Discovering keto chocolate mug cake recipes takes the ketogenic diet to another level. With just a few simple ingredients and a microwave, you’ll have many easy low carb cakes in a mug in just 1-2 minutes.
The chocolate mug cake (keto AND low carb), are also gluten free and sugar free.
What is a Mug Cake?
What is a mug cake you might be asking? A mug cake typically refers to a single serving dessert where you add the ingredients into a microwavable cup and a couple of minutes later, you have a delicious and satisfying dessert for one.
With a few simple ingredients and your favorite mug, you’ve got yourself keto chocolate cake in a mug. No more temptation to devour an entire dessert, this will give you one lovely portion.
Ideas in This Post
- Keto microwave mug cake
- 3 Ingredient keto mug cake
- Baked mug cake
- Low carb cakes with almond flour
- Lava cake in a cup
Mug Cakes to Buy!
You can buy keto cake in a mug kits from the store! Here’s a couple of the most popular options:
- Keto Triple Chocolate Mug Cake – The #1 Most Popular!
- Keto Birch Bender’s Birthday Cake
- Sweet Logic Low Carb Mug Cake Variety Pack
Chocolate keto microwave mug cakes for one make the ultimate quick and easy lazy desserts. Let’s be honest, when you have a chocolate craving, you need to satisfy it asap! Things can’t get much easier than making something like a 90-second low carb dessert.
Anything that combines chocolate, only a few ingredients, and can be made in just a few minutes is always a terrific dessert idea!
Here are our 8 favorite keto chocolate cake in a cup recipes.
Common Ingredients
Many low carb and keto mug cake recipes use common ingredients and similar brands. For some people, it might be easy to find these ingredients if you live near a Whole Foods or Co-op, but for many of us, finding sugar free and low carb baking ingredients is tough.
Here’s a list of common chocolate mug cake keto recipe ingredients you can find online that you’ll use time and time again for low carb, sugar-free and keto baking:
- Sugar-free chocolate chips – The #1 top-selling healthy baking chocolate!
- Swerve Powdered sugar
- Erythritol sugar substitute – The #1 Amazon best-selling sugar substitute
- Almond Flour
8 Keto Chocolate Mug Cake Recipes
“In under 5 minutes you can have a chocolate cake that’s rich, delicious, and sure to slam those cravings straight into the ground. Cake in a mug! Chocolate cake in a mug, that is. Absolutely divine in taste, just like you spent 45 minutes slaving away baking it in the oven.”
If you’re wanting a low carb or keto chocolate mug cake that’s also dairy-free, Wholesome Yum’s chocolate keto cake in a mug is ideal! I love that it’s not only low carb, but it’s keto-friendly AND paleo!
Net carbs: 4 per serving
If you know you want low carb chocolate cake but are in the mood for something decadent and gooey like a lava cake, Sugar-Free Londoner’s 5 ingredients easy keto chocolate lava mug cake is the perfect solution.
Net carbs: 3 per serving
Here’s another keto chocolate mug cake recipe which, instead of a chocolate center is combined with heavenly peanut butter.
This keto chocolate peanut butter lava cake fits the bill when you want something extra special, yet fast! Not only is it easy, but it also makes the perfect dessert for a special event or birthday.
“This cake is like a massive Reeses cup just waiting for you to take a bite.”
Net carbs: 3.5 per serving
If you aren’t in the mood for a lava cake but still crave that peanut butter and chocolate combo, you’ll surely love Carolyn’s low carb peanut butter chocolate chip mug cake recipe.
This keto chocolate mug cake recipe with chocolate and peanut butter makes enough for 6 servings, so it’s an awesome choice when you want to serve mug cakes for a crowd.
Net carbs: 4 per serving
When you want straight-up rich chocolate, I highly recommend the easy keto chocolate mug cake recipe by ruled.me. With just simple ingredients and a brief flash in the microwave, you can whip up this delicious gooey chocolate mug cake recipe in no time.
It only takes 1 minute in the microwave! Laura used coconut flour, almond flour, and erythritol as the sweetener.
Net Carbs: 5.8 per serving
For those times when a simple chocolate mug cake won’t do and you want something a bit more decadent, then Arman’s 1-minute brownie mug cake is what your fancy taste-buds desire.
Besides, who really needs an entire pan of brownies around the house? A chocolate mug cake keto brownie in a mug recipe makes the best possible alternative. To lighten this up and make it extra healthy, this is a chocolate protein powder mug cake.
Net Carbs: Not included in the recipe.
A healthier take on a red velvet mug cake makes a fancy yet easy dessert for a special occasion like Valentine’s Day or an anniversary.
You might be surprised to learn that the red velvet mug cake gets its pink hue from beetroot powder!
Keto chocolate mug cake with chocolate chips is a fabulous alternative to making an entire batch of chocolate chip cookies. This low carb chocolate chip mug cake recipe by Tastaholics will satisfy your cookie cravings.
While many chocolate mug cake keto recipes are microwaved, this one is a baked dessert. What I love about that is it actually resembles a keto chocolate chip cookie in a cup.
If you’re following a keto diet and are confused over all of the chocolate chip options on the market, make sure you’re buying chips that are sweetened with erythritol, monk fruit or stevia.
Net Carbs: 3 per servingMore Keto Dessert Recipes
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