These Keto Chocolate Cookies are mini in size and dense in texture. They are the perfect dessert for the holiday season! You can serve them at Thanksgiving and Christmas, bring them to work for the office party or make a double batch and wrap them up to send to friends and family that you won’t be able to see this year.
Bite Sized Desserts
My fondest memories of growing up eating desserts always takes me back to eating mini snickers and twixes. Who doesn’t love mini anything? Mini hot sauce bottles, mini lotions for traveling, even mini people, aka babies!! So, of course the same applies for desserts and we’ve got a lot of mini desserts you’ll want to try out:
- Keto Sugar Cookie Cups
- Chocolate Fudge (Matt’s favorite dessert to store in the freezer for a nightly treat!)
- Mini Cream Puffs (the ultimate guilt free dessert)
To Spread Or Not To Spread
Coconut flour acts very different in the oven then most other flours, keto or not. It doesn’t spread on its own. This means that if you’re looking for a flat, thinner cookie you will have to spread it by hand prior to baking.
For these keto chocolate cookies in particular we intended them to be dense and fudgy so as you can see in the video we did not spread them. All we did was scoop them onto the cookie sheet and bake. However, if you prefer them to be mini flat cookies you can use the back of a spoon or your fingers to spread them to the size of your liking. Just be aware that this may result in a less brownie like cookie and more of a crispy chocolate cookie!
Cool Before Handling
This step is very important! If you are used to low carb/ketogenic baking than you most likely know how important the cooling step is to any baked goods. When you’re working with temperamental flours, such as coconut or almond, crumbling will occur if handled directly out of the oven, and these mini cookies are no different.
Always let them cool on the baking sheet for 15-20 minutes prior to transferring and serving! We won’t judge you if you sneak one warm right from the oven 🙂
More Nut Free Recipes!
A lot of people have nut allergies, which is why we make a lot of recipes using coconut flour. Some of our favorites we think you should check out whether or not you have a nut allergy are:
Let us know what other recipes you want to see us make in the comments below and we’ll do our best to replicate them!
Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Keto Chocolate Cookies”
Keto Chocolate Cookies
What You Need:
- Electric Hand Mixer
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp pink himalayan salt
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 20 drops liquid stevia
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Keto Chocolate Chips
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together cocoa powder, coconut flour, erythritol, baking soda, and salt.
- Add melted butter, egg, cream, stevia, and vanilla and mix together with an electric mixer until well combined. Batter will be creamy.
- Use a rubber spatula to fold in the chocolate chips. Allow batter to sit 2-3 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out 20-24 mini cookies onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet before serving.
- Best stored in an air tight container in the fridge up to 10 days or freeze for 1 month.
Notes
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I have read that erythritol is a corn product. I do feel sick when eating it. Do you know of this? Will it alter the recipes if I use pure powder stevia? Many thanks!
Yeah, it’s usually derived from corn – we have a sweetener conversion chart here that should help you substitute! Low Carb Sweeteners Conversion Chart
Can you substitute coconut oil or coconut butter for the heavy cream?
Thanks.
You’d probably be better off using coconut cream or canned coconut milk!
Super easy to make and so yummy!! They taste like a brownie.. Definitely making these again.
Can I use the powdered stevia in place of the erythritol?
Yes you can!
My cookies started falling apart after a day, should i use Xanthan Gum?
This recipe was so sinfully chocolatey that I will need to burn sage and cleanse. #unfudgingbelievable
hahaha – Love the hashtag! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed them!
These were really good! Mine came out a bit too dry though ? And I just put two choc chips on top of each cookie instead of mixing in the batter. THANKS!
Mine did come out a bit dry as well. Not crumbly since they held together well, but eating them, I found myself wanting them to have more moisture to them.
Mine came out very dry and honestly not very tasty. I ended up throwing them out. I only baked for 10 minutes. Not fudgy at all. I’m guessing it could be because I substituted swerve for liquid stevia since I can’t find liquid stevia anywhere.
Mine too were dry and tasteless. Not sweet and definitely not fudgy. I measured all ingredients.
I saw that you used baking soda in this recipe is this right the video didn’t mention it
Thank you for the recipe looks delicious, I will tray this holidays!!!
I added 1/4 tsp of peppermint extract and it was perfect for eating while watching Christmas movies tonight. Thank you for creating such a fabulous recipe. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it! Peppermint extract is a fantastic addition!
I made the chocolate cookies they were so good.
Glad you liked them! Thanks for taking the time to comment 🙂
Can you substitute MONK FRUIT for Erithytol in this recipe??
Yes you can! Here is a conversion chart: Low Carb Sweeteners Conversion Chart
Any substitute for heavy cream?
You could try a coconut cream or a canned coconut milk.
I made one big cookie and broke it up. its delicious. I made some sugar free pudding to eat it with.
I notice you use liquid stevia a lot in your recipes. I’m not fond of the taste. Can I substitute with swerve or erythritol? What is the ratio?
Yes, you can find conversion information here: Low Carb Sweeteners Conversion Chart
Are you able to substitute almond flour for the coconut? I have never been able to eat coconut.
It’s a very different ratio, usually 1 part coconut to 4 parts almond. Not sure if it would work, but definitely worth the experimentation!
I can’t wait to try this recipe. It looks so amazing.
Made these yummy cookies! They were delicious even though I didn’t have any butter or liquid stevia. I substituted avocado oil and mct oil for the melted butter(not sure if that’s a legit substitute or not) but it seemed to work. I probably could have added more sweetener of some kind versus the powdered monkfruit I used to try to substitute the liquid stevia…I really need to buy some of that. Anyway, they still turned out pretty great in my opinion. Your recipes are perfect!! Keep at it!
Hi,
Can I substitute swerve instead of the stevia drops? Not a fan.
Thanks!
Yes, you can use any sweetener you like!
Absolutely incredible!!!
This was perfect!!! Thanks so much
Love this recipe! I used 1 tablespoon of maple flavored syrup since I didn’t have liquid stevia. I was worried that it might get dry. It was yummy!