These Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Cookies are just 36 calories each, and they take less than 20 minutes to make!
Plus these are also low sugar chocolate chip cookies! Just 1.4g of sugar per cookie, and a supplied you with another low calorie swap that will bring them down even more (see the nutrition section for more information).
These quick and easy skinny chocolate chip cookies are a wonderful sweet snack you can feel good about making (and enjoying). With no weird ingredients, and 100% all-natural these cookies are great for all diets!
Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Cookies
What You’ll Find in this Article:
Ingredients in Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Cookies
No hard to find ingredients go into this low calorie cookie recipe! And if you want to use regular brown sugar or even monk fruit sugar, those will work in place of the zero calorie one I recommend.
Low Calorie Cookie Ingredients:
- All-Purpose Flour – you can also use gluten free 1:1 (one to one) flour.
- Zero Calorie All-Natural Brown Sugar – this 100% all natural sugar substitute is a great zero calorie swap!
- Baking Soda – makes the low calorie cookies rise!
- Salt – just a little to bring out the flavor of the cookies, but you can omit if need be.
- Unsweetened Apple Sauce – this metabolism boosting ingredient helps sweeten and hold the cookies together.
- Vanilla Extract – Pure vanilla extract is best.
- Water – zero calories and thins out the batter just as well as milk does.
- Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips – you can cut the sugar in the recipe more by getting Keto Chocolate Chips.
- Course Salt – this optional ingredient takes these cookies to the next level.
Low Calorie Tips and Tricks to Baking:
- Parchment Paper – skip oiling the pan, use parchment paper! It will save you calories, and clean up time too!
- Unsweetened Apple Sauce – cut 1/2 the butter and sugar from any sweet treat with the help of unsweetened apple sauce!
- Water – when baking, if you find the batter needs more moisture, there is no need to add milk (or any calorie rich ingredient). Zero calorie water will work just fine!
How to Make Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you don’t have parchment paper that is ok. Just oil the baking sheet, there is no oil in the cookie recipe, so they will stick without parchment paper or an oiled baking sheet.
Tools and Equipment:
- 2 Bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Whisk (or fork)
- Making sheet
- Parchment paper
How to Make Low Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- To a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl combine the apple sauce, vanilla extract and water. Whisk together.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together until just combined.
- Add 1/2 of the chocolate chips and fold into the batter.
- Scoop out 16 cookie balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Wet your hands a little and then press the cookies down a bit to form cookie rounds.
- Top with remaining chocolate chips and course salt.
- Bake for 7 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet (they will continue to cook on the sheet while they cool.)
Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
If you want an oatmeal version, check out these Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.
This recipe is proof that you can eat the foods you crave without gaining weight, or while losing weight! I have so many weight loss recipes to try, they can help you stay on track and feed your cravings without ruining your diet. Here are a few more I think you might love.
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Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- 2 Bowls
- Whisk or Fork
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (or Gluten Free Flour)
- ⅔ cup Zero Calorie All-Natural Brown Sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons water
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons course salt optional- not included in nutrition
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- To a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl combine the apple sauce, vanilla extract and water. Whisk together.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together until just combined.
- Add 1/2 of the chocolate chips and fold into the batter.
- Scoop out 16 cookie balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Wet your hands a little and then press the cookies down a bit to form cookie rounds.
- Top with remaining chocolate chips and course salt.
- Bake for 7 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet (they will continue to cook on the sheet while they cool.)
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lower the Sodium – you can omit the salt all together if you need to lower the sodium. The cookies will still be yummy!
Lower the Sugar – if you swap out the semi sweet chocolate chips for sugar free chocolate chips (I like monk fruit sweetened- they are all natural) you can lower the sugar down to just 0.4g per cookie!
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Article History:
- Originally written and published February 24, 2023 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on October 2, 2023 by Audrey Johns
