I used to be terrified of Passover baking until I came across a flourless cookie recipe that blew my mind. This recipe for Double Chocolate Nut Cookies saved Passover! You may think I am being a little dramatic, but baking for Passover is tough! A dessert that is “good enough for Passover” is just not good enough for me. I pride myself on serving up delicious desserts at all times, no exceptions, no excuses. I am currently on a mission to develop at least one delicious treat every Passover. I am excited to share my recipe for chocolate chip cookies with you!
I developed this recipe one night and was eager to test it out. I took out my new pink Kitchenaid and mixed up a batch of dough.
The cookie dough looked perfect, just like regular cookie dough, so I put them in the oven.
They came out of the oven looking great. Yes, that is a matzoh oven mitt. It’s not Passover until I pull out my matzoh oven mitt! Now the final test; how did they taste. Delicious! If I hadn’t baked these with my own two hands, I would not have believed they are Kosher for Passover!
The secret ingredient in these cookies is vanilla pudding mix. It gives the cookies a great texture and flavor. Every Seder (traditional Passover meal) should end with these cookies.
These cookies are great because they are Kosher for Passover and non-dairy. Happy Passover from my little slugger!
P.S. What are you baking for the holiday?
- 1 cup margarine
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup matzoh cake meal
- ¼ cup potato starch
- 1 pkg. vanilla pudding mix (instant or regular)
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ¾ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the margarine, brown sugar and sugar.
- Add the eggs one at a time and mix until combined.
- With the mixer on low speed add in the matzoh cake meal, potato starch, vanilla pudding, baking soda and salt. Mix until combined.
- Add in the vanilla and chocolate chips.
- Using a 1½ Tbs. size cookie scoop, drop the dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are slightly brown for a soft and chewy cookie. Bake 12-15 minutes for a crispy and crunchy cookie.
- Happy Passover!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I can’t wait to try it out!
These cookies were amazinggggggg!!
The cookies were incredible!! Thick and soft…….it’s what i’ve been trying to get with regular recipes during the year but have been unsuccessful.
They will be a staple dessert every Passover. Thank you.
Yay! Judy, I’m so glad you liked these! To get the same texture in regular chocolate chip cookies try adding a packet of vanilla pudding mix to your standard recipe. I hope to post my regular recipe soon.
Looking forward to tasting some of your delicious recipes. I live in Illinois, but try to get to NY/NJ regularly.
Great! Iris, I hope you try my recipes soon and let me know what you think!
What type of pudding for the choc chip cookies? Is it instant or regular?
I usually use the instant pudding mix.
these were great! Would they also be good with chocolate pudding to make a chocolate chocolate chip cookie?
Sharon, good thinking! This was definitely on my mind for next year. It will probably be amazing.
Can you use oil instead of the margarine. Would it be any different?
You can use oil instead of margarine. They might spread a little more.
Unfortunately, this recipe is not kosher for Passover. Instant vanilla pudding has corn starch in it which is on the no-no list. I’m going to try it with a little potato starch so the cookies aren’t hard.
There are Kosher brands that make Kosher for Passover vanilla pudding mix. If your local store doesn’t carry it, try finding it online.
What I meant to say is that I’m going to follow recipe but leave out pudding. Remember there is kosher for Passover baking soda, brown sugar and chocolate chips at most grocery stores.
You can leave out the vanilla pudding if you can’t find Kosher for Passover pudding mix but Im not sure how they will turn out. Good luck!
After calling around to different grocery stores I finally found one that carried the kosher pudding!! I haven’t baked the cookies yet but I caught my son eating the batter. When I informed him that it was a Passover cookie recipe he couldn’t believe it because it tasted so good. I’ll let you know how everyone likes them after tomorrow night.
The reason I stopped at your website was because of your terrific cakes. They are really impressive!! I especially like the boat. It reminds me of my father on his speed boat. Wish you lived in Atlanta.
I’m so glad you were able to find the pudding mix! You will not be disappointed. Thanks for all your kind words, Happy Passover!
I made a batch with the chocolate pudding as well. They are delicious. I hope my family stops eating them so that I will have enough to serve for the Seder. Thanks for the great recipes.
That’s great news! I always have to hide my cookies so they won’t get finished before the meal. Happy Passover!
made the choc chip cookies twice-for first days & last- big hit!!! They were devoured.
Thank you for sharing. They are my new favorite choc chip cookie for pesach.
Any idea how to use the vanilla pudding in a reg choc chip recipe with flour?
Or better yet do you have a choc chip cookie for the rest of the year to share?
I do have a chocolate chip cookie recipe made with vanilla pudding for the rest of the year. That’s how I came up with the idea. I hope to share the recipe soon but until then, try adding a packet of pudding mix to your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and see what happens. You should get a cake-like cookie. Yums.
Those do not look like Passover cookies! I will have to try them!
can you tell me what size pudding mix?
I use one box of whatever brand I find, I’ve used every size, it doesn’t seem to matter!
