A fun twist on traditional carrot cake, these gluten-free carrot cake oatmeal cookies can be served as a healthy breakfast or snack for the family.
The cozy oats and chewy carrots give these cookies a wonderful texture and traditional carrot cake spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger means you can pretend you’re enjoying a luscious piece of carrot cake-but without the added fat and calories.
Over the last couple of years I have developed an obsession for carrot cake. There’s just something about the combination of sweet, crunchy carrots and all those traditional aromatic spices blended into one decadent dessert.
These carrot cake oatmeal cookies are perfect in every way. They are soft, tender, and chewy—everything a cookie should be—and can be devoured 100% guilt-free. They contain no refined sugars or flours, are gluten-free, and are made with only wholesome, nutritious ingredients.
On a side note, these cookies are very light-tasting with a very subtle hint of sweetness. If you’re looking for a super-sweet cookie, this may not be the cookie for you-albeit you could always add a few spoons of sugar to these to satisfy your sweet tooth.
This recipe is loosely based on my recipe for Oatmeal Goji Berry Cookies, but I have to say that I prefer these carrot cake oatmeal cookies-most likely due to my growing obsession with carrot cake.
I had every good intention of storing an extra batch of these in the freezer for some heathy, on-the-go snacks, but many of them didn’t make it past the cookie sheet.
I fell so in love with these cookies that I tried hoarding them from sweet-toothed hubby and kids, but to no avail. Even after revealing to my picky eaters that these cookies were made with carrots, they still devoured them.
No sneakiness and treachery involved. Every mother’s dream!
What a fun recipe this is, I love me some carrot cake, this looks like it would be really good to try!
These look tasty. I never considered carrots in oatmeal cookies. Very cool.
Have you ever tried carrot cake oatmeal? You might like this one too; http://www.bitesforbabies.com/recipes/carrot-cake-oatmeal/
I never would have thought of these. What a great cookie. I am definitely making them. I love carrot cake so much.
Thank you! Please let me know what you think of the recipe!
Love these! I think my entire family would gobble these up. Thanks for the recipe!!
Thanks! We did 😉
I love the taste of carrot cake. My kids are more cookie eaters so I will see if they like this!
I hope they do…it’s definitely a much healthier-tasting recipe than most so it might take getting used to…depending on what kind of cookies they eat now!
I love Carrot Cake and I’ve been planning to make carrot cake cookies for the longest time. Seeing this just reminded me of my desire to make them.
I’m glad this recipe inspired you!
I love oatmeal cookies.. never would have thought to include carrot cake into that taste.
These were GREAT!!! I’ve been making healthier choices when it comes to baked goods. I want my kids to get used to what “healthy” tastes like rather than eating sugar-laden store bought cookies.
Thanks! Making healthier substitutions does take some getting used to…especially if you are used to super sweet, buttery, cookies! Kudos to you for making healthier choices 😉
Oooo these cookies sound delicious!!! I would of never thought of this combo together. Now I wanna make a batch 😉
Would love some feedback if you do!
You make THE coolest things over here. Carrot cake is my weakness too but I usually skip it because of the cream cheese frosting. This here would eliminate the need to skip, right? 🙂
Yes! This might even be so healthy-tasting that hard core carrot cake lovers might not appreciate it, lol! (I have no problem being honest!). You’d just have to try and see for yourself 😉
These look so delicious. I have never tried a carrot cake cookie before. I will have to try this recipe this weekend. I am sure the kids will love them.
Great…just be prepared for a much lighter, less sweet version. Traditional carrot cake can be VERY decadent!!
I so have to make these sometime soon. My mother is a big fan of carrot cake, may be something I will make for Mother’s Day. It will give me a chance to find rice flour. 🙂
Do you have to eat gluten-free? If not, you could substitute with regular flour, although you would most likely have to alter the amount of flour.
A couple people in my family have to eat gluten-free, its easier to make it that way for all.
These look so yummy! I wouldnt mind eating them myself. I love your blog 🙂
I pinned your recipe so I could look this up maybe tomorrow. I am so doing this for my kids.
Thanks for pinning and sharing!
I’m not a fan of carrot cake. But maybe I’d like it in cookie form!
It’s always worth a try!
I love carrot cake but have never even thought about the mixture of it with oatmeal cookies. If nothing else it certainly looks like it would be amazing to try.
I added the oatmeal mainly because I made these with gluten-free flour. I found that rice flour and oatmeal (or oat flour) mixed together makes a perfect substitute for regular flour.
Im not a big fan of carrots in my sweet treats but those look pretty tasty!
My husband (how’s Italian) doesn’t either…he just doesn’t understand how we add veggies to baked goods (such as carrots, zucchini, etc). He did love these…I think I’m slowly convincing him 😉
These look yummy! I love carrot cake and this would be a great alternative to the real thing. Healthier too!
This
is the perfect diet recipe for me!!! Carrots and oatmeal will work for me!
Great! They are super light and not too sweet so they sound they like they would be perfect for you.
Carrot cake is a childhood fave of mine. They sound like they’d be so yummy with the taste of oatmeal, cinnamon and dried cherries or cranberries!
Initially I wanted to add golden raisins but realized I didn’t have any…I actually much prefer the texture and tartness of the cranberries!
These look yummy! I love carrot cake, so these would be fun to try!
Those look wonderful! My daughter would love them. And lots of carrot in them!
Yes, I love how there isn’t just the flavour of carrot cake…there are actualy carrots in these!
Interesting, never thought to mix carrot cake and oatmeal together. I do love me some carrot cake!
That is simply awesome. I wouldn’t of thought of doing that. It looks so yummy!
I really love carrot cake and it’s my dads favorite cake. I think I’ll try your recipe and see how I like it since I also love cookies. I might leave the raisins out though, just a preference of mine and the kids aren’t that fond of them either.
You could substitute with another dried fruit or even crushed nuts! If your dad is used to really sweet traditional carrot cake you might want to substitute regular sugar for the maple syrup!
I am not a fan of carrot cake, but I love oatmeal cookies. What an interesting mix.
I love carrot cake and oatmeal cookies. So the thought of combining them? Amazing. I’ll have to make these.
I also have a recipe for carrot cake oatmeal on the Blog that you (or the kids) might enjoy; http://www.bitesforbabies.com/recipes/carrot-cake-oatmeal/
Those look amazing! I’ve never thought of actually putting carrot in a recipe. It sounds delicious!
The carrot is so mild so it doesn’t overpower the cookie. It’s a great way to add some more nutrition to your kid’s snacks!