Low Carb Keto Peppermint Cookies
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Introduction
There are certain flavors that perfectly symbolize an entire season. Think about pumpkin and fall. It seems like everything is pumpkin flavored in October and November, and I am totally ok with that!
If you’re looking for some delicious pumpkin flavor, be sure to make our Keto Pumpkin Cheesecake Chaffle.
I think that peppermint is the flavor of the holidays. Maybe it’s because I’ve always loved candy canes growing up, but when I think about peppermint I think about Christmas!
If you’re like me, or if you just like peppermint, you will LOVE these keto peppermint cookies! Imagine the candy cane that you know and love combined with an amazing sugar cookie!
Just grab a few simple ingredients and head to the oven and you’ll be enjoying these keto peppermint cookies in no time at all!
Peppermint Flavor For Cookies
When making these cookies, you basically have two options when it comes to sourcing your peppermint flavor. You can go heavy on the sugar free store-bought peppermints, or you can add some keto friendly peppermint flavor.
Personally, we prefer to add some keto friendly peppermint flavor just because we don’t love the sweetener in the sugar free peppermints, but what you use is totally up to your personal preference. These keto peppermint cookies will taste amazing no matter what you decide to use.
We love Frontier’s peppermint flavor, but any keto friendly peppermint flavoring should do the trick. See the full recipe below for our recommendation on how much peppermint flavor to use.
We love peppermint and are always looking for great ways to use it. If you’re like us and really love peppermint, make our Keto Chocolate Peppermint Shake! It is so delicious!
So, before you write us off as keto heretics, hear us out on these sugar free peppermints.
Without a doubt, too many of these peppermints can absolutely throw your body out of ketosis. And without a doubt, the ingredients in these (or any other) sugar free peppermints are not the best. Not by a long shot.
But, this recipe only calls for a few of these peppermints, and a few should not affect your ketosis at all. I should also really stress that it is completely optional to use these in the first place. Whether or not you decide to use sugar free peppermints is completely up to you and your personal preferences.
If you prefer to avoid all artificial sweeteners and less-than-ideal ingredients, that is awesome! If you don’t mind the occasional use of products like these, that’s great! There is no right or wrong when it comes to things like this!
If you do prefer to avoid these sugar free peppermint candies, simply add a little extra peppermint flavoring. Your cookies should taste exactly the same. The only thing they might miss is the crunch of the peppermint candies.
Baking Good Tasting Keto Cookies
It can be hard to bake the perfect keto cookie. Sometimes they come out tasting too much like almond or coconut flour. Sometimes they taste too sweet. And sometimes they taste too moist and soggy, and other times they taste burnt and crispy.
If you want some tips to make the perfect keto cookie, we might be able to help!
Best Keto Friendly Sweetener
For these keto peppermint cookies we used Lakanto’s powdered monk fruit. It acts and tastes like traditional powdered sugar, which is what you want in a cookie that gets rolled in it.
Lakanto’s blend is built to measure 1:1 with sugar — one cup of it where a regular recipe asks for one cup of sugar — and we don’t get the aftertaste or cooling effect some other keto-friendly sweeteners leave. The cooling one is worth noting here, since these cookies are already minty.
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Enjoy!
