Ultimate Keto Fudge Flourless Cookies

This delicious recipe for keto chocolate flourless cookies uses no flour or flour substitute, making it a great gluten-free option.

It features baking chocolate, cocoa powder, and sugar-free chocolate chips for one decadent keto chocolate flourless cookie.

If that’s not enough these cookies are topped off with a sprinkle of coarse salt. The combo of sweet and salty combine beautifully in this chocolate gluten-free, nut-free cookie recipe.

If what you want are easy, true fudge flourless keto cookies that are also low in carbs and keto-friendly, then you’ve come to the right place!

This recipe will give you the most amazing keto fudge flourless cookies, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

With only a few basic ingredients this recipe offers the richest keto chocolate cookie recipe, dare I say, you will ever have.

Also, you can check out my complete list of Keto Cookies that any cookie lover doing keto would enjoy exploring. 

You may have guessed that this girl L O V E S chocolate. In fact, I’ve dedicated a collection to keto chocolate recipes.  

It seems like I am always gravitating to chocolate when I’m in the mood to make a dessert. It’s not that I don’t enjoy other flavor profiles but chocolate always seems to find me.

With that being said, my love affair with chocolate means I am constantly looking to create a keto-friendly option that will satisfy my chocolate cravings.

This is why a recipe like my keto fudge flourless cookies was destined to happen.

Keto Fudge Flourless Cookies

This challenge was conquered. What challenges do you speak of Hilda? That of creating a true keto fudge flourless cookie.

I want you to know that I have been attempting to make a flourless cookie that is low in carbs and keto-friendly for a while now.

I wasn’t challenging myself to create a keto chocolate cookie that used alternative flour. No, I wanted a zero flour option.

You would think making a flourless cookie using only low-carb ingredients would be somewhat easy. But that my friends aren’t the case.

Here’s the thing: In a traditional chocolate flourless cookie recipe, you simply combine powdered sugar, egg whites, and cocoa powder.

Logically, you could conclude that swapping powdered sugar for a sugar substitute would mean success, which allows you to put your feet up, eat your flourless keto fudge cookies, and call it a day.

So, I kept searching for the right combination of keto ingredients to produce the PERFECT keto chocolate fudgy flourless cookies.

And just when I was about to give up on this elusive idea, inspiration landed on my lap.

Stay with me for this; you’re gonna want to read how my keto fudge flourless cookies were finally birthed.

Ingredients Needed

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The following ingredients are what’s needed. Note that the full printable recipe card with step-by-step instructions is at the bottom of the page, along with the total nutritional values.

• Unsweetened baking chocolate
• Unsalted butter, room temperature
• Eggs, room temperature
• Granulated sugar substitute
• Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• Sugar-free chocolate chips 
• Sea salt
• Baking powder
• Coarse sea salt flakes (to sprinkle over the top of the cookies before baking)

Although I encourage you to try to convert your favorite recipes into a low-carb keto option, I warn you to start with tried and true recipes first. Do yourself and your pocketbook a favor and stick to this advice.

Otherwise, you may find yourself giving up altogether. Be sure to visit our keto baking tips to answer many of your questions. 

Once you understand the basic science behind keto baking and have baked a few of our recipes, you will be ready to start experimenting.

With all that being said, this is why a recipe like my keto flourless cookies is a great place to start. For one, you won’t be using ANY flour alternatives, making the low-carb baking process smoother.

That’s because this keto flourless cookie uses ZERO nut or coconut flour in the recipe. None, nada, not even a tiny amount.

Secondly, these keto cookies only require a handful of basic ingredients. Can I hear an A M E N to keep things simple?

This means that there is no need to feel intimidated by baking keto when you have recipes like this one. Pull out your apron, and get ready to bake a keto treat finally.

Reader Inspired Recipe

Recently, I had Jaime Markovic, my keto buddy from Instagram, reach out to me about how she tweaked my Keto Fudge Pie recipe.

In fact, you can thank her for giving me the inspiration I needed to create a keto fudge flourless cookie finally.

