10 Diabetic Cookie Recipes That Don’t Skimp on Flavor

These RD- and CDE-approved cookie ideas are low-carb without skimping on flavor.

By Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CDCESMedically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RDN

Reviewed: December 18, 2018

Medically Reviewed

Swapping regular sugar for the sugar alcohol erythritol can help make your cookie more diabetes-friendly.

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’Tis the season for all things sweet, and for many people, the go-to indulgence is, you guessed it, cookies.

For people with type 2 diabetes, this time of year can present challenges on the sweets front — you want to enjoy the dessert table at your company party or dessert on Christmas Day, but you don’t want to risk spiking your blood sugar.

Rest assured: Living with diabetes doesn’t mean you have to avoid all holiday treats; you just have to get a little creative during your homemade cookie prep.

The traditional cookie recipe calls for ingredients that tend to be off-limits on a diabetes meal plan: refined (white) flour and added sugar. But the good news is there are lower-carb, higher-fiber alternatives that don’t compromise on taste!

As a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, and recipe developer myself, I focus on finding ways to adjust my favorite desserts to do just that — because what’s the point in eating a bland cookie? You can see some of my creations on my website, such as my Chocolate Chip Prune Cookies and my Raspberry Yogurt Breakfast Cookies.

What’s the trick to making recipe swaps work? You have to look for ingredients that maintain the sweet taste and texture of the food. For instance, pureed fruit, such as prunes and bananas, can make the perfect replacement for added sugar. All-purpose flour can be swapped with lower-carb, higher-protein options such as almond flour, coconut flour, or whole-wheat pastry flour.

RELATED: Why Dark Chocolate Is One of the Best Desserts for People With Type 2 Diabetes

If you’re ready to start enjoying cookie season again without the guilt (or the worry that you’ll send your blood sugar levels soaring), consider whipping up these 10 delicious, diabetes-friendly cookie recipes perfect to enjoy this holiday season.

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Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Wholesome Yum

Sometimes you just can’t resist the classic chocolate chip cookie. But with one large cookie containing 29 grams (g) of carbohydrates or more, the traditional option can have a major effect on blood sugar levels. Thanks to this sugar-free recipe, you can eat them again without the negative side effects. With just 4 g of net carbs per serving, this recipe swaps refined flour for lower-carb almond flour and replaces added sugar with the sugar alcohol erythritol. (Note that erythritol may give you a tummy ache if you eat too much, so stick with just one cookie!)

Get the recipe at Wholesome Yum.

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Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies

Wholesome Yum

With less than 2 g of net carbs per serving, these cookies give you a lot to celebrate over the holiday. Here again, using almond flour instead of refined flour reduces the overall carbohydrate content of the recipe while boosting protein and fiber. Although these cookies are a better option for blood sugar control, keep in mind that low-carb doesn’t necessarily mean low-calorie. Whereas 1 cup of all-purpose flour contains 400 calories, 1 cup of almond flour contains 640 calories. Try to be mindful about your portions when enjoying any holiday cookies, as we all should be.

Get the recipe at Wholesome Yum.

RELATED: The Best Nuts for People Managing Diabetes

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Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies

Chocolate Covered Katie

This flourless peanut butter cookie is packed with only real ingredients such as peanut butter, cocoa powder, and raisins. With no added sugar, it provides a sweet treat lower in carbs than traditional chocolatey cookies. Just be sure to opt for an all-natural peanut butter that does not contain any added sugar. Because it’s a no-bake recipe, you can make it and enjoy it in just minutes.

Get the recipe at Chocolate Covered Katie.

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Low-Carb Coconut Macaroons

Low Carb Yum

With 1 g of net carbs per serving, these coconut macaroons are definitely something to celebrate. The combination of shredded coconut and egg provides a source of filling plant-based fat and protein. But, as with most holiday cookies, portions still matter. These treats contain 130 calories per serving, so be mindful of just how many you indulge in at one time.

Get the recipe at Low Carb Yum.

