Brie Larson Loves These Gluten-, Grain-, and Sugar-Free Cookies, and They're Surprisingly Not Trash

So, what makes a cookie void of all things delicious in life actually palatable? HighKey swaps the traditional table sugar with three types of sweeteners. The first, erythritol, is a sugar alcohol that’s calorie-free, doesn’t raise blood sugar levels, and, unlike other sugar alcohols, typically doesn’t cause any digestive upset or discomfort, Keri Gans, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N, a registered dietitian nutritionist, previously told Shape. The additional sweeteners, Stevia and monk fruit extracts, are both plant-derived, zero-calorie sugar substitutes that don’t cause significant increases in blood glucose levels, according to research.Translation: You’ll get to enjoy the classic sweetness of a chocolate chipper without experiencing a sugar high — and subsequent crash.

Thanks to the erythritol and the addition of fibrous inulin (an ingredient derived from chicory root), the HighKey snacks also have just 1 gram of net carbs — the carbohydrates in food that can be absorbed by your body and that have an impact on your blood sugar levels. FTR, nutrition experts say there’s no real need for the average person to pay attention to net carbs. However, it can be worthwhile for people with type II diabetes as well as athletes or individuals following the keto diet, as spikes in blood sugar can throw you out of ketosis, the state in which your body uses fat, not stored glucose, as fuel. (For the complete breakdown of net carbs and how they’re calculated, look to this guide.)

While I can’t say how they compare to other keto cookies on the market, the 31,000-plus Amazon shoppers who gave the HighKey snacks a five-star rating seem to have deemed them the best of the bunch. Reviewers say the Mini Chocolate Chip cookies “don’t have the chalky taste that a lot of [other keto cookies] do,” don’t have a “funky texture,” and are tasty enough that you could “serve these to someone [who’s] not on a low- or no- sugar diet, and they wouldn’t know the difference.” To sum it up, it’s “a cookie that has crisp and doesn’t taste like chocolate-flavored cardboard,” wrote one reviewer.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with sticking with traditional gluten-filled, sugary chocolate chip cookies if that’s what warms your stomach and heart. As a dessert die-hard, I can practically guarantee that I’ll always choose the gooey, wheat-based version over HighKey’s, if given the option. All that’s to say just eat the damn cookie — whatever it looks like for you.