My low carb chocolate chip cookies got a little update! These delicious sugar-free cookies are now bigger and better, with an instructional video to show you exactly how to make them.
Chocolate chip cookies, straight out of the oven. Still warm and slightly underbaked so that they are really gooey in the center. The chocolate so melty, it oozes out onto your plate as you break the cookie apart. This is my idea of heaven. I am fairly certain that this is most people’s idea of heaven.
But when you decide to go low carb and gluten-free, that lovely vision of the promised land begins to recede rather quickly. It is the magical intersection of flour and sugar that creates a texture that is both chewy and crispy at the same time, and when you decide to forego both of these ingredients, a good chocolate chip cookie seems like a thing of the past. I pride myself on being REALLY good with low carb, gluten-free ingredients but I have despaired of being able to achieve that crispy-chewy quality with almond flour or coconut flour.
How To Make Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
However, I am willing to keep trying and keep experimenting to see if I can achieve even a close approximation. Yes, friends, I am willing to sacrifice my precious time and energy, not to mention ingredients, to better the world with a really good low carb chocolate chip cookie recipe.
It is a worthy cause, a very worthy cause indeed. Because there is no doubt in my mind that your lives would be vastly improved by such a cookie. Everyone’s lives would be vastly improved. We would all be happier, healthier, stronger, fitter, faster, calmer, and kinder, if such a cookie was in existence. Wars would cease and the world would be at peace. So you can see why I am willing to martyr myself to such a noble cause. It has nothing to do with the deliciousness of the results (or the unbaked cookie batter). Nothing at all, I swear
And so I offer you the results of one such experiment. As low carb cookies go, these are seriously good. Here are my observations:
- They have a lovely slight crispness and, dare I say, a slight chewiness as well.
- I’ve discovered that a little shredded coconut can go a long way to improve the texture. I added just enough finely shredded coconut to give the cookies a little more structure without a strong coconut flavour.
- They are, without question, the best low carb chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made and that’s saying a lot. Low carb cookies often have a cakey quality and these do not, which is a real treat.
- I modeled this low carb cookie recipe after the cookies in my Muesli Cream Pies, because I noticed when I made those, they had a slight crispness I hadn’t been able to achieve before. I figured it had something to do with having less almond flour in the batter, but I had to find a good replacement for the muesli so that my cookie batter didn’t completely melt and run all over the pan.
Chewy Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie
Want them extra chewy? Try adding a tablespoon of grassfed gelatin along with the almond flour. It’s a trick I just learned and I applied to to my Low Carb Chewy Ginger Cookies. I actually haven’t tried it out here yet but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work!
If you’re looking for really good Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies, look no further than these beauties from Texanerin Baking. You could probably replace the coconut sugar with your favourite low carb sweetener.
Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies – Low Carb and Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups almond flour
- 3/4 cups finely shredded, unsweetened coconut
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener, you can use other erythritol, but I can’t guarantee the same results
- 2 tsp Yacon syrup or molasses, optional
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup sugar-free chocolate chips OR [url]Homemade Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips∞https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/2013/04/homemade-sugar-free-chocolate-chips-low-carb-and-gluten-free.html[/url]
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together almond flour, coconut, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream butter with Swerve Sweetener and molasses. Beat in vanilla and egg until well combined. Beat in flour mixture until dough is well mixed.
- Stir in sugar-free chocolate chips or Homemade Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips
- Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Press each ball with the heel of your hand to 1/4 inch thickness.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until just beginning to brown and barely firm to the touch.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely on the pan.
Notes
Nutrition
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Nutritional Disclaimer
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
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Thanks.. Trying these tonight, with a little,,,, “special” butter 😉
Ok, these made delicious treats,, substitute the butter for some budda… im actually getting ready to make another batch of regular ones for the wife. my were a little to close so they melted into each other… Thanks
ok just threw in the regular batch (the first batch influenced the second :))
Can you buy Lindt choc bars in the store ? Also the casao chocolate.Can I use the Hersay Choc unsweetened?
You can purchase Lindt at many stores, but you can also pick up other brands of 70 to 85% chocolate. I wouldn’t use unsweetened, it would be too bitter.
I made these today. The dough is good lol…. but I think my oven doesnt heat properly. I baked for about 16 mins and they didnt set up like a done cookie. I put them in awhile longer and they got browner but crumbled up. Can I bake them on 350 in attempts to compensate? A few weeks ago another recipe I tried also didnt get done and I baked it along time so I do think it may be that my oven isnt heating properly
Sure, try baking them at a higher temp but watch them carefully. You may want to get an oven thermometer to check your actual temp.
I just made these, and they were great!!!
I am allergic to dairy so I used palm shortening, I also used a combo of xylitol, erythritol and stevia. I also see that I somehow used 1 1/2 cup of almond flour instead of 1 1/4 cup. They still turned out amazing!!!! Thank you so much for thisv recipe.
