the remaining ingredients and whisk together.
3. With the mixer of low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet. Once the ingredients are combined turn up the mixer and whip for 2 minutes. You may need to use a rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl to get everything well incorporated.
4. After dough has been whipped, scoop it on to a large sheet of plastic wrap and carefully roll it into a log, roughly the size you want the cookies. Alternatively, you can scoop the dough into a cookie press.
5. Chill the dough for at least 1 hour.
6. Just before the hour is up preheat the oven to 375F and prep your baking sheets.
7. Remove the dough from the fridge. Unwrap from the plastic wrap and slice with a knife or bench scraper into ¼" thick slices.
8. Place slices on the baking sheet and reshape if necessary. Repeat until all the cookies have been cut.
9. Work quickly. When this dough warms it becomes very sticky and hard to work with. If the dough starts to give you trouble from warming up too quickly simply wrap it in the plastic wrap and let chill in the fridge till workable.
10. Bake cookies for 12 minutes and allow to cool slightly before moving to the cooling rack.
11. This recipe makes over 2 dozen large gluten-free chocolate wafer cookies. You can make them smaller and have a higher yield or even bake them in one large sheet to break down into crumbs for a pie crust.

Storage

These cookies should be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to a week. If storing in layers, I like to keep sheets of parchment paper in between the layers to prevent the cookies from sticking together.

Tips and Tricks

• These gluten free chocolate wafer cookies are a little more work than your typical cookie recipe (like these Chocolate Chip Cookies). The dough is really sticky and unless you are using a cookie press to create the cookies shape (which I haven't don't yet because silly me got rid of my cookie press) you’ll want to shape the dough into a log using plastic wrap and chilling it till firm. Once it's firm you can slice it and put it on the cookie sheet, reshaping it if needed.
• If the cookie dough warms up too much while your cutting it will become sticky and hard to work with. If this happens simply place the dough back in the fridge to chill for a bit before cutting again.
• We used Bob's Red Mill gluten free flour and that's all we've tested this recipe with, but we imagine you can use rice flour, or another almond flour. Just be sure it's a certified gluten free flour.
• Always check to see if your flour blend has guar gum or xanthan gum, if not, you'll likely need to add some.
• To make these dairy free crispy gluten free chocolate cookies, you can use coconut oil or vegan butter in place of the softened butter.
• If you don't have a stand mixer, you can use a large bowl and an electric mixer.
• If you wanted to make cutout cookies with this dough, you could. It's just more work to roll out the dough with a rolling pin once it's chilled and then use a cookie cutter to cut them into cookies. It's easier to just slice them from the "loaf of chilled dough". When using a cutter, they can be cut into your favorite shape.
• Next time you make these crunchy wafers, add a tasty new spin on this classic treat by drizzling them with a glaze.

I was afraid that being gluten free meant I would never get to have these cookies again but gluten free chocolate wafer cookies are easier to make than I expected and they are now a staple in my house.

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