Flourless Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies are delicious for a chocolate treat any time you need a cookie! And if you like chocolate and peanut butter, you’re going to love this cookie recipe with only 2 net carbs per cookie!

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These Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies are perfect for a flourless and sugar-free cookie to make during the holidays. And this is a recipe that Kara and I worked on and improved when we were doing a project to update some favorite cookie recipes a few years ago.

We experimented with cookies that originally had used a combination of Stevia-in-the-Raw Granulated Sweetener and brown sugar by replacing the brown sugar with Monkfruit Sweetener, which would make the cookies sugar-free. Many of my earliest cookies also used almond meal, which we replaced with more widely available blanched almond flour as well.

For anyone who’s avoiding sugar and wants to bake a few cookies for the holidays, I bet you’re going to love these Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies! And I hope you enjoy having more flourless and sugar-free cookie options in your life.

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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Can you use Golden Monkfruit Sweetener for Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies?

We did use Golden Monkfruit when we first tested this recipe. But in 2021 I heard from a reader who made the cookies and thought they were a bit too sweet. That set off another round of testing, and when we compared the cookies using Golden Monkfruit and the cookies using Classic Monkfruit side-by-side, Kara and I both preferred the ones made with classic Monkfruit! So that’s the one I would recommend for this recipe.

What Peanut Butters would I use for Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies?

I used the chunky version of Adams 100% Natural Peanut Butter (affiliate link) for this recipe, but also love Skippy No-Sugar Added Creamy Peanut Butter (affiliate link) for cookies and bars.

Want more ideas for Sugar-Free Cookies?

Check out My Favorite Flourless Sugar-Free Cookies to see lots more options for cookies that don’t use sugar!

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How to make these Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies:

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350F/170C and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. We used the KitchenAid Stand Mixer (affiliate link) for these cookies, but you can use a hand mixer if that’s what you have.
  2. Put eggs, Monkfruit Sweetener or sweetener of your choice, baking powder, vanilla,  and salt into the mixer bowl and beat until it’s all combined.
  3. Add the almond flour and cocoa powder and beat until it’s well mixed into the other ingredients.
  4. Add the room-temperature peanut butter and beat until that’s all combined. I used chunky peanut butter, but if you don’t like the look of little peanut pieces in the cookies you can use smooth peanut butter.
  5. Use a tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop out small pieces of dough, roll them into small balls and place on the parchment paper on the baking sheet.
  6. Use a fork to press down each cookie so they’re about 1/2 inch thick.
  7. Bake 16-18 minutes, or until the top feels slight firm and the cookies look done. Let them cool for a few minutes; they will get more firm as they cool.

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More Sugar-Free or Low-Sugar Cookies:

Check out Sugar-Free or Low-Sugar Cookies and Brownies for even more tasty cookie and brownie ideas from Kalyn’s Kitchen.

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Yield: 26 small cookies

Flourless Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes

Flourless Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies are delicious when you need a chocolate treat!

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup Monkfruit Sweetener (or sweetener of your choice; see notes)
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 3 T cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup blanched almond flour
  • 1 cup natural peanut butter without added sugar, softened at room temperature (see notes)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F/170C and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Take peanut butter out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature.
  2. We used the KitchenAid Stand Mixer (affiliate link) for these cookies, but you can use a hand mixer if that’s what you have.
  3. Put eggs, Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice, baking powder, vanilla,  and salt into the mixer bowl and beat until it's all combined.
  4. Add the Almond Flour (affiliate link) and cocoa powder and beat until it's well mixed into the other ingredients.
  5. Add the room-temperature peanut butter and beat until that's all combined. I used chunky peanut butter, but if you don't like the look of little peanut pieces in the cookies you can use smooth peanut butter.
  6. Use a tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop out small pieces of dough, roll them into small balls and place on the parchment paper on the baking sheet.
  7. Use a fork to press down each cookie so they're about 1/2 inch thick.
  8. Bake 16-18 minutes, or until the top feels slight firm and the cookies look done.
  9. Let them cool for a few minutes; they will get more firm as they cool.

Notes

I like Adams 100% Natural Peanut Butter (affiliate link) which doesn't have added sugar. We used chunky peanut butter, but you can use smooth if you prefer.

I originally made these cookies with Golden Monkfruit Sweetener. Then in 2021 a reader told me she thought they were too sweet. That set off a round of new recipe testing, and when we compared side-by-side we slightly preferred the cookies with Classic Monkfruit to the ones made with Golden Monkfruit.

This recipe created by Kalyn and modified into a sugar-free cookie with recipe testing help from Kara.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

26

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 97Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 90mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 2gSugar: 1gProtein: 4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
These Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies will work for low-carb diet plans, including Keto. Everything used here is a low-glycemic ingredient, but the cookies are relatively high in fat, so this is probably a “once in a while treat” for the original South Beach Diet, and the use of almond meal would make this limited to Phase 2 or 3 for South Beach. 

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe for Flourless Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies was first posted in 2009. It was updated with better photos in 2018 and last updated with more information in 2023.

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