What are your thoughts on using 2 types of sweetener vs. just 1? I am curious because before I went low carb, I always thought the best cookies had a mix of white sugar and brown sugar. But I suppose the same rules might not apply to low carb baking.
That’s what the molasses is for. After all, brown sugar is just white sugar with molasses in it.
Wow, I never knew that. Learned something new. I made the cookies this weekend. They were pretty good. Not great cause I used Bob’s red mill instead of Honeyville almond flour. It’s just too coarse for this kind of recipe. Will have to try again after I get my hands on the Honeyville almond flour.
I am not sure how that would work with calorie free sweeteners? I’ve never tried to mix them together. Monk fruit sweetener and stevia? maybe?
BEST LOW CARB COOKEIES EVER! No Joke! It’s a rare day that a low carb baking recipe turns out on my first go. I did however, have to bake them closer to 20 minutes per sheet. But they taste perfect and have the best texture of any low carb cookie I’ve baked to date… Well, any low carb baked anything I’ve ever made, to be honest. They are moist, perfectly sweet and chewy. Enough to fix any low carbers sweet tooth. Thank you so much for the recipe share.
Thanks, Bailey! So glad they turned out. Oven temps vary quite a bit (even in state of the art ovens) so yours may run cool or mine may run hot, hard to say.
oh……my………gosh! I made these cookies last night and they are so good. I couldn’t believe I was actually eating a chocolate chip cookie. For the first time in years. I have recently changed from splenda to now stevia and swerve and I was worried about the change but in these cookies it was delicious. I just about feel guilty for having cookies, like will they get me fat? ha, ha. I did use sugar free syrup instead of the molasses and I used sugar free chocolate chips, they both have malitol in them but it doesn’t bother me in lesser amounts. I also put in one dropper of stevia to the mix and the sweetness of the cookies turned out good. Thanks Carolyn, I am such a fan of yours and am going to try the zucchini sausage breakfast bake soon, the ingredients sound good together.
Yep, those cookies are good and it sounds like your changes worked!
Hi, thank you so much for this recipe! it looks great.
i am only 12, but i’m gluten-free and really like to bake! your website is my favorite place 2 go.
I made these for some people that came over, (doubled the recipe) they were gone in a few minutes. i love all your other recipes 2!!!!
Thank you, Charlotte. That is lovely to hear!
wonderful! I used 1/8 of a cup (2 tbsp?) of Stevia in the raw – and one tablespoon of natural peanut butter, 85% Godiva chocolate. The dough alone was so good! I’m not a fan of store bought, unsweetened shredded coconut (I swear it’s just what’s left over after they take out all the milk, cream and oil) – tastes like sawdust. So I used the unsweeetened flaked- and processed it into a little finer texture. Everything turned out just lovely! thank you 🙂
Love the sounds of your adaptation!
Is swerve safe for pregnant ladies? I have GD, so I was contemplating trying it. I have coconut sugar on hand. Would I sub it, equal amounts, for the swerve?
I honestly don’t feel qualified to say so you should contact Swerve. They are really good about answering people’s questions. As for coconut sugar, I have made these with it and you need less. It spreads more than Swerve, so go a little lighter on it.
Perfect? Thanks! I will quit asking you pregnancy questions now. 😉 lol
That’s okay! 🙂
I love these cookies! I make a batch every two weeks, and store them in the freezer. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
So glad you like them!
Well, this sounds great except…I mean, who can eat just two cookies?
Just baked these! They were so lovely! Thank you so much 🙂 initially I was quite worried since they came out soft and crumbly. But then I remembered that was probably because of the almond flour 🙂 I used zsweet since I didn’t have swerve, and I also excluded the molasses. It’s so so so good! I’m going to bring them to class to share with my friends this afternoon 🙂 thank you again!
I made these tonight for a cookie exchange for work tomorrow. My husband and I are not fond of coconut, but we both loved the cookies. My husband is also not on board the low-carb lifestyle, but kept fighting to go grab another cookie.
These look amazing. I have been low carbing for a year now…it is has to be my only way of eating and I have been scouring the internet looking for some new sweet treats.
I have 100% cacao bar unsweetened…will that work, or does it have to have some kind of sweetener in it. I am only asking because after the listing for cacao it says “or make sugar free chocolate chip….thanks for answering my questions.
It would work, technically, but I don’t know that it would be as good. Probably a little on the bitter side.
These are THE best low-carb chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made (and I’ve tried countless other recipes)!!! Thank you so much! I just finished the last of the cookies that I baked on…well, I’m not going to admit how quickly I finished them. 🙂 The shredded coconut makes these chewy without making them taste like coconut. I made an ice cream sandwich with a couple of them using my own vanilla bean frozen custard. Yum!
By the way, I found sugar-free chocolate chips at Whole Foods. They’re sweetened with stevia…I can’t remember the brand.
I bet it’s Lily’s brand. I’ve used them too. Sometimes WF has them, sometimes they don’t. Glad you enjoyed the cookies!