These Easy Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies are a gooey, chocolatey low carb dream. So simple to make, and only 12 minutes to bake, this might just become your new go-to recipe!

Chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate dessert, low carb or not. You can't really beat this classic treat.

There are so many amazing keto cookies recipes out there, largely because cookies (and especially chocolate chip cookies) are the ultimate comfort food. 

My go to recipe was always the keto peanut butter chocolate chip cookies I posted a while back, but I wanted to make an even more simple chewy keto cookie that didn’t use the somewhat controversial ingredient peanut butter.

I’ve now made these easy keto cookies three times over the past two days and it's safe to say they’re my new favorite. If you're a fan of gooey and chewy cookies, this recipe will suit you well! 

Be sure to check out some of the other great recipes for keto cookies out there!

Low Carb Butter Pecan Cookies from All Day I Dream About Food, Chewy Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies from Keto Connect, Low Carb Snickerdoodles from That Low Carb Life and Keto Peanut Butter Cookies from For Frying Out Loud.

Why this recipe works

• Very easy to make. This recipe has a slightly different approach, but it makes all the difference.
  
• Easily customizable. For keto cookies, chocolate chip is amazing, but think about what other keto-friendly toppings you can incorporate into this recipe. How about walnuts or pecans?
  
• Low in net carbs. Each of these cookies is only 1.2 grams of net carbs per my calculations. If you track net carbs instead of total, this is an excellent keto dessert option.

Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients 

All you need for these easy keto chocolate chip cookies is:

• Cold butter - Most bakers recommend using unsalted butter for baking because it allows you to control the amount of salt in the recipe easier, but I always prefer salted butter because of the extra flavor.
  
• Brown sweetener (Keto Friendly Brown Sugar Substitute) - Brown Swerve and Lakanto Golden are both excellent choices.
  
  I love the depth of flavor the brown sweetener has (just like brown sugar in regular flour chocolate chip cookies) and I highly recommend using it for this recipe rather than regular granular Swerve.
  
• Egg - This recipe uses one large egg.
  
• Almond Flour - I prefer a blanched, finely ground almond flour like Blue Diamond.
  
• Baking Soda - It's what gives these keto cookies their rise. Be sure to check the dates on your baking soda to make sure you're not using an old batch. The longer leaveners like baking powder and baking soda sit in your cupboard, the less effective they are.
  
• Salt
  
• Chocolate Chips - There are more keto-friendly sugar free chocolate chips out there than ever before. My go to is still Lily's Chocolate Chips, but this recipe should work with whatever your favorite brand is.
  
• Chopped Pecans - (optional, but I love what nuts add to chocolate chip cookies!)

Recipe Notes

I really think cold butter is essential to get the best cookie. It’s very hard to “cream” it with the sweetener, but just do your best and keep the mixer as low as it’ll go. You’ll end up with cold little butter balls and that’s the perfect consistency before you add the egg. 

I’ve made this recipe with both brown sweetener and regular. I love the added depth of flavor you get with brown, so I’d highly recommend it. 

Chill the dough. Don't skip this one. I put the tray in the freezer (after forming the balls) for about 10 minutes. This helps to avoid melty cookies once they go in the oven.

These cookies bake FAST. Be sure to keep an eye on them because the oven is really hot. When they start to get brown on the edges and tops is when I take them out. 

They’ll be really gooey when you take them out, but they’ll continue to cook as they cool which will give you the texture you’re looking for. Use caution because there is an egg in this batter, but it should be sufficiently cooked. 

As is true with pretty much all keto desserts, they taste even better the next day! You can store these cookies in the fridge or cover them and leave them out.

Nutrition Information

This recipe makes 12 cookies that are about 3 tablespoons of batter each. For one cookie you’re looking at:

Calories: 211 Calories
Total Carbs (including erythritol): 13.9g
Fiber: 3.7g
Sugar Alcohols: 9g
Net Carbs: 1.2g
Protein: 4.4g
Fat: 20.6g

And here’s a breakdown based on the ingredients I used:

If you like this recipe, you might also enjoy

Keto Chocolate Cake

Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Keto Brookies - brownies and cookies all in one!

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