The only thing better than chocolate chip cookies is edible keto cookie dough…
Why go through the trouble of baking cookies and waiting for them to cool when you can whip up a delicious batch of keto cookie dough fat bombs that you can eat right from the bowl.
We have had several requests to make a Keto Cookie Dough recipe and we finally caved in. If you’ve got a sweet tooth and you don’t have time for baking – the these Keto Cookie Dough Fat Bombs are going to be your new best friend.
STOP! Do not try and bake these. If you want a chocolate chip cookie recipe, try our Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies. This recipe is made to be eaten as cookie dough.
As always, if you’re confused about the steps described in the recipe, just tune in to our recipe video and follow along.
How To Make Keto Cookie Dough Keto Fat Bombs
Don’t try turning this dough into actual keto chocolate chip cookies! This is made specifically to be eaten as raw cookie dough, as a fat bomb. If you bake this you will be very disappointed…
Ingredients
- Almond Flour – Almond flour is the base of this recipe. It’s our favorite low carb flour to use in dessert recipes because of the smooth texture it creates in comparison to coconut flour. We like to use finely ground blanched almond flour.
- Butter – For added smoothness and increased fat (we’re making keto fat bombs after all).
- Cream Cheese – This cuts through all the heavy ingredients and provides and element of freshness. You can even add a little sour cream to this recipe if you want it to have some tangy cheesecake notes.
- Sugar Free
Chocolate Chips – A must have for any low carb cookie dough recipe. We have been using Lily’s Sugar FreeChocolate Chips since we started our blog years ago and they are still our favorite option. - Erythritol – Our preferred substitute for sugar in keto friendly dessert recipes.
- Stevia – We use this in combination with erythritol to get our desserts to the right level of sweetness.
- Vanilla Extract – “The salt of desserts” as I like to call it. A splash of vanilla extract ties this whole recipe together.
Use Lots of Fat
This is important since we are making cookie dough fat bombs after all. In this recipe we are using a combination of butter and cream cheese. In most keto recipes you can substitute coconut oil in place of butter if you want to but I would encourage against that for these fat bombs. The butter is more stable at room temperature which results in a better consistency in this keto cookie dough recipe.
Keto Friendly Chocolate Chips
There are more than a few options of keto friendly
Use Stevia AND Erythritol
This combination is important for achieving a well-rounded sweetness, without a bitter aftertaste. This recipe doesn’t call for a ton of sweetener because the rest of the ingredients bring some subtle sweetness of their own.
Stevia is very similar to liquid monk fruit. If you prefer using monk fruit you can use it to replace stevia in this recipe.
Pro Tip: If you want to avoid the gritty texture of the granular erythritol you can opt for a powdered version (although I do not find it to be off-putting in this recipe).
Bring Ingredients to Room Temperature
Bringing ingredients to room temperature allows for them to mix completely without any clumping. That is extra important for no bake recipes because the cooking process is what eliminates most issues with clumpy dough.
Use a Cookie Scoop
Not the biggest tip, but don’t underestimate this crafty little tool. I always thought it was a waste of money to have a utensil specifically for scooping cookies, but it comes in handy quite a bit. For less than $15 it’s well worth the cost. We like taking the full keto cookie dough recipe and scooping it into little cookie dough bites using a cookie scoop.
Other Keto Cookie Recipes
You should look at this recipe as more of a fat bomb recipe that you can form into whatever shape you want or relive old memories by eating straight out of the fridge!
Did you know you can add this edible cookie dough to our Almond Milk Ice Cream to make chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream? After you try that, try some of our other reader favorite cookie recipes while you’re at it too:
What is a Fat Bomb?
A fat bomb is a small, high fat snack. Typically fat bombs are sweet and are very low in net carbs. They come in handy for people that are just starting a keto diet and need a convenient way to add more fat to their diet. Replacing traditional desserts with fat bombs is a good option for most!
Fat bombs happen to be one of our favorite types of desserts because they taste great, and they also make it easy to add fat to meals. We love them so much we created an entire e-book dedicated to them. If you liked this recipe you would love The Fat Bomb Bible.
What are the best chocolate chips for keto?
