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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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.
These are really good! I baked them a little bit longer. Once cooled they have this beautiful fluffy soft texture inside. I added a bit of cinnamon. I mean, keto or not, cookies made with nuts are just dreamy.
Since being on Keto this is my go to cookie recipe. I love it! The dough is very sensitive to a smidge more milk or less so I try be exact. Used coconut oil this time but I haven’t broken down and bought keto p sugar! Too $$$$! Girl Scout cookies are out so I want to try the keto versions while I can still resist!
Hello Thank you so much for this recipe my Fiance who isn’t Keto loves these cookies and so do I. My kids not that much but oh well more for me. I left my Cookies in the oven a little longer I browned them on the bottom and they turned out perfect.
Left a great review before. Now I tried coconut flour and coconut oil (melted & not melted) and it bombed. Just powder. Kept adding milk and oil but finally gave up. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Julie, unfortunately coconut flour is not included as an option in this post and can’t be subbed in an equal amount for almond flour, which is completely different. You are always free to experiment with ingredients not listed as options in a recipe, but it’s definitely a risk. The good news is that Katie does have a coconut flour cookie recipe if you want to make cookies that work with that flour! https://lett-trim.today/coconut-flour-cookies/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I am so happy to read this comment and the reply. I tried coconut flour also, and was wondering what I did wrong.