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This keto chocolate is an easy candy bar recipe made with just 3 ingredients! Crispy, chewy, and ready in 5 minutes, each bar has just 2 grams net carbs!
Like any good keto dessert, chocolate ones are always the best.
Cover anything in chocolate and I’ll instantly be a fan. While I love them in cookies or in blondies, nothing tastes as good as a classic chocolate candy bar.
Are you allowed chocolate on a keto diet?
As you’d expect, standard grocery store chocolate and chocolate candy bars are not keto friendly. They are loaded with sugar. One small candy bar has more carbs than someone on a keto diet can have in a week.
While there are some keto friendly chocolate brands out there, they are extremely expensive. A standard keto candy bar is over $8…. NOT worth it.
Luckily, you can easily make your own in the comfort of your kitchen!
Why you’ll love this keto chocolate recipe will be a dessert staple-
- 4 Ingredients. Technically, you don’t even need the almond butter, but I love how firm the bars are by using them.
- Ready in 5 minutes. No baking required. The hard part is waiting for them to firm up.
- Just 2 grams net carbs per serving.
- Easy to customize. Add flavor extracts, nuts, seeds, coconut, or even chopped up keto cookie pieces.
- Affordable. Make them yourself and you pay a fraction of the cost of buying the pre-made kind!
What I love about these candy bars is how much they taste like the real thing. Ever tried a crunch bar? I made a bunch of these for my friends and everyone claimed they tasted like a keto friendly crunch bar!
How to make keto chocolate bars
The Ingredients.
- Unsweetened chocolate– Also known as Bakers chocolate, these candy bars are 100% unsweetened and have very few carbs. On its own, they are not edible, but when mixed with sweet ingredients, adds the chocolate element necessary.
- Sugar free maple syrup– Skip the expensive store-bought kind and make your own keto maple syrup.
- Coconut oil– Choose the refined variety to avoid any coconut flavor.
- Almond butter– Smooth and drippy almond butter with no added sugar. Peanut butter and nut-free alternatives also work.
- Crushed nuts and seeds– Optional, but makes these taste like crunch bars.
The Instructions.
Start by adding the chocolate, syrup, coconut oil and almond butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave everything in 30-second spurts until the chocolate has mostly melted. Gently mix until smooth.
Next, fold through your crushed nuts and seeds until combined. Transfer into a square pan and refrigerate for thirty minutes, or until firm.
Once firm, slice them into chocolate bars.
Expert tips for success
- Microwave the mixture in 20-second spurts, or you risk the chocolate burning.
- Avoid using chocolate chips, as they don’t melt anywhere near as well as a chocolate bar.
- For a fun twist, let the chocolate set in candy molds.
Flavor variations
The base recipe acts as a blank canvas, so try some variations for some delicious fun!
- Milk chocolate– Use keto milk chocolate chips instead of unsweetened chocolate.
- Peppermint chocolate– Add 1/2 teaspoon of pure peppermint extract to the mixture.
- White chocolate– Use sugar free white chocolate instead of unsweetened chocolate.
- Toffee chocolate– Fold though half a cup of crushed keto candy pieces.
- Orange chocolate– Add 1/2 teaspoon of orange extract to the mixture.
Storing and freezing instructions
- To store: This keto chocolate is stable at room temperature in a sealable container. It will keep well for up to four weeks. If you’d like it to keep longer, store it in the refrigerator.
- To freeze: Place leftovers in a ziplock bag and store it in the freezer for up to six months.
More keto chocolate recipes to try
Frequently Asked Questions
The only keto friendly Hershey’s products are their Dutch-processed cocoa power (2 grams net carbs per serving) and dark cocoa powder (1.5 net carbs per serving).
The lowest carb candy bar is Ghirardelli unsweetened baking chocolate, which has just 3 grams net carbs per serving.
There are just 3 grams net carbs in these keto bars.
Keto Chocolate (Crunch candy bars!)
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened chocolate
- 1 cup almond butter Can sub for any nut or seed butter of choice
- 1/2 cup keto maple syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil optional * See notes
- 3 cups nuts and seeds optional
Instructions
- Line an 8 x 8-inch baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl or stovetop, combine your chocolate, almond butter, sticky sweetener and optional coconut oil and melt until combined.
- Add your nuts/seeds of choice and mix until fully combined.
- Pour the chocolate mix into the lined baking dish and spread out using a spatula. Refrigerate or freeze until firm.
- Slice into chocolate bars.
Very yummy & crunchy.
🙂 Thanks, Paula!
What if I decided to make my own keto chocolate from scratch? What will be the ingredients? Thank you!
This has to be the BEST EVER. Keto crunch bar..I used real maple syrup that I just happened to have…Im in heaven
Made it for my son who 100% keto…
These bars are a favorite of my keto family! I add homemade marshmallows to them and do less nuts and they are the bomb. By far the best keto treat I know of. Make them weekly and I have used different nut butters for different taste.
Thank you so much for the feedback, Deborah!
These are hard to stop eating. This is by far the best dessert I’ve made. I used chocolate Barney Butter almond butter, which makes it that much better!
Can I use coconut sugar instead of maple syrup?
Haven’t tried!
So tasty! I didn’t even know that it’s possible to cook such yummy on a keto diet. Your article inspired me to try! Thanks!
Would a sugar free honey work for this?
Yes!
When you say Monk Fruit for a sticky sweetener, is it in liquid form? I can only find it in granular form. Thank you.
Hi! it is monk fruit maple syrup, not the granulated or liquid sweeteners.
Hi can we use a dark chocolate instead of making our own chocolate
Of course you can, Wendy 🙂
I’m kinda new to Keto , but I don’t understand how the syrup is okay since it is literally pure sugar. Natural or not I’m not sure how one can stay in Ketosis if sugar needs to be cut out all together (or almost all together)?
If you can please explain that would be most helpful 🙂
KEto maple syrup is used, not another kind.
I used Coconut oil, Almond butter (order from Amazon), Keto chocolate Chips (Amazon) & Walden Farm Syrup. Added nuts, oats & sunflower kernels & it is smooth & fabulous. Satisfies any chocolate craving you would
ever have.
That sounds fabulous!
Do you chop the nuts up or keep them whole?
Hi….I have made these a few times…they are delicious…however I made them again today and the chocolate mixture didn’t liquify it looked more like cookie dough, just wondering why that may have happened? They are still good, but a little crumbly….I used all the same ingredients that I used the first two times!!
Hmmm not sure…perhaps you used bad quality chocolate or an older quality one.
Oh my gosh..yum! & So simple . I used honey for the sweetener , semi sweet baking chocolate and a vanilla almond butter.
Thank you
😀 You are so welcome!