In the past few years more and more keto friendly chocolate chip options have become available. Most of them are great options and going with whichever keto
The main component of edible cookie dough is the removal of eggs. Many people are concerned with eating raw eggs. Since this recipe is not going to be baked the eggs are not needed to hold the dough together.
This recipe is definitely best with almond flour, but if you prefer coconut flour or want to make this recipe nut-free then try this. Remove the almond flour and add in 1 tablespoon of coconut flour. Once that is mixed in, slowly add small amounts of coconut flour until the dough is able to be formed into balls.
You should need 2-3 tablespoons of coconut flour in place of the almond flour.
How to store these fat bombs
I’m a big fan of storing all of my fat bombs in the freezer. This will increase your shelf life big time. It also gives you the option of eating them cold (which is what I like to do), or setting them on the counter and allowing them to defrost before you eat them. At a minimum you will want to store these in the fridge. They will last 2-3 weeks.
Keto Edible Cookie Dough
This keto cookie dough recipe is our new go to dessert because it brings us back to our childhood. We love to clean up after dinner, pull out a couple of these cookie dough balls and enjoy them guilt free as a fat bomb capper for the end of the night! If you are a cookie dough fan, make this keto cookie dough with your favorite add-ins!
Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Keto Cookie Dough”
Keto Cookie Dough Fat Bombs | Chocolate Chip!
What You Need:
Ingredients:
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 8 tbsp butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 1/2 cup Almond Flour
- 25 drops Liquid Stevia
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
- 1/4 cup Keto Chocolate Chips
Instructions:
- Combine the butter and cream cheese into a large bowl using a hand mixer.
- Add in the almond flour, erythritol, stevia, vanilla extract, and pink salt and combine.
- Optionally, add in chocolate chips and fold to combine using a spatula. Refrigerate for an hour and then scoop into cookie dough balls.
- Enjoy! Store in refrigerator up to 2 weeks.
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Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
Debbie says
So exciting! Thank you for sharing this. Just preordered your cookbook!
Crystal says
So in love with these, but something was missing, you know that little zing bite with real cookie dough, I figured it out! Add a scant bit, tiny sprinkle of baking soda mixed in, sounds crazy but try it! ?
Stephanie says
Any thoughts on coconut flour? Unable to eat almonds flour.
Jueleen says
Good morning guys! Thank you for making my newly started KETO change fun and tasty!!! I can’t wait to get the cookbook!!!! I was wondering about your handy dandy scooper… what is the size and does the brand matter? Also, do you use the same scooper for other recipes such as the peanut butter and coconut no bakes?
Cass (KetoConnect) says
We used a one inch scooper and brand doesn’t matter 🙂
mr.8.6.86 says
Tried this tonight, high expectations tomorrow. Already knocked out the olive oil cake (my fiancé’s new fav) and made the easter coconut flour bread (my fav). I added half a scoop of some quest cookie dough protein b/c…. why not?
Diana says
Sounds sooooo yummy.
I want to add chopped walnuts.
How much should I use to keep net carbs low.
Thank you for your reply.
Christina says
Could I use coconut flour rather than almond and get the same result?
Cass (KetoConnect) says
No, unfortunately not.
Melissa says
Just made them and the flavor is dangerously amazing. Have you guys eaten them all in one sitting? I used to go to Dairy Queen for cookie dough blizzards, this is a perfect alternative! Thank you for sharing this recipe ?
Amy says
I hate the taste of stevia. Does combining it with erythritol make it better? Or can I just use erythritol?
Cass (KetoConnect) says
Combing it with erythritol helps, but you can try just using erythritol all together.
Lebron says
I hate the taste of stevia as well but mixed in with erythritol it actually tastes great. Love this fat bomb. Delish!!
Kelly DiNovo-Keith says
does anybody really count out 25 drops of liquid stevia? it’s about 1/4 tsp
Kim says
Just made these. Yummy. Not sure I can wait until they firm up. I didn’t have plain erythritol so I used Lakanto monkfruit Sweetener with Erythritol, Golden it’s like brown sugar. And chopped up 4 oz of bakers chocolate. Thank you.
