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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Thank you for this recipe. It helped my craving for something sweet when I’m trying to stick to keto. I was lazy and substitued an egg for the melted coconut oil. It turned out great.
Love your air fryer idea!
Also, I cooked these in the air fryer 325 degrees for 7 minutes. 6 minutes would probably be enough.
I made a batch of these cookies last night. They were absolutely delicious. They are actually really close to the original version. If I had not made them I would not have believed they were keto. They were so good I made a double batch today. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Delicious! Best yet! 😊😊
These cookies are great! I followed the recipe and used 2 Tablespoons chocolate chips (was enough) and 1/4 tsp. plus 1/8 tsp. NOW Better Stevia Glycerite. It’s for baking and worked perfectly in this recipe. My husband and I wanted to eat all 5 cookies but saving the 3 left for after dinner tonight. A treat to look forward to. I think we could eat these cookies—– every…single…day!
P.S. Is there anything (unsweetened applesauce/plain Greek yogurt, etc.) that could be substituted for the 2 tablespoons oil.
Thanks for for getting back with me!
Thank you so much for trying the recipe 🙂
We haven’t tried applesauce or yogurt so honestly have no idea how that would taste, but be sure to report back if you experiment! Or if you wanted to try these keto peanut butter cookies, they are oil free: https://lett-trim.today/keto-peanut-butter-cookies/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
OMG. I just made these and they are amazing. My teenagers love them and they’re so easy to make. I did leave them a little longer in the oven but these are perfect. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I am making many more batches for my siblings after I shared how great they are.
Thank you so much!
Will it work if I use 1/2 cup almond flour and 1/2 cup oat flour?,and how long do the cookies last?
My cookies didn’t flatten. What did I do wrong? I am above 4000 feet and I baked them on a silicone mat on a cookie sheet. The mat?
Hi, nothing is wrong, don’t worry 🙂 Just use a spoon to flatten them before or after baking. They do not always flatten on their own.
I made white chocolate macadamia nut cookies with this recipe using Lily’s chips, and used monk fruit allulose blend granular sweetener. (Had to almost double the sweetener, it’s not quite as sweet as erythritol blends, but no tummy troubles.) It was the best cookie I’ve ever had! Same for hubby! Thank you so much!
Your version sounds absolutely amazing!
You made my day sir! Made these a few minutes ago and yum!!!!
My 7-year-old grandson suffers from seizures. Low carb is helpful. I’m so glad I found this recipe. He loves them! He calls these his special cookies, because, “Grammy makes them just for me!”
The reason for 4 stars is because I cannot get them to lay flat, no matter what I do! Maybe I’m doing something wrong? Suggestions welcome!
This makes me so happy! As for flattening, sometimes they don’t on their own so you can just flatten them with a spoon, either before or after baking 🙂