Keto Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

These Keto Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies are a delicious blend of chocolate and cinnamon, with a dash of cayenne to make them extra special.

If you are not familiar with these cookies, they are also known as Mexican hot chocolate snickerdoodle cookies and are perfect for the holiday season when you want a treat that can silence your sweet tooth.

Rich in flavor, this keto dark chocolate cookie recipe gives you the flavor of Mexican chocolate without all the carbs.

I promise you won’t even miss the mini marshmallows with these fudgy cookies!

Creating festive cookies that are keto-friendly for your cookie jar gives this girl a lot of joy.

My recipe for low-carb Mexican hot chocolate cookies makes a fabulous addition to your holiday cookie platter. Clocking in at only 3.4 net carbs per serving, it’s a great option during this time of year.

If you’re a fan of chocolate and spices, you’re going to love these keto cookies.

I have always loved combining the flavors of chocolate and cinnamon, so it’s no surprise that I was toying with the idea of a keto Mexican dessert that imparts the flavors I tend to gravitate toward.

You should know that I have a complete list of Keto Cookies that, as a fan of cookies, I encourage you to visit.

In case you don’t know, I also have a complete list of Keto Mexican Recipes that I recommend for anyone who loves some extra spice in their food.

Keto Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

If you are not familiar with Mexican hot chocolate, the addition of cinnamon and cayenne pepper gives regular hot chocolate a major boost in taste.

Think of these as keto chocolate cookies with a Mexican twist. The cinnamon and cayenne spices are not overwhelming; they simply enhance the chocolate flavor. 

The best way I can describe these cookies is that they have the richness of a brownie with the texture of a cookie and the flavor of Mexican hot chocolate.

You’re basically getting three delicious treats in one with these sugar-free hot chocolate cookies.

Ingredients And Tools Needed

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The following are the ingredients you’ll need to make this recipe: Note that the full printable recipe card is at the bottom of the page, along with the full nutritional information.

• Unsweetened baking chocolate 
• Sugar-free chocolate chips
• Unsalted butter
• Eggs, room temperature
• Vanilla extract
• Baking powder
• Sea salt
• Cinnamon powder
• Cayenne pepper powder or chili powder
• Black pepper
• Almond flour, finely milled
• Granulated sugar substitute 

Tools

• Baking sheet
• Parchment paper
• Large bowl
• Electric Mixer or stand-up mixer

How To Make Keto Mexican Hot Cocoa Cookies

To make these low-carb Mexican hot chocolate cookies, you are going to need a double boiler. If you don’t own a double boiler, you can make your own by filling a 3-quart pan with water ¾ of the way full and placing a 4-quart glass mixing bowl on top.

What you want is a bowl that is large enough to sit on top of the pan of boiling water without the water touching the glass mixing bowl.

I’m not much of a gadget girl myself. But if you are looking to purchase one, this double-boiler seems to have great reviews.

Once the water in your double boiler begins to boil, you can lower the temperature to a medium-low setting.

Then, add the baking chocolate, sugar-free chocolate chips, and butter to the bowl and allow everything to melt.

Gently stir your chocolate and butter mixture until all the ingredients are fully melted and incorporated. 

Once everything melts, take the bowl off the pan of boiling water and set it on the counter. Allow this mixture to cool. It will take about 15–20 minutes to do so.

Of course, you can also melt the chocolate mixture in the microwave at 30-second intervals.

Next, combine the almond flour, baking powder, sea salt, and spices in a separate bowl and set aside. If you prefer a less spicy Mexican hot chocolate cookie, adjust your spices now.

By now, your chocolate butter mixture is cool enough, and you can begin to add the eggs one at a time using an electric beater.  

You also add the sugar substitute at this time. Currently, I can’t get enough of Lakanto’s monk fruit sweetener. But you can certainly use your favorite low carb sugar substitute.

Sugar Substitutes

Lakanto Monk Fruit gets its sweetness from antioxidants called mogrosides, instead of fructose or sucrose. That’s why it’s a great all-natural sugar substitute and has zero calories and zero glycemic index.

I’m also partial to  Swerve, an erythritol blend. Unlike other natural sweeteners like stevia, it has no bitter aftertaste and measures just like sugar.

Swerve is made from ingredients found in select fruits and starchy root vegetables and contains no artificial ingredients, preservatives, or flavors.

Swerve is the name brand of Erythritol. It’s unlike other sugar alcohols because it has a 0% impact on blood sugar.

You could also use the stevia and erythritol-based brand Pyure for most of my baked goods.

However, if you’re using Pyure, you’ll want to use half the amount called for in this recipe since it’s much sweeter. However, stevia and chocolate don’t always play nice and can intensify the aftertaste of stevia. 

The only folks who get this combo right in my book are Lily’s chocolate, which is sweetened with chocolate. Honestly, I don’t know how they do it.

Lastly, if you can easily find a more natural sugar substitute, you can also use Splenda with great success.

You will want to use Splenda, which has a bulking agent. It’s the one that comes in larger bags. I don’t recommend Splenda Bake because it’s a half-sugar, half-sucralose product and will be too high in carbs to be allowed while on a ketogenic diet.

After you’ve added the eggs and sweetener, it’s time to add the dry ingredients you set aside earlier. Try not to overmix the cookie dough at this point.

You want everything to be combined. I use my spatula to fold in the dry ingredients.

Now that the keto Mexican hot chocolate cookie dough is prepared, it’s essential to allow the dough to chill in the refrigerator for a minimum of an hour.

The dough needs to be cold before baking. Doing so will ensure that the cookies do not spread and that they have the right consistency.

Benefits Of Spices

What’s neat about these keto cookies is that by adding the spices, cinnamon, and black pepper, you are also giving your metabolism a little boost. 

It’s a little-known fact that spices help raise your metabolism. Capsaicin’s heat potential acts as a thermogenic agent that can temporarily increase your body’s ability to burn fat.

Now, that’s not a reason to say yes to keto Mexican dessert!

In my quest to improve my health, I’ve learned how important it is to add a variety of spices to our diet to ensure we get enough micronutrients. So it’s nice to know I can do so with a little treat.

This recipe produces a very rich chocolate cookie packed with spices. Remember, however, that you can adjust the spices to your own preferences.

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