Chantall Brachmann says
Hi Keto Connect,
I just made these, and they are amazing!!! Favorite fat bomb ever!!! Thank you for sharing your creativity and passion.
Tamikko says
Heads up! Your recipe calls for 8 tbsp of butter when (according to the video) it calls for 8 oz, like the cream cheese. Can’t wait to make them 🙂
Tamikko Braun says
I apologize, just realized my mistake. In Canada we don’t measure our butter in sticks. Now I know what that is 🙂
Rae says
So which is it?? 8 oz or 8 tbsps?
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Penny says
We have sticks of butter in every grocery store I’ve been to right here in Ontario, Canada. Measuring by sticks of butter is not unusual, it’s common in many cookbooks. I do believe that 8 tablespoons is 1 stick of butter.
Karen A Fletcher says
Hi – wondering what the final verdict was…8 oz or 8 Tbsp? Thanks!
Olivia Kendrick says
It should be 8 tablespoons, sorry about that.
Valerie says
Could you sub Kite Hill cream cheese and ghee to make it dairy free?
Cass (KetoConnect) says
You could try it!
Jennifer Marie says
Can you use stevia instead of erythritol? These look amazing!!
Cass (KetoConnect) says
Yeah you could! It may change the consistency.
oceantulip says
I found a brown sugar version of Lankanto “golden” on Amazon (erythritol /Monk fruit blend) that I bet would be a fabulous swap to the stevia and even closer to the real recipe. Now I have a craving!!!!!
Susan says
Hi! Love this recipe. Curious if you tried the Lankanto “golden” and how it turned out.
Kristen says
@Oceantulip, Did you ever try it with brown swerve? How much did you use?
Cindy says
oceantulip…I have substituted half of the erythritol/Monk fruit blend with the brown sugar version of Swerve…its a total game changer!! Really makes it taste more like the “real” cookie dough! Going to make a batch later to take to our bible study meeting tonight!
Michael Murphy says
Looking forward to it!
Tad says
Was just about to head to store for lunch items and now I’ll add cream cheese (I’m low anyway) to make this… Can’t wait to try!
Chantell says
Very excited to try this! Most of your recipes are delicious, but I’m a little scared of stevia. Sometimes the after taste is awful. I usually taste as I add it. Thank you for an awesome fat bomb recipe!
Heather says
The stevia and erythritol combo help balance each other out for taste.
Angela Garcia says
What about mink fruit?
Angela Garcia says
What about munk fruit?
Olivia Kendrick says
You can use monk fruit extract for the sweetener instead if you wanted.
Dayna Frazier says
I can’t have almond flour , would this recipe work for coconut flour?
Cass (KetoConnect) says
Yes, but it may require some testing since coconut flour and almond flour are not substituable 1 to 1. You would need less coconut flour!
Crystal says
Is the nutrition information for all of the recipes for the entire batch or per serving? If serving, what are the serving sizes b/c I’ve not noticed any.
Thanks!
Cass (KetoConnect) says
Nutrition info is per serving. This recipe made 12 servings/12 balls. Servings or yield is listed in the recipe box at the top. And no, we don’t measure/weigh serving sizes, we just divide the recipe into 12.
Ashley Haley says
Hi! I’m sorry but I’m a little confused by ypur response. Yes this recipe makes 12 servings, but what serving size relates to the nutritional information you provided? The recipe makes 12 servings, but is the nutritional info for one serving and if so, what is one serving? Is it one ball? Just trying to clear this up. Would love to make this!
Cass says
Hi! Sorry about the confusion. The nutrition info is for one serving. The recipe makes 12 servings. Nutrition info is for 1/12 of the recipe.
Nurse Mom says
You can use coconut flour but it’s one to four with almond flour so you would use one eighth of a cup in this recipe
Susan Crittenden says
I have made them without the almond flour and they are very good.
Jill says
Susan – did you make them with NO nut flours at all or without almond flour but WITH coconut?
Sue says
What is the coconut flour ratio?
What about using cashew flour?
Heather E. says
I made mine with 1/4 cup coconut flour. I added 15 drops stevia liquid due to coconut being already sweet. Powdered swerve 1/4 cup. Tasted very good!