Diabetic-Friendly Cottage Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft, high-protein, low-carb cookies made with a surprising ingredient!

These cookies are crispy on the edges, soft in the center, studded with chocolate chips, and secretly packed with protein thanks to cottage cheese. If you’re watching carbs or sugar but still want a REAL cookie, this recipe will be your new obsession.

They’re kid-friendly, freezer-friendly, and perfect for meal-prep snacks—just look at that bag full of goodness in your photo! 😍

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⭐ Why Cottage Cheese?

Cottage cheese makes these cookies:

• extra moist
• higher in protein
• lower in fat
• perfectly soft & chewy

And don’t worry—you cannot taste the cottage cheese.

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🍪 Ingredients (Makes ~18 Cookies)

• 1 cup cottage cheese (blended until smooth)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar substitute (erythritol, allulose, monk fruit blend)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups almond flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar-free chocolate chips

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Blend the cottage cheese

Using a blender or immersion stick, blend cottage cheese until completely smooth.

2️⃣ Cream butter + sweetener

In a bowl, beat together softened butter and sweetener until light and fluffy.

3️⃣ Add egg + vanilla + cottage cheese

Mix well until fully combined.

4️⃣ Add dry ingredients

Stir in:

• almond flour
• baking powder
• salt

Fold in the chocolate chips.

5️⃣ Chill the dough

Refrigerate for 20–30 minutes to help cookies hold shape.

6️⃣ Scoop & bake

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Scoop dough onto a lined baking sheet, leaving space between cookies.

Bake 10–12 minutes, until edges are lightly golden.

7️⃣ Cool completely

They firm up as they cool!

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📦 Storage

• Room temp: 3–4 days
• Fridge: up to 1 week
• Freezer: up to 3 months (great for meal prep!)

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📊 Nutrition (Approx. per cookie)

Will vary slightly depending on sweetener and chocolate chips used.

• Calories: 90
• Fat: 7g
• Protein: 4g
• Total Carbs: 6g
• Net Carbs: 2–3g
• Sugar: 0g