This Egg-Free Paleo Macaroons recipe is made with 6 healthy ingredients. It contains shredded coconut, coconut flour, coconut oil, salt, vanilla, and a touch of honey and is a cinch to make. Egg-Free Paleo Macaroons are the perfect Passover treat. Especially when you have guests at your Seder following an Egg-Free Diet. We like this healthy macaroon recipe so much though, that we make it all year round!
Most macaroon recipes contain eggs. Whenever I write about our healthy Passover Seders, or post a macaroon recipe I get numerous comments from readers asking for gluten-free, egg-free macaroons. Well, here you go! Egg-Free Paleo Macaroons!
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- ⅛ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- In a food processor, combine shredded coconut and coconut flour
- Pulse in salt, coconut oil, honey, and vanilla
- Dough will form a ball
- Scoop batter 1 level tablespoon at a time onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 350° for 7 minutes
- Cool for 3 hours, then serve
I was inspired to create the recipe above by Jenni Hulet. She created an Egg-Free Macaroons recipe which I thought looked delicious and so I had to make my own version of them.
My younger son loves macaroons, and asks me to make them for him often. He is not a choco-holic like my husband and older son. He absolutely adores my lemon bars, and I created a lemon bar recipe for him in my first cookbook, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook. He’s so happy when I serve my healthy Lemon Bars recipe at our Passover Seder, and I love it because like these macaroons, they’re Kosher for Passover!
Here are some of my other healthy egg-free dessert recipes. They’re all Kosher for Passover too!
LSE says
These are fabulous and SO easy to make.
My daughter loves these as her after school snack.
Thanks so much, Elana!!
Elana says
So glad to hear these were fabulous!
Michelle says
Yummy is all I can say! Just made these and had to “test” one before the 3 hr cooling period finished. Very sweet so I think next time I might use less honey and/or vanilla extract
Elana says
Michelle, so glad you enjoyed!
Teresa says
I need a recipe without honey I use xylitol I don’t like the aftertaste of stevia. But I need cake or cookies that adheres to my very strict candida diet :(
chandra vig says
I also needed a recipe without honey, so I put about a tablespoon of xylitol and then added natural crunchy peanut butter until the batter stuck together enough to form balls. Holy dynamite these turned out good. LIke AMAZING. Assuming you like peanutbutter and aren’t allergic. You could likely get similar results with sunflower seed butter or something similar. I will be making these again soon. I will probably use even less xylitol next time as they turned out pretty sweet.
Elana says
Chandra, so glad you liked these!
Elana says
Teresa, here’s a link to my Candida Diet Recipes page:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/candida/
Enjoy,
Elana
Athiem says
Here is a tip so they DONT FALL APART. Just pack them tight in your palm, and bake them a little longer. Watch them till they are lightly golden. I also finish them off with cinnamon and a touch of salt. Yummmm!!!!
Elana says
Thanks Athiem!
John 3.16 says
I just made these tonight. I doubled the recipe. I don’t have a food processor and mixed it in my Vitamix. Subsequently, my double batch didn’t yield 24 macaroons, it was more like 18 or so. I cooked mine on the bottom rack for 7 mins and the top rack for 3 mins, but they weren’t as crispy as I would have preferred. However, they held together just fine. Well, they are officially cooling, but I was tempted to eat one. Okay, three. And they were yummy, albeit too sweet for my taste. For my next double batch, I will only use 1/4 cup of honey and figure out what else I can use to hold them together. If any one has any suggestions regarding what I can use instead of honey to hold them together, then please share. Thanks in advance and thanks for the awesome recipe!
Lorraine says
Maybe nut butter, almond or cashew
crosswind76 says
YUM, I want to try these!! I too have been looking for an egg free recipe. I cannot have eggs. ~~Thanks for recipe.
Elana says
You’re welcome!
Bou Shin says
These sound great! I’m looking forward to trying this!
Essi says
I do love and going to try to cook it thank Debbie
Kate says
Thank you so very much for all your research and the recipes God has blessed you with. God has used you to richly bless my daughter who needed this help very much.
Ia says
I went ahead and just looked at the recipe and put them in the oven. Then I went back and looked at the comments. I got a little worried that they would crumble too. So I left mine in for about 10 minutes and the bottom was a nice toasted coconut crust. I was very happy that they held together nicely. I was able to transfer them off the baking pan after about 5 minutes and let them cool off on a ceramic plate. None of them crumbled. I don’t know if it’s what made the difference but I did use just a little more coconut oil and I used the Bullet (instead of food processor) to blend the ingredients. It did form a nice doughy ball like the instructions and there was quite a bit of oil left around it. I honestly was not sure I was going to like these, as I’m a big fan of traditional coconut macaroons, but I LOVED THESE! They were delicious and I will definitely be making them again. Btw, I only waited about 20 minutes before eating them. Thank you so much for this simple and healthy recipe!