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Speedy Skinny Cranberry Almond Cookies

Nutrition Twins

If you are in a hurry to satisfy your sweet tooth, this simple cookie recipe is your answer. With only six ingredients, this cookie can be made in five minutes in the microwave and contains just 10 g of net carbs and 82 calories per serving. The balance of oats, nuts, and dried fruit provide a mix of fiber, protein, and healthy fats to keep you feeling full without jolting your blood sugar.

Get the recipe at Nutrition Twins.

RELATED: The 8 Best Fruits for People With Type 2 Diabetes

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Chocolate Almond Truffles

Marisa Moore

These chocolate truffles derive natural sweetness from Medjool dates and cacao powder, making for a delicious dessert with no added sugar. The almonds add a source of protein and healthy fat, helping you stay full and preventing overeating. As a bonus, the cacao provides a rich source of antioxidants, so you can get your chocolate fix while helping fight inflammation at the same time.

Get the recipe at MarisaMoore.com.

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Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Whole New Mom

Whether you’re gluten free, dairy free, vegan, or simply want a healthier dessert option, these pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies can fit almost any meal plan. Although the standard recipe calls for 2 cups of whole-grain flour, you can reduce the total carbs even more (and make them gluten-free) by using almond flour instead.

Get both versions of the recipe at Whole New Mom.

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Low-Carb Holiday Cookies

Step Away From the Carbs

With only 3 g of net carbs per serving, these festive holiday cookies will have a minimal impact on your blood sugar levels if you eat them in moderation. The combination of ricotta, almond flour, and egg provides a delicious texture while boosting the protein content and minimizing carbs. The low-carb cream cheese frosting provides an indulgent topping that you may have felt you needed to avoid in the past.

Get the recipe at Step Away From the Carbs.

RELATED: What’s the Best Type of Candy for People With Diabetes?

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Easy Low-Carb Pecan Cookies

Step Away From the Carbs

It doesn’t get much easier than a three-ingredient cookie, but what makes this delicious treat even better is less than 1 g of net carbs per serving. Made up of mostly pecans and egg, each cookie provides a source of plant-based protein and fat, helping you feel full as you satisfy your sweet cravings.

Get the recipe at Step Away From the Carbs.

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Low-Carb Almond Crescent Cookies

Whole New Mom

How fun are these crescent-moon-shaped cookies? Your guests will love the fun shapes and great taste, and you will love the fact that they contain so few carbs. Swapping out refined flour for a blend of almond and coconut flours reduces the overall carb footprint to just 11 g per cookie.

Get the recipe at Whole New Mom.

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Diabetic Cookie Recipes: Top 16 Best Cookie Recipes You’ll Love

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Updated July 27, 2023

Lickety Split Lemon Oaties

Lickety Split Lemon Oaties are a great change-of-pace cookie, especially when you’re looking for something light but packed with flavor. Diabetic cookie recipes like these are great for spring or summer. 

Chocolate Chip Cloud Cookies

You’ll feel like you’ve been transported to heaven when you bite into these pillowy-soft Chocolate Chip Cloud Cookies. Who knew that a low-carb cookie recipe would end up being one of the best cookie recipes you’ve ever tried?!

Grandma’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

This classic recipe for Grandma’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies will take you back to the days of your childhood, when warm milk and cookies were waiting for you to devour as soon as you arrived home from school. But not to worry, we’ve altered the recipe just a little to make them diabetic-friendly, so you can still enjoy them in moderation!

Fruity Fingerprint Cookies

Our Fruity Fingerprint Cookies are a lightened up version of your favorite holiday thumbprint cookies. This is one of those diabetic cookie recipes that’s light enough to be enjoyed year-round! We especially love experimenting with different flavors in the middle, so be sure to have some fun with these!

Fudgy Chocolate Cookies

If you’re looking for the perfect, chocolaty diabetic cookies, you’ve come to the right place. These Fudgy Chocolate Cookies are so decadent and delicious, nobody will know that they’ve been lightened up for a diabetes diet.

