These Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are the ultimate gooey, chewy and deliciously rich low carb dessert! You might want to wash them with a cold glass of unsweetened almond milk!
Cookies are one of my all time favorite Keto treats. They’re the perfect dessert for when you really just need some sweet low carb, high fat goodness.
With just a few swaps, delicious, chewy keto cookies are totally achievable! Don't be discouraged by the almond flour or sugar substitutes. This recipe for keto peanut butter chocolate chip cookies is easier than you might think!
Not feeling the peanut butter? Check out my recipe for easy keto chocolate chip cookies. These are absolutely amazing!
I’ve always been more of a crunchy cookie lover, and if you are too, you definitely need to check out my recipe for chocolate chip pecan and coconut cookies, but if you’re here for gooey cookie amazingness keep on reading!
Joe was testing peanut butter cookies this morning and struck absolute gold....so much so that we knew we had to get this recipe up on the blog ASAP!
What ingredients do I need to make keto cookies?
The ingredients are pretty simple, and mostly made up of staples for a typical keto kitchen. For this recipe you'll need:
- Melted Butter - I almost always just use salted butter
- Unsweetened Natural Peanut Butter - The lowest carb peanut butters have a maximum of two ingredients - peanuts and salt
- Brown Swerve or Regular Granular Swerve - I've made this recipe with both, and I definitely recommend going with the Brown Swerve. The cookies come out with a richer flavor.
- Egg - I used a large egg in this recipe.
- Almond Flour - specifically not almond meal. I use finely sifted almond flour. Blue Diamond is my current favorite brand.
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Low Carb Chocolate Chips - Lily's is my favorite brand of keto-friendly chocolate chips, but feel free to use your go-to!
Is peanut butter keto?
I know peanut butter is a bit controversial on a keto diet. The main argument is that peanuts are technically a legume...more closely related to beans than nuts, and therefore not a typical part of a strict keto diet.
The way I do keto, if it fits your macros it's good to go. And if you use an unsweetened, natural peanut butter (maximum 2 ingredients: peanuts and salt) you’ll find that the carbs are very reasonable.
For instance, in this recipe we only use 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, which only amounts to 4 net carbs. If it's still not your jam, feel free to use an alternate butter like almond butter. Everybody's keto journey is different.
Nutrition Info for these keto cookies
For one serving (1 cookie) we’re looking at 5 net carbs. I love how big and gooey the cookies come out when you separate the batter into 8 cookies. To reduce the carbs even more, simply roll the dough into smaller cookies.
I think this dough could easily make 12 smaller cookies.
Here’s the nutrition for one cookie out of an 8 cookie batch:
Calories: 145 Calories
Total Carbs: 7.75g
Fiber: 2.75
Net Carbs: 5.00g
Protein: 5.62g
Fat: 11.47g
Here's a breakdown of the nutrition for the ingredients:
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Here's how you make them!
Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are the ultimate gooey, chewy and deliciously rich low carb dessert! You might want to wash them with a cold glass of unsweetened almond milk!
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Natural Peanut Butter
- ½ Cup Brown Swerve or Regular Granular Swerve
- 1 Egg
- 1 Cup Almond Flour
- ½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Cup Low Carb Chocolate Chips (I use Lily's)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- In a medium bowl mix melted butter, peanut butter, swerve, and egg until very smooth, set aside.
- In a separate bowl mix almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until well combined.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Add chocolate chips to combined mixture and stir until just incorporated.
- Roll dough into 8 large balls and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow cookies to cool completely before digging in!
Notes
We made these cookies with both the new Brown Swerve and Regular Granular Swerve. The Brown Swerve gives the flavor more depth, and is definitely the preferred taste, but the Regular is also very delicious.
Please note that I am not a certified nutritionist. Any nutritional information that is discussed or disclosed in this post should only be seen as my best amateur estimates based on NET carbs. If nutrition is important to you, I highly encourage you to verify any data you see here with your favorite nutrition calculator.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
9Serving Size:
1 CookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 145Total Fat: 11.47gCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 2.75gProtein: 5.62g
Joan
Thursday 23rd of March 2023
I haven't made this recipe yet but fully intend to. When I make a Keto dessert, it has to measure up to what's REALLY good! Read a few comments about Sweeteners,fact: the cheap Stevia in any grocery store blend is the BEST substitute for sugar, and I've tried them all. Only exception is cake products, brownies. It's already powdered, actually measures to regular sugar. I doubled a recipe with swerve and it was still not sweet enough. Zylitol has too many carbs, same as swerve. erythritol is not sweet enough either and; did I mention, THEY ALL COST TOO MUCH TO THROW AWAY!!
Alysonne
Sunday 17th of January 2021
Hi thank you so much for this recipe ! I've made 21 ball instead of 8 large and i double the recipe too. I've put the crunchy peanut butter natural one instead of the regular. And i didn't put baking soda in cause my baking power is the keto version :). Look really great as a result most of my favorite recipe
Kim H
Thursday 24th of December 2020
These were amazing! Probably the best thing I’ve baked keto or not and so simple! Even my non-keto dad who always tells me my baking is boring or not sweet enough devoured these and asked me to bake another batch. These are now my go-to cookies which I’m baking (again) tonight.
Clarisse
Saturday 28th of November 2020
I followed exact to recipe and found it really dry and flaky. Modified the recipe for the 2nd batch and it came out perfect! Tasted like real cookies! I added 1 tsp xanthum gum, 1 tsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp heavy cream and a little vanilla extract.
Vanessa Hughes
Thursday 21st of May 2020
I wasn't satisfied with the minimal peanut butter taste so I put peanut butter on top of them like frosting :D