Matt’s Favorite Keto Cookies
This was the second keto cookie we made in the KetoConnect kitchen, and for the second time we struck gold… or should I say fudge?! These cookies are perfectly soft and cake like, with an ever lasting chocolatey taste. And, they are by far Matt’s favorite. 
To give you some insight, Matt will literally eat anything. He loves ANY dessert so long as it doesn’t have a weird smell. And, even with all possible keto desserts to choose from he has chosen these Chocolate Fudge Keto Cookies. If that doesn’t say it all than I don’t know what does!
Holiday Festivities
These Chocolate Fudge Keto Cookies are great for any occasion, but have come at no better time than now, the holiday season. As you attend parties and dinners, and bake desserts for the rest of your family you can have these keto delights right there ready for you to enjoy!
Our favorite part about these keto cookies is how simple they are. The subtly sweet, intense chocolate flavor that you get with each bite is the result of some unsweetened coco powder. The coco powder mixed with the almond flour gives the cookie a soft, chewy texture great for dipping in coffee or almond milk, or leaving out for santa hehe. You add some peppermint extract to these to make mint chocolate cookies as well! 
The real reason Matt loves these cookies is the consistency of them. They are soft, cake-like cookies. That can be hard to achieve when it comes to keto baking, but the cocoa powder in these really allows you to achieve a nice, soft baked keto cookie! 
They are so good that it was hard for us, including Miley, to keep our hands (and paws) off of them. Not to worry though, we got some great pics before they were devoured! 
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Chocolate Fudge Keto Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup swerve confectioner
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 2 large Egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup Almond Flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 pinch Pink Himalayan Salt
Instructions:
- Combine cocoa powder and swerve confectioners sugar in a mixing bowl.
- Add melted butter to mixture and combine with a hand mixer.
- Once combined, add eggs, vanilla, and baking powder and mix again.
- Now add the almond flour and mix one last time. You should have a fairly thick batter that can easily be shaped by hand.
- Form into cookies and place on a greased baking sheet. The cookies will remain the shape you form them to after cooking. They do not expand too much.
- Dust the tops of cookies with erythritol. (optional)
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Let cool and enjoy! These are great straight out of the freezer as well. These can be frozen for 2-3 months!
Can I use granulated Swerve? I do not have confectioners and would like to make these tomorrow.
Ya that will work! They might be slightly less fudgy/chewy but it should be fine to sub!
I know it was a long time ago, but anyone currently reading this, simply take your granulated swerve and put it in your vitamin or blender until it’s powdery
Awesome, thanks! By the way, absolutely love the YouTube channel you two have, seeing you both make the recipes and try them is so helpful for Keto because you never really know if the recipe will taste good. I’ve wasted a lot of ingredients on recipes 🙁 Thank you both for all your effort and help to our Keto community!
The pinch of salt isn’t in the instructions so I never added it and they are in the oven!
If you haven’t tried this (http://sukrinusa.com/sukrin-icing-sugar/) erythritol based powdered sugar you should give it a try. I usually buy everything on amazon, but this is soooooo much better than the Swerve.
Josh
Thanks for the suggestion, Josh!
Ok, so I made these cookies with the granulated Swerve, it was like heaven singing to me with every bite!! Just needed to leave a follow up for anyone that may look at the comments. Definitely a must make recipe, I did 1 1\2 Tbsp portions for 12 minutes (leaving them slightly thick in size) and got 12 cookies which dropped the net carb count and made it that much better to eat (3) 🙂 Thanks again you two!
Kristi, Which ingredients did you adjust?
I think Kristie means that her cookie portions were 1.5 Tbsp worth of raw dough when she was forming them, and baked for 12mins. Not an ingredient adjustment 🙂
These were so good!!! I used granulated swerve and had to add about an extra 1/4 of almond flour. I also used grass fed butter so I’m not sure if that is why they were very liquidy. I made thicker cookies and they are so rich and fluffy. I made 13 cookies. Thank you so much! Just the treat I needed after a stressful day.
Love this recipe! Have baked these cookies a couple of times and they are SO good! Today I decided to try putting them in muffin tins to make muffins out of them. I just added more sugar and 4 eggs instead of 3. They grew a decent size and were so good, made 6 muffins, 216 calories each. It fills my fat macros really well. Love it!!! Thank you guys!! 🙂
What a great idea! We’re definitely going to try that, thanks!
Sooooo. Can I use raw stevia instead? I don’t have the swerve sweetener.
Yep, you could us that.
Is it the same amount of stevia?
These were pretty tasty! I only had granulated sweetener on hand so I tried my coffee grinder to powder it and it worked perfectly!! Thanks for the great recipe.
Yes, the coffee grinder will do it! Thanks for sharing!
Can the almond flour be replaced with coconut flour? I am allergic to almonds
Unfortunately no. You can’t sub those 2.
I just tried it with coconut flour and it came out better than the almond flour I used the 1st time I made these.
