Sugar-Free Flourless Chocolate Oatmeal Cluster Cookies are easy and delicious, and these are perfect to make with Golden Monkfruit Sweetener! Even with some oatmeal these are fairly low in net carbs, and if you use gluten-free oats the cookies are gluten-free. 

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Sugar-Free and Flourless Chocolate and Oatmeal Cluster Cookies finished cookies on plate

Years ago I spotted a cookie (no longer online) that reminded me of something my mother used to make, and I thought it would be fun to come up with a sugar-free version. After a few attempts I had two similar but slightly different versions of the cookies.

I’m sharing an updated recipe here for the fudgy version of Sugar-Free Flourless Chocolate Oatmeal Cluster Cookies that have about 5.6 carbs per cookie which isn’t bad for a cookie with oatmeal. If you prefer a more cakey cookie (that’s a bit sweeter and also not completely sugar free) here is the printer-friendly link for that version.

Photos in this post are for the fudgy version of the cookies, but both versions look very similar.

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Is this a low-carb cookie recipe?

These cookies do have oatmeal, so they’re not completely free from carbs, but they net carbs are pretty low, and they’re tasty for a sugar-free treat. If you’re not watching your sugar intake, these cookies could be made with sugar and the cookies would be gluten-free if you used gluten-free oatmeal.

Want more sugar-free chocolate recipes?

Check my round-up of The BEST Low-Carb Chocolate Desserts for more sugar-free recipes with chocolate. Or take a look at My Favorite Flourless Sugar-Free Cookies to find some sugar-free cookies that will be lower in carbs!

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How to Make Sugar-Free Flourless Chocolate Oatmeal Cluster Cookies:

  1. Combine rolled oats, Golden Monkfruit Sweetener or sweetener of your choice, cocoa powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl.
  2. Start with 1/2 cup sweetener, then taste to see if you want a bit more sweetener.
  3. In a separate bowl combine olive oil, vanilla, and egg.
  4. Combine wet and dry ingredients with a fork, stirring until all the cocoa powder has blended with the oil and egg, then chill cookies several hours.
  5. To bake, preheat the oven to 350F/180C.
  6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and make small balls of batter (about 2 teaspoons.)
  7. I smashed the cookies down with a fork a little before I baked them, which is probably necessary because they don’t spread out much.
  8. Bake 12 minutes, or until cookies are firm but not hard. They will harden a bit more when they cool.

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More Sugar-Free and Low-Sugar Cookies:

Check out Delicious Sugar-Free (or Low-Sugar) Cookies and Brownies for even more cookie ideas.

Sugar-Free and Flourless Chocolate and Oatmeal Cluster Cookies found on KalynsKitchen.com
Yield: 12 cookies

Sugar-Free Flourless Chocolate Oatmeal Cluster Cookies

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes

Sugar-Free Flourless Chocolate Oatmeal Cluster Cookies are a tasty sugar-free cookie to bake any time you need a chocolate treat.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rolled oats (not instant)
  • 8 T Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (see notes)
  • 4 T cocoa powder
  • pinch salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 egg whites

Instructions

  1. Combine rolled oats, 1/2 cup Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (or sweetener of your choice), cocoa powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
  2. Taste by licking your finger and tasting the chocolate/sweetener mixture to see if you want more sweetener and if so add about 2 T more sweetener.
  3. In separate bowl, whisk together vanilla, olive oil, and egg white.
  4. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix together with a fork until the cocoa powder is dissolved and ingredients are well combined.
  5. Chill cookie batter several hours.
  6. To bake, preheat oven to 350F/180C. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  7. Put small balls of batter (about 2 tsp.) on the parchment paper, spaced apart slightly.
  8. Press down with fork to make cookies about 1/2 inch thick.
  9. Bake 12 minutes, or until cookies are firm but not hard. They will harden a bit more when they cool.

Notes

I first made this with a blend of granulated Stevia and Monkfruit sweeteners, but now I'd use Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link). Use the sweetener of your choice. Start with 1/2 cup sweetener and then taste to see if you want more sweetener; some people preferred a sweeter cookie.

If you prefer the more cakey and higher sugar version of these cookies,  you can see that recipe here.

This recipe inspired by a recipe that's no longer online.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 81Total Fat: 5.1gSaturated Fat: 0.7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6.8gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 21mgCarbohydrates: 6.6gFiber: 1gSugar: 1.2gProtein: 1.8g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Two things that caught my eye about these cookies were the use of olive oil, and the fact that the cookies didn’t have flour. Both those things make this a great cookie choice for the original South Beach Diet, but these cookies are phase two or three for South Beach, due to the oatmeal. (The cakey version that uses agave is probably phase three.) Cookies with oatmeal are not super low in carbs, but if you check the nutritional information you’ll see these are relative low in net carbs.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe for chocolate oatmeal cluster cookies that are flourless and sugar-free was first posted in 2008. It was last updated with more information in 2023.

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