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 just made these cookies and tried one Yummy! I was skeptical because of the dough. So silly. I recommend these 100%
Wow! I subbed in butter instead of coconut oil and used heavy cream instead of milk. AMAZING. Sorry, I probably ruined the healthy side of this recipe but almonds are good! Lol
At first I was a little skeptical about making the cookies – fearing the lack of butter, eggs and the brown sugar would make them taste off. I made a batch and they’re really tasty – which is great! Super easy to make and wow.. I’m just impressed with the taste. These have been added to my recipe box and will make more of them.
Thank you ^^
Great recipe, these cookies are absolutely delicious! I make them quite frequently. This evening when I made them I replaced the coconut oil with melted butter. They were amazing, chewy, buttery and very indulgent. My fiancé ate five one after the other. Will need to make them again tomorrow!
These would make a great edible cookie dough, though I’m saving most of my taste test for the actual cookies. I made a double batch and I’ll bet they go fast
Can I use liquid coconut oil in this recipe?
Sure!
These keto cookies were delicious and so easy to make!
I made them with dark chocolate chips and Honey and they turned out amazing!!!!
So disappointed I can’t choose more stars ⭐️. I’m just a couple of days into my keto journey and have found myself trying different recipes to keep things fresh and exciting to help motivate my lifestyle change.
This chocolate chip cookie recipe will always be in the rotation. Honestly, I couldn’t tell the cookies were Keto.
The recipe was extremely easy to follow and the end product was BOMB!!
I added a few minutes to the bake time and some walnuts for crunch.
Can’t wait to try more recipes and I have joined the group on IG.
A must try recipe!
Happy, healthy food consumption does not have to be boring!!!
Thank you for trying them!
I am not on a Keto diet but I made these for my friend that is. I have to say I prefer these to any other traditional cookie I have tried. I did substitute the sugar free chocolate chips for sugar free butterscotch chips and I did have to use a bit more of the milk than what was called for but no biggie! My friend thought they were out of this world as well. I’m making another batch tomorrow and am going to use sugar free salted caramel chips this time. Thank you for the outstanding recipe.