Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars remind me of the store-bought cookie bars I used to find in my school lunches. Except these are much healthier and tastier. They are packed with protein, have only 4 net carbs, and you will never know they are low carb.
My kids have major sweet tooths. If they could eat something sweet after every meal of the day they would. Giving them sugar-free options that still taste good is one of my goals. These cookie bars are perfect to pack in a lunchbox or set out with a glass of milk after school.
Since my keto cookie bars have collagen added they are full of protein and healthy fats to help you last to the next meal.
This easy chocolate chip cookie bar recipe is also low carb, gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, Trim Healthy Mama, and keto diet friendly.
Another couple of great lunchbox treats are these Almond Flour Peanut Butter Cookies and my Keto Protein Bars.
Ingredients
Almond Flour – Almond flour has a mild flavor and gives a tender crumb in cakes, cookies, and biscuits.
Coconut Flour – Coconut flour helps to balance the oiliness of almond flour since it is naturally drier and absorbs more liquid than other alternative flours. Just a little bit of coconut flour goes a long way.
Sugar-Free Sweetener – I like to use a blend of xylitol, erythritol or allulose, and stevia in my recipes. By using a combination of sugar alcohols and stevia you can use half the amount required of regular sugar. You can use a brown sugar monk fruit sweetener or erythritol blend if you prefer.
Collagen – Collagen is a great source of protein and since these cookie bars do not have eggs so the collagen helps them hold together. No eggs plus collagen is why they are chewy. You cannot sub one for the other.
Vanilla – Pure vanilla extract naturally enhances the other flavors in baked goods.
Butter – I always use salted butter and normally just buy the regular kind from Wal-Mart or Costco. If you have unsalted butter add a pinch of sea salt. Alternatively, you can use coconut oil.
Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips – Any sugar free chocolate chips will work.
How to Make Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
I use my food processor to make these cookie bars.
Step One: Line a baking tray with parchment. Add all the ingredients except the chocolate chips and process them until a ball of dough forms.
At first, the mixture will look dry and crumbly. But after a minute or two, it comes together into a nice dough.
Step Two: Mix in the chocolate chips.
Step Three: Press into a rectangle on the parchment paper lined baking pan. You want about an 8×10 sized rectangle.
Step Four: Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown, cool, cut, enjoy!
Variations
We love switching up recipes by adding simple ingredients.
Cookies – Yes, you can make these into low carb chocolate chip cookies.
Chips – Try making them with other types of sugar-free chips like white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips.
Cookie Dough – This dough is eggless so feel free to just make a batch into fat bombs and snack on it without baking!
Peanut Butter – Mix in half a cup of peanut butter for peanut butter chocolate chip bars. Or try almond butter instead.
Cream Cheese – Add some blobs of sweetened cream cheese to the top of the dough for chocolate chip cheesecake bars!
Blondies – Make these into keto blondies by leaving out the chocolate chips or swapping for white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips.
Common Questions
How should I store Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars?
I store leftovers all my baked goods in the refrigerator in an airtight container if we won’t eat them within a day or two. This helps them last longer. Alternative flours can have a shorter life at room temperature than traditional baked goods.
You can wrap the bars individually in plastic wrap, store in the fridge, and then pack this delicious treat with your lunch. It will be fine to be at room temperature for half the day.
These keto chocolate chip bars also freeze very well for up to three months. Just wrap tightly before freezing.
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Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 4 oz cold salted butter cut into pieces
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1/3 cup Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 1/2 cup collagen
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup sugar-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line a small cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Add all the ingredients (except the chocolate chips) to a food processor and process for 1-2 minutes until the dough comes together in a ball and the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated. Mix in the chocolate chips. Press into an 8 x 10 inch square on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
More Keto Recipes for Cookie Bars:
No-Bake Homemade Granola Bars Recipe
Peppermint Cookies and Cream Bars
Originally Published September 27, 2019. Revised and Republished April 1, 2024.
Yum!!! Perfect to crush my chocolate chip cookie craving! 😊🩷
Thank you for this delicious recipe are the total calories 365 or is each serving 365 cal. I’m confused thank you for all the work you put into your recipes.
One bar is 365 calories if you cut them into 8 pieces. You can cut them smaller if you want.
Can I substitute Whey Protein for the Collagen (I don’t have any collagen…)?
You can, but I’m not sure they’ll have the same chewy texture.
I tried this and it’s so amazing and versatile. made one batch with sunflower seed flour and coconut sugar, and then another with a chopped up ginger and tumeric dark chocolate bar, sunflower seed flour and mostly monk fruit with a little coconut sugar – both were amazing!! Then I replaced with pumpkin seed flour, added 1 cup of coconut ribbons, chopped 71% chocolate bar, and used blended dates as the sweetener, these turned out more like the texture of a brownie. other people liked them but I liked the first two better. Also, on all of them a sprinkle of sea salt on top can be nice.
That’s great, Sarah. Thanks for sharing all of these variations 🙂
how much dates or coconut sugar did you use?
No eggs I dig, but no liquid? I couldn’t stand it, I put about 3 oz tap water in mine. We’ll see what happens. My coconut flour is a bit old anyway so the water shouldn’t hurt. Wonder about using peanut butter powder or Glucerna powder?
I wish you would just trust me. The butter is the liquid. It melts as they bake. The same way you can melt butter with heat.
If they didn’t turn out with added water and old coconut flour please don’t come back and leave a bad review 😅
I made these today! Great chewy cookie, I love that. Mixed white chocolate chips and butterscotch on mine. Yummy unfortunately I forgot the vanilla but they were still very good. NOW TO JUST STAY OUT OF THEM!!! ❤️ Thank you.
So the recipe doesn’t have eggs?
Correct. No eggs.
Thank you for the recipe
Delicious! a keeper for sure. Thank you .
These are so easy and always turn out great! They’re a staple in my freezer. I include nuts when making them for friends.
I made these for an after school snack for my children. These bars were quick, easy and delicious! I used unsalted butter, subbed the collagen with Ryse Jet puffed marshmallows protein powder, used 1/4 cup gentle sweet and 1/4 cup type D whey low. I also used regular milk chocolate chips and sprinkled coarse sea salt on top. I baked these in a 8×8 pan in a gas stove for 20min. These are going to be a new “go to” recipe 🙂