Pumpkin Pie Cookies

Pumpkin pie is a fall-favorite, so when the season rolls around, why not celebrate by baking up a batch of our Pumpkin Pie Cookies? This is one easy cookie recipe you’re gonna want to share with all your friends!

3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Sometimes the craving for peanut butter takes hold and doesn’t let go until it’s satisfied. In times like that, you need a quick and healthful solution. Say hello to our 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies. One of our fans says, “These are delicious! When you have a taste for peanut butter, these will hit the spot!”

Spiced Pumpkin Chip Cookies

Did you know that pumpkin puree (be careful not to confuse it with canned pumpkin pie filling) is a great source of fiber? Adding canned pumpkin puree to baked goods also keeps them moist without adding fat. These Spiced Pumpkin Chip Cookies are winners all around!

Snickerdoodles

You’ll be astonished at how fast these chewy Snickerdoodles go when you put ’em out for your whole gang to eat! They taste just like your childhood-favorite version, but use lighter ingredients to make ’em low-carb and low-fat! Now that’s a diabetic cookie recipe we can get on board with. 

Banana Bread Cookies

If you like cookies that are soft and chewy, then you’ll love our Banana Bread Cookies. These homemade cookies are great for snacking on or serving up after dinner. We like to wash them down with a small glass of milk.

Pecan Balls

The perfect fall cookies, our Pecan Balls are easy-to-make and loaded with a few of the best flavors of the season. You’ll love the subtle crunch of the pecans in every bite! Plus, they make a festive addition for the holidays. It’s sure to become one of your favorite healthy Christmas cookie recipes.  

Best Breakfast Cookies

Cookies for breakfast? Yep, it’s totally okay when you’re having one of our Best Breakfast Cookies. These easy baked cookies are made with some healthy ingredients that are nutritious and full of satisfying sweetness.

Black & White Cookies

Black & White Cookies may have originated in New York, but these classic treats are a favorite in any home. This four-step recipe is packed with flavor and easy to make. An any-time treat that will satisfy your sweet tooth.

Brookies

Is it a brownie or a cookie? Well, it’s kind of both, which is why we call these “Brookies!” Take these chocolate cookies to your next potluck, get-together, or holiday party, and watch as they gobble ’em all up!

Chocolate Chip Carrot Cookies

Just wait till you take a bite out of these cake-like cookies! Our Chocolate Chip Carrot Cookies have a pillowy-soft texture that makes them incredible. Plus, we added sugar-free chocolate chips to these to make them extra-special.

Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Cinnamon rolls in a cookie form?! Yep, you read that right! Our Cinnamon Roll Cookies are spiced just right and feature a delicious and simple white glaze. You’ll love these chewy and diabetic-friendly cookies!

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• Our 10 Easy Italian Desserts will bring a little flavor of Italy into your kitchen. 
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Type 2 Diabetic Cookies

Contents

• 1 Type 2 Diabetic Cookie Features
• 2 Cookie Selection
• 3 Cookie Recipe Basics
  • 3.1 Quick Cookie Recipe

  9 0005 3.2 Oatmeal cookies for type 2 diabetes

  • 3.3 Cookies rye flour
  • 3.4 Gingerbread
  • 3.5 Quail egg biscuits
  • 3.6 Apple biscuits
  • 3.7 Oatmeal raisin biscuits

With diabetes, it is important to follow strict dietary guidelines. No need to think that now you can forget about the usual products, including desserts and pastries.

Type 2 diabetes means that sweets such as cakes and pastries are banned. When it comes to eating sweet foods, cookies are the best. Even if you are sick, you can make it in your own kitchen or buy it in a store.

Now there is a selection of products for diabetics. Desserts are purchased in pharmacies and special department stores. Cookies can also be ordered online or made at home.

Features of cookies for diabetics type 2

Which cookies are allowed for diabetics? It may be of the following types:

1. Biscuits and crackers. It is recommended to use them a little, up to four crackers at a time.
2. Special cookies for diabetics. It is based on sorbitol or fructose.
3. Homemade biscuits are the best and healthiest solution because all the ingredients are known.

