These Keto Caramelized Bacon Pecan Chocolate Chip cookies are so easy to make with only 1 bowl and 2 net carbs per cookie! These are truly no-fuss…you can literally dump everything in the mixing bowl and they will turn out perfect every time. Crunchy chunks of pecans intertwined in melted chocolate and salty-sweet bacon...heaven!

Easiest EVER Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies are so easy to make and they are kid-approved and husband (or significant other!) approved! Although these sound uber-sophisticated and hard to make, they are actually so easy that you can make them anytime you get that chocolate chip cookie craving…without the guilt!

Have I ever mentioned that I am a self-proclaimed cookie monster? I think I may have mentioned it in my post on some of my other recipes.

Let's face it...anyone that has Easy Keto Strawberry Cookies with White Chocolate Chips, Keto Blueberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups - Keto, Keto Peanut Butter Banana Cookies, Keto Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies and oh so many more, is definitely a cookie monster!

Anyway, I love cookies, from cookie cups, to cookie dough so I knew I had to come up with a new and creative cookie recipe. Plus, since I have jumped on a "candied" bandwagon these days, I thought, why not create a caramelized bacon cookie?!

My requirements for any of my keto recipes are to always try to make them as easy to make using commonly found ingredients, and of course, they had to taste amazing.

According to all of Mr. Grumbles, I have succeeded!

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

The idea for these bacon cookies started as a Valentine’s idea. Even though I’m baking almost constantly, Zach rarely gets excited about what I’m making. He’s just not much of a desserts person and unless he smells bacon sizzling on the stovetop he doesn’t often come around asking for samples.

So I thought I’d invent this recipe as sort of a love letter to him for Valentine’s Day and I married together one of my favorite cookie bases (my brown butter chocolate chip cookies, though the add-ins would be excellent with my worst chocolate chip cookies, too) with his favorite thing in the world: bacon.

Keto Cookie Ingredients

The base recipe is essentially a chocolate chip cookie base (a really, really good one) with a few over-the-top add-ins. Let’s discuss just a few of the key ingredients:

Butter. We’re browning the butter for best flavor (more on that below). NOTE: I also tried a few variations of this recipe where I substituted a small amount of the butter with bacon grease but Zach and I were both shockingly underwhelmed by the results.
Flour. You’ll use all-purpose flour. As with all of my recipes you want to measure the flour accurately, but it’s especially critical with this recipe as it’s already prone to being stiff and slightly crumbly and accidentally using more flour than called for can make the dough too crumbly to work with.
Bacon. Use real bacon you’ve cooked to crisp yourself! What I love about this recipe is that the bacon flavor is present without being overwhelming. I use ½ cup of crumbled bacon, but feel free to up this to ⅔ cup or even a bit more if you really want a lot of bacon flavor.
Caramel. You may use caramel baking bits or, if you can’t find them, just buy classic soft caramels and use a sharp knife to cut them into small pieces (which is what I did).
Chocolate. You could use a scant cup of chocolate chips, but I prefer to finely chop a quality chocolate bar. The easiest way to do this is to use a large sharp knife and go over the chocolate bar in a mincing motion just as if you were mincing garlic. It makes for a melty chocolate experience in every bite.

Remember, this is just an overview of some of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!

Why Caramelize the Bacon?

I have tried this recipe with and without caramelizing the bacon and I much prefer when the bacon is caramelized. The additional sweeteness from the caramelization takes away a little of the "smokiness". Don't get me wrong, I LOVE traditional bacon but didn't really appreciate the full-on bacon flavour when placed in a cookie.

By caramelizing the bacon, you still get the bacon flavour but works perfectly in a cookie. Plus, caramelizing bacon is so easy...simply place the cooked bacon crumbles in a small saucepan with some sweetener and stir until the sweetener dissolves.

Making the best low carb chocolate chip cookies

Mix your ingredients (dry first, then wet)
Scoop using a cookie scoop or a spoon into 28-30 even-sized cookies
Flatten slightly with your clean fingers
Bake for 10 - 12 minutes
Enjoy amazing cookies

Everything you need to know to make these keto cookies:

No fuss dump recipe: Unlike other keto chocolate chip cookies recipes out there, this one is super simple and they turn out perfect every time! Follow my easy instructions and you are good to go.
Almond Flour Free Version: So many people cannot tolerate almonds. For an almond flour free version, simply use the same amount of sunflower seed flour. It is comparable in price to almond flour.
No Lily’s Chocolate Chips?: If you are having trouble finding the sugar free and keto friendly Lily’s chocolate chips, you can use an 85% dark chocolate bar and cut it into chunks. You may need 2.
Cookie Scoop – Ensures perfectly even keto chocolate chip cookies. I did an experiment using a cookie scoop and gently rolling the cookies after scooping them as well as not rolling them with my hands. The difference can be seen in the picture below so depending on what "look" you are going for, you can decide if you want to roll them or not.

Checking for Doneness – These keto cookies get brown on the bottom and slightly brown on the top. Mine have always been perfect after 10-12 minutes.
Freezing – I have kept these frozen for months and they still taste great. I freeze them all on the sheet tray for 2 hours, then I put them all in a freezer safe container or bag. I pull one out when I am ready to bake. When baking the cookies from frozen, you may need to add about 2 additional minutes to the total baking time.

More Keto Cookie Recipes:

Keto Candied Bacon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 28-30 1x

Instructions

Make the Candied Bacon:

In a small sauce pan, heat the bacon crumbles, allulose and water. Bring the mixture to a simmer and remove from heat. Allow the bacon to cool slightly and then sprinkle the 1 teaspoon of brown sugar substitute over the bacon. Toss to combine and allow it to cool completely.

Prepare the Cookie Dough:

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, coconut oil and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until fully combined. Then, beat in the almond flour, coconut flour, pea protein powder, baking soda and salt. Once fully combined, fold in the chocolate chips, chopped pecans and caramelized bacon.
Place the bowl in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to firm.

Bake the cookies:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
Take about heaping tablespoons of cookie dough (I used a cookie scoop) and form into round balls, smoothing out the top if desired. Repeat until no more cookie dough remains leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
Place the cookie dough in the oven and bake for about 9-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool before transferring them to a cooling rack. For crispier cookies, place the cookies in the fridge for about 10 minutes after they have cooled.