The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Tiramisu – Healthy & High Protein!

Unbelievably good Chocolate Chip Cookie Tiramisu with layers of high protein cookie base and protein cream! An easy, healthy, low fat, low calorie, high protein and sugar free cookie tiramisu!

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Tired of Tiramisu trade-offs? This protein-packed version lets you have your cake (and cookies) and eat them too!

Okay so about this Chocolate Chip Cookie Tiramisu with a Protein Twist – This recipe takes the classic Italian dessert and gives it a healthy makeover, using low-fat cream cheese, yogurt, and protein powder to create a deliciously creamy filling packed with protein.

We ditch the ladyfingers for a homemade protein-rich chocolate chip cookie cake, adding a satisfying softness and a burst of chocolatey goodness.

So ditch the guilt and indulge in this innovative dessert that’s both flavorful and kind to your body.

Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookie Tiramisu Tiramisu

This Chocolate Chip Cookie Tiramisu is made with a chocolate chip protein cake and cream cheese + Greek yogurt cream; No mascarpone or sugar needed.

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour for a healthy and whole grain cake recipe. 
• Vanilla Protein Powder – this replaces the sugar in this recipe and is the key to what makes it a high protein cookie tiramisu base. I used Quest Nutrition’s Vanilla protein powder – it’s a whey-casein blend and great for baking.
• Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe. I used a whey-casein blend from Quest Nutrition.
• Peanut Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend the one from PbFit.
• Zero Calorie Brown Sugar – This is the Brown Monkfruit 1:1 Sugar Substitute from Lakanto, and keeps this recipe sugar free;
• Almond Butter I used high protein almond butter from American Dream Nut Butter (code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount on these); It’s lower fat and higher protein than normal, and just amazing.
• Unsweetened Applesauce
• An Egg and Egg Whites
• Baking Soda
• Sugar free Chocolate Chips: I use the ones from Lily’s.

And for the Protein Cream Layer 

This recipe makes a Tiramisu without mascarpone, and uses cream cheese and yogurt instead.

• Reduced Fat Cream Cheese
• Non-fat Greek Yogurt
• Vanilla Protein Powder; This is the source of sweetness in the protein cream for this layered dessert. No added sugar in this recipe. Quest again here.
• A bit of Unsweetened Almond Milk

And for aesthtic and assembling:

• Strong Coffee
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Some crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies if you’re feeling it!

How to make Cookie Tiramisu with Protein Powder

This recipe takes a fun spin on tiramisu, using protein-boosted ingredients and a delicious chocolate chip cookie cake base. Here’s what you’ll need to create this guilt-free cookie tiramisu with protein powder:

Make the Protein Cake: 

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8×8 inch baking pan.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, vanilla and unflavored protein powder, peanut butter powder, brown sugar sweetener and baking soda.

3. Add the wet ingredients (applesauce, egg, egg whites and almond butter) to the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined. 

4. Fold in the chocolate chips.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely.

Prepare the Protein Cream:

6. In a mixing bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese, yogurt, almond milk, protein powder until smooth and creamy.

Assemble the Tiramisu:

7. Once the cake is cool, cut it into a 2 even layers.

8. In a shallow dish, pour the cooled espresso.

9. Quickly dip each slice of cake into the espresso, just to coat it lightly (don’t soak it!).
   Place the dipped cake back into the baking pan.

10. Spread half of the protein cream filling over the cake layer.

11. Repeat the dipping and layering process with the remaining cake pieces and protein cream. 

12. Dust the top layer generously with cocoa powder.

Chill and Serve:

13. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or overnight for best results. This allows the flavors to meld and the cake to soften further.
    
14. Slice and enjoy your protein-packed cookie tiramisu creation!

Tips for Protein Powder Cookie Tiramisu 

You’re really going to love how this cookie tiramisu turns out, but just make sure you keep these things in mind so the result it perfect!

For the Protein Chocolate Chip Cake base in this Cookie Tiramisu

• Use room temperature milk, yogurt, eggs an applesauce;
  This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients of the cake batter can mix well.

• Don’t over-mix the batter!

Make sure you whisk until its just combined; If you over-mix it, the protein powder will make the cake for the tiramisu tough, dense and gummy.

• Taste the batter and see if you need some extra sweetener. I’d recommend using stevia powder to maintain the consistency of the batter and have a sugar free and healthy protein tiramisu.

• Don’t over-bake the chocolate chip cookie cake or it will get tough; Remove when the tester/knife comes out just dry, but moist.

• Let cake cool completely before cutting or the cookie tiramisu won’t hold.

For the Cream in this Cookie Tiramisu without Mascarpone:

• Use softened cream cheese to make the cream so everything mixes well.

• Beat the cream cheese well so the cream turns out light and fluffy.

How to store Healthy Chocolate Chip Tiramisu?

This high protein healthy chocolate chip tiramisu recipe is a great dessert, but needs to be stored in the fridge.

Cover tightly with plastic wrap or use an airtight container to avoid any odors coming in or reducing freshness.

Keep for even 5-6 days in the fridge, and you have a meal prep dessert for the week!

Alternatives for Healthy Tiramisu with Cookies Recipe 

For the perfect healthy alternative recipe to a tiramisu with cookies, I used protein powder, cream cheese and yogurt – no sugar or mascarpone – and I would highly suggest using the ingredients recommended.

I do have some alternatives you can try. I haven’t testing them all, so I can’t say how the recipe might turn out.

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: All purpose flour or 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour, in the same amount by weight not cups.
• Unflavored Protein Powder: Use ⅓ cup (40g) of flour, but also reduce applesauce to ½ cup.
• Peanut Butter Powder: Try oat flour or almond flour
• Zero Calorie Brown Sugar Alternative: Regular coconut sugar or brown sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)
• Almond Butter: Peanut Butter, Tahini, Cashew Butter, or any nut or seed butter.
• Applesauce: Pumpkin Puree
• Sugar Free Chocolate Chips: Use regular chocolate chips or chopped chocolate.

Healthy Options for the Cream:

• Almond Milk: Any other milk 
• Reduced Fat Cream Cheese: Regular cream cheese or even mascarpone if you want!
• Greek Yogurt: Coconut yogurt works

More Creative Chocolate Chip Cookie-inspired Desserts:

• Protein Cookie Dough Bread
• Chocolate Chip Protein Skillet Cookie
• Healthy hocolate Chip Cookie Delight
• Chocolate Chip Protein Bundt Cake
• Chocolate Chip Protein Pop Tarts

Or some High Protein Tiramisu Recipes:

• Classic Protein Tiramisu
• Chocolate Protein Tiramisu
• Banana Pudding Protein Tiramisu
• Rice Cake Tiramisu