“Hilda, I have to tell you what I did…doubled the keto fudge pie filling recipe. The store was out of bakers chocolate so I used some 100% dark chocolate from Trader Joe’s instead. I also added a dash of vanilla and baked only the filling in a 8X10 pan, like when one would do for brownies. I then cut them into little squares and dusted them with powdered sugar substitute. Then I hid them from kids. They are sooo good!! Again, thanks for the recipe”.

That lovely comment opened the doors for me to ask her for details. I wanted to know what her creativity actually produced, so I asked Jaime if using only the filling of the keto fudge pie produced a cookie, a brownie, or a cross between the two.

As far as I can tell from our conversation, Jaime came up with her own little keto gem, a type of brownie that had a mousse-like texture. She did exactly what I tell people all the time to do: she customized my recipe and made it fit her needs.

Jaime opted to not make the crust of my keto fudge pie and ended up with an entirely new dessert.

It’s brilliant because I understand that not everyone has the time to make a dessert that includes a keto crust or has all the ingredients on hand to execute a recipe exactly. So why not run with your own inspiration?

Jaime’s ingenuity got me pondering the possibility of using the base of my keto fudge pie filling as a launching pad for keto fudge flourless cookies.

What if, with just a couple more tweaks, I could finally conquer a true keto flourless cookie? I didn’t know what to expect, but I was way too curious not to try.

After all, most of the recipes that are now a favorite here started as an experiment. A willingness to take a few risks in that keto kitchen of mine.

A Real Keto Fudge Flourless Cookie 

Now, I realize that there are quite a few good flourless cookie recipes out there. But what makes this one stand out is that it’s also keto-friendly.

AND….. that it does not use any nut butter, nut flour, or even coconut flour.

That, my friends, I did not find out in the keto universe. Maybe I am wrong but I checked and checked and checked some more and kept coming up empty-handed.

My chocolate flourless cookies avoid high-carb gluten-loaded flour and don’t use any of the common traditional low-carb flour options. This means they’re coconut flour and almond flour-free.

Without any flour whatsoever, you may be asking yourself, how does this cookie hold up? Well, perfectly.

How? What gives it its structure?

These keto fudge flourless cookies may not contain any flour or flour alternatives, but they do have a heavy dose of chocolate. You’re welcome, chocolate lovers. 

Keto Chocolate Flourless Cookies

You’ll understand my enthusiasm with just one bite of these low-carb chocolate cookies. Be prepared to experience an explosion of guiltless, rich chocolate flavor.

They are glossy and nearly black in color due to the overwhelming amount of chocolate goodness in them.

In fact, it was a bit of a mission to photograph them perfectly for you. Thankfully, our beautiful daughter Michelle came to her mama’s rescue and captured the richness of these flourless gems.

When I told Jaimie my idea, she was a true sweetheart and encouraged me to go for it. 

With Jaime’s brilliant idea safely in my back pocket, I had the courage to tweak that pie filling recipe and make a fabulous cookie for you to also enjoy.

All I did was add unsweetened dutch processed cocoa powder to the dough mix. That little extra cocoa powder was the magical key that transformed the keto fudge pie filling and made it into a keto flourless cookie option.

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I also chose to add Lily’s chocolate chips to the keto cookie batter, because I just couldn’t help myself.

However, this recipe doesn’t need any nuts to make it work. So for my friends who cannot consume any nuts, you are free to leave them out. Or you could use any other nut option if you prefer.

These cookies are super rich and extra fudgy, and one cookie will satisfy even the most intense chocolate craving.

Best Sugar Substitutes

My top choice is a monk fruit/erythritol blend. My personal favorite is Lakanto’s brand. But you can also use Swerve an erythritol sugar substitute.

You could also use the stevia and erythritol-based brand Pyure for most of my baked goods. However, I will add that I am not a fan of stevia-based ingredients in chocolate. I just find that it intensifies the aftertaste.

If you still plan on using Pyure, you will want to use half the amount called for in this recipe since it’s a much sweeter choice.

You can also use granulated Allulose in this recipe. If you choose this option you may want to increase the amount because it is not as sweet as other sweeteners.

Lastly, if you can’t easily find a more natural sugar substitute, you can also use Splenda for baking or a generic brand of the same. It will work with great success.

I know not everyone would agree with me here, and I respect that, but in my book, it’s still better than regular sugar.

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