Cookie Dough Balls with 4 Ingredients
By Hannah Healy
Updated June 12, 2024
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These cookie dough balls are a creamy, chocolatey, and sweet treat with only four ingredients. They can be made in just a few minutes!
The other day I was making some chocolate chip cookies and, like most people, I snuck a couple bites of the cookie dough. Why is it that the cookie dough is always better than the cookie?
Even though there are quite a few ingredients in cookies, there doesn’t have to be in a simple cookie dough that you’re not intending to bake. So, I made this recipe up so the you can enjoy a tasty keto friendly cookie dough without any grains, dairy or eggs!
Why I love this recipe:
- These tasty bites have a lightly sweet creamy nutty doughy texture with pops of chocolatey goodness with each bite. They’re the perfect keto-friendly treat!
- Not only are these keto cookie dough fat bombs delicious, but they are also really easy to make. There are only 4 ingredients so you can whip up a batch in probably 5-10 minutes.
- All the ingredients in this recipe are vegan, paleo and keto, so they’re suitable for most people!
Keto Cookie Dough Fat Bomb Recipe tips:
- This recipe uses coconut butter (also sometimes called coconut manna) for the creamy yet pliable cookie dough texture. Coconut butter is basically dried coconut which has been processed into a nut butter-like texture. (NOTE: It is NOT the same thing as coconut cream…that will not work for this recipe) You can buy jars of coconut butter at most health food stores or online. Some people have even had success making their own with shredded coconut and a food processor.
- I used almond butter but you can substitute it for another nut butter like peanut butter, cashew butter or sunflower butter. Just make sure there’s no added sweetener in the nut butter if you want it to be keto!
- These should be stored in the refrigerator and may get hardened in the fridge. Be sure to take them out of the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature for about an our before eating them.
How to Make These Keto Cookie Dough Fat Bombs
Gather your ingredients including the coconut butter, nut butter, sweetener and chocolate chips.
In a mixing bowl, add in the coconut butter, nut butter and sweetener. If the coconut butter is very stiff you can microwave it for 30 seconds until it is more pliable like nut butter texture.
Mix together and work out any lumps until it’s smooth.
Add in the chocolate chips and fold them in evenly.
Take small bits of the batter and roll them into balls. If the batter seems too wet, leave it in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes until it hardens a little but is still pliable enough to work with, then roll into balls. Store in the refrigerator.
Cookie Dough Balls with 4 Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut butter
- 2 tbsp almond butter or other nut butter
- 1-2 tbsp brown sugar sugar-free substitute or other keto granulated sweetener
- 1/4 cup sugar-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add in the coconut butter, nut butter and sweetener. If the coconut butter is very hard you can microwave it for 30 seconds until it is more pliable like nut butter texture.
- Mix together and work out any lumps until it's smooth.
- Add in the chocolate chips and fold them in evenly.
- Take small bits of the batter and roll them into balls. If the batter seems too wet, leave it in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes until it hardens a little but is still pliable enough to work with, then roll into balls. Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
- This recipe uses coconut butter (also sometimes called coconut manna) for the creamy yet pliable cookie dough texture. Coconut butter is basically dried coconut which has been processed into a nut butter-like texture. (NOTE: It is NOT the same thing as coconut cream…that will not work for this recipe) You can buy jars of coconut butter at most health food stores or online. Some people have even had success making their own with shredded coconut and a food processor.
- I used almond butter but you can substitute it for another nut butter like peanut butter, cashew butter or sunflower butter. Just make sure there’s no added sweetener in the nut butter if you want it to be keto!
- These should be stored in the refrigerator and may get hardened in the fridge. Be sure to take them out of the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature for about an our before eating them.
- There are only 1.6 net carbs per ball when you use swerve and lily’s stevia chocolate chips. When you calculate net carbs you subtract both the fiber and the sugar alcohols from the total carbs. These nutrition facts don’t show sugar alcohols.
- Nutrition facts shown are for recipes made with swerve and lily’s stevia chocolate chips. It will be different if you use other sweeteners and chocolate chips.
Nutrition
This recipe was originally posted in October of 2013 but has been republished in December of 2021 to include new photos and updated instructions.
Hi! I wish mine came out like the photo 🙁 The batch I made came out very runny. I doubled the recipe so perhaps I should’ve made a batch at a time(?) Also I see now that my almond butter says “creamy.” Maybe when they get cold they’ll harden to something. Next time I’ll try the exact brands you recommend. Thanks!
I just finally got around to making these yesterday! Amazingly easy and yummy! I made another batch today and added an extra tablespoon of almond butter. I prefer them that way…but gee! THANKS for this amazing idea for a great quick snack! 🙂
Can I use Coconut cream Concentrate (Tropical Traditions) as a substitute for the coconut butter?
I very much doubt that coconut cream concentrate would work. Coconut butter is more similar to coconut oil then it is to coconut cream. It is solid at most room temperatures and definitely after being refrigerated. You can make your own similar to the way you make nut butters, except you just unsweetened flaked or shredded coconut and blend until it is a liquid (you can always google it for more precise instructions). My only comment on this method is that Bob’s Red Mill brand coconut flakes do not work and will never turn into coconut butter no matter how much you blend them.
The Tropical Tradition’s coconut cream concentrate is just their fancy name for coconut butter. Awesome stuff!
These look wonderful! I’m going to make these today, I’ve been craving something sweet, but don’t have much time to bake with a clingy baby! Thanks! ^_^
Thanks! Hope you enjoy them 🙂