Keto Avocado Cookies

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These easy chocolate avocado cookies are a chocolate lover's dream. Soft, fudgy and with a deep chocolate flavor, you can enjoy them completely guilt free. How? Because these are Keto avocado cookies! They are sugar free, gluten free, packed with nutrients and keto friendly at only 3.5g net carbs per large cookie.

a stack of chocolate avocado cookies, the top one is halved, showing the inside

Avocado are my secret for staying on track with the keto diet. They are incredibly nutritious, packed with healthy fats and above all, taste delicious.

My love affair with avocado in sugar free desserts started years ago. I first posted this Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream, followed by a super-easy Chocolate Avocado Mousse.

Soon after I added my Keto Chocolate Truffles - one of the simplest recipes ever.

Now, I've come full circle with this avocado cookie recipe.

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🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe

The texture! Avocado cookies are fudgy and almost creamy, a bit like brownies.
The flavor! Think deep chocolate flavor, bite after bite. So satisfying.
Nutritious! Avocado is highly nutritious and considered a healthy fat. Read more about the benefits of avocado here. Healthy cookies? Bring it on!
Naturally gluten-free, sugar free and keto friendly.

Ingredients

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Avocado - Must be ripe and soft. Buy ripe avocados instead of the ripen-at-home ones.
Egg - I always use large, room temperature eggs for baking.
Powdered Sweetener - When I first made the recipe, I used a powdered monk fruit sweetener, which is a 1:1 sugar replacement. Today, I prefer to use allulose.
Butter and Almond butter - I like the Meridian or PipNuts brands.
Almond flour - I always use ground almonds, but super-fine almond flour will work just as well.
Cacao powder - You can use either cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder.
Baking powder & salt - Because ANYTHING chocolate tastes better with salt.
Sugar free chocolate chips - Both Lakanto and Lily's are popular brands for sugar free chocolate. If I don't have any, I use 90% Lindt chocolate.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

Instructions

It is surprisingly easy to make avocado cookies. Here are the basic steps.

Scroll down to the recipe card for detailed instructions.

melting chocolate in a bain marie with a spatula

STEP 1

Melt the chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl on a medium heat over a pan filled with a little water.

chocolate cookie dough in a food processor bowl

STEP 2

Blend all the cookie dough ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Scrape the sides a couple of times with a spatula to incorporate everything into a smooth dough.

chocolate cookies before baking on parchment paper

STEP 3

Scoop the cookie dough into balls and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Level with a spatula to form cookies. Bake in the preheated oven until just a slight jiggle remains in the centre.

STEP 4

Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and coconut oil for the drizzle.

adding chocolate drizzle onto the cookies

Step 6: Drizzle the chocolate over cooled cookies and place in the fridge to set.

Katrin's Top Tip

DON'T BE TEMPTED TO OVERCOOK the cookies! Remove them from the oven when they are still jiggly in the centre.

This way, they have a moist and fudgy texture.

Recipe Variations

Dairy-free avocado cookies: Use coconut oil instead of the butter.

No almond butter: Replace the almond butter with peanut butter or any other nut or seed butter.

Prefer coconut flour? Use 1 to 1 ½ tablespoons of coconut flour instead of the almond flour.

For an extra indulgent version, add a handful of sugar free chocolate chips into the batter!

Recipe FAQs

Can you taste the avocado?

No, you cannot taste the avocado in chocolate desserts, and these keto avocado chocolate cookies are no different.
Chocolate has a strong flavour and masks the avocado taste perfectly. If I had to put my finger on the difference to using avocado over other fats, I'd say there is more of a hint of lightness and freshness.

Why do my cookies taste bitter?

Because you used an over-ripe avocado. If the flesh has brown spots, it's not going to taste any good. I sometimes get people telling me their avocado bakes end up tasting bitter. I am convinced the reason for this is that their avocado was off. Taste it before you use it! I do, and I've never had an issue with bitterness.

How do you store avocado cookies?

Store in the fridge for up to 4 days in an airtight container. Alternatively, freeze for up to 3 months.