Crispy, minty, chocolatey, low carb keto Thin Mints – no flour required!
You definitely don’t need to be following a vegan or keto diet to eat these thin mint cookies – the recipe is for everyone!
Even without using any sugar or flour at all, the cookies taste surprisingly similar to real thin mint Girl Scout cookies. Not exactly the same, but it really is surprising how close!
Also try this Keto Cheesecake Recipe – 5 Ingredients
Low Carb Thin Mints
These secretly flourless thin mint cookies can be all of the following:
Vegan
Oil Free
Paleo
Keto
Gluten Free
Soy Free
Sugar Free
After I posted my vegan thin mints recipe, many of you asked if there was a keto version or if you could make the recipe with almond flour.
So of course I had to try it. Armed with a giant new bag of Bob’s Red Mill blanched almond flour (it was on sale!), I set out to experiment.
Using this Keto Cookies Recipe as a base, I added cocoa powder and covered them in a simple chocolate peppermint coating…
The cookies were softer than traditional Thin Mints right out of the oven, but they firmed up as they cooled and tasted SO CRAZY GOOD!
I recommend storing these in the freezer, because chilling the cookies will give them that classic Thin Mint crispiness.
Also, if you’re not on a keto diet, feel free to use the maple syrup version instead of the stevia.
If you try them, be sure to leave a review!
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Keto Thin Mints
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp pure peppermint extract
- pinch uncut stevia OR 3 tbsp pure maple syrup
- Only if using stevia, add 3 tbsp water
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
- 1/4 tsp additional pure peppermint extract
- optional 2 tsp oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Combine all but the last three ingredients in a bowl, and stir to form a dough. If too wet to roll out, freeze just until firm enough to roll. I find it’s easiest to place dough in a large Ziploc, smush into one large ball, and roll out from inside the bag. Once rolled out, cut dough into circles (or other shapes!) with a cookie cutter or small jar lid. Bake 7 minutes. Let them cool completely, during which time they will firm up.Freeze the cookies while you make the coating so the chocolate will adhere upon contact. For the coating, carefully melt the chocolate chips. I like to stir in the oil for a smoother sauce that makes the cookies easier to coat. Once melted stir in the extract. Dip cookies in chocolate, place on a parchment-lined plate, and freeze. I like to store these in the freezer to achieve the classic Thin Mint crispiness.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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So did I miss some ingredients? How are these supposed to hold together with no eggs or butter to bind it together? I added 1 egg and butter and 1/2 tsp xathum gum and they turn out crispy. Could’ve used a little more sweetener and a tad more peppermint.
They do work without eggs! But if your way worked too then that’s great! 🙂
Jason
Great to see your Keto recipes!! I will share some on our Low-Carbing Among Friends’ Facebook page if that is okay with you? The only small drawback is no nutritional analysis (not an issue for me personally) and a few will complain about that no doubt. I use a program called FoodSmart (mine is ancient, but it works and is easy – it also allows you to put in custom foods or ingredients) but there are others out there that are more popular.
Hi Jennifer! Nutrition facts are linked right under the instructions and ingredients in the post. Hope that helps!
what kind of oil is used for the coating for keto thin mints? thank you Donna
You can use melted coconut oil, vegetable oil, or another neutral oil – it just makes the sauce smoother and easier to dip the cookies in 🙂
Easy to follow recipe that yields tasty little cookies. I will make these regularly!
I am very excited to try these! But where are the nutrition stats? I’ve looked over this many times but I can’t find any.
I must have missed something. How are these flour free if you’re using almond flour?
Almond flour is just finely ground almonds. It’s sometimes called almond flour because the texture is flour-like, but it’s really just almond meal.
Just ok. Couldn’t taste the peppermint. Very strong cocoa flavored. I liked them better frozen, but seemed very soft. My cookie didn’t get crispy, so possibly needed to be cooked longer. New to keto and not much of a cook, so maybe I used wrong ingredients. Had Swerve as my sugar substitute and used 1 1/3 tsp, maybe the granulated sugar can’t be substituted for powdered? I miss my desserts, but I wouldn’t make these again.
This is my 2nd attempt, first time was terrific, to-day not so much. I’m pretty adequate in kitchen. I tried to moisten with oh so little egg white and even less water, and I mean drops of each.
I would seperate the cookie ingredients from the cookie topping. For people like me that don’t read instructions I added everything into the cookie mix. Just a suggestion sure would help me
WOW!!! I am always searching for amazing clean desserts, and this makes my short list of favorites! Bravo!