These days I’m experimenting with how I feel on a low-carb, ketogenic diet. While it’s fairly different than my typical diet, I recognize that the key to my success is satisfying my sweet-tooth! I put together this Keto Chocolate Chip Bites recipe as those cravings for dessert still kick in.
It’s been about 2-weeks on the diet and I notice that my sugar cravings are already drastically reduced. Pretty cool 🙂
Getting Started
This recipe is quick to throw together. I ended up baking it in a mini-muffin tin so that I would have equal serving sizes for each “bite,” but feel free to just bake them as cookies if you don’t have a mini-muffin tin.
Instead of chocolate chips which can be sweetened with sugar, I used cacao nibs which only contain one gram of net-carbohydrate per 2 tablespoon serving.
I used stevia drops to replace any added sweetener in the recipe. Try about 2o to 30 stevia drops depending on your preference for sweet. At 20-drops, each bite has a very slight hint of sweetness.
If you’re also trying to limit carbohydrate intake or go to the full extent of ketosis, then this recipe is perfect. Each bite only contains 1.7 grams of net carbohydrates, which is the total carbohydrate grams minus the fiber grams.
Diets
This recipe complies with the followings diets:
- Paleo– yes, but only if you replace the butter with equal amounts of coconut oil
- Low FODMAP– yes, but limit it to 2 bites to get <0.25 cups of almond flour per serving
- Gluten free– yes
- Grain free– yes
- Dairy free-yes, but only if you replace the butter with equal amounts of coconut oil. This recipe is low lactose.
- SCD– no
- Keto– yes
Nutrition Facts
This recipe makes 20 bites.
Per bite: 137 calories, 12.8 grams of fat, 3.5 grams carbohydrate, 1.8 grams fiber, 1.7 grams net carb, 4 grams protein
- 2 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup cacao nibs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 20-30 drops of stevia
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet or mini-muffin tray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the almond flour, cacao nibs, salt, and baking soda.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the butter, eggs, stevia, and vanilla extract. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix until dough forms.
- Scoop the dough onto the baking sheet or muffin tin, making about 20-bites. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes.
- Allow the bites to cool.