Keto No Bake Cookies

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Created July 2020 and updated February 2021

Keto no bake cookies are the best. One dish to clean, they’re low carb, and they’re the perfect keto dessert. Nothing like an easy Keto recipe to make life a little better. And you don’t need a lot of tools or utensils. Simple and easy. Yay! And it’s dark chocolate, come one… benefits!

Not only are these Keto no Bake Cookies a one-bowl recipe, but they only have 5 ingredients. AND they take 10 minutes to put together. Who needs cookie dough anyway? Well… maybe. :/

To be honest, any keto dessert is okay with me, as long as it’s tasty and has none of that nasty cooling taste. Yuck. Did you know that cooling taste comes from the use of too much (or the wrong amount of erythritol). If you don’t know what you’re doing, it could turn out pretty nasty.

Sugar Free (of course) + no additional sweeteners

Let’s take a look at ingredients for a moment:

This low carb peanut butter based keto dessert uses just the right amount of chopped nuts. The chocolate chips add the sweetness needed without: a keto sweetener, a powdered sweetener, sugar (which is obviously not approved anyway), powdered erythritol, monk fruit, maple syrup (again, this is a great sweetener, just not approved for this type of recipe), swerve sweetener, stevia, or any other granulated sweetener BUT still provides the right taste for any sweet tooth.

The ingredient list is simple:

• Butter (or Coconut Oil for dairy-free) – Mmmm melted butter
• Crunchy Peanut Butter / Almond Butter or any Nut Butter
• Chocolate Chips (adds the right amount of sweet)
• Chopped Nuts (we prefer pecans & cashews)
• Shredded Coconut

Keto No Bake Cookies with Peanut Butter

Here’s the deal with Paleo, peanut butter is technically off the table. BUT other nut butter options are perfectly okay. We really love the cardnl almond butter. It’s blanched and roasted. So good. There’s also an almond flour available too, it’s really great for baking (however, you don’t need almond flour with this cookie recipe).

Low Carb Cookie Recipe

With very few ingredients, it’s just that good. I wanted to quick review a few very important Keto ingredients that are NOT in use in this recipe but we believe they’re solid staples to have on hand. They include: cocoa powder, coconut flake, a powdered sweetener (or any keto sweetener in fact), sliced almonds (however, you might want to try adding some sliced almonds, yum), hemp seed, unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla extract (great for baking), cream cheese, and coconut milk. Like I said, these are great options to have on hand but they’re just not needed for this recipe.

Vegan Approved Keto Coconut Cookie Ball

You COULD make it in to a ball and get that cookie dough ball vibe… maybe?

Anyway, this is a Vegan cookie option! If you decide to use coconut oil, a natural peanut butter, cardnl chocolate chips, any variety of nuts or almonds, and coconut, you’re all set to make this perfectly Vegan.

Low Carb Kitchen

Here’s the situation on eating low carb and stocking the kitchen right, always have a nut butter option on hand, our preferred is almond butter, you just can’t go wrong. Shredded coconut is nice to have on hand too. Bake it with a sweetener and make a granola or another type of treat. Granola recipe coming soon and is already available to purchase at cardnl.

Low Carb Friendly Cookie Recipe

They’ve only got 2g net carbs per cookie and they definitely don’t taste sugar-free at all. This recipe uses chocolate chips rather than cocoa powder and additional sweeteners. Simplicity makes the process a little better and also lets you use a variety of different chocolate chips that completely alter the taste of the cookie.

We like these the most with cardnl Dark Chocolate Chips , but they’re also super tasty with Lily’s White Chocolate or Salted Caramel Chocolate Chips as well. See, a variety of flavors all in one simple recipe.

If you don’t tolerate dairy at all, swap out the butter for coconut oil (like mentioned earlier). Note: the cookies might melt a little quicker since coconut oil has a lower melting point than butter. They’re best stored in the fridge to keep the melting from happening.

If you think these don’t end up being sweet enough, you could try adding some Erythritol or Allulose (both safe granulated sweetener options). Note: we don’t recommend using the swerve sweetener, not a big fan of oligosaccharides. There are better sugar free options, even Monk Fruit is a viable option when paired with erythritol (or powdered erythritol).

Have fun and let us know in the comments if you did anything different to change it up.

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