You’re going to want to make a double batch of these delicious low-carb peanut butter cookies! Made with creamy peanut butter, natural sweetener, and topped with sugar-free chocolate and chopped peanuts, you’re going to love these homemade cookies.
I love cookies and can eat a whole batch by myself! However, eating an entire batch of regular cookies isn’t exactly great for you so I developed these delicious low carb cookies! These low-carb peanut butter cookies are so good while being sugar-free and gluten-free. They’re so satisfying and hits my cravings every time.
These super easy cookies are made with only six ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen. Despite looking so elegant with the melted chocolate and chopped peanuts, you’d never guess how simple they are to make! Pair them with my Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies and you can please both the peanut lovers and almond lovers!
These low-carb peanut butter cookies really only take 10 minutes to put together and 15 minutes in the oven. They’re actually simple enough to make that you can even have your kids helping you. You can have them mixing the ingredients together or making the cross cross pattern on top of your cookies with a fork.
Want more delicious desserts? Try my Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, Almond Butter Cookies Recipe, Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, Sugar-free Fudgy Walnut Brownies, or my Keto Chocolate Bars Recipe. You should also check out this post on my favourite 12 Healthy Gluten-free Cookies Recipes (Web Story) for more!
How to Make this Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- Peanut butter
- Egg — best at room temperature
- Xylitol — a sugar-free sweetener
- Vanilla extract
- Sea salt
- Sugar-free chocolate chips
- Unsalted peanuts — chopped
- Sugar-free chocolate bar
Instructions
Prep the Oven and Equipment
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat. Set aside.
Mix Everything Together
- In a large bowl add the peanut butter, eggs, sweetener, vanilla, and salt. Using a spatula stir everything well until all is combined and the dough is smooth. Then add in the chocolate chips and mix well.
- Roll balls of dough. It’s about 1.5 tablespoon of dough per cookie. Place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets.
Bake The Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes, until very lightly golden. Allow the cookies to cool completely before handling.
Make the Melted Chocolate
- While the cookies are in the oven, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt ¾ cup chocolate chips. Heat for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave and stir. Return it to the microwave and repeat, stopping to stir every 15-seconds until the mixture is totally melted.
- To make chocolate-dipped cookies, dip half of cookie into the melted chocolate and let the excess run off. Sprinkle with peanuts top.
Substitutions
- These Low-carb Peanut Butter Cookies are made with soft peanut butter, but you can substitute smooth peanut butter for chunky to get a different cookie texture.
- Alternatively, if you’re out of peanut butter, you can use almond butter as well.
- I only baked these cookies for 15 minutes, but feel free to bake them a minute or two longer to give them a little crunch.
- If you’re not following a low carb diet, you can make these cookies with any other type of sugar such as coconut sugar, white sugar or brown sugar.
- Chocolate can be swapped for dark chocolate or even milk chocolate.
Tips and Notes
- To store them, place them in an airtight container or ziploc bag. They last for about a week in room temperature.
Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe FAQs
What else can I add to these cookies?
You can add additional nuts onto the chocolate coat such as chopped walnuts, pecans, or almonds.
Can I freeze these cookies?
You can freeze these cookies for later! Freeze them either fully baked or freeze them before baking. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper, place the pressed cookies on it, freeze for up to an hour or until frozen solid, and transfer into a freezer bag. When ready, bake as directed from frozen but add a minute or two to adjust for it being frozen.
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Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup peanut butter
- 2 egg
- 1/2 cup natural sweetener
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup sugar-free chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup unsalted peanuts chopped (save some for topping)
- ¾ cup sugar-free chocolate bar chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat. Set aside.
- In a large bowl add the peanut butter, eggs, sweetener, vanilla, and salt. Using a spatula stir everything well until all is combined and the dough is smooth.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix well.
- Roll balls of dough. It’s about 1.5 tablespoons of dough per cookie. Place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Then flatten the top of the cookie with your two fingers.
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes, until very lightly golden. Allow the cookies to cool completely before handling.
- While the cookies are in the oven, melt the chocolate in the microwave.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt ¾ cup chopped chocolate bar. Heat for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave and stir. Return it to the microwave and repeat, stopping to stir every 15-seconds until the mixture is totally melted.
- Dip half of cookie into the melted chocolate and let the excess run off. Sprinkle with peanuts.
Tips
- You can use chunky peanut butter if you want a different textured cookie.
- Almond butter is a great alternative if you do not have peanut butter.
- You can use dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate.
- To store: Store the peanut butter cookies for up to a week in an airtight container in the fridge.
- To freeze: After baking, flash freeze the cookies before transferring them to a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
Sues says
Guilt-free cookies sound perfect… Especially since they involve peanut butter!!
Olivia says
So true 😉
Kati White says
How much xylitol does this need?
Thanks!
Olivia says
It’s 1/2 cup. I just adjusted the recipe to clear further confusion. Thanks for pointing it out!
Nisa says
Hi,
You said we can also use white,brown,coconut sugar, Is it also possible to use liquid sweetener like honey/molasses? If so How much would you recommend?
Or is it best to use mix of one of the granulated one and liquid one? The ratio would be half to half or should I change differently? And If I want to reduce the amount of sugar is it possible?
Sorry my questions a bit long but thank you for your answer 💕
Olivia says
Yes, it’s possible to reduce the amount of sugar in half. However I am not sure if this recipe would work with honey or molasses, since I’ve never made this recipe with those items. Sorry about that. But I believe it would work.
Lin says
I dont use xylitol for anything it is a poison
Michele Shkor says
This is not low carb.