Thanks for sharing!
Did you use the same amount of coconut flour when substituting for the almond flour?
I read that when you’re substituting coconut flour for almond flour that you use considerably less can you tell us how much coconut flour used instead of the allmond
A. -Could you tell us how much coconut flour you used. Hubby is allergic to almond flour and I would love to make these since they look so much like his favorite Fudge Cake Box cookies. Thanks in advance for any help.
How is the carb count so low with so much swerve? It says there is 3g carb in each tsp of swerve….one half cup is 72 carbs. Not sure how these are 4 carbs each. I eat 20g carbs per day so if these are not total carbs I just wasted all of these ingredients
Those carbs are the erythritol. You do not count them, as it does not enter the blood stream, is not converted to fat, and does not impact blood glucose levels.
So, my hubby and I made these and they are cake-y (they look just like yours), i’m happy to say) but a bit dry. What can I do to make em a bit more moist? Another egg perhaps, would that work?
Another egg may work. How long did you bake them for? Maybe you could take them out slightly earlier next time. They will harden as they cool.
Mine were a bit dry, too, but I cooked the next few for just 11 minutes and they were perfect.
Can i use powdered erythritol?
Yes you can!
Would it still be 1/2 cup?
Thanks (:
I used granulated sweetener and baked them in a muffin tin. I must have whipped the batter pretty good because their like little cakes! Going to soften up some cream cheese and make a meal of it ?
Hmm, ya, that must have been due to how much you whipped the batter.
What is your music theme? that thing is so haunting. it reminds me somewhat of the music in Risky Business during the train “ride”. Thanks for sharing with a chocolate junkie who wants to have dove dark in my pocket when I’m cremated… lol bye now
The cookies were good but when I input it into myfitnesspal I come up with 6.0net carb. Not sure how you guys get 2.0 carbs. I also made 14 cookies from the recipe.
Cathy
We subtract the erythritol when calculating net carbs. Did you subtract erythritol?
These are great. I’ve tried a couple of sweets recipes since I started keto, and found many of them to be less than satisfying (for better or for worse). These ARE super satisfying, and I’m not tempted to eat a bunch as they are quite filling. Excellent recipe.
I have made so many keto recipes and this is by far my favorite! These really hit the spot when I was looking for something sweet,
Would really love to make some for my daughter’s birthday tomorrow but I only have granular Swerve on hand. Can I use that? And what adjustments in the ingredients do I have to do? Thanks so much!
Hey Anna! Swerve is a great alternative – just match the ratios up. Here’s a conversion chart we love https://www.wholesomeyum.com/natural-low-carb-sweeteners-guide-conversion-chart/
What would happen if I used ghee on place of butter?
Haven’t tried it!
Hi! Those look great! I have heard that those types of sweeteners are toxic to cats.
Just made. Delish! I made half the recipe and got
Nine cookies. Small, not tiny, but I got to
eat two!
Hi guys! Love your videos & recipes! Have you made these cookies using your secret ingredient? (Beef Gelatin Powder). If so, how did it work out? Thanks!!
These are more like little half cupcakes. I measured by tablespoons, so I got 21 two inch cookies.
OMG – these are the best things I had for a long time. Just relieved my cravings perfectly <3 <3
If anyone ever wondered. These work without any flour I forgot to add it by accident and they turned out pretty good. (I would recommend using almond flour though haha)
Woah, interesting.
Can I add peanut butter and make it a peanut butter fudge keto cookie? I mean, yes, I know I can, I just want moral support.
You have our suppurt 🙂 I think they would come out delicious.
I love these best from the freezer, apparently. Can’t stop eating them! That’s bad. I’ll only make them for an occasional treat. They are too good!!!
These are the best! My teenagers love them and their friends couldn’t believe they were ‘healthy’, thanks so much. Great recipe and super quick and easy to make.
Hi, I made these today and the first batch was dry, so the next few I cooked 1 minute less and that helped 🙂 My question is this – While they seem to have turned out good, my batter was thick but very sticky?? I saw your video and your batter was able to be held and shaped. There is no way I would have been able to pick mine up I dropped by spoonful onto the baking sheet and used my fingers to form the cookies. I couldn’t use a spoon or a silicon spatula, even, the batter was sticking to everything I tried. My fingers worked best.
All of that being said, they are very tasty. I’d just like to be able to solve this mystery 😉
Hey Missy! My batter texture sounded exactly like yours when I made them last night. To fix it I added 1/2 cup more of almond flour. I’m not sure our mixtures came out like that. I followed the recipe correctly. Next time I want to add more Swerve since I had to add more almond flour.
Totally makes sense why these cookies are Matt’s favorite. They are AMAZING!!! I made my first batch this morning and whoa…just whoa! Nice and soft, and I’m loving the cocoa powder bitterness taste.
