Chocolate chip cookies always bring back memories of the holidays as a child. Setting up for Santa to come down the chimney with the presents, enjoy a quick carby snack, and get back to work by jumping on the sleigh. And you can’t forget about Rudolph, either, he always had a carrot that somehow mysteriously ended up in the trash can the next day – well I guess the reindeer weren’t much of vegetarians. With all the cookies and milk, there’s no wonder we personified Santa as a heavyset guy now, is there?
Anyway, enough of my slightly twisted reminiscing 🙂 So the other day, I was wanting to make some cookies that weren’t too dry, but were just right. Crispy on the outside, but still soft enough on the inside to make you want to come back for more. I wanted to incorporate a mixture of flours…which I seem to be doing a lot lately. Psyllium husk just gives a fantastic texture to things in my opinion, and I will most likely start using it more and more for baked foods. It can give that mouthy bite texture that you get with gluten-packed goods…that almost resisting “pull” you get from breads when you take a bite. Without using vital wheat gluten, or oat fiber or any of the other gluten laden substitutes, I have to say psyllium comes pretty close to being the best I’ve found.
So the cookies? Well, we are here for cookies after all. They’re delicious! They remind me of Chips Ahoy style cookies, but with a softer middle. They’re perfect for dunking in a glass of coconut or almond milk, and absolutely perfect for kids. A great dessert that can go around the family table and nobody will complain – keto carbing or not!
Yields 16 Delicious Keto Chocolate Chunk Cookies
The Preparation
- 1 cup almond flour
- 3 tablespoons unflavored low-carb protein powder
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons psyllium husk powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 8 tablespoons butter, room temp
- 1/4 cup erythritol
- 10 drops liquid stevia
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 50 grams low-carb dark chocolate, like chocoperfection
The Execution
1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Then, mix together 1 cup Almond Flour, 3 tbsp. Unflavored Whey Protein, 2 tbsp. Coconut Flour, 2 tbsp. Psyllium Husk Powder and 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder.
2. Using a hand mixer, beat 8 tbsp. room temperature butter to a pale color. This should take about 1-2 minutes.
3. Add 1/4 cup Erythritol and 10 drops Liquid Stevia to the butter and beat again.
4. Add 1 large egg and 2 tsp. Quality Vanilla Extract to the beaten butter and beat again until well combined.
5. Sift dry ingredients over butter and mix again to combine fully. Make sure there are no lumps when you finish.
6. Chop the 5 bars of Chocoperfection (or other 95%+ Cocoa) and add to the dough. Mix together well.
7. Roll the dough into a log. Make small markings over the top of the log to ensure consistent measurements of cookies.
8. Slice off each piece of dough and roll into a ball. Lay each ball onto a silpat that is on a baking sheet.
9. Using the bottom of a mason jar, lightly press the cookies flat into circles.
10. Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes or until a light golden brown color appears on the edges.
11. Let cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from the baking sheet.
12. Serve up with a nice glass of coconut or almond milk, and enjoy!
This makes a total of 16 servings of Keto Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Each serving comes out to be 123 calories, 11g fats, 1.8g net carbs, and 2.9g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 1 cup almond flour | 648 | 56 | 24.6 | 14.6 | 10.1 | 23.5 |
| 3 tablespoon unflavored low-carb protein powder | 64 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 14.2 |
| 2 tablespoon coconut flour | 40 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 tablespoon psyllium husk powder | 112 | 0 | 25.6 | 22.4 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 1/2 teaspoon baking powder | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 8 tablespoon butter | 814 | 92.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 |
| 1/4 cup erythritol | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 drop liquid stevia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 large egg | 79 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
| 2 teaspoon vanilla extract | 25 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 50 gram low-carb dark chocolate | 195 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 1988 | 175.9 | 85.3 | 57.2 | 28.1 | 47.6 |
| Per Serving (/16) | 124 | 11 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3 |
Keto Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- 3 tablespoon unflavored low-carb protein powder
- 2 tablespoon coconut flour
- 2 tablespoon psyllium husk powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 8 tablespoon butter room temp
- ¼ cup erythritol
- 10 drop liquid stevia
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 50 gram low-carb dark chocolate like chocoperfection
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Then, mix together almond flour, unflavored whey protein, coconut flour, psyllium husk powder and baking powder.
- Using a hand mixer, beat room temperature butter to a pale color. This should take about 1-2 minutes.
- Add erythritol and liquid stevia to the butter and beat again.
- Add egg and vanilla extract to the beaten butter and beat again until well combined.
- Sift dry ingredients over butter and mix again to combine fully. Make sure there are no lumps when you finish.
- Chop the Chocoperfection (or other 95%+ chocolate bar) and add to the dough. Mix together well.
- Roll the dough into a log. Make small markings over the top of the log to ensure consistent measurements of cookies.
- Slice off each piece of dough and roll into a ball. Lay each ball onto a silpat that is on a baking sheet.
- Using the bottom of a mason jar, lightly press the cookies flat into circles.
- Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes or until a light golden brown color appears on the edges.
- Let cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from the baking sheet.
- Serve up with a nice glass of coconut or almond milk, and enjoy!