Biscuits should be spoken in fructose or sorbitol. It will be appreciated not only by diabetics, but also by people who follow the basics of proper nutrition. At first, the taste will seem unusual. A sugar substitute may not fully capture the taste of sugar, but natural stevia will greatly improve the taste of cookies.

It is important not to forget to coordinate the introduction of a new dish with your doctor.

There are several types of the disease, so there may be characteristic nuances. Diabetics can choose cookies even in regular departments. It is allowed to eat crackers, because they contain no more than 55 g of carbohydrates. Cookies should not contain fats, be very sweet and rich.

Selection of biscuits

Before purchasing a treat, consider factors such as:

• Flour. Flour should have a low glycemic index. This is flour made from lentils, oats, buckwheat or rye. Wheat flour is strictly prohibited.
• Sweetener. Even as a sprinkling of sugar, it is forbidden to eat, you need to give preference to fructose or a sugar substitute.
• Butter. Fats in the disease are also harmful. Biscuits should be prepared with margarine or completely fat-free.

General principles of biscuit recipes

The following principles are worth paying attention to:

• It is better to cook with wholemeal rye flour instead of wheat flour;
• If possible, do not put too many eggs in the dish;
• Use margarine instead of butter;
• It is forbidden to include sugar in the dessert; a sweetener is preferred to this product.

Special biscuits for type 2 diabetics are a must. It will replace the usual sweets, you can cook it without difficulty and with minimal time.

The main plus is that it does not cause harm in type 2 diabetes.

Quick Cookie Recipe

Homemade dessert is the best option for type 2 diabetics. Consider the quickest and easiest protein dessert recipe:

1. Beat the egg white until frothy;
2. Sprinkle with saccharin;
3. Place on paper or dry tray;
4. Leave to dry in the oven, turning on the medium temperature setting.

Oatmeal cookies for type 2 diabetes

Recipe for 15 pieces. One piece has 36 calories. Eat no more than three cookies at a time. For dessert you will need:

• Oatmeal – a glass;
• Water – 2 tablespoons;
• Fructose – 1 tablespoon;
• Margarine with a minimum amount of fat – 40 g.

Step-by-step recipe:

1. Cool margarine, add flour. In its absence, you can do it yourself – send cereal to the blender.
2. Add fructose and water to make the mass sticky. Rub the mixture with a spoon.
3. Set the oven to 180 degrees. Place baking paper on a baking sheet so you don’t spread butter on it.
4. Scoop out the dough with a spoon, make 15 pieces.
5. Leave for 20 minutes, wait until cool and remove.

Dessert is ready!

Rye flour biscuits

One piece contains 38-44 calories, glycemic index is approximately 50 per 100 g. It is recommended not to consume more than 3 biscuits at one meal. The recipe requires the following ingredients:

• Margarine – 50 g;
• Sugar substitute – 30 g;
• Vanillin – to taste;
• Egg – 1 piece;
• Rye flour – 300 g;
• Black Diabetic Chocolate Chips – 10g

Recipe:

1. Let the margarine cool, add sugar substitute and vanillin. Rub thoroughly.
2. Beat eggs with a fork, pour into margarine, mix well.
3. Slowly add flour, stir.
4. When there is a little left to readiness, add the chocolate. Distribute evenly over the dough.
5. Preheat oven, put paper.
6. Scoop out the dough with a small spoon to form biscuits. There should be about thirty pieces.
7. Bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.

After cooling, you can eat. Bon appetit!

Ginger treat

One biscuit has 45 calories, glycemic index – 45, XE – 0.6. For cooking you will need:

• Oatmeal – 70 g;
• Rye flour – 200 g;
• Softened margarine – 200 g;
• Egg – 2 pieces;
• Kefir – 150 ml;
• Vinegar;
• Diabetic chocolate;
• Ginger;
• Soda;
• Fructose.

