
Are you looking for a monk fruit cookie recipe – or maybe an almond flour cookie recipe? If so, you’re in the right place.
Before I talk more about this recipe, I want to disclose that this post contains affiliate links to the products I used and talk about in this post. All opinions are my own.
This monk fruit cookie recipe is definitely one worth printing, making and then making it over and over again.
That’s because these chocolate chip cookies are totally grain-free, sugar-free (except for the chocolate chips) and gluten-free.
You might be wondering how this soft, gooey and sweet cookie is all of those things?
The magic is in the Honeyville Almond Flour paired with ZenSweet’s Monk Fruit Sweetener. This winning combination makes for one delicious soft-baked cookie made with only high quality ingredients.
Who knew you could make such a delicious monk fruit cookie?!?
Before I share this delicious monk fruit cookie recipe with you, I want to talk a little about my flour and sweetener choices.
Honeyville Almond Flour:
I have tried many almond flours and Honeyville’s Blanched Almond Flour takes the gluten-free cake. The flour has such a nice texture and bakes up really nice each and every time. Some almond flours taste gritty and leave a bad aftertaste, but Honeyville offers up a smooth, soft texture with no bad aftertaste. I use it almost exclusively when my recipe calls for almond flour. (Don’t use Bob’s Red Mill’s almond flour – it’s just not the same). (Read more about almond flour baking.)
The great thing about almond flour is that it is low in sugar and carbohydrates but high in fat and protein. It has a low glycemic index ranking so it’s great for diabetics or others who need or want to watch their sugar intake.
ZenSweet’s Monk Fruit Sweetener:
ZenSweet sent me a bag of its Monk Fruit Sweetener to try. I didn’t know what to make, so I decided to make this tried and true recipe but instead of using sugar, I used the Monk Fruit Sweetener, which measures cup-for-cup to sugar. I found the cookies to be sweet and taste exactly as I had put sugar in there. There was no weird aftertaste (like with Splenda or other imitation sugars) and there wasn’t a gritty sugar taste either. All I tasted was my moist, sweet, soft chocolate chip cookie.
ZenSweet’s Monk Fruit Sweetener contains three natural ingredients: erythritol, soluble prebiotic fiber and monk fruit. According to the ZenSweet website, “Erythritol is a naturally occurring sweetener found in some foods, including pears, grapes, and watermelon. Inulin is a soluble, prebiotic fiber. Monk fruit is a small round green gourd grown in China and northern Thailand, and is 300 times sweeter than sugar.”
ZenSweet is a zero calorie sweetener and has zero glycemic impact. It’s also non-GMO. You can purchase ZenSweet on Amazon too or if Amazon is sold out, you can try this other monk fruit sweetener as well.
Together, this winning combination offers up a low glycemic, low sugar, low carb and totally gluten-free sweet treat!
So the next time that cookie craving takes over, whip up a batch of these soft-baked, sugar-free and gluten-free chocola
te chip cookies. Your friends won’t believe you made a sugar-free monk fruit cookie – seriously, they won’t believe you could be so clever!
Heather Blake says
I have never used Monk Fruit! I will have to try it!
Jenny says
It really tastes just like sugar with no aftertaste or weird texture. I’m going to be playing with it more and more. Thanks Heather.
Ana says
I love this Jenny!! I’ve never tried Monk Fruit Sweetener but I’m going to try it now!! Thanks for sharing 😊
Spiceroots says
Yumm. I will try this with coconut flour. Looks so delicious
Joel says
My wife is GF & we always struggle to find sweets that she can eat that the rest of the family likes too. Thanks for sharing!
pkre says
I have been using Lakanto Monkfruit sweetener for quite some time. They have the classic, which is white and resembles regular sugar, and the golden, which is gold and tastes and smells more like brown sugar. I will only buy from this company!!!! Non GMO erythritol!!
Jenny says
Thanks for the tip on the Lakanto Monkfruit. ZenSweet is non-GMO too.
Andrea Ruccolo says
Jenny! These cuties are AMAZING! They are the perfect guilt-free cookie for my Ketogenic diet. And my kids LOVED them! Thank you so much for sharing so much valuable information with us! You are a treasure!
Jenny says
Thanks Andrea. I love these cookies so much too!!
Rae says
What are the nutritional values? Specifically how many carbs, fibre, fat per cookie?
Jenny says
I so wish I had this data too. It’s something I’m working on figuring out how to add to my recipes.
Christine says
Its so hard to find a soft gf cookie. These are my favourite just made a batch today. And used lilys chocolate chips instead of regular ones.
Jenny says
I love these cookies too. They’re my go to cookies. Thanks for sharing!
Babbette says
This is truly the worst recipe I’ve seen in a long time. WOW – impossible to make and horrible tasting 🙁
Jenny says
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve made these dozens of times and my family loves them…. but we prefer to use sugar vs. monk fruit sweetener. Remember, monk fruit sweetener varies in taste and texture depending on the brand you use – we use ZenSweet which measures one-to-one with sugar, but you may have used a different monk fruit with different measurements? Try making this recipe with sugar vs. monk fruit and see how it turns out. https://www.goodforyouglutenfree.com/recipe/gluten-free-almond-flour-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe/
Phyllis says
Omg 16 large, light and most delicious chocolate chip cookies!
I used slightly firm coconut oil, instead of butter. This is our go to cookies.
Thanks so much🤗
Jenny says
I’m so glad they worked for you. Enjoy!! Jenny
MamaC says
Thank you so much for this recipe. I tried this with my family and then a group of kids that I teach that are not allowed regular sugar. One comment was “this is the best cookie ever!”
For our family we’ve also made sandwich cookies with them, putting dark chocolate made from coconut oil and cocoa powder and sweetener. It is a new favorite for our boys.
Jenny says
Thank you so much!
Hope says
Just made thede and they were yummy! I added pecans, and shredded coconut and a little sea salt on top. Thanks for the simple recipe!
Jan says
It was a disaster. Is it missing something ? There was just a bowl of flour there after all the ingredients were added. I could not make balls of anything. What happened? What did I do wrong.
Jenny says
It sounds like you may have missed the wet ingredients. Did you add the stick of softened butter and large egg? This is a really terrific recipe, but it sounds like one of the wet ingredients may have been omitted?
Nicole says
What are the nutritional facts?
Jenny says
I don’t have the capabilities yet to calculate. I’m sorry.