Some Other Keto Holiday Recipes You Might Enjoy:
Thick and Soft Keto Snickerdoodle Cookies
Low Carb Keto Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients
All Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp peppermint extract
- ½ cup lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener
- 4 tbsp butter, unsalted
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 2 tbsp peppermint candies, sugar free, crushed
Nutrition Facts
9 servings per recipe| Per Serving 210 | Per Recipe 1850 | |||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 90 each | 120 | 1080 | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 12 each | 1.33 | 12 | ||
| ½ serving of peppermint extract (½ tsp) @ 10 each | 0.56 | 5 | ||
| 4 servings of butter, unsalted (4 tbsp) @ 100 each | 44.44 | 400 | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 100 each | 33.75 | 303.74 | ||
| 1 ½ servings of peppermint candies, sugar free (2 tbsp) @ 35 each | 5.85 | 52.63 | ||
| 19g | 24% | 170g | 218% | |
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 8 g each | 10.67 g | 96 g | ||
| 4 servings of butter, unsalted (4 tbsp) @ 11 g each | 4.89 g | 44 g | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 10 g each | 3.37 g | 30.37 g | ||
| 6g | 29% | 52g | 261% | |
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 0.5 g each | 0.67 g | 6 g | ||
| 4 servings of butter, unsalted (4 tbsp) @ 7 g each | 3.11 g | 28 g | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 6 g each | 2.02 g | 18.22 g | ||
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 23mg | 8% | 211mg | 70% | |
| 4 servings of butter, unsalted (4 tbsp) @ 30 mg each | 13.33 mg | 120 mg | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 30 mg each | 10.12 mg | 91.12 mg | ||
| 75mg | 3% | 650mg | 28% | |
| 2 servings of baking powder (½ tsp) @ 160 mg each | 35.56 mg | 320 mg | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.4 mg each | 0.04 mg | 0.4 mg | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 110 mg each | 37.12 mg | 334.12 mg | ||
| 14g | 5% | 124g | 45% | |
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 3 g each | 4 g | 36 g | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.06 g | 0.5 g | ||
| ½ serving of peppermint extract (½ tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.03 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 2 servings of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener (½ cup) @ 30 g each | 6.67 g | 60 g | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 1 g each | 0.34 g | 3.04 g | ||
| 1 ½ servings of peppermint candies, sugar free (2 tbsp) @ 16 g each | 2.67 g | 24.06 g | ||
| 1g | 5% | 12g | 43% | |
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 1 g each | 1.33 g | 12 g | ||
| 2g | 16g | |||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 1 g each | 1.33 g | 12 g | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.06 g | 0.5 g | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 1 g each | 0.34 g | 3.04 g | ||
| 9g | 83g | |||
| 2 servings of lakanto powdered monkfruit sweetener (½ cup) @ 30 g each | 6.67 g | 60 g | ||
| 1 ½ servings of peppermint candies, sugar free (2 tbsp) @ 15 g each | 2.51 g | 22.56 g | ||
| Allulose | 0g | 0% | 0g | 0% |
| 3g | 29g | |||
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 2 g each | 2.67 g | 24 g | ||
| 1 serving of vanilla extract (1 tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.06 g | 0.5 g | ||
| ½ serving of peppermint extract (½ tsp) @ 0.5 g each | 0.03 g | 0.25 g | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 1 g each | 0.34 g | 3.04 g | ||
| 1 ½ servings of peppermint candies, sugar free (2 tbsp) @ 1 g each | 0.17 g | 1.5 g | ||
| 5g | 9% | 42g | 84% | |
| 12 servings of almond flour (1 ½ cups) @ 3 g each | 4 g | 36 g | ||
| 3.05 servings of cream cheese (3 oz) @ 2 g each | 0.67 g | 6.07 g | ||
About these numbers: We are home cooks, not certified nutritionists. Nutrition is shared as a courtesy and calculated with free online nutrition calculators — we compare a few to get as close as we can — so please treat it 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 the oven to 350 degrees.
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Add all of the ingredients except for the peppermint candy crumbs to a mixing bowl, and blend on high until well combined.
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Place the batter into the freezer to set for 30 minutes. This will make the dough easier to handle.
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Form the dough into 9 even flattened cookies, and top each one with a sprinkling of the sugar-free peppermint candy crumbs.
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Bake for 10-12 minutes until browned and cooked through.
Correction — September 15, 2026: The sweetener section now attributes measuring 1:1 with sugar to the blend that is formulated to do it, not to monk fruit, and describes what the sweetener does in the recipe rather than its effect on blood sugar.
