Chocolate Treats
Low Carb Recipe
By Fitness and Freebies
Unsweetened chocolate melted and mixed with butter, cream vanilla, sugar substitute and crushed nuts, then poured into a pan to set.
A delicious chocolate treat to satisfy your chocolate cravings! Complete with variations to suit your personal tastes.
Recipe Ingredients
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate (the bar kind)
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 packets sugar substitute
1 ounce crushed nuts (macadamias, etc.)
Yield: Varies
Recipe Directions
Melt the unsweetened chocolate and butter carefully. Remove from heat.
Stir in cream and vanilla. Stir in sugar substitute, fold in nuts.
Pour into tin-foil-lined pan. Chill.
Variations:
- Double the cream and the sweetener.
- Add 2-tablespoons of peanut butter.
- Pour into mini-muffin tins, then add 1/4-teaspoon peanut butter to each candy.
- Add 1-teaspoon peppermint extract or any flavored extract (i.e., rasperry, cherry).
- Add twice the amount of mixed nuts without crushing for nut clusters.
- Substitute orange extract for the vanilla and sprinkle with finely grated orange rind.
- Add cherry Koolaid to add a hint of cherry chocolate.
See also:
Chocolate Meringue Kisses
Sugar-Free Chocolate
Chocolate Fudge
Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate Heaven
Chocolate Cream Soda
Low Carb Frozen Chocolate Kisses
