Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

The cookies are soft, chewy, and completely irresistible! It’s everything you could ever wish for in a homemade classic chocolate chip cookie, and no one can ever guess there’s no sugar required.

Whether you want a sugar free cookie recipe for yourself or a friend or relative, this is absolutely the recipe you should try.

Also try this popular
Keto Cheesecake

Key Ingredients

You need the following: almond flour, sweetener, salt, baking soda, pure vanilla extract, water, coconut oil or butter, and regular or mini sugar free chocolate chips.

The cookies are naturally egg free and gluten free. They can also be dairy free.

Low carb almond flour (or flourless almond meal) gives these cookies a delicious chewy texture. For the best results, I do not recommend swapping it for any other flour, such as coconut flour or whole wheat flour.

The recipe uses melted butter or coconut oil. For sugar free vegan cookies, use the oil option or buy a plant-based butter.

What is the Best Sugar Free Sweetener for Cookies?

To achieve soft, fluffy cookies, this recipe calls for powdered erythritol, not granulated. Powdered xylitol, allulose, or a monk fruit blend work as well.

If you like the taste of stevia, feel free to substitute it here. Stevia is much sweeter than other sweeteners, so you will need less. Most packages will have a sweetness equivalent chart that tells you how much stevia to use in place of erythritol or sugar.

Note: Many sugar free sweeteners or sugar alcohols are not suitable for four-legged friends. Chocolate is also not pet friendly. In general, it is a good idea to consult with a vet before feeding human food to your pet.

Sugar Free Chocolate Chips

If you want true cookies with no sugar added, either buy no sugar chocolate chips at the store or make your own Sugar Free Chocolate Chips.

Brands that offer chocolate chips without sugar include Hershey’s, Russell Stover, Safeway, Lakanto, and Lily’s stevia sweetened dark chocolate chips. I like the last two options best because they are also dairy free and vegan.

Prefer cookies with no chocolate chips? Try these
Keto Sugar Cookies

Can Diabetics Eat These Cookies?

Erythritol and xylitol are two sweeteners many diabetics often use instead of sugar, because these sugar alcohols do not spike blood sugar as much as regular sugar does. They are generally considered to be safe, and diabetic readers often leave comments telling me they enjoy my recipes. However, everyone has different nutritional needs. Check with a medical professional before introducing a new food if you are on a special diet for health reasons.

How to Make Cookies Without Sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir all dry ingredients very well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix to form a sugar free cookie dough.
3. Shape the dough into cookies. I like to use a cookie scoop or my hands to make cookie dough balls and then flatten each ball with a spoon.
4. Place the unbaked cookies on a baking tray.
5. Bake on the oven’s center rack for twelve minutes. The cookies will look underdone when you remove them from the oven. This is what you want, as they continue to firm up as they cool.
6. Let cool completely before handling, then serve and enjoy hot or cold.

Cookie Storage Tips

If you do not wish to make cookies right away, roll the sugar free cookie dough into balls and freeze in an airtight container for up to two months. For soft cookies, store leftovers in an airtight container. If you have any sliced bread on hand, adding a piece of bread helps keep cookies soft. For crispier cookies, store in a covered glass dish or Pyrex container. Once baked, sugar free cookies will stay fresh for up to four days.