These Keto Magic Cookies take all the flavors of my popular keto magic bars and turn them into a cookie that mixes up in only 5 minutes. With chocolate chips, coconut flakes, and walnuts these are my favorite easy keto cookie recipe.
I love simplifying recipes. When I created this recipe I had four kids with baby number five soon to arrive. Now, with 6 in the house simple is even more necessary.
I love my Keto Magic Cookie Bars and I consider them a fairly easy recipe but the prep for those is about 25 minutes when you consider having to cook the sweetened condensed milk. And then that's an additional pot to wash. I wanted a simpler version for when I don't already have a batch of condensed milk ready to go in the fridge.
Since creating this recipe in 2017 a bunch of copycats of this keto dessert recipe have popped up. That's how I know I had a creative, unique, delicious idea!
Ingredients in Keto Magic Cookies
Coconut Cream - Coconut cream is the thick part of coconut milk. It either comes in small cans or you can refrigerate a can of regular coconut milk and just use the solid part. I have had readers sub in heavy cream successfully.
Large Egg Yolks - This recipe needs egg as the binder. You could use a small egg instead of two egg yolks if you prefer. You only want a few tablespoons of egg.
Butter - I use regular salted butter in these keto cookies. If you have unsalted butter you will want to add a pinch of kosher salt.
Sugar-Free Sweetener - I like to use a blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia in my recipes. You can purchase this pre-mixed from the Trim Healthy Mama website or mix your own according to my recipe. By using a combination of sugar alcohols and stevia you can use half the amount required of regular sugar. Since these sweeteners can be more expensive this helps with my food budget.
Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips - I use Lily's Chocolate Chips or ChocZero Chocolate Chips most of the time but any sugar-free chocolate chips will work.
Unsweetened Coconut Flakes - these are the larger coconut chips, not the finely shredded coconut. These have a chewy texture that is great in granola, cookies, and trail mix.
Walnuts - Or any other nut you like!
How to Make Keto Magic Cookies
I promise these really take just 5 minutes to mix up! One bowl, a spoon, some mixing, and then scooping and baking.
Step One: Stir together the liquid ingredients and sweetener is a medium to large bowl with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula.
Step Two: Stir in the chocolate, nuts, and coconut.
Step Three: Drop batter (heaping teaspoonfuls of cookie dough) on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Step Four: Bake the keto magic cookies until golden brown.
Note: Don't be disturbed if there is a little runoff from the cookies coming out of the oven. Just trim off the excess and enjoy your keto cookies. And go ahead and eat what you trimmed. It tastes like vanilla custard. You can also bake these in greased aluminum cupcake papers to avoid this step.
UPDATE: Since posting this recipe I have had readers make these keto cookies in a muffin tin and aluminum cupcake liners to avoid the runoff of the custard.
Variations & Substitutions
Nuts - Any type of nuts is great in these! Pecans, macadamia nuts, almonds, and peanuts all work well.
Chocolate - You can use any type of chocolate you like: dark chocolate chips, semisweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, or even white chocolate chips. Just choose sugar-free chocolate to keep this low carb and keto.
Dried Fruit - Most dried fruit is not keto-friendly but you can add some sugar-free dried cranberries.
Spices - Cinnamon is my top choice of spice to add but pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice, or even a hit of spice like cayenne pepper or ground chipotle pepper can be a fun twist to try.
Extracts - Vanilla extract and almond extract are great choices. If you choose to add a teaspoon or so of extract cut back on the coconut cream by a teaspoon.
Common Questions
What are Keto Magic Cookies?
These magic keto cookies are so easy and flavorful. The taste exactly like Magic Cookie Bars without the crust. And that's what they are. Crustless magic cookie bars. They are going to be my new go-to dessert to hide in the back of my fridge where my kids can't find them.
Can I Swap Out the Nuts or Coconut?
Feel free to customize these keto cookies to your tastes. Don't like walnuts? Use pecans. Don't like coconut? Use extra nuts. The main thing is to have 1.5 cups of mix-ins for your keto magic cookies. I'm planning on trying these with white chocolate and unsweetened dried cranberries this fall.
Feel free to use different nuts, chopped milk chocolate, or any other type of yummy sugar-free sweet in these magical keto cookies.
Can I make this into a keto cereal?
Yup! If you cut back on the chocolate and sweetener you can also make this into a granola-type cereal. It is similar to my granola recipe here.
Other Recipes for Keto Cookies:
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
Triple Chocolate Cookies Recipe
Love these keto magic cookies? Try my new Caramel Magic Cookie Bars and my White Chocolate Cranberry Seven Layer Bars!
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Keto Magic Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon coconut cream ***
- 2 tablespoon butter softened, not melted
- ¼ cup Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 2 egg yolks
- ½ cup sugar-free chocolate chips
- ½ cup walnuts (or other nuts of your choice)
- ½ cup unsweetened flaked coconut
- 1 teaspoon coconut flour optional (see notes)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Stir together the butter and coconut cream until smooth. Add the sweetener and egg yolks. Mix well. Add the rest of the ingredients. Scoop onto a parchment lined baking sheet to form 12 cookies. Press down to flatten the tops.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
Notes
Nutrition
Originally Published August 17, 2017. Revised and Republished April 8, 2022.
Carrie says
I have tried these twice with heavy cream instead of coconut cream and cook in silicone muffin pan. They are delish but fall apart. What am I doing wrong? I do live in high altitude so not sure if that impacts this?
