You can make Gluten-Free Cocoa Puff Cereal right in your own kitchen! Healthier, real-food-based, and so tasty! These homemade cocoa puffs taste just like the real deal but are better-for-you and budget-friendly. You will be hooked! Nut-free, soy-free, and gluten-free!
Gluten free Chocolate Cookies … made into homemade cereal with just 5 ingredients. LIFE IS COMPLETE!
Ooops I did it again (I played with your heart), I played Martha with a homemade recipe. Wait no. Martha would make this cookie crunch cocoa puffs homemade cereal from scratch. I, however, think that saving time in the kitchen is kinda more important than made from scratch status. Heck, my idea of made from scratch is using gluten free bread for crust in quiche. WINNER!
Anyway, today… oh today, we make gluten-free homemade cereal. From cookies. Actually, from some soft and chewy gluten free chocolate chip cookies. Soy free, nut free, yet tastes bakery made (how do Udis do that?)!
After we make this homemade cookie cereal, we can pat ourselves on the back and say “Job well done. This is delish! Oh my gosh, my childhood favorite cereal made healthier and gluten free! Heavens yes!” Sound good? Excuse the run on sentences. I’m kinda excited to relive the cereal obession!
But let’s be real here. I’m sure most of you have some sort of sweet blissful treats, cookies, or chocolates around your house post Valentines Day. Yes? Good! Cause that’s how we’re going to make this cocoa puffs homemade cereal.
You see, my husband (and myself) have a serious Udis Chocolate Cookie obsession. Soft, chewy, and perfect with almond milk. In fact, that man will devour the whole bin in one sitting and forget to share. He’s got that major sweet tooth, remember? Good thing I love him.
Well, in order to STRETCH this sharing of this cookie fetish, I decided we needed to repurpose those cookies. I gave him one cookie then blended up the rest in a cookie flour.
Then I combined that with just 3 other ingredients (dark chocolate cocoa included) and made this cookie crunch cocoa puffs homemade cereal batter.
I do not lie, unreal good! But try not to eat it before you bake it, just sayin…
After you make the batter, you add in a touch more gluten free or coconut flour, roll into mini bite size cocoa puffs and bake.
Let me warn you right here, your house will smell like one big giant cookie when they’re in the oven. You know, like the smell of the cookies baking when you pass by Mrs Fields Cookies at the Mall? Ya, Ahhh–MAZING!
Once those little cocoa puffs are baked up, just let them cool then you can toss them in a ziplock bag for munching or bowls of cereal. Oh wait, I forgot to mention, you can also coat them how ever you’d like. Like say… with extra cookie crumbles, cocoa, or peanut butter flour. I did both. Haha, go big or go home right?
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5 Ingredient Cookie Crunch Cocoa Puffs Homemade Cereal {Gluten Free}
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: about 2 ½ cups 1x
Description
5 Ingredient Cookie Crunch Cocoa Puffs Homemade Cereal {Gluten Free}
Ingredients
- 1 cup ground gluten free chocolate chip cookies (about 6-7 ounces). We use Udis Gluten Free Chocolate Chips Cookies
- 1 ripe banana
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2–4 tablespoon cocoa powder
- ½ cup sifted coconut flour (just make sure coconut flour is fine not clumpy)
- Optional Vanilla Extract
- Optional Peanut Flour or powder. See notes for brand.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Place cookies in blender or food processor and blend until a meal/flour is formed.
- Next add in ripe banana, coconut oil, and optional vanilla. Blend again.
- Transfer to a large bowl
- Add in your cocoa powder and coconut flour. The more powder the more chocolatey it is.
- Roll batter into small cocoa puff size balls. A little smaller than marbles size.
- Place on greased baking tray.
- Bake for 30 minutes or so. It’s good to flip puffs over half way through baking if possible.
- Remove from oven once cereal is golden brown or hard enough to create a crunch. Let cool.
- Store in air tight container. Add extra cocoa powder or peanut flour and coat the bites. This is optional.
- Serve in a bowl with milk.
- Should last up to a month or so.
Notes
- For gluten free cookies, we use Udis
- For peanut flour or powder I use peanut flour via Amazon
- Estimated Nutrition based on ¾ cup serving using Udis Gluten Free Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: breakfast
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¾ cup
- Calories: 228
- Sugar: 11.6 g
- Sodium: 83.4 mg
- Fat: 12.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 7.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 28.7 g
- Fiber: 8.1 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Cholesterol: 3.8 mg
What can you substitute for the coconut flour ?
what flours do you have on hand? Oat, tapioca, potato starch?
omg how fun!! brings me back to childhood – haha!! how good would this be on FROZEN VANILLA SOFTSERVE…omg …
OMG that is genius! perfect dessert!
WHAT OMG!!! This looks 1,000% amaaaazing. Making this ASAP!!
keep me posted!! I think you will love lauren
Cookie flour needs to be a thing.
OH WOW. I think my family would probably gobble up the whole batch in one night; we eat so much cereal… O_O Did I just say that?