I just made a batch for passover. They are incredible!!!!!!!
We discovered these a few years ago and have been making them ever since. They are seriously amazing! Batter tastes a little like matzah but once they’re cooked you would never know they are KFP! Always a hit at the Seder! Thank you!!
You are so welcome! These are a family favorite. I find myself making more and more batches each year!
Can’t wait to try these!
Have you ever used oil? Margarine KLP is hard to find in Israel. 🙁
I haven’t tried it with oil, but I hope to test that out soon. When I try it, I plan to use 3/4 cup oil instead of 1 cup margarine. Let me know if this works for you!
Okay, replaced the margarine with vegetable oil and only needed 1/2 cup! I’m going to test it once more before editing the recipe, but this should work perfectly!
should the pudding mix be the instant or cook kind????
The pudding mix can be either kind-the instant or the cooking kind. I’ve used both and didn’t notice a difference.
Haha! I love your seder plate with the cookies in the middle!! I couldn’t find them in my Haggadah? LOL 😀
Yumm! I bet they would be a different kind of delicious if you substituted some of the oil/margarine for mashed banana…
I often use organic coconut oil to substitute margarine. It is parev and healthy.
Sounds like it should work!
I’ve used 1/2 cup vegetable oil in place of the margarine but haven’t tried bananas. Sounds interesting!
For health concerns I would rather use oil than margarine.. Is this an option and if yes, then how much oil to use?
Hi Helen,
Ive replaced the margarine with 1/2 cup oil but not soo happy with the results. Someone mentioned replacing with 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup applesauce but I have not tested it yet.
Can this recipe be made as a cake rather than as cookies?
I haven’t tried it, but it should work as cookie bars.
Also, have you tried using coconut oil?
I haven’t tried coconut oil, let me know if it works!
Sounds delish as long as you are OK eating corn based products on Pesach. Corn starch is what thickens the pudding so some will not consider it kosher for Passover. It’s fine with me though!!
Hi Betsy,
On Passover you can find the pudding mix without corn starch. I think they use tapioca starch. But for those that eat corn, it’s even easier to find!
I don’t have any KFP baking soda. Is there a substitute that would work well? These look so good!
I believe that there are some baking soda brands that don’t need special passover certification. I don’t think you can leave it out though!
Hi – Your recipe has got a ton of accolades! I have a request to make it gluten free. Is it possible to convert the cake meal into different proportions of potato starch? Can’t use nuts here either. Thanks!
I’m not really sure about making these gluten free, all the chocolate chip cookie recipes I’ve come across call for either matzoh meal or nuts. You may be able to increase the starch, but I don’t know what will happen.
Thanks for the reply! I am going to try the suggestion to use gluten free matzah meal – never dawned on me. Hope it works:)
You can try the gluten-free matzah meal. I have had great success using that in place of the standard matzah meal in various recipes.
Brilliant – thanks I didn’t think of that. Gonna try!
Thanks Shoshana! It does work with the gluten free matzoh meal!
I don’t have a stand mixer. Will it work with a hand mixer, regular blades?
Yes, that will work great!
if they have matzo cake meal, they are not exactly “flourless” – since matzo cake meal is ground up matzos, which are made of flour and water. No good for the gluten – free crowd.
Otherwise they are essentially the same as regular cookies, and there is no reason why they shouldn’t taste the same.
Yes, they aren’t flourless-I never meant to confuse anyone. They are Passover friendly though, which is what I call them! I have other Passover recipes that are indeed flourless and I also know that this recipe can be made using gluten free matzoh meal.
These are the best tasting passover cookies! The only problem I had was they didn’t spread during baking (just came out the way they went in) so I tried the second batch with half cup oil instead – same result. I can’t figure it out!
I found that chilling the dough really cuts down on the spreading if that’s an issue. Also make sure your oven is really on the proper temp.
I was going to made the Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies..it’s calls for Matzah Cake Meal ..is that the same as Cake Meal (by shura)..i went to the jewish grocey store and didn’t see Matzah Cake Meal
thanks
Matzoh cake meal is the same as cake meal-it just depends on how the companies decide to label each product. I just wanted to be clear that this is made from matzoh (some people don’t use matzoh as an ingredient)
Just perfect…..These are now on my dessert list for Passover. thank you so much!
My absolute pleasure!
I made these today with 1/2 C oil instead of margarine and chopped up high quality chocolate instead of the Passover chocolate chips the sell here in Israel. They are delicious and the texture is great. They are a tad bit too sweet for me, I think I would decrease the sugars a bit next time, but otherwise perfect. Thanks!
Yum, the good quality chocolate is probably so amazing in these! I’ve also found that 1/2 cup of oil works nicely in place of the margarine. Glad it worked out for you!
What did you use for Passover instead of baking soda which is in this recipe?
Baking Soda is ok to use on Passover, and according to many it doesn’t need to be marked Kosher for Passover, but check with your Rabbi.
Thank you.