Elana says
So glad to hear you loved these!
Ashley says
making these right now!!!!! yummmmm :)
Rachel says
I tried this recipe and it tastes amazing. However, it falls apart for me. What did I do wrong? Was I supposed to let it mix in the mixer longer? The dough never formed a ball for me.. just crumbly but then it was ok when pressed into the tablespoon for going into the baking sheet. But it was still crumbling when I pick them up once they’re done. Any tips??
Rachel says
Nevermind! It is great now that they have cool down. Hence 3 hours cool down on the recipe. I guess I got impatient since it smelled so goooood!
Yvette says
“7 minutes?”, I said. And whipped them up in the Thermomix
Tammy says
I made these tonight and they are really yummy – I baked them for about 12-15min and then cool 20min. (no 3hr waiting hehe) and they were great – thanks for the recipe.
Singerella says
I just made these. My first time tring Paleo-style baking. I’m about to IMMEDIATELY make at least one more batch. Maybe two. Three? Making them to take to a sleepover. The kids don’t want to wait. They want them all now.
So – success!!
Ann says
Thanks so much for sharing such healthy delicious recipes. I’ve tried so many of your recipes and always had great success. QUESTION: Do you know of a macarON (almond flour, egg cookie) recipe using mostly stevia? I love macarONs also, and it’s the only recipe (actually I have trouble w/ all meringue cookies) that I’ve never been able to master because my shell always comes out soggy, though delicious. I have to substitute the sugar amount w/ Stevia in the Raw (equal amount of stevia for sugar form of Stevia) and cutting the bitter taste w/ a little bit of Xylitol & palm sugar b/c I have pre-diabetes and can’t tolerate high glycemic sweeteners, even palm sugar is too much for me and Xylitol causes all sorts of gastric problems for me if consumed too much. I can’t seem to find any macaron recipe using Stevia (the vegan ones aren’t at all like the French macarons that are so light and airy). If Elena or anyone knows of a low glycemic sugar free macaron recipe, I would love to hear it. Thanks so much.
Marcia says
These are great! Very tasty and satisfying! Note: Dough was crumbly, almost like a from-scratch pie crust dough; however, it compresses well into a tablespoon for transfer to a cookie sheet. These were fragile when hot, so I let them cool completely on my cookie sheet and then was able to handle them.
Thanks so much for the recipe!!
Amanda says
Sooo delicious! Hi Elena, my family and I thank you so very much for such an amazing, and simple macaroon recipe! Just made them.
Wow, ridiculously good. Thank you for sharing
Amanda
Joan Cortez says
Hi Elana,
I read a very disturbing article about palm oil today. I already know coconut oil is really good for you, but not this. What can we substitute in its place?
Sharon B. says
Joan Cortez, was the article about the health qualities of the palm oil itself, or was it about deforestation or habitat destruction? If about the environmental issues, have you tried Nutiva’s products? https://store.nutiva.com/red-palm-oil/ .
I haven’t tried it, so I can’t vouch for the taste or how well it works, but I like the company. (No relation or connection to them.)
crosswind76 says
Palm Oil is killing orangutans. They kill & some have been beaten from wandering into villages after being forced from their forests & starving. Some have babies on their backs :( They live off Palm fruit that we are taking for oil. The only known sustainable Palm oil to use is RED PALM OIL. Whole Foods Market & other health stores now sell it. Tropical Traditions is another sustainable & VERY Good tasting coconut oil They have unrefined/virgin oil and refined for those that want the benefit, but not the coconut taste with ALL recipes. http://www.saynotopalmoil.com/
Jess says
Thank you so much for this recipe, I recently started a paleo diet and I really like it so far except for the fact that I crave sweets a lot and sometimes the fruits just don’t cut it so I’ve been looking at ways to stick to the diet but still have little treats and these macaroons are perfect. I can’t wait to try them.
Roree says
This is the first time I have seen an egg-free macaroon recipe, so very much appreciate you sharing it. It is a GREAT recipe! They came out perfect/delicious! (I used the agave nectar/vegan option listed). I will make them again for sure. Thank you again Elana!
