Low Carb, Creamy Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
I am all about the bars lately. Any kind of keto bar is one that I need to try! Granola bars, candy bars, fruit bars… they are just so easy to eat and usually pretty filling too. So, my quest to create delicious low carb bars continues! Today, I’ll be talking all about my current obsession- the keto peanut butter bar. It is basically a dessert but it could definitely be considered healthy too. It’s a winner!
Making these keto peanut butter bars requires absolutely no cooking at all. In fact, the whole recipe only takes about 10 minutes to put together. All you need is a two bowls, a spoon and a square pan. It may be one of the easiest recipes I have ever made.
To begin, the almond flour, butter, powdered erythritol, peanut butter and vanilla are all mixed together to make a very thick batter. This is going to become the main filling of the bar. While the recipe is perfect as written, there are a few ways you can tweak the bars to make them suit your personal tastes even more. Here are a few things you can try to switch up:
• Use almond butter instead of peanut butter. You will need to add about ¼ cup more almond flour to the mix as well as almond butter tends to be a little softer than peanut butter. You will need some extra dry ingredients to help the bars get firm.
• Use coconut oil in place of butter. This will give the keto peanut butter bars a tropical taste that you will love. Coconut oil is also a very healthy fat that can be very beneficial to your keto diet.
• Add some almond extract or completely replace the vanilla extract with almond extract. This especially tastes good if you are using almond butter.
Once you have created your filling mix, spread it into your square pan and try to make the top as smooth as possible. Use a metal offset spatula or just the back of your spoon to smooth the top. Perfection isn’t required, but the smoother the top, the prettier your bars will be. People eat with their eyes and you want a bar that looks amazing.
After the bar filling is in the pan, pour melted dark chocolate over the top. We love using Lily’s dark chocolate chips which are sweetened using stevia. The chocolate is sweet but still okay for a low carb diet. You may want to snack on a few of the chocolate chips before melting them all…
Smooth the chocolate over the bars, making it as flat as possible. Then, pop the bars into the fridge to get firm. After about 30 minutes, the bars should be set enough to cut. Make them into long, rectangular bars or choose smaller squares. You can even cut out shapes using a cookie cutter! Once the bars are cut, store them in the fridge or freezer until you are ready to eat. They will keep longer and taste better when slightly cold.
I have been eating these bars every day as a dessert but you can definitely have one (or two) as an afternoon snack or even a breakfast treat! Peanut butter is full of healthy fats, almond flour has lots of nutritional benefits and dark chocolate is an antioxidant. Seems healthy to me! And, since the peanut bars are carb-free, you have nothing to worry about. Enjoy!
| Servings: servings |
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup So Nourished powdered erythritol
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Lily's dark chocolate chips
- Mix the almond flour, butter, powdered erythritol, peanut butter and vanilla together in a bowl until smooth. The batter will be very thick.
- Spread the mix in a small 6 inch square pan, making the top as smooth as possible.
- In a separate small bowl, melt the Lily’s chocolate chips in the microwave, heating them for 30 seconds, stirring and heating for another 10 seconds if needed until they are smooth.
- Spread the melted chocolate over the peanut butter bars.
- Refrigerate the bars for at least 4 hours to let them get nice and firm. They will get better the longer they sit!
- Slice and enjoy cold.
NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER
The content on this website should not be taken as medical advice and you should ALWAYS consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. We provide nutritional data for our recipes as a courtesy to our readers. We use Total Keto Diet app software to calculate the nutrition and we remove fiber and sugar alcohols, like erythritol, from the total carbohydrate count to get to the net carb count, as they do not affect your blood glucose levels. You should independently calculate nutritional information on your own and not rely on our data. The website or content herein is not intended to cure, prevent, diagnose or treat any disease. This website shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Website or actions you take as a result. Any action you take is strictly at your own risk.
Dr. Rosmy Barrios, MD is an aesthetic medicine specialist whose work focuses on patients who are treated for obesity, metabolic syndrome, and other weight-related issues through nutritional analysis, keto diet programs, and supporting medications.
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