Fig and Chia Raw Vegan Cookies | Easy, Healthy, Snacking (2024)

July 13, 2014 · Natalie 12 Comments

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The easiest 3 ingredient cookie you need in your healthy snack arsenal! These raw vegan cookies made with figs and chia seeds are sweet, simple, and high carb low fat.

This Fig and Chia Raw Vegan Cookiesrecipehas been staring me in the face and begging me to post it on the blog for a while. This was my first go to snack recipe when I started experimenting with raw food. This was also the first recipe that caused my Vitamix to overheat. I completely panicked, sure I had broken the thing, but it came back to life about an hour later (phew!). So I suggest a food processor for this one.

The figs on the tree in my yard are just beginning to ripen, so I’ve been enjoying a freshly picked fig or two each day (if I beat the squirrels). So with figs on my mind, I finally decided to post this recipe.

Fig & Chia Raw Vegan Cookies

These raw vegan cookies are a cinch to make with only 3 ingredients!. The combination of cinnamon and fig is one of my favorites, but the recipe is really versatile. In the past I’ve added all sorts of things to this recipe: shredded coconut, ginger, vanilla, cacao powder, raisins etc.

If you want to make these totally fat-free, then just leave out the chia seeds altogether. I add them for texture, crunch, and a little binding power, but you can still make scrumptious figgy cookies without them. Or replace them with your favorite seeds or nuts instead!

Fig Chia Cookies

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
Total Time: 70 minutes
Yield: 8 -10 cookies 1x

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Ingredients

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2 cups dried figs (black mission are my favorite)
2 tbsps chia seeds + more for sprinkling on top (I used white chia seeds)
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon

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Instructions

Remove the hard stems from the dried figs.
Combine the dried figs, chia seeds, and cinnamon in a food processor. Process until it starts to clump together.
Roll the dough into balls and flatten into cookies.
Sprinkle the tops with chia seeds.
Refrigerate for about an hour before eating.
Keep in the refrigerator.

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K says
July 9, 2015 at 12:09 pm

Very yummy! I used a mixture of dried fruit and it came out very well.
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- [emailprotected] says
  July 9, 2015 at 12:47 pm
  
  That’s fantastic!! I’m so glad you tried the recipe 🙂
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Rachel says
August 28, 2015 at 1:25 am

Could I use dates instead of figs?
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- [emailprotected] says
  August 28, 2015 at 1:29 am
  
  Dates are a little softer, so don’t over process and refrigerate them (maybe even use cold dates) so they will still be firm cookies! But it sounds delicious 🙂
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  - Rachel says
    August 28, 2015 at 2:12 am
    
    I’d much rather use figs but I don’t have access to fresh figs. 🙁 Do you have another suggestion?
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    - [emailprotected] says
      August 28, 2015 at 2:17 am
      
      The recipe uses dried figs, not fresh! If you can’t find those either though, I like making them with raisins too 🙂
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      - Rachel says
        August 28, 2015 at 2:51 am
        
        Oh good! I’ll pay better attention next time. Lol Thanks.
      - [emailprotected] says
        August 28, 2015 at 2:53 am
        
        Lol don’t worry about it, I’m just happy you can make them now 🙂
Brittney Chung says
August 25, 2018 at 11:25 am

Can you use fresh figs instead? 🙂
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- Natalie says
  August 25, 2018 at 8:26 pm
  
  Unfortunately not. They have way too much moisture, you need the dried ones so the cookies hold together. Sorry!
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Maud says
October 21, 2021 at 11:48 pm

Hi there,
Sounds delicious and would love to try them. I am just very surprised to use chia seeds without moisture! From I know about them (not that much ;)), they need quite a bit of water to rise and that’s usually what is interesting about them.
So here is it their taste that is interesting in the recipe? Or can we actually digest them properly when dry?
Thank you for this post!
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- Natalie says
  October 22, 2021 at 10:00 am
  
  The dried figs have some moisture so they do plump up a bit! There is no way for me to measure digestibility so I can’t say for sure, if you’d prefer to use a different type of seed like sunflower or pumpkin feel free 🙂
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