Delicious low-carb chocolate chip cookies with coconut. Loaded with all the flavor and sweetness without all the carbs. Freezer-friendly and ready in about 20 minutes!

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Would you believe me if I told you, you could have a low carb chocolate chip cookie that tasted yummy and only takes 20 minutes to make? Well, you’d better believe it because these low carb chocolate chip cookies with coconut are really delicious AND only take about 20 minutes to mix, bake and enjoy.

Ryan and I are low-carbing it right now to lose some unwanted weight and gain some confidence back. If you’ve looked around Kitchen Cents much you will find a LOT of very carb-heavy recipes because we love carbs.

But…

today I’m sharing something new, low carb, and deeee-licious. <–This coming from a full-fledged carb-aholic, you’re gonna wanna try this cookie recipe.

INGREDIENTS FOR LOW CARB CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES:

For this keto coconut chocolate chip cookie recipe you will need:

• Almond meal or almond flour – I use almond meal because it’s much cheaper for me to buy but if you have almond flour, that will work great too. The biggest difference between the two is that almond meal is more coarse and has skins in it. Almond flour is more finely ground and does not have skins in it.
• flaxseed meal or ground flaxseeds
• Vanilla protein powder – I love using Lean (vanilla cake flavor) by Boss Lady
• Zero-calorie sweetener – I like to use Swerve but any 1:1 zero-calorie sweetener should work.
• Unsweetened apple sauce
• An egg
• Vanilla extract
• Unsweetened shredded coconut flakes
• Sugar-free chocolate chips or chunks
• Sea salt

HOW TO MAKE LOW CARB CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES:

These low carb cookies are really easy to make. Easier than “regular” chocolate chip cookies.

In a nutshell, through everything in a bowl, mix it up then scoop, top with coconut flakes and bake. That’s literally it!

No need to cream fats and sugars. No worries about over mixing the batter and forming too much gluten, because guess what? These keto-friendly cookies are also GLUTEN-FREE!

KETO-FRIENDLY, GLUTEN FREE, DAIRY FREE COOKIE*:

This low carb chocolate chip cookie recipe is keto friendly.

It’s also gluten free, if using a gluten-free protein powder. As far as I understand, the protein powder I use is gluten free but not dairy free which brings me to my next thought.

*If you are lactose intolerant or must enjoy a dairy-free diet, this cookie recipe can be altered to fit that need. To make these low carb cookies dairy-free, use a dairy-free protein powder OR replace the protein powder with an additional 1/3 cup zero-calorie (1:1) sweetener.

I DON’T HAVE PROTEIN POWDER:

If you don’t have vanilla protein powder you can replace the powder with an additional 1/3 cup of your 1:1 zero-calorie sweetener, I like to use granulated Swerve in this recipe.

Replacing the protein powder would also make this cookie recipe dairy-free.

UNSWEETENED VS SWEETENED:

As you saw in the list of ingredients above, the apple sauce and coconut flakes or shedded coconut should be unsweetened.

If artificially sweetened ingredients are added to this recipe it will increase the amount of carbs as sugar will be added.

To avoid increasing the carbohydrates in this low carb chocolate chip cookie recipe, make sure the apple sauce and coconut you use are both unsweetened.

SUGAR-FREE CHOCOLATE:

You can find sugar free chocolate chips at some grocery stores or online. I like to use Lakanto sugar-free chocolate 55% that’s sweetened with Monkfruit sweetener. It comes in a bar that I can chop into small chunks but you can use whatever sugar-free chocolate or chocolate chips you like.

FREEZE FOR LATER:

If you’re like me and know you’ll eat the whole batch of cookies tonight (and know you shouldn’t but can’t help yourself), freeze the extra. This low carb cookie dough freezes beautifully. I love baking half and freezing the rest so next time, all I have to do is pull them out and bake.

To freeze these cookies for later so you can bake them fresh, prepare them as if you were going to bake them. Scoop them, top them with coconut and flatten them just as the recipe says. BUT, rather than putting them in the oven, put the premade cookie dough in the freezer. Once frozen solid, remove from the parchment-line sheet and store in a ziplock or airtight container. Store them in the freezer until you are ready to bake.

To bake from frozen, preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the frozen uncooked cookies on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes. Because the dough will be frozen, they will need a minute or two longer to thaw and begin to bake.

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HERE’S THE FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE. ENJOY!