Nikki G says
Followed recipe with correct ingredients & they fell apart even after cooling. Just thought I would leave the feedback because every time I try your recipes they are flawless :D
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Lisa says
I was very excited to try these and though they tasted delicious mine also fell apart (and next time I may try using less honey and more coconut oil to make them less sweet). I checked the links to the ingredients and saw I used the same shredded coconut you use, can’t figure out where I went wrong. But this is definitely a recipe I want to tweak, maybe I’ll try again with more coconut flour.
Thanks for posting! And if you have more tips let us know!
Stephanie says
These fell apart even after letting them fully cool. Any tips?
Rebecca says
Thank you for this recipe! It’s so hard to find dessert recipes that are both egg and nut free. This will be a keeper!
Amy says
These fell apart on me too. I struggled trying to form half the batter into macaroons until I decided to add way more coconut flour to absorb moisture. I also had to turn the oven down to 300F and cook them longer to basically dry them out rather than bake them. They taste great but were very fussy…
xilon says
Its my first time to hear about Egg-Free Paleo Macaroons. I will try it in my home.
Meghanne says
Do you think these would also work as a pie crust?
Jacqui says
The macaroons look delicious! This recipe is definitely on my “make this weekend” list!
Kristen says
These would be so good with a cup of coffee!
Helen says
Also had major issues with falling apart. Will put an egg in next time
DamselflyDiary says
I struggled with these, I think, because of the coconut I used. Like another poster, I used fresh coconut. Mine was actually frozen, finely shredded coconut I got from an Asian store. It was WAY too moist for this recipe. The cookies didn’t cook, wouldn’t hold together and are nothing like those pictured.
If I make them again with fresh coconut, I may try using sugar instead of agave or honey so I am not adding more moisture.
My “cookies” are likely going to be used as a yogurt or oatmeal topping (no, I am not paleo). Doesn’t matter, they still taste good.
Anna says
Oh wow, these are yummy! I’m not a huge macaroon fan, and never used to like coconut much, but have got more used to it since I started low carbing 18 months ago, and these are just delicious! Will try less honey next time, as they are a bit sweet for me, perhaps upping the oil a bit so they’ll still stick together.
Michaela says
I made these last night. They were delicious. I added chocolate chips to half the batch. My husband couldn’t stop eating them!
Ashlie says
This is crazy – you must have read my mind! Last night as I was lying in bed just back from vacation – where a macaroon is usually my go-to treat, though I end up with a belly ache from the egg and sugar so I forced myself not to indulge this time – I thought, how can I make them without eggs? I had settled on making the mounds/almond joy bars instead, but this is perfect, just gotta get some coconut flour!
Shirley @ gfe & All Gluten-Free Desserts says
These look fantastic, Elana! Egg-free macaroons are a fabulous achievement, but not at all surprising for you. ;-)
Thanks for the link love, dear! xo,
Shirley
Dawn Riccardi Morris says
It’s amazing what you can do with coconut and honey!
You’re right, it is not easy living the Paleo lifestyle without eggs. I end up eating dinner leftovers for breakfast much of the time. So, thank you so much for tweaking this one to exclude them.
Have a happy, healthy day!
Maria says
I made these tonite using the leftover pulp from making coconut milk instead of the shredded coconut. The pulp was still moist so it took quite a while to bake them, but they were like eating velvet! I felt great that there was no waste and no need to dehydrate the pulp. They would be delicious with a little melted chocolate drizzled across the top. Yum!
Thanks!
Rebekah @ Half Indian Cook says
I also make an egg-free macaroon modeled after the Coco-roons brand of raw macaroons. I call mine “Faux-co-roons”! Your egg-free version looks great–I’ll be trying it soon.
http://halfindiancook.com/faux-co-roons/
Annie says
Hurray!
Kathryn says
Love the fact these are egg free – can’t wait to try them.
Kathryn says
It took until tonight to finally make these. While I love your traditional macaroon recipe this one is a keeper, too. They go together so quickly and were a huge hit. Thanks!
Hope says
Thank you for the recipe. I am looking forward to your Paleo cookbook! I was curious if your cookbook will be heavy in pork recipes? I have noticed this in a lot of the Paleo cookbooks. I don’t eat pork so I was just curious. Thanks again, Elana!
elana says
Hi Hope,
There are 2 recipes in Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry that call for either pork or turkey, so ultimately you can skip pork entirely in this collection of recipes. For more information on this cookbook, please check out my cookbook page.
Thanks,
Elana
Lynnette says
I’m making these tonight for my son and I ! Bless you Elana !
ALyssa says
Those look great!!