Question: Is there any way to make them a tad sweeter? Perhaps adding a few drops of liquid sweetener, or will that compromise the texture/recipe?
Regardless, these are a huge win in my household! Thanks for sharing!
Yep you could add some more sweetener!
Can I use monkfruit
Yes, you can use any sweetener you prefer!
, my question is I noticed it says unsweetened cocoa I went to the website where they are selling unsweetened cocoa and saw the ingredients and surprisingly it has actually had more carbs than the cocoa that I have which is the special dark by Hershey’s so I’m trying to understand it doesn’t have any sugar in it so I’m trying to understand wouldn’t what I have work
cocoa has some natural carbs in it, depending on how dark you get it.
I noticed the serving size is 10. Are the macros for a total of 10? How does that work? And How many are we supposed to eat? I’m confused.
The nutrition info is per serving. If you made 10 cookies, it’s for each cookie.
Love your videos! Have you made your PB in the Vitamix? I love using mine for that, it is so smooth and good. Nothing like a vitamix.
I don’t think I have made one of y’alls recipes that my husband and I haven’t liked. These are one of my go-tos when I need chocolate. Sooooo good! And I have also added a little Lily’s chocolate chips as well as a touch of mint extract. YUM! Thanks, you have made Keto very enjoyable which makes it easier to stick to it!
These are pretty good. Not too sweet. But it reminded me to ask you guys, is there a way to eliminate the “cold” feeling that I get when eating things with erythritol? I made your chocolate chip cookies before and those were really “chilly” feeling in the mouth. It’s not just me, I shared them with a co-worker and she felt the same.
Also, what’s the serving size on these, just so I get the nutritional info correct?
Thank you!
One cookie per serving! And no, the cold feeling is just something you have to deal with when baking with erythritol!
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These weren’t sweet, very bitter, so I had some icing left from Keto cinnamon rolls I made a few days ago that was the perfect topping to add a little more sweetness. I’ll try these again with a little extra erythritol next time and less cocoa. Great consistency though.
I don’t have any cocoa powder on hand. Can I use Baker’s chocolate squares and less butter?
Give it a try! You’ll have to recalculate the macros though. Comment back here and let us know how your new cookie concoction turns out!
I think I might be a little dense on this one but I’m never sure about the serving size in your recipes. Does what’s listed about mean that the recipe gives 10 cookies and they’re 132kcal per cookie? So one serving size is one cookie?
Holy cow! I just tried these, and they are amazing!!! They taste like fudgey brownies. So yummy warm right from the oven. Will definitely be using this recipe again.
Hi,
What is the serving size (I’m hoping you’ll say the whole batch nets 2 carbs, but I’m not holding my breath : )
Thank you!
The serving size is one cookie
Thanks for confirming that Swerve could be used. I was wondering that myself. These look fantastic and definitely something I want to try for the holidays.
HI Can I add ground pecans or almonds to the cookies. Will this up the card , New to Keto so just want to make sure. thank you
It would increase the carbs slightly.
I added unsweetened chocolate chips… Yum
Has anyone use cacao powder instead of cocoa powder?
Mine came out salty. I only used 1/4 cup of stevia. Do you have an accurate conversion amount please?
If you are talking about the sweetener amount, we have a sweetener conversion chart. 1/4 cup of stevia sounds like too much.
[email protected] just made these and LOVE them
Thank you for this recipe!
These are so delish! I added some unsweetened coconut flakes! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Disaster.recipe said 1/4 c of butter. In directions it said melted butter. So I melted it. It asked for 2 lg eggs Really? This mess was so wet could not form cookie with hands baked it didn’t rise. I baked it a few min more to see if it would cook, it burned set off my alarms. Taste horrible. A waste of good ingred and time.
I agree! It was wet, like cake batter. No way to shape them. I spooned them into muffin tins and they are currently baking. Wish me luck!
How much does each of the cookies supposed weigh in grams Or ounces trying to Get the correct net carbs calculated because it’s so easy To over indulge in these , there good !
Love all of the recipes you post. I have a terrible sweet tooth 😁
I have made a couple of your smart bombs and shared them with the girls at work. They love them. Trying to get them hooked
Very good! My cookies are actually crunchy on the outside and cake-like on the inside. 10+
This recipe was easy and delicious!
This recipe is not good compared to other keto recipes ive used. Its really lacking. The flavor is just not there and its really leaving much to be wanted.
This is the WORST recipe ever. I followed the instructions perfectly. They taste like dirt
I am new to keto and I have been trying all kinds of recipes for keto cookies to no avail. They were awful. Thank you so so much for this delicious recipe!!!! I love them
I made these for my dad. Even bought expensive almond flour just for this recipe. These were tasteless and sooooo dry. I followed the recipe to the letter. I threw them away.
I hope you didn’t give the cat any because with 100% chocolate in them they are poisonous to cats and dogs. I made the recipe though for us humans and it was lovely.
These really hit the spot! Awesome recipe!