Chocolate Snowball Cookies (Keto, Low Carb)
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Introduction
Chocolate lovers will love this twist on the classic snowball cookie! These keto chocolate snowball cookies are buttery and melt in your mouth delicious!
Keto Chocolate Snowball Cookies
We already have a Low Carb/Keto version of the classic pecan snowball cookies. These are the chocolate turn on the same idea — buttery chocolate snowball cookies for the holiday baking list.
They are quick to make, and the cocoa does most of the work — the dough is almond flour, butter and powdered sweetener, and it goes together in one bowl. My dad, who isn’t on the keto diet, has the biggest sweet tooth and he ate one after another and couldn’t tell the difference between these and a regular sugary cookie.
How To Make Keto Chocolate Snowball Cookies:
The part that catches people out is that these get coated twice, and the two coats happen at different moments. The first goes on immediately, while the cookies are still hot from the oven. The second goes on after they have cooled completely. The step photos in the recipe card show the rolling but not the waiting in between, which is the part worth knowing before you start.
Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container at room temperature.
For a mixed cookie tray, the classic and pecan snowballs are the natural partners for these, and our keto cookie recipes collection has all three together.
Helpful Tools To Make Keto Chocolate Snowball Cookies:
Keto Friendly Powdered Sugar
These cookies need a powdered sweetener twice over — once in the dough and again for the coating. We use Lakanto’s powdered monk fruit, a blend built to measure 1:1 with powdered sugar, and we don’t get the cooling aftertaste some other brands leave behind. The record carries no result for another brand in these, so check the conversion chart on whatever you use rather than assuming it swaps cup for cup.
You’ll find the full per-serving breakdown — calories, fat, fiber, protein, and net carbs — in the Nutrition Facts panel with the recipe below. It counts the Lily’s chocolate chips, so it is not the figure for a batch made without them.
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Chocolate Snowball Cookies (Keto, Low Carb)
2 net carbsIngredients
Cookies
- 4 oz butter, unsalted
- ½ cup lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener
- ¼ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup lily's chocolate chips (optional)
- A pinch of salt
Coating
Nutrition Facts
18 servings per recipe| Per Serving 150 | Per Recipe 2630 | |||
| 4 oz of butter, unsalted | 45 | 809.99 | ||
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 3.33 | 60 | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 80 | 1440 | ||
| 1 tsp of vanilla extract | 0.67 | 12 | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 16.83 | 303.03 | ||
| 14g | 17% | 245g | 315% | |
| 4 oz of butter, unsalted | 4.95 g | 89.1 g | ||
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 0.22 g | 4 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 7.11 g | 128 g | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 1.35 g | 24.24 g | ||
| 4.5g | 22% | 80g | 399% | |
| 4 oz of butter, unsalted | 3.15 g | 56.7 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 0.44 g | 8 g | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 0.84 g | 15.15 g | ||
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 13mg | 4% | 243mg | 81% | |
| 4 oz of butter, unsalted | 13.5 mg | 243 mg | ||
| 10mg | 0% | 160mg | 7% | |
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 8.89 mg | 160 mg | ||
| 1 tsp of vanilla extract | 0.02 mg | 0.4 mg | ||
| 11g | 4% | 199g | 72% | |
| ½ cup of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener | 3.33 g | 60 g | ||
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 0.67 g | 12 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 2.67 g | 48 g | ||
| 1 tsp of vanilla extract | 0.03 g | 0.5 g | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 2.69 g | 48.48 g | ||
| ¼ cup of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener | 1.67 g | 30 g | ||
| 3g | 10% | 48g | 172% | |
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 0.44 g | 8 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 0.89 g | 16 g | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 1.35 g | 24.24 g | ||
| 1g | 16g | |||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 0.89 g | 16 g | ||
| 1 tsp of vanilla extract | 0.03 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 6g | 114g | |||
| ½ cup of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener | 3.33 g | 60 g | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 1.35 g | 24.24 g | ||
| ¼ cup of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener | 1.67 g | 30 g | ||
| Allulose | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 2g | 36g | |||
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 0.22 g | 4 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 1.78 g | 32 g | ||
| 1 tsp of vanilla extract | 0.03 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 3g | 6% | 58g | 116% | |
| ¼ cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened | 0.22 g | 4 g | ||
| 2 cups of almond flour | 2.67 g | 48 g | ||
| ½ cup of lily's chocolate chips | 0.34 g | 6.06 g | ||
About these numbers: We are home cooks, not certified nutritionists. Nutrition is shared as a courtesy. We pick a representative product for each ingredient, and our recipe system works out the totals from the amounts in this recipe, so please treat them as a helpful estimate rather than a guarantee. The brands you buy, any swaps you make, and how generously you portion the recipe will all move these numbers.
Directions
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
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Blend together the butter, Lakanto powdered sweetener, unsweetened cocoa, salt, and vanilla extract until creamy.
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Add in the almond flour until the dough forms together.
Stir in Lily's chocolate chips, optional.
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Roll the dough into 1″ balls in the palm of your hand.
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Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes.
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Immediately roll the cookie balls in Lakanto's powdered sweetener for first coating.
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Allow the cookies to cool completely and then roll them in a second coating of the powdered sweetener.
Notes
Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container at room temperature.
Updated — October 2, 2026: The method section now explains the part the step photos cannot — these are rolled in sweetener twice, and the first coat goes on while the cookies are still hot.
Correction — September 15, 2026: It's the monk fruit blend, not monk fruit itself, that measures 1:1 like sugar. The sweetener notes now say so, and stick to what it does in this recipe rather than blood sugar.
