A healthy Oreo copycat recipe, anyone? Homemade Gluten-Free + Vegan Oreo Cookies that are top 8 allergy-free, sugar-free, and just like the classic crunchy chocolate and cream sandwich cookies you loved! A fun and easy dessert or snack you can feel good about serving up!
A current favorite, nostalgic for others, untouchable to many. Oreo cookies are vegan, but they’re not gluten-free. Gluten-free Oreo copycats are not vegan and allergy-free. So where does that leave us? The ones who need Oreos totally free-from? Why not make them a bit healthier too? No sugar bombs or processed cookie sandwiches allowed! I hear, yea, and I also have a rather delicious solution!
Now, there’s lots of homemade Oreo recipes out there, but many are trying to be trendy with terms like Raw (“Rawios”) or have a soft cookie, etc. I set out to make these like REAL Oreos. Crunchy chocolate cookie and sweet delicious cream center. These cookies were a labor of love to get just right, but I would not be deterred. We all need some free-from Oreos in our life….right? So what was the winning cookie ingredient combo, you ask?
How do you make a crunchy chocolate Oreo cookie?
Simply put, you only need FIVE ingredients for the cookie part! Our trusty gluten-free 1 to 1 baking flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 stick of Melt (vegan and soy-free butter), some Swerve erythritol (sugar-free sugar), and a touch of pure vanilla extract!
How do you make a perfect Oreo cream?
Ah, my dairy-free friends! We will be making a batch of this delicious vegan vanilla buttercream frosting! Again, you really just need some Melt and powdered erythritol here if you don’t even want to look at the recipe.
And the process to make these Oreo cookies? It’s not difficult…right?
You’ll just be mixing up the cookie dough, and rolling it out! Cut-out cookies anyone? I used a 2-inch round cookie cutter and make 20 cookies for a total of 10 gluten-free vegan Oreos. Bake the cookies for about 12-15 minutes, then let them cool (completely!) While that’s happening you just need to whip up your batch of buttercream for stuffing (or, in Oreo terms “stufing”) those delicious crunchy chocolate cookies!
The other benefit of making your own healthier and free-from Oreos is that you can STUFF them with cream! My mom would never buy the “original” Oreos. She would only ever buy the Double Stuf Oreo cookies. If they weren’t double stuf, you might as well just be paying for crunchy chocolate cookies (cream scrooges!). My mom knows (knew) her sweets and treats and never failed filling our school lunchboxes with the best 😉
What’s the easiest way to fill these gluten-free vegan Oreo cookies?
If you happen to have this nifty cupcake injector/decorator, you’ve got it easy! If not, just use a typical pastry bag with a simple circle tip or use a plastic bag by filling the bag with the cream and snipping one corner of the plastic bag to make a makeshift pastry bag!
Homemade Gluten-Free + Vegan Oreo Cookies
- Chocolate Cookies:
- 1 Cup Gluten-Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour
- 1 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ Cup Erythritol (or preferred granulated sweetener)
- 1 Softened Stick Vegan Soy-Free Butter (I use Melt brand)
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Batch of Vegan Sugar-Free Vanilla Buttercream
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour and cocoa powder together.
- Then add the sweetener, softened butter, and vanilla. Mix well to form a soft cookie dough.
- Roll the cookie dough out on parchment paper or a Silpat to about ¼ inch thickness.
- Use a 2-inch round cookie cutter to cut out 20 cookies (re-roll dough as needed).
- Transfer the parchment or Silpat to a baking sheet and bake the cut-out cookies in the oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow them to cool completely before making the sandwiches.
- Once the cookies have cooled, use a pastry bag or cream injector to squeeze about 1½ teaspoons of prepared buttercream on the bottom side of one cookie. Take another cookie and press the bottom gently on to the exposed cream to form an Oreo sandwich.
- Repeat for the rest of the cookies to make a total of 10 Oreos.
Now you can fill the kiddos lunchboxes with double stuf gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, sugar-free, Oreo cookies! Three cheers! Plus, anything homemade gets that bonus touch of love and care that makes them taste even better! Don’t worry, if you don’t have kids (like me). Oreos are a nostalgic treat we all can enjoy, any age, any day, just use a little elbow grease and bake some up…stat!
So tell me:
+ What were (are) your favorite type of Oreos? The mint ones always sounded so good!
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Hey there…do you think I could sub the vegan butter with coconut oil? I’m in South Africa and we don’t have a great range of vegan butter available here. You can get it,but it’s pretty pricey.
Baking is science, so feel free to experiment and report back.
