Our Top 9 Healthy Cookie Recipes

Do you love cookies but also love staying healthy? Everyone needs sweets, so why not give in to your sweet craving while giving your body something healthy? These are our top 9 healthy cookie recipes, and they are full of nutritious ingredients. We have everything from basic oatmeal cookies to beautiful meringues. Listen up for these great recipes and why they're so good for you!

1. Chewy Apple and Oatmeal Cookies: Many people find it gross that cookies could have applesauce in them, but this is a classic healthy cookie recipe. Applesauce helps moisten cookies without adding additional oil, butter or, as a result, fat. These cookies are so moist and chewy that you could eat them instead of a granola bar for breakfast! Thrown in some fresh apple chunks to the batter if you want to spice things up.
   
   
    
2. Peanut Butter 'n Carrot Cookies: These cookies may not be fat free, but they are super filling and great for you! The peanut butter gives it a punch of protein, so these cookies are almost like eating a power bar for a snack. Carrots are filled with Beta-Carotene, which has been proven to decrease the chances of cancer. The combination of peanut butter and carrots sound unlikely, but this is a sweet marriage of flavors.
    
3. Aloha Oatmeal Cookies: These cookies have a bright, citrus flavor that comes naturally from the orange juice and fresh orange peel. Recent studies have shown that incorporating high-fat nuts like macadamia nuts into your diet can actually help lower cholesterol. Plus, pineapple can aid digestion and boost your immune system with its vitamin C. These are some tough cookies!
    
4. Chocolate Chip Meringues: Okay, these cookies aren't exactly full of fruits or vegetables like the other ones on our list, but they aren't bad for you. These are made of egg whites only, which will help cut your cholesterol greatly. There isn't even one drop of butter in them, so we thought we'd give throw in some chocolate chips to this recipe.
    
5.  Low-Fat Oatmeal Cookies: This is pretty much you're standard oatmeal cookie recipe. It covers all the bases--applesauce, only one egg and sweetened with honey instead of sugar. This will be a moist and delicious cookie you won't have to feel guilty about. Stir in your favorite topping once you have the recipe down. You can try a handful of dark chocolate chips, some dried cherries, or just your standard raisins. 
   
   
    
6. Banana-Date Cookies: These are the ultimate healthy cookie--but don't be scared! They are healthy but they are still going to be sweet and delicious. Even if you don't think you like dates, try this recipes and you won't regret it. These have no butter, no eggs and...no flour? We are leaving out the key cookie ingredients, but you'll be left with a fruity granola oatmeal cluster that we call a cookie.
    
7. Apple Half Moons: These cookies have minimal sugar and eggs but they look like your average cookie, if your average cookie was an adorable moon shape with the sweetest looking lemon-sugar icing. These are still butter cookies so they'll win the kids over, but don't let them get away without that apple a day!
   
   
    
8. Blueberry Cookies: The unpredictable fruity inside of these cookies will remind you of a tea-time scone! If you can't resist we say it's okay if you eat these for breakfast and as a special dessert. We don't have to tell you about the antioxidant benefits of blueberries. You can use fresh or frozen berries in this one, and try to mix it up with your favorite fruit the next time you make them. Remember if you add more wet fruit, you will have to increase the cooking time.
    
9. Delicious Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies: We didn't put the word "delicious" in the title for nothing! These little cookies have quite a unique taste, and we love putting dried fruit in cookies. Cranberries have been proven to improve your gastrointestinal and oral health, even lowering your bad cholesterol. If you simply can't resist, throw in some white chocolate chips to this recipe--they complement the dried cranberries very well with their creamy flavor.