Chocolate Pecan Cookies (Sugar-Free)

These Chocolate Pecan Cookies are delicious for a healthier sugar-free chocolate cookie made with whole wheat flour! These are quite low in carbs if you make small cookies like we did, but see suggestions in the post if you prefer a flourless sugar-free cookie recipe!

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Chocolate Pecan Cookies are a cookie I was inspired to try when Suzanne Lenzer wrote about whole-grain cookies in the New York Times. I was intrigued with her idea of a chocolate cookie using whole wheat flour and oatmeal. So I saved the recipe to my “recipes to try” folder, and eventually I experimented to come up with a sugar-free version of her healthy cookies.

I did make quite a few changes to Suzanne’s recipe, substituting Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) for the sugar, s0bstituting pecans for the chocolate chips for a fewer carbs, and doubling the oatmeal for an even more whole-grain cookie.

I know this cookie with oatmeal and whole wheat flour won’t work for some of my readers even though there are only 4 net carbs in a small cookie, and of course the Chocolate Pecans Cookies are not gluten-free. Check below for links to two cookies with chocolate that are flourless, sugar-free, and gluten-free.

What ingredients do you need?

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• Whole Wheat Flour (affiliate link)
• unsweetened Cocoa Powder (affiliate link)
• baking soda
• salt
• butter
• Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link)
• vanilla
• rolled oats or Gluten-Free Rolled Oats (affiliate link)
• pecans

Are these Chocolate Pecan Cookies low in carbs?

These are small cookies that have 4 net carbs per cookie, which is low for a cookie with flour. If you prefer a flourless sugar-free chocolate cookie check out my Chocolate Shortbread Cookies or Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies.

What if you don’t have pecans?

If you don’t have pecans you can the sugar-free chocolate cookies with chopped almonds, walnuts, or even peanuts.

How to make Chocolate Pecan Cookies (Sugar-Free):

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1. Combine whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
2. In a smaller bowl mix the softened butter, Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link), and vanilla.
3. Stir the butter mixture into the dry ingredients.
4. Mix the oatmeal into the dough. 
5. Then mix the finely chopped pecans into the dough.
6. I used parchment paper, but I don’t know if it’s essential. I used a heaping tablespoon of dough, rolled into a small ball.
7. Use a spoon or turner to smash down the cookies. 
8. Bake cookies about 15-16 minutes at 350F/175C.
9. The Chocolate Pecan Cookies were slightly crumbly when hot, so let them cool a while before you eat them.

More Sugar-Free Cookies you might like:

Check out My Favorite Flourless Sugar-Free Cookies for cookies ideas that are sugar-free and gluten-free.

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Yield: 20 cookies

Chocolate Pecan Cookies (Sugar-Free)

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

If you want a whole grain chocolate cookie without sugar, these Chocolate Pecan Cookies cookies are a winner!

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup whole wheat flour (see notes)
• 1/4 cup + 1 T unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup butter (softened at room temperature or melted on lowest setting in microwave, see notes)
• 1/2 cup + 1 T Monkfruit Sweetener (see notes)
• 1 T vanilla
• 1/2 cup rolled oats (see notes)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans

Instructions

Combine whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients.

In a smaller bowl mix the softened or melted butter, Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice, and vanilla.

Stir the butter mixture into the dry ingredients (and try to resist the temptation to just start eating the dough immediately!)

Mix the oatmeal into the dough, which will be stiff.

Then mix the finely chopped pecans into the dough mixture.

I used parchment paper to bake these, but I don't know if it's essential. I used a heaping tablespoon of dough, and then rolled it into a small ball.

Then use a flat spoon or turner to smash down the cookies slightly. They don't spread out too much, so you can put them pretty close together.

Bake cookies about 15-16 minutes at 350F/175C.

The Chocolate Pecan Cookies were slightly crumbly when they're hot, so let them cool a while before you eat them.

Notes

Next time I might use White Whole Wheat Flour (affiliate link) but regular whole wheat flour turned out fine for these cookies. You could make the cookies with trans-fat free margarine if you want a vegan option.

I would use Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) for these cookies, but use any granulated sweetener you prefer.

Suzanne Lenzer wrote about these cookies for Mark Bittman's column in the New York Times; recipe adapted by Kalyn.

Nutrition Information

Yield

20

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 75Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 12mgSodium 97mgCarbohydrates 5gFiber 1gSugar 0gProtein 1g

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:
These Chocolate Pecan Cookies are very small sugar-free cookies that have 4 net carbs per cookie, so decide if that’s too much of splurge if you’re following a low-carb diet. If you want to make cookies that are suitable for the original South Beach Diet, use an approved sweetener and switch butter for margarine. (Be sure to choose a margarine that doesn’t have water listed as the first ingredient if you choose that option.) They would still be limited to phase 2 or 3 for South Beach because of the whole wheat flour.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
The recipe for Chocolate Pecan Cookies was first posted in 2009. It was updated with the option to use Monkfruit Sweetener for a sugar-free cookie in 2023. The recipe was last updated with more information in 2025.

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