Keto Cheeseballs

Before Keto, my husband frequently ordered cheese curds (nuggets, balls, whatever you want to call them – they are just cheesy deliciousness!). Well, the breading or batter is NOT Keto friendly and since my husband decided to do Keto with me, I thought it only fair that I figured out how to make one of his favorite sides at home.

Instead of a traditional cheese curds where you take premade cheese cheese curds (or mozz sticks, cheese cubes, etc) you basically make a dough and fry it up.

Here’s what you need:

Only 5 ingredients will lead you to cheese heaven! And you can swap out the cheeses for whatever you like. I know it’s a Keto no-no to buy pre-shredded cheese due to the starch or whatever else they might put on it to keep it from sticking, but I don’t have time to shred all my cheese, so I go with pre-shredded. What little starches might be on it haven’t knocked me out of Ketosis yet.

Take all ingredients and mix together in a bowl until everything is well mixed.

Preheat your oil of choice on the stove or in a deep fryer. I used a small cookie scoop (I have this same exact one and LOVE it!) to scoop out a little dough and drop it in the fryer. These do puff out, so you want to make sure they are small.

They don’t take too long to cook up, just a minute or so. Keep an eye on them and remove from oil and drain on paper towel when golden brown.

This makes a BIG batch and they are SO good reheated in the air fryer. We dipped them in ranch and they were so good! For my husband they had a little too much parmesan cheese, so I’ll back off on that next time. It makes 6 generous servings and they are only 2 net carbs per serving! I found these to be very filling, so I got a lot more servings.

Let me know what you think and if you try it with any other cheeses!

PRINTABLE RECIPE

Keto Cheese Balls

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 6
Net Carbs: 2 per serving

2 1/2 cups shredded cheese – can be either one kind or different ones mixed
3/4 c grated or shredded parmesan cheese
2 eggs
1/4 c almond flour
1 tsp baking powder

Take all ingredients and mix together in a bowl until everything is well mixed.

Preheat your oil of choice on the stove or in a deep fryer. I used a small cookie scoop (I have this same exact one and LOVE it!) to scoop out a little dough and drop it in the fryer. These do puff out, so you want to make sure they are small.

They don’t take too long to cook up, just a minute or so. Keep an eye on them and remove from oil and drain on paper towel when golden brown.

*Disclaimer: I am NOT a certified nutritionist and your nutritional information may vary depending on exact ingredients you use. I highly recommend you calculate your own and just use this as a guideline. The links for products are affiliate links so I may earn a very small commission if you purchase through them – but it doesn’t cost you anything additional!