Keto Peanut Butter Buckeyes
These creamy Keto Peanut Butter Buckeyes taste like a Reese's peanut butter cup rolled into a ball. A holiday favorite combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Ball
- 1 cup natural peanut butter or almond butter, no sugar added
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 2 Tbsp butter melted
- 3/4 cup Swerve Confectioners
- 2 Tbsp Swerve Brown
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Pinch of salt
Chocolate Coating
- 3/4 cup Lily's chocolate chips 4 oz
- 2 Tbsp refined coconut oil no coconut taste
Instructions
For Peanut Butter Ball
-
Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
-
In a medium sized bowl, mix together the peanut butter (be sure it's well stirred), almond flour, butter, both Swerves, vanilla, and salt.
-
Refrigerate dough until it's firm enough to roll into balls. About 30 minutes.
-
Portion dough into Tbsp sized pieces and roll into balls. Place in freezer for 30 minutes. Makes dipping much easier with firmer dough.
For Chocolate Coating
-
While dough is firming, melt Lily's chocolate and coconut oil in microwave for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue in 30 second increments until melted (usually takes 2 more), stirring in between. I suggest using a microwave safe coffee cup. It's easier to get a deeper dip.
-
Use toothpick to dip balls into the melted chocolate. It will leave a hole in the top, but once balls are room temperature, you can use your finger to smooth it out. You can also use a dipping fork if you have one. Leave a small circular portion at the top of the peanut butter ball showing to resemble a real Ohio buckeye, otherwise it's a peanut butter ball. :P Allow excess chocolate to drip off. You can also slightly touch the bottom on a separate sheet of parchment or wax paper before transferring it to a clean one. Much of the excess chocolate will stay on the first parchment or wax paper.
-
After dipping, place balls onto a parchment paper to prevent sticking.
-
Place dipped balls into refrigerator until chocolate shell completely hardens.
-
Store in refrigerator in an airtight container up to two weeks or in the freezer for up to three months.
Recipe Notes
Since each peanut butter is slightly different in oil ratio, you made need to make some adjustments. If balls are too crumbly and dry, add more peanut butter. If too sticky, add more Swerve Confectioners or almond flour.
*Nutritional label does not include sugar alcohols or net carbs, so I’ve added that below as well as the NET CARBS.
Total Carbs: 10g
Dietary Fiber: 1g
Sugar Alcohols (erythritol): 7.1g
NET CARBS: 1.9g