Ginger Biscuit Recipe:

1. Mix oatmeal, margarine, baking soda with vinegar, eggs;
2. Knead the dough into 40 lines. Diameter – 10 x 2 cm;
3. Sprinkle with ginger, grated chocolate and fructose;
4. Make rolls, bake for 20 minutes.

Quail egg cookies

There are 35 calories per 1 cookie. Glycemic index – 42, XE – 0.5.

You will need the following:

• Soy flour – 200 g;
• Margarine – 40 g;
• Quail eggs – 8 pieces;
• Curd – 100 g;
• Sugar substitute;
• Water;
• Soda.

Step-by-step recipe:

1. Mix yolks with flour, pour in melted margarine, water, sugar substitute and soda slaked with vinegar;
2. Form the dough, leave it for two hours;
3. Beat egg whites until foamy, put cottage cheese, mix;
4. Make 35 small circles. Approximate size – 5 cm;
5. Place curd mass in the middle;
6. Cook for 25 minutes.

Cookies are ready!

Apple biscuits

44 calories per 1 biscuit, glycemic index – 50, XE – 0. 5. You will need the following products:

• Apples – 800 g;
• Margarine – 180 g;
• Eggs – 4 pieces;
• Oat flakes, ground in a coffee grinder – 45 g;
• Rye flour – 45 g;
• Sugar substitute;
• Vinegar.

Recipe:

1. Separate egg whites and yolks;
2. Peel apples, cut fruit into small pieces;
3. Mix rye flour, yolks, oatmeal, soda with vinegar, sugar substitute and warm margarine;
4. Form dough, roll out, make squares;
5. Beat egg whites until frothy;
6. Place the dessert in the oven, place the fruit in the middle and the egg whites on top.

Cooking time – 25 minutes. Bon appetit!

Oatmeal raisin cookies

One piece has 35 calories, glycemic index – 42, XE – 0.4. For the future dessert you will need:

• Oat flakes – 70 g;
• Margarine – 30 g;
• Water;
• Fructose;
• Raisin.

Step-by-step recipe:

• Place oatmeal in a blender;
• Add melted margarine, water and fructose;
• Mix thoroughly;
• Line a baking sheet with tracing paper or foil;
• Form 15 dough pieces, add raisins.

Cooking time – 25 minutes. Cookies are ready!

No need to think that it is impossible to eat tasty food with diabetes. Now even people who do not have diabetes are trying to give up sugar, as they consider this product to be harmful to their figure and health. This is the reason for the emergence of all new and interesting recipes. Diabetic food can be very tasty and varied.

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Oatmeal Cookies for Diabetics Step by Step Recipe

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Ingredients

• Flour 0 std.
• Oat flakes 0 stack.
• Drinking water 0 stack.
• Fructose 1 tbsp. l.
• Margarine 1 tbsp. l.

Step-by-step cooking instructions

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The main principle of making biscuits for diabetics should be: – low fat.

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– not sweet.

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– inedible.

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To be completely sure that there are no harmful products in the cookies, it is best to cook them yourself.

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To do this, you can find the necessary products in stores: – rye or buckwheat flour.

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– sweeteners (sorbitol, fructose).

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low fat margarine.

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Homemade diabetic biscuits are able to fully meet the requirements of a strict diet for this category of diseases.

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To pamper a patient with something tasty, you can prepare such types of cookies as: – biscuit. – oatmeal. – sugar (diabetic).

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– home. They are prepared quite simply, and the list of products that you may need is quite small.

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Products: – flour – Art.

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– oatmeal – art.

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– water – st.

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– vanillin.

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– fructose – 1 tbsp. l. – fat-free margarine – 1 tbsp.

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All ingredients, except water and margarine, are turned into a flour mixture, into which liquid and fat are gradually introduced, kneading the dough.

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It should not be thick, so it is better to spread it on a baking sheet with a spoon.

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Oatmeal Diabetic Cookies are baked in the oven at 200 degrees until golden brown.

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These biscuits are prepared very quickly and no special skills are needed to make them.

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Mix in a deep bowl: – rye flour – 1/5 tbsp.