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! 
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!
Notes
Written by
Matt Gaedke
Matt is a former college basketball player turned computer engineer who discovered his passion for health and nutrition after cutting sugar from his diet in 2016. That year he founded KetoConnect with Megha in order to share their ketogenic lifestyle through recipes, videos, and educational content. Matt is always seeking to grow and try new things, a passion he shares with his wife and two amazing sons.
Hi! Those look great! I have heard that those types of sweeteners are toxic to cats.
What would happen if I used ghee on place of butter?
Haven’t tried it!
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/
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,
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.
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?
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
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.
Can i use powdered erythritol?
Yes you can!
Would it still be 1/2 cup?
Thanks (:
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.
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.
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.
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!
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?
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!
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.
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 🙂
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!
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!
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