This looks soooooooooo good! I feel like I could snack on this on it’s own!
OMG yes! You will love this Kristy! Do you have any favorite GLUten Free cookies?
Have I told you lately you’re my favorite? Oh, my goodness, my kids are going to love this!
Oh my gooooooodness!! Cookies for breakfast is my weakness, no joke!! I love this idea and cannot wait to make it!! (I definitely will not be sharing with anyone!!)
good! don’t share! haha
OK this is genius! SO much better that certain brand name, chemical-laden options!
Totally and you are allowed drink the milk in the bowl! haha
How much fun are these! Such a great idea to start with the cookies! I love how festive they are.
So festive and fun!
girl stop! How fun! I’m betting I could make this recipe and the hubby wouldn’t know that it’s not the real thing! I used to love cocoa puffs growing up, but with not doing gluten/dairy/processed junk, I haven’t had them in so long! Now I know what I need to make this weekend! 🙂
I will not lie. They are ADDICTING! So go for it and keep me posted Jen!
You’re a genius!! Seriously, this is so cool!! Sharing with all of my GF friends, they’ll go nuts!
You could have just written the title and posted the recipe and I’d be salivating. Cookie Crisps and Cocoa Krispies were my top two cereal choices as a child. We were super healthy in my house, obv. I need these!
LOL! kinda like reeses puffs, remember those? KEep salivating
What a cool idea and great project for some of my little chefs, at home!
All I have to say is YOU ARE A FREAKIN’ GENIUS! I’m definitely going to try this out ASAP…thanks for the inspiration! As a kid, I was – weirdly enough – addicted to bran flakes. Like, multiple bowls a day addicted. Bran flakes are still one of the foods I majorly crave since going gluten free…
I have wanted to have a go at making my own breakfast cereal for a long time. This looks so good. A clever idea using cookies in the cereal batter, I would have never thought of doing that.
I cannot believe you made your own cereal. I want to dive right into that bowl and I don’t have to be gluten free. It looks amazing!
I just had to go back to the title more than once because I couldn’t get over that you made this cereal from scratch! Looks amazing.
These are so perfect! Simply genius to make cereal out of cookies! never thought of that! Thanks for the great idea and recipe!
I love eating cereal late at night, this would be a good dessert cereal for me!
turning cookies into cereal is beyond smart!!!! i love their cookies too!
These are absolutely brilliant my friend!
This looks great and looks easy to prepare! YES!
Martha has got nothing on this idea! Sheer brilliance. Why bother with from-scratch when you can seriously dazzle with this recipe.
Get out with this. These are so magical!
Lindsay!!! This looks so good. Must try.
Holy cow, these look GOOD! My boys would seriously go crazy for this breakfast…or dessert?! We eat cereal at any time of day, and now I’m craving a chocolaty bowl of puffs!
OMG they will love it! really! keep me posted
I cannot wait to make these! I have everything except the cookies so I will pick those up this week. Can’t wait to make these with the girls when they are off from school next week. It’s like a dream and a combination of cocoa puffs and cookie crisp cereal!
As a kid, I was obsessed with Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Bunches of Oats, and Oatmeal Crisp Raisin (basically Raisin Bran with granola clusters), but I’m 100% sure I would never turn this down! Ohhh my goodness. This is incredible, and I’m pretty sure that batter could be its own healthyish dessert dip recipe 😉
I never had cereal when I was a kiddo – in Sri Lanka it just wasn’t a thing – crazy foreigners eh!? 🙂 Lady – using Udi’s cookies to make these coco puffs is a downright genius move – I think I can smell it all the way over here – or maybe am just dreaming!
BTW – I adore your idea of gluten free bread for crust in quiche – a WINNER for sure!
OMG I used to LOVE LOVE LOVE Cocoa Puffs as a kid! My Mom would only allow us to have these once in awhile as a special treat. I used to love the way it turned the milk to chocolate milk and I would drink it right out of the bowl. The BEST! xoxo
you and me both girl!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That looks beyond amazing & when I saw the word cookie in there – well.. 🙂
BTW, I see Vanilla extract is way up in price. Is there a suitable replacement in recipes for less money. I went to buy at Costco & it had doubled price!
so thought of you! and not sure why vanilla is so expensive. I think the costco one was madagascar vanilla so it’s more $$. I would check out trader joes. But it’s not a necessity in all recipes, ya know?
Thx for info Lindsay!!!! I will check TJs! xoxoxo
Vanilla crops worldwide have been destroyed by a “blight” I think they call it.
Are you straight up joking with me right now?! You are making me go COOOOOOKIEEEEE over this. HA! Ok, Yes. THAT WAS A TERRIBLLLLLEEEEEE pun, so spoon me!
Andddddd I am just “killin'” it – aha ha ha ha!
LOL! oh how i love you so! COOOOOOOKIE CRAZY
I don’t think I would ever make it past the batter stage of these. WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT??
um ya, that was hard. Batter = CRACK
Wow this is mind blowing! I think I definitely need cookie cereal in my life!