These Keto Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies are rich, chewy and even better than their sugary, carb laden counterparts.
The secret to these chewy keto chocolate chip cookies:
Have you ever had a keto chocolate chip cookie that just gets better and better days after you made it? Me either... until I made these. I thought they were great straight off the cookie sheet, scorching my mouth because I refused to let them cool, but boy, oh boy, they were even more amazing when I grabbed one from the pantry the next day. Rich and chewy, and the perfect texture of a real flour based, conventional sugar, high carb cookie. In fact, if I hadn't made these Keto Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies and someone served me one, I would never be able to tell that they were low carb cookies at all.
Substitutions and Serving Suggestions
You want to know what makes a mindblowingly delicious keto dessert? Take two of these cookies and use them to sandwich some of my Low Carb Mason Jar Chocolate Ice Cream and make a low carb cookie ice cream sandwich. SO GOOD! And to think that people say this lifestyle is hard.
A couple of notes:
- I like to pull these keto cookies out of the oven at the 10 minute mark and lightly press on them to flatten. This makes for a deliciously dense and chewy cookie.
- If you scoop them in large mounds, I recommend flattening them when you pull them out of the oven for a denser, cookie like texture. For a more airy cake-like texture, leave them puffed up.
- If you are making smaller cookies and making more than 18, I would decrease the cooking time to 8 to 10 minutes.
- You do not have to include the grass-fed collagen gelatin (not to be confused with collagen peptides), but it does make them chewier. I got the idea of adding gelatin to cookies from my talented friend Cristina of The Castaway Kitchen. Check out her Keto Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
- You can leave out the caramel extract and sea salt flakes to make a delicious plain low carb chocolate chip cookie
- Store these keto cookies in an airtight container. They are even better the next day!
- I have not tested this recipe as a coconut flour cookie recipe, but if you have a nut allergy I'm sure it would be equally as delicious with coconut flour. To substitute coconut flour, you would need to add a lot more liquid, and eggs.
More low carb, gluten free cookie recipes:
- Keto White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
- Keto Flourless Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Keto No Bake Cookies
- Keto Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches
- Keto Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies
- Low Carb Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- 30 Keto Cookie Recipes
Keto Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 18 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 3 cups blanched almond flour (I use this brand)
- 1 tablespoon grass-fed gelatin (I use this brand)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I use this brand)
- 1 teaspoon caramel extract (I use this brand)
- ½ cup sugar-free maple syrup (I use this brand) Code PEACE for 20% off
- ½ cup unrefined coconut oil, melted
- 1 cup sugar-free dark chocolate chips (I use this brand) Code PEACE for 20% off
- Maldon sea salt flakes (get them here)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- Combine the almond flour, gelatin, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Crack the eggs into a medium mixing bowl. Add the vanilla extract and caramel extract and whisk to combine. Add the maple syrup and coconut oil to the egg mixture, whisking as you pour.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and beat with a hand mixer until all ingredients are well incorporated.
- Using a rubber spatula, fold the chocolate chips into the batter.
- Use a cookie scoop to drop balls of dough, about 2 tablespoons worth, onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Start checking at 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with sea salt flakes, and let cool for 10 minutes.
Notes
Net Carbs Per Cookie: 1.9g
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 189
- Fat: 17g
- Carbohydrates: 4.7g
- Fiber: 2.8g
- Protein: 6g
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Shalini Vora says
HI. I have a tree nut allergy and am Keto. What can I use instead of almond flour. I would love to make these lovely cookies.
p.s. I am shamed to admit I just found out about out via Ali Miller. Love!!! your blog and excited to try your cookbook.
-shalini
Toni L says
Oh these sound wonderful but --- can I substitute Coconut flour as I have a tree=nut allergy so can't use almond flour, and add extra eggs?
Thank you for any help/advice
Carrie Smith says
These are phenomenal cookies. The base recipe is super adaptable and the possibilities are endless. When I made the cookies with syrup, my syrup left an unpleasant aftertaste so I subbed my sweetener blend (erythritiol/stevia/inulin) the second time and they turned out delicious. I also didn't have any salted caramel extract so I subbed almond extract-YUM! Thank you so much for sharing this AMAZING recipe!!
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Missy says
Did u use Lakanto or another type? I've used Knox geletin in a pinch, worked fine..
Tamara says
Did you use the same amount as the syrup, 1/2 cup? I have a large bag of erythritol I'd like to use instead of buying syrup.
Donna Hake says
Does anyone have any idea how much swerve brand sweetener I would need to replace the maple syrup?
Kari Bohning says
Do these freeze well after baked?
Saadia says
Has anyone tried refrigerating the dough and then baking these later?
Kalina Navratil says
Has anyone tried this with regular knox gelatin? I'm wondering if it would work just as well...
amy h says
i just made them using Kroger-store-brand unflavored gelatin. i also substituted butter for the coconut oil ((cuz i didn't have any)).
they're wonderful!
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Brittany says
Just wanted to thank you so much for this. As a pastry chef from Seattle, I struggle with all the sugar tasting every day. These are a GODSEND because sugar cravings happen no matter how long you’re on keto- especially if you’re female ( albeit less and less because of following keto for over a year), sometimes you just need a sweet delicious thing. Wahoo you did it!
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jane says
I know this would have been 5 star like Kyndra's other recipes I've tried (book and website). People, don't do what I did. I used my homemade keto maple syrup. Obviously not sweet enough. I should have tasted the batter at which point I would have added erythritol as they were very bland. (We can't get decent keto maple syrup in Canada for under $15.00)
Nancy says
Love, love your recipes! Just wondering if I could replace the melted coconut oil with melted butter?
Peace Love and Low Carb says
Yes, absolutely. I have made it both ways and it is delicious either way.
Meg Bailey says
So delicious...thank you!
What is the calorie count? The nutritional information provided indicates 18g. Is it 180 calories/cookie?
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Peace Love and Low Carb says
That says 189
Meg Bailey says
Ha! My eyes aren't what they used to be.