Is this whole psyllium husk or powder? Thanks
K,
It’s Psyllium Husk Powder. You can get the same brand as I use (NOW Brand) here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RWUNYM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002RWUNYM&linkCode=as2&tag=rume00-20
I also updated the post to be more accurate – thanks for pointing that out 🙂
These look good, will make them when my almond flour gets here next week. Thanks, Craig!
Sounds like a plan – post back and tell us what you think 🙂
Is it possible to do these without the protein powder my allowance isnt very high and i never have any?
Toni,
You may be able to do it with just 2 tbsp. or so of extra psyllium, but I’m not sure how the texture would be. If you give it a try, post back and let us know!
Thank you, we tried making these today and I’ve gotta say without the whey powder they were not great. Far too dry nice taste otherwise though and can’t see the kids complaining.
Sorry to hear Toni. I definitely think that the bake time makes a difference in dryness, but a lot of the time with keto baked goods you should wait 1 day. On the second day, they normally are a lot more moist. I found with my first batch of these, though, I baked for 20 minutes and they came out much dryer.
These turned out GREAT! Thanks so much. Now I just have to figure out where to hide them so my kids don’t eat them all in one sitting 😉
Haha, I’m super happy to hear! Better hide a second stash so you have some leftover for yourself 🙂
What can i sub the coconut flour with my husband is allergic to coconut
You can use flaxseed meal and almond flour in place of it.
5 bars of Chocoperfection = how much any other 95%+ cocoa bar?
It depends on the brand of cocoa bar that you purchase. 5 chocoperfection bars is 5g of carbs, so you have to match that up with whichever kind of chocolate you are using. Of course, you can always use a bit more, but that will increase carb counts a little bit.
Ahh, I see! So it’s more about adding chocolate within your carb allowance than about needing a certain amount of chocolate chunks to get a certain consistency?
Exactly. The cookies will work even without the chocolate chunks, but it does add a great balance in flavors that you look for in chocolate chip/chunk cookies. You can pretty much add however much you want, as long as it fits in your range.
What can I substitute the almond flour with. I have a tree nut allergy.
Hey Andrea. Unfortunately there is no perfect substitution for Almond Flour. I know that there is Lupin flour that acts similarly, but if you were to use coconut flour in place of it, the cookies would come out with a different texture.
Hi Craig. Re that “different texture” with coconut flour. I bought 4 lbs of it in the early days and recipes rarely call for it. Is that different texture bad or just different? (I ran out of Almond Flour.)
Hey Linda,
That different texture would just be different. You’d have to use less “flour” if you used coconut flour, and generally it’s slightly more dry since the fat content is lower. What I’d say to do is introduce some more fats and maybe another egg (depending on recipe) when you use coconut flour. Reduce it by half and work your way up to get a consistency that’s workable.
Oh my goodness! Your website is a life saver. I cut sugar out of my diet quite some time ago and have been deprived of sweets. I am just now starting a keto diet and your website is going to make it a lot easier. Thank you!
Okay, I can’t decide if it’s amazing or dangerous how delicious these are… Better than many of the high carb cookies I’ve had in the past. Definitely trying out tons of other recipes of yours! Thank you!!
Hey Craig. I made these tonight, but they turned out really spongey 🙁 Any suggestions?
Interesting texture, had fun making them. was too lazy to roll the log, but I wasn’t going for picture quality. Your recipe once again is top tier keto. Cheers
I plugged all of these ingredients in MFP and its popping out with 17g of carbs per cookie? Only difference I had was using a Stevia Blend vs the pure Erythritol
Erythritol isn’t processed by the human body so we tend to not count the carbs in it since they are not digested like normal carbs. You can read more about it here: https://www.ruled.me/keto-d…
Hi, the only unflavoured protein powder I have is milk protein powder, all my whey is flavoured. Also do is it matter if it is whey isolate or concentrate I haven’t baked with protein powder before
I made these yesterday and they are really awesome!! My husband wouldn’t believe the cookies were Keto!!
Thanks, great recipe, delicious cookies
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Greetings Lindsey
Those look great!
I can’t find Almond Flour at my grocery and I don’t even know what Psyllium Husk is. Can I use coconut flour in place of both?
Mine fell apart after baked, did not hold together.
Oh no! I’m sorry that didn’t turn out for you.
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I was excited to try a different cookie tonight, but I was disappointed as mine came out flat as a pancake. The edges looked lacy and the whole pan was covered in oil…what did I do wrong? 🙁
Is it possible that the butter in the dough somehow got too soft? That might do it.
Hello! I don’t understand your carb calculations. My psyllium husk is <0.2 per 100g. So the amount of carbs in 2tbsp is negligible – surely not 16 for the dough? My almond flour is 7g carb per 100g, making one cup (125g) only 9g at the most. Great recipe though. I didn’t have plain whey so used choc flavour and skipped choc chips.
Hey Lesley – different brands have different carb calculations. You’re welcome to use what your packaging says. The psyllium we use lists 16g carbs, but most of that is fiber. If you’re in Europe, your packaging doesn’t list the total carb count – fiber would not be included. In the US, the total carbs listed on packaging includes the fiber in it as well.
5 bars Chocoperfection is equal to how many choc chips in ounces Please?????
The Chocoperfection bars are 10g each, so 50g in total. That’s about 1.8 oz.