The plain ol’ classic WoWos (as my niece called them when she was 2) are my faves. Double Stuf is OK, but gimme the classics. I’m not into mint or fruit flavors with my chocolate, so plain is just fine!
Too bad I can’t have a big ol’ glass a milk with my Faux-reos. (Oh, I could just go to town on the names for these things.)
Thanks for the recipe! I can’t wait to make them.
Some of the crazy flavors they have now sounds just nasty, haha!
Enjoy (with a big glass of plant milk!)
I feel like you always know what I’m craving and then post a healthy alternative to it. Thank you for, once again, being my saving grace! I love the new Strawberry and Cream Oreos but you can’t go wrong with the classics!
I am all about the classics here!
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
Hahaha, 10 cookies won’t last long in any house!
I do so love Oreo’s and your recipe makes them look so simple but still impressive. On the to-do list!
Fantastic, thanks!
My daughter loves oreos and I think this will be a great alternative for her to enjoy cookies but actually be healthy for her. Thank you for sharing!
“Healthier” yes, I hope you bake some up!
These look so delish!!
Thank you, Bernadette!
These cookies look delicious – thanks for sharing!!
I hope you enjoy!
These would go down very well in our house!
I know they would!
These look yummy and are my kind of sweat treat X
Guess you need to bake some up!
Oh my! These look soooooo good!! Not sure I’d be able to resist eating them all at once!
No one can ever eat just one Oreo 😉
Oh my goodness, this sounds fabulous! I will have to pin this recipe to save for later. Yum!
I hope you make them! Enjoy!
These look so good! I may have to give them a try! Thanks for sharing!
Not may, you MUST 😉
Oreos are totally my guilty pleasure. So glad to know I can make an inspired alternative with more wholesome ingredients!
Right? You know everything that’s going into these!
Oh my goodness! These look amazing! Love that they are gluten-free and vegan.
Thank you!
These look so good! I was shocked to see how few ingredients were in these! They seem relatively simple to make. 🙂
The simple deliciousness of homemade treats 😉
Love this idea!
Thanks, Ryan.
These look absolutely delicious and not complex at all to make. Must try!
Super easy (once I finally nailed down that recipe!)
Oreos are one of life’s greatest treasures in my opinion!
Hahaha! You sound like my mom 😉
Wow! i love Oreo and seeing this as a healthier option makes me happy. I’ll try this recipe later at home.
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Fantastic! I know you’ll enjoy 🙂
These look amazing and I love how they’re allergy free! Awesome way to update the classic.
Yup! Now we can all enjoy!
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but these look better than Oreos! I knew Oreos were vegan, but having a gluten-free (and all around healthier) version is great.
Haha, my thoughts exactly! Plus…you can really stuff them with the good stuff 😉
I LUV ME SOME OREOS! I will be pinning this to my sweets board to try later. I have most of the ingredients!
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Fantastic! Happy Oreo baking!
Wow this is too cool! I love how you re-did a popular cookie but with healthier twist. They look great!
Lol, that’s my job here!
Oreos are one of my very favorite things and since I’ve been gluten free for 9 years now, I haven’t been able to eat them! Sure, there are GF substitutes, but I can’t really say that I find them tasty! These look scrumptious and I can’t WAIT to try them myself! Pinning!
Yup! We celiacs needed a good Oreo (but also have it allergy-free!)
These look so good and sound amazing!! I am dairy free so these are just perfect!
Great (even though you can still have real Oreos, lol!)
we love oreos here and to make them would be great. i barely make sweets and just buy them but i would like to bake them myself!
If you’re going to have a treat, much better to make them yourself!
OMG! I cannot wait to make these! Oreos were always my favorite until I learned more about processed foods. Thanks for your hard work!
These are the healthiest you can get and still have them be OREOS!
I feel like baking these right away!
A good Monday activity, I think 😉
Definitely trying out this recipe! Recently this year I found out that I was extremely gluten intolerant and, while it has been easy to cut out some foods, I miss cookies (and oreos especially). This sounds absolutely delicious!! Thank you for sharing!
Everyone deserves a good allergy-free Oreo!
Never thought to make homemade oreo, looks awesome! We would devour that in seconds as everyone loves oreo here!
Who doesn’t love a good Oreo, eh?
Those looks so good! Going to try them on a girls night in!
That would be a fantastic treat!
These sound delicious, thanks for sharing!
Enjoy some Oreos!
Whenever I bought Oreos I would also go for the Double Stuffed package. Your homemade Oreos look fairly easy to make so I might give it a try with my boys. Looks so delicious!
It’s all about the double stuf!