They are as fun to eat as they are to make! Keto Christmas cookie cups are filled with a low-carb cream cheese frosting for a fun treat.
What Are Cookie Cups
Cookie cups are a fun twist on a classic dessert. Sweet cookie dough is baked with an indentation in the middle.
Then, that hollow middle is filled with a sweet filling of your choice! There are so many different ways to make them.
In this recipe, I took a basic keto-friendly sugar cookie base and filled them with a low-carb and high-fat cream cheese frosting. The result is easier to eat than a sandwich cookie and as delicious as your favorite keto cupcake.
Keto Cookie Cups
This is a very basic recipe that leaves a lot of room for creativity! Here are a few different ways to change up this recipe and make it taste how you want!
- Add sugar-free chocolate chips to the cookie dough
- Drizzle the top with keto-friendly chocolate sauce
- Add a strawberry slice on top
- Use food coloring to dye the cookies red and green.
- Add peppermint extract to the cream cheese frosting.
Best Keto Cookie Dough
For the cookie cups, I used just a few simple ingredients. The result is a dough that can hold up under the weight of the cream cheese frosting.
You’ll need to use almond flour – not coconut flour or almond meal. The almond flour makes the cookies soft and strong at the same time.
Then, sweeten the cookie dough with Swerve confectioner’s sugar substitute. This is a fluffier sweetener, so it makes the cookie cups melt in your mouth.
Sugar-Free Desserts
These tasty keto cookie cups will look perfectly festive at your next family dinner or holiday party! If you’re going to share this at a family dinner, make a loaf of Keto Pumpkin Zucchini Bread.
You don’t have to serve them at a party. Keep them at home and eat them as a snack, along with some Keto Pumpkin Pecan Cream Cheese Roll-Ups.
They also have a tasty cream cheese filling!
My Keto Crispy Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups are also really good fall or winter desserts. They taste like cinnamon rolls, but are easy to eat!
How To Store Keto Cookies
I suggest storing them in the refrigerator because of the cream cheese filling. Most of the time you can keep homemade cookies at room temperature, as long as you keep the air off of them, but the cream cheese filling needs to be refrigerated.
Store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to five days. They are easy to freeze, too!
Just wrap each cookie in parchment paper and store them in a freezer bag in the freezer for up to six months.
Keto Christmas Cookie Cups Recipe
Here are the step-by-step pictures of the process that you’ll follow to make keto Christmas cookie cups. All ingredients and instructions are in the printable recipe card, just a little bit further below.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Servings: 12 Cookie Cups
Ingredients
Keto Cookie Cups
- Almond Flour
- Baking Powder
- Large Egg
- Vanilla
- Swerve Confectioner’s Sugar Substitute
- Melted Butter
Keto Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cream Cheese
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Swerve Confectioner’s Sugar Substitute
- Vanilla
- Christmas Sprinkles
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and grease the sections of a mini muffin tin well.
Blend together the cookie cup ingredients until well combined.
Press the mixture into the mini muffin tin sections. Make sure the mixture goes up the sides of each cup, and hollow out the center.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until browned and cooked through.
You can press the center of each cup down with the end of a wooden kitchen spoon if the cookie cups have puffed up too much. Allow the cookie cups to cool completely.
Beat together the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, ⅓ cup of Swerve and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
Pipe the filling into the cookie cups, and add the Christmas sprinkles on top before serving.
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Keto Christmas Sugar Cookie Cups
They are as fun to eat as they are to make! Keto Christmas cookie cups are filled with a low-carb cream cheese frosting for a fun treat.
Ingredients
Keto Sugar Cookie Cups
- 1 1/2 cups Almond Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 large Egg
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 1/3 cup Swerve Confectioner's Sugar Substitute
- 6 tbsp Melted Butter
Cream Cheese Filling
- 5 ounces Cream Cheese softened
- 1/2 cup Heavy Whipping Cream at room temperature
- 1/3 cup Swerve Confectioner's Sugar Substitute
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and grease the sections of a mini muffin tin well.
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Blend together the cookie cup ingredients until well combined.
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Press the mixture into the mini muffin tin sections. Make sure the mixture goes up the sides of each cup, and hollow out the center.
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Bake for 10-12 minutes until browned and cooked through.
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You can press the center of each cup down with the end of a wooden kitchen spoon if the cookie cups have puffed up too much.
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Allow the cookie cups to cool completely.
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Beat together the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, ⅓ cup of Swerve and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
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Pipe the filling into the cookie cups, and add the Christmas sprinkles on top before serving.
Recipe Notes
Calories: 157 Net Carbs: 2 Net Carbs Per Serving
The nutritional information for this recipe is calculated as a courtesy and is an approximate only. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipes on this site.
Keto Desserts
If you enjoyed making keto Christmas cookie cups, here are some more low-carb desserts that you should make next. Kids love all of them!