Taryn says
I'm not very familiar with high altitude baking. You could add a whole egg to help them hold together.
Cindy says
Hi Taryn, Do you mean add a whole egg to the 2 egg yolks or to use one egg yolk and 1 whole egg? Thank you.
Taryn says
I would try 1 egg yolk and 1 whole egg. Save the other egg white. I would bake one or two cookies and see how they turn out and then add the extra egg white if necessary.
Jo says
This is my go-to Keto cookie. I love them.
Mary says
Has anyone tried this in a muffin tin with parchment liners? Thanks so much for the recipe, can't wait to try it!
Mary says
Theses are delicious! I did sub heavy cream for the coconut cream as that was what I had on hand. Baked in parchment paper liners in a muffin tin and turned out perfectly. Thanks Taryn!
Kim Moog says
Yes, I have made this in a muffin pan with paper liners & it works, but the ingredients do stick to the paper. The best way I have found to make these is with a silicone muffin pan. They pop out without leaving any of the cookie behind. 🙂
These are delish! 🙂
Sue says
Hi Taryn, did you use salted or unsalted butter in this recipe? Thansk!
Taryn says
I use salted butter
Vanessa says
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
Taryn says
They keep for weeks in the fridge or freezer.
Suzan Nelson says
I have made these numerous times since finding your website. They are a hit with everyone! Thank you for your time in making these great desserts!
Terri says
How much is considered a serving?
Taryn says
The nutrition facts are for one cookie.
Debbie says
Good question.... also could you tell me what the sugars are
Taryn says
There are 0 grams of sugar.
Me says
How much erythritol would I sub for the sweetener the recipe calls for?
Taryn says
You would need twice the amount listed.
Paula says
I never leave comments but I thought some might like to know that this does work with heavy cream! I used 2 Tbsp. Also, I used Monk sugar (1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp.) and added some real vanilla. Turned out great! Also, I baked them on a silipat baking mat and did not have a problem with the cookies running. Reduce cook time by 2-3 minutes. Yummy!
Taryn says
Thank you for the tip, Paula!
CYNDI says
I was wondering about using cream. Thank you! I will try these.
Shannon says
Yay! I was about to ask if this would work with heavy cream!
Krista S says
Really wish I would have found this recipe first!! There is an 'adapted' version on delish.com that fails terribly. It uses both coconut oil and butter with no coconut cream, and it ends up as little islands floating in a sea of melted oil. Good thing I used a jellyroll pan! Major fail!
Taryn says
Yes, isn't that annoying?! Delish basically stole my recipe, edited it (probably without recipe testing), and reposted it. They only credited me at all when I saw it and contacted them.
Katy says
How many cookies are in a serving?
Taryn says
The nutrition facts are calculated for 1 cookie.
Tara says
Has anyone one used maple syrup as a sweetener?
Chris says
Great base recipe for easy, healthy cookies! I made some modifications to include adding goji berries, which have less carbs than cranberries and forgot to add the chocolate, and they still very good. Thank you for sharing.
Taryn says
Thanks for the tip about goji berries!
Kim says
These are absolutely delicious. My entire family loves them, including my non keto kids. My husband has had some each night. I make them with macadamia nuts 🙂
Thank you for the recipe.
Michael says
Ignore I don’t have coconut cream what are some alternatives?
Taryn says
I have not tested this with any alternative ingredients, sorry.
Laci says
I looked up alternatives for coconut cream and you can substitute with light cream. I used light cream and turned out perfect!
Taryn says
Thank you! I'm glad to hear cream worked. I've been hesitant to suggest it without testing the recipe with it myself.
Sadie says
I used evaporated coconut milk, light had less then 1 carb 0 gram sugar and reg had 2 carbs with less then 1 gram sugar. I had no problem with the runoff using the evaporated coconut milk. I found this by accident cuz I couldn't use coconut cream and was going to use the evaporated milk to make coconut cream but couldn't wait long enough, LOL. I use the same amount of evaporated milk as the recipe called for coconut cream.
Antonia says
What do you mean "light cream" ? You mean "light" heavy whipping cream or half and half? Was wondering also....
Thanks
Antonia
Taryn says
Light cream has more fat than half and half but less fat than heavy whipping cream.
Kim Moog says
Hi there, My family and I love this recipe! Thank you! 🙂 I wanted to share with you that I have been using my silicone cupcake pan and it makes perfect, round cookies and it keeps all of the sugary section in the cookie instead of melting it away. If you have a silicone cupcake pan, give it a try! 🙂
Taryn says
Thanks for that tip, Kim! I'm glad you like these 😀
Kristie says
I was wondering if I could use my silicone muffin pan so thanks so much for sharing this! Did you have to grease them first?
Taryn says
I would spray them lightly with cooking spray just to be safe.
Mary says
Could I use coconut oil instead of cream?
Taryn says
I don't think coconut oil would work in this recipe, sorry!
Ash says
Hi! Do you think coconut sugar could be used as a replacement?
Taryn says
Maybe. Sorry, I can't guarantee it but without testing it myself I don't like to do that. You will need more. Maybe 1.5 to 2 times as much. If you try please LMK how they turn out!
Wendy says
I have made these several times and they have turned out perfect everytime. These are definately my favorite keto sweet treat!! Thank you so much for your recipe.
Claire says
These just look delicious!
I'm not following a keto diet...but that wouldn't stop me eating one of these. Who am I kidding..... 4 of these 😉
Can't wait to give them a go.