Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Flourless)

Stack of four peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, with the top one missing a bite.

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Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Flourless)

How about some gooey, chewy, soft, cookies to satisfy that cookie craving? These crunchy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies have crisp peanuts, but are soft and chewy and so good! They're naturally gluten-free and have only 1 net carb per cookie, so you can feel good about indulging!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Method: Oven

Special Diet: Keto, Low-Carb, Low-FODMAP

Servings: cookies

Calories: 127kcal

Author: Tracey Hatch-Rizzi

Ingredients

1 cup peanut butter choose Creamy PB or Chunky PB
½ cup Swerve Brown sugar substitute or sweetener of choice - see notes
½ cup powdered stevia or sweetener of choice - see notes
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon molasses optional - omit for low-FODMAP
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon xanthan gum optional - read about this ingredient in my What Is Xanthan Gum post
½ cup sugar-free milk chocolate chips see Notes below for the brands I use
¼ cup peanuts chopped

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 °F.
In a medium bowl, mix the peanut butter, eggs, sweetener, vanilla, salt and molasses (if using).
Add the baking soda, baking powder and xanthan gum and mix until thoroughly combined.
Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped peanuts (if using).
Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Top with additional chocolate chips.
Bake for 10 minutes, then place on a cooling rack to cool down.

Notes

Sweeteners

Use the sweetener of your choice, such as erythritol, allulose or stevia. Keep in mind that erythritol can make the bottoms of the cookies very brown, as it scorches easily. If using allulose, use 50% more, as it's less sweet than other sweeteners.

For sugar-free chocolate chip varieties I love, try

Variations

This recipe can be switched up in a few different ways:

Replace PB with your favorite nut butter – try these chewy keto cookies with almond butter, sunflower seed butter or cashew butter
Leave out the chocolate – what? Just want keto peanut butter cookies without chocolate chips? Feel free to leave them out.
Use raw cacao nibs – in place of chocolate chips to make a healthier cookie

Nutrition