Keto No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
These Healthy No Bake Cookies are just one net carb each and can be made with just 10 minutes of prep! This is the ultimate easy low carb keto dessert!
These no-bake peanut butter cookies are a low carb, oat-free version of the classic no-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookies. Those cookies are loaded with butter, sugar, peanut butter and oats and are unfortunately not at all keto compliant.
This version is still packed with a sweet peanut butter fudge flavor, but none of the carbs!
Ingredients in Healthy No-Bake Cookies
The base for this keto peanut butter no-bake cookie recipe is coconut oil, peanut butter, keto friendly sweetener, and cinnamon. It creates a smooth and sweet peanut butter flavor that melts in your mouth.
Instead of oats, the filling is a mixture of unsweetened coconut flakes and hemp seeds. I think you will be surprised how well the coconut flakes and hemp seeds substitute for oats. Neither one has a very strong flavor, but they keep their texture or “bite” well so they work well as a low-carb oat substitute.
Here’s a full list of what you’ll need to make these no-bake peanut butter coconut cookies:
- Coconut oil
- Peanut Butter
- Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
- Keto Friendly Sweetener
- Cinnamon
- Hemp Hearts (optional)
- Sea Salt (optional)
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How to Make Healthy No-Bake Cookies
- In a sauce pan, melt together the coconut oil and the peanut butter.
- Stir in the sweetener and cinnamon. Stir as the mixture melts until the sweetener has completely dissolved.
- Remove from heat and stir in the coconut flakes and the hemp seeds.
- Set aside and allow mixture to cool slightly.
- Carefully spoon into silicone mini muffin tins until 3/4 full.
- Sprinkle with sea salt, if desired.
- Freeze until set.
How Many Net Carbs per Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cookie?
Each healthy no-bake cookie is just one net carb! For this recipe I use a mini silicone muffin pan to keep these cookies uniform. I prefer the mini muffin size because it is just the right size to satisfy my sweet tooth and keeps the carbs at a minimum.
In the mini muffin pan, this makes 48 small cookies and they come in at 1 net carb each. I store them in the freezer and 48 cookies takes a while to eat so these are perfect for keto meal prep!
How to Store No-Bake Keto Cookies
These low-carb peanut butter cookies should be stored in the freezer. They’ll last up to 3 months.
Can I Make These Into Bars?
Yes! If you don’t want to go through the process of making individual PB no bake cookies , you could use a baking pan — like a 14×10-inch jelly roll pan — and line it with wax paper and pour the mixture out on the wax paper. When it sets, cut it into slices.
Tips for Making PB No-Bake Cookies
- Do not overcook! This mixture needs to be smooth and pourable, do not overcook or over high heat. If you overcook the mixture will be dry and crumbly.
- You can use either peanut butter OR almond butter for this recipe. Just make sure to buy a low-carb option.
- You can use an extra 2 tablespoons of coconut flakes if you don’t have hemp seeds. I like the mixed texture and it adds a bit of fiber.
- Make sure you’re using unsweetened coconut flakes and not the sweetened kind from the baking aisle.
More Keto Cookie Recipes:
- Classic No Bake Keto Cookies
- Keto White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
- Keto Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Keto Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Get the Recipe: Keto No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup coconut oil
- 3/4 cup creamy low carb peanut butter or almond butter
- 1 cup swerve sweetener, brown sugar or granular
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cup UNSWEETENED coconut flakes
- 2 tablespoons hulled hemp seeds, also called hemp hearts*
- sea salt for topping, optional
Equipment
Instructions
- In a medium size sauce pan, combine the coconut oil and the peanut butter over medium low heat.
- As the mixture begins to melt, stir until well combined.
- Stir in the sweetener and cinnamon.
- Increase heat to medium or just over medium and slowly bring the mixture to a simmer.
- When the mixture is simmering and the sweetener has completely melted (your fudge mixture should be smooth with no visible granulars) remove from heat and stir in the coconut flakes and the hemp seeds.
- Set aside and allow mixture to cool slightly.
- Carefully spoon into silicone mini muffin tins until 3/4 full.
- Sprinkle with sea salt if desired.
- Freeze for 15 minutes until set. Remove from tins and store in an air tight container in the freezer.
ooh! loving this! we follow low carb and this is a great alternative!
I always love a great no bake recipe, and this is no exception! Looks too good to pass up! Delish!
Perfect for snacking! Can’t wait to make these for the kids!
These Keto No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies are mouth watering! These would disappear in our house!
I love peanut butter everything! I need to try these cookies!
I love it! So easy to make and so good!
Just made, and eating… they are delicious!!! Thank you so much for the recipe
It is my pleasure MeLeigh! I’m so glad you liked them!
I’m excited to try these. just curious, do you think China seeds would work in place of the hemphearts?
I feel like maybe I did something wrong… mine doesn’t seem as smooth and fluid as yours in the pic. Did I overheat the chocolate?
It’s hard for me to say without being there, I just heat and stir until nice and smooth.
Goodness me, these look absolutely, positively mouth-watering. I have these ingredients lying around the house so this is something I can actually make right now in lockdown. Thanks so much!!
Anyone try in a large pan and cut to bars? I don’t have the molds and looking for a different solution until mine arrive.
Hey Nicole you could use a baking pan, like a 14×10 jelly roll pan and line it with wax paper and pour the mixture out on the wax paper and when it sets cut it into slices, similar to what I did in this keto peppermint bark: https://www.maebells.com/keto-peppermint-bark/ I hope that helps!
Could you substitute other seeds for hemp seeds?
let me just say! WOW! its bomb