Homemade chocolate chip keto cookies – deliciously soft, flourless, and completely sugar free!
Chewy Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
A recipe for chocolate chip keto cookies has been the hands-down most popular request I’ve been getting over and over again from readers this past month.
On one day in particular, I received four separate requests within hours of each other – and that was when I knew the recipe needed to go to the very top of my to-make list.
It took just a couple of tries to perfect these cookies, and the results are like something between a traditional chocolate chip cookie and a butter cookie. Their texture is so rich and buttery, it’s almost like eating chocolate chip shortbread!
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Above – watch the video how to make keto cookies.
Keto Cookies With Almond Flour
The two types of flour used most often in keto cookie recipes are coconut flour and almond flour.
I chose almond this time, mostly to be different because I’ve already made brownies with coconut flour.
Almond flour (also called almond meal; it’s not really flour at all) is much easier to find nowadays than it was even just a few years ago.
I’d recommend looking in the natural section of a regular grocery store, or at Target, health food stores, or online.
You can also make your own almond flour at home by adding raw almonds to a food processor and pulsing until they reach a flour-like consistency. Be sure not to pulse too long or they’ll turn into almond butter, which is delicious… but not what you want if you’re making these cookies!
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Can Sugar Free Cookies Actually Taste Good?
Growing up, whenever we’d go to my grandparents’ house there would be two sections of treats in the cabinet.
One was the regular, full-of-fat-and-sugar junk food section specifically for us kids. The other was comprised of sugar-free JELL-O, granola bars, and low carb cookies for my grandfather who had Diabetes.
One afternoon, I was curious and snuck off with one of the sugar free peanut butter cookies in the “not for children” stash.
All I remember of that cookie was an artificial aspartame taste that lingered long after the first bite was gone. And I definitely didn’t take a second bite!
Thankfully, sugar free desserts have come a long way, and you have numerous options from which to choose if you need to bake without sugar.
For this particular recipe, both powdered erythritol and Sugar Free Powdered Sugar will work. The photos in this post are of keto cookies made with the former.
If I’m making the cookies for myself or to serve a crowd not on the keto diet, I’ll just use regular powdered sugar or powdered coconut sugar, both of which work fine here as well.
(If you want them to be paleo cookies, use powdered coconut sugar, which can be made by simply pulsing regular coconut sugar in a blender until it turns to powder.)
*For a coconut flour version, make these Coconut Flour Cookies.
Keto Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup finely ground almond flour
- 2-4 tbsp chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar or powdered erythritol OR stevia equivalent
- scant 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2-3 tsp milk of choice, as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Stir dry ingredients very well (so you don’t end up biting into a clump of baking soda!). Add wet to form a dough. Shape into cookies – I used a cookie scoop to first form balls and then shape into cookies. Place on a cookie tray, and bake on the center rack 10-12 minutes. Let cool an additional 10 minutes before handling, as they are very delicate at first but firm up completely once cool. If you try them, be sure to leave a comment or rate the recipe below!View Nutrition Facts
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I’m very sorry I believe I left a review in error. I used another recipe….
These keto cookies were amazing!
These were really good. Have you tried to double the batch or make more than twice as much? Do they turn out okay still? I know sometimes just from doubling something it totally changes things. Great recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for making them! We haven’t personally tried doubling, but a bunch of commenters here say it worked well for them 🙂
Absolutely the best Keto chocolate chip cookie I’ve ever tasted! And I’ve tried many… Taste is great with zero after taste. Crumb is tender, almost like shortbread. I highly recommend this recipe. You’d do well to try this before any other.
I doubled the recipe and they are excellent. Next time, I will (fourple) it since everyone wants them again.
Ok so at first when they were hot out the oven I was a bit skeptical because they looked like they were dry and crumbing but as the recipe states, let it cool and they will come together. They are absolutely delicious!!
Easiest, Fastest, Best keto cookies I have ever made!!!! Super surprised since they don’t have any butter. I saved the recipe and will be making again and sharing it with everyone.
Awesome! So good
I’ve tried all kinds of keto cookie recipes and ended up buying keto cookies at stores. They have so many chemicals. These cookies have healthy ingredients and really taste amazingly delicious! They have there own unique flavor that stands on its own merit!! I cannot give this recipe more the 5 stars but if I could I’d give it 10 stars! Best keto cookie ever and best cookie in general!
Thank you so much for making them 🙂
Low carb desserts can go either way but these were the best cookies I’ve ever had, even from before going gluten free. I’m low carb and gluten free and these don’t taste like either. The middles have a half baked texture which is the best and the flavor is delicious. I’ll be doubling the recipe next time. Even my husband loved them.
Made the chocolate chip keto cookies and am so impressed ! Best Keto cookies I have had. Thank you.
Chocolate chip cookies! The best compre to the other recipes! I only substitute the coconut oil for butter! Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe
Thank you so much for making it!
Hi Kate! Your cookies are delicious! But they just don’t seem sweet enough with the two tablespoons of powdered swerve. I used canola oil, not coconut oil so I’m not getting the natural sweetness from the coconut. Any recommendations you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much!
First try, craving something sweet, this satisfied that need, but had a bit of alcohol from the erythritol. But not complaining!! I will try it again with some of the recommendations in comments. New to Keto so I really appreciate this recipes and the work that goes into them.
Trust me when I tell you these are the absolute best. I can’t stop eating them!!
These are the best cookies I’ve ever had. Sub in half salted caramel chips and underbake by a minute or two. Amazeballs!
Salted caramel chips sound amazing!
This was a really great recipe and so easy. I used powdered Swerve, but next time I’m going to use Splenda’s Allulose because I like that better. I also used avocado oil and extra Lily’s milk chocolate chips. It’s too bad I ran out of almond flour, otherwise I would’ve made another batch right away.
10/10!! I was skeptical but was pleasantly surprised, they are so good. Mine came out perfect! They held together well and was chewy on the inside but a firm hold around the edges. I did substitute the coconut oil for Kerry gold salted butter (I omitted the addition of salt from the recipe), 3Tbs of Truvia sweet complete. My favorite sweetener , taste just like sugar with out the carbs and calories. Anyway I baked them at 350 for 12 minutes then another 3 minutes at 325. I let them cool in the pan a few minutes before removing them to the cooling rack for 10 minutes. Perfection!! This will be my go to cookie recipe!! Will add natural peanut butter like some others have suggested.