These keto chocolate chip cookies are the best low carb cookies ever. Enjoy gluten-free and sugar-free cookie that needs no chilling time. Soft and chewy, make keto cookies in less than 20 minutes from start to finish.
Everyone will love these sugar-free, low-carb chocolate chip cookies recipe made with almond flour and sweetened with a keto sweetener. Adding melted butter and vanilla extract gives the cookies a soft, chewy texture that will melt in your mouth.
I’ve been on keto for a while and actually never tried to make cookies in a low carb way. I tried this chewy keto chocolate chip cookies recipe without many expectations, but they turned out fantastic.
To make these keto cookies low carb, I used almond flour, a sugar substitute that is low carb, high-quality butter, sugar-free chocolate chips, and tons of passion.
I love that one cookie is big enough to satisfy your cravings, but I always eat 2 of them. These are truly the best low carb chocolate chip cookies!
Always use high-quality ingredients because they taste better and have more benefits. For example, for these sugar-free cookies, I used grass-fed butter because it contains 6 times more CLA than regular butter. CLA is a fatty acid found in meat and dairy products that help your body burn fat.
- 1 Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Keto?
- 2 Ingredients for Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 3 How to Make Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies?
- 4 What Should I Do If I Don’t Have The Time To Let My Keto Cookie Dough Chill?
- 5 Tips and Substitutions For Making The Best Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 6 Storing Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 7 Carbs In Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 8 More Keto Desserts for You to Try:
- 9 Best Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies – Soft Low Carb Cookies
Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Keto?
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies are not keto-friendly and can’t be fitted into a low-carb diet since they are loaded with sugar and carbs. A homemade chocolate cookie made using the classic recipe has about 26g of carbs.
No worries, these low carb almond flour chocolate chip cookies have only 2 grams of net carbs per serving!
Ingredients for Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is probably my 10th batch of keto cookies with chocolate chips and I tried a few variations of ingredients and this one (that I am sharing with you) turns out perfect every time. I have a few friends that tried it, and they are impressed too. It all starts with choosing the ingredients.
- Almond Flour – Choose a superfine flour. The ones that have little chunks of almond won’t work as well as fine almond flour.
- Unsalted Butter – It’s important to melt your butter but when mixing it with the other ingredients it shouldn’t be hot. Heat a saucepan and add the butter. When it starts to melt take it off the heat because it will continue to melt. This step is very important because using hot butter will make your dough too soft, and you won’t be able to form the cookies into small balls that melt in the oven.
- Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips – Using them will make the recipe low in carbs and sugar.
- Xanthan Gum – This is a very important ingredient that’s often used in keto recipes as a substitute for gluten. It helps bind all the ingredients better. You only need a very small amount. The cookies are good without xanthan gum too but I prefer the version with xanthan gum.
- Sweetener – We will use a keto approved sweetener that doesn’t raise the blood sugar and keeps us in ketosis.
- Eggs – To bind all the ingredients together.
How to Make Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies?
The process of making keto chocolate chip cookies is simple and easy to follow:
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350F / 180 C and like a cookie sheet with parchament paper.
- Melt the butter in the microwave or a hot pot. If your butter is too hot, let it cool down.
- Using a blender or a hand mixer combine the butter with the sweetener. Blend for about 10-15 seconds until the sugar substitute dissolves.
- In a bowl combine the dry ingredients: almond flour, xanthan gum, and baking powder.
- Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.
- Fold in chocolate chips: Use a spatula to incorporate the chocolate chips.
- Shape the dough: Using your hands, form 10-12 balls and place them on a tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake the cookies: Bake for 10 minutes or until they are beautiful and golden.
- Cool the cookies: Let the keto chocolate chip cookies cookies cool down and serve.
By following these simple steps, you’ll have delicious and satisfying keto cookies in no time!
What Should I Do If I Don’t Have The Time To Let My Keto Cookie Dough Chill?
Even if you don’t have the luxury of waiting for your keto cookie dough to chill, you can still bake the cookies to perfection. Although chilling the dough helps keep the cookie’s shape intact, you can bake it immediately if you’re in a hurry. Be mindful that the cookies may spread a bit more and have a flatter, more rustic appearance. To reduce spreading, you can chill the dough for 10-15 minutes before baking, but it’s not necessary. Savor the warm and delicious taste of keto chocolate chip cookies right away!
Tips and Substitutions For Making The Best Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Don’t try to substitute the almond flour with coconut flour, the result won’t be the same. Almond flour cookies have the best texture, and even a mixture of both flours doesn’t deliver the right texture.
- If you can’t find sugar-free chocolate chips, replace them with 85% dark chocolate bar chopped in chunks. Use the same amount of chocolate chunks.
- Using a cooking scoop is the easiest way to make perfectly equal cookies each time. I use the smallest 1.5in/ 4cm cookie scooper in my cookie scoop set from Amazon.
- Use a granulated form of keto sweetener; liquid stevia won’t work.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on a wire rack before serving for a firm and crunchy texture.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour before baking to make sure the cookies don’t spread too much while baking.
Storing Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Room temperature – Store in an airtight container in a cool place at room temperature for up to one week.
- Freezer – These keto cookies can be stored in the freezer and still have the best texture after defrosting. I allow the cookies to cool completely, place them on a cookie tray and freeze them. Once frozen, I transfer them to freezer-friendly plastic bags.
Carbs In Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
I made 10 cookies out of the almond flour chocolate chip dough, so each one comes to only 2g net carbs. If you’re using an app to calculate the macros make sure you subtract both the fiber and sugar alcohol from the total carb content to get the right net carbs.
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- World’s Best Fudgy Keto Brownies Recipe
- Easy Keto Blueberry Bread with Lemon Cheesecake Frosting
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Best Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies – Soft Low Carb Cookies
Description
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour blanched
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup sweetener
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup sugar-free chocolate chips
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C. Line a cookie sheet with parchament paper and set aside.
- Melt the butter in the microwave. If your butter is too hot, let it cool down.
- Using a blender or a hand mixer combine the butter with the sweetener. Blend for about 10-15 seconds until the sugar substitute dissolves.
- In a bowl combine the dry ingredients: almond flour, xanthan gum, baking powder.
- Combine the dry ingredients with the butter mixture. Add the chocolate chips.
- Using your hands form 10-12 balls and place them on a tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until they are beautiful and golden. Let the keto cookies cool down and serve.
How do we calculate the nutrition info?
These nutrition facts listed are determined using nutrition information from the USDA Food Database. Our nutrition facts are accurate, but if you are using different products, please make your calculations. Net carb count is calculated by subtracting both fiber and sugar alcohols because they don’t raise blood sugar.