I’m getting to soon do a post on traditional Easter foods. There are references in some old cookbooks that refer to chocolate eggs as Easter eggs. Growing up in Pennsylvania, coconut eggs and peanut butter eggs were always made at Easter.

These coconut eggs include almonds (like Almond Joy). They are sugar free, made with a Swerve Confectioner’s Sweetener, Choc Zero Sugar Free Chocolate Chips, Cream Cheese and Unsweetened Coconut.

Process for Keto Almond Joy

• Mix cream cheese, butter, salt, with confectioner’s sweetener, coconut extract and coconut.
• Refrigerate for ten minutes to make the mixture easier to work with.
• Shape into the candy bars you want. Place on parchment paper.
• Place an almond or two on top.
• Freeze for a minimum of one hour.
• Melt chocolate: Use a bain marie (a double boiler) by placing a stainless steel bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. The bowl should not touch.
• Start with 2/3 of the chocolate chips. Heat on low heat. Once melted, add remaining chocolate.
• Cool slightly.
• Dip frozen coconut bars into chocolate. Place on parchment paper.
• Keep refrigerated.

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Keto Almond Joy Candy Bars

Ingredients

Coconut Cream Filling

• 1 cup Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
• 8 ounces full fat cream cheese room temperature
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract
• dash salt
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 12 almonds more if needed

Chocolate

• 6 ounces sugar free Choc Zero Dark chocolate chips or chocolate chips of choice

Instructions

Coconut Cream Filling

• Beat cream cheese till smooth. Add sifted sweetener, remaining ingredients.
• Form into 12 egg-shaped bars or 24 rounds for fat bombs. Add one almond per bar.
• Place on parchment paper or silpat and freeze for one hour minimum.

Melting Chocolate

• Melt 2/3 of the chocolate chips and cacao butter in bain marie (double boiler). Place a stainless steel bowl over pot of simmering water (not touching) and melt on medium low, stirring frequently. Once melted, add remaining 1/3 chocolate chips, continue melting. This will temper the chocolate.

Make Almond Joy Bars

• Arrange a tray with parchment paper. Dip frozen cream cheese bars into chocolate. Place on tray and refrigerate. These will be ready to eat in about 15 minutes. Keep refrigerated.

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What is the Best Way to Make Keto Buttercream Frostings?

In literally making hundreds of bowls of keto buttercream, here’s what I have found to be the best rule of thumb.

• The more butter you use, the less Swerve you will need. In other words, when I am using 3 cups of butter, I will reduce the swerve to 2 1/2 cups. This is where tasting comes in. You can always add more Swerve, but not take away.
• Ratio for buttercream is 1/2 cup butter to 1/2 cup (Swerve) Confectioner’s Sweetener. This is a lot less confectioner’s sweetener than Swerve recommends, and less than what a traditional (real sugar confectioner’s sweetener) uses.

• Add in 1 to tablespoons of cream cheese (if you have it) to each cup of frosting. You don’t have to do this, but it does help the texture.
• Make sure your butter is soft enough to beat for a good five minutes, but not so soft that it becomes too soupy. 68 degrees F. works well.
• If adding in cream cheese, beat it first before adding to butter. You don’t want small little particles of cream cheese floating in the butter. They will need to be the same temperature in order to be incorporated.
• Taste along the way. If you have already added so much sweetener that it’s too sweet, add more butter or more cream cheese.
• When making peanut butter frosting, use less sweetener. You can always add more if needed.
• Add salt. Salt helps balance out sweetness and can even help bring out the sweetness. Before adding more sweetener, add salt.
• Add heavy cream or milk at room temperature if your buttercream in too thick to pipe.

Keto Vanilla Buttercream

Keto Vanilla Buttercream – Vanilla frosting is classic. Once you are able to make a smooth and creamy sugar free vanilla buttercream, you can make any flavor, using extracts and flavorings.

Keto Cream Cheese Frosting – You must have a keto cream cheese frosting for delicious pumpkin, carrot and red velvet cakes. You will find the perfect recipe at the carrot cake recipe.

Keto Chocolate Frosting – This is a dreamy chocolate lover’s frosting. How delicious is chocolate cake with chocolate frosting?

Keto Peanut Butter Frosting – This frosting on chocolate cake sells so well in my keto bakery. Put this on your favorite chocolate cake.

Keto Peppermint Frosting – We bring this out at Christmas time. People LOVE it. Make it anytime! All you need to do is add in a peppermint oil or extract very little at a time to your perfect buttercream.

Keto Strawberry Frosting – A springtime favorite, it’s pretty and there are some important tips to make sure you can pipe it. I use half and half cream cheese to butter, because strawberries are 92% water and the viscosity of cream cheese helps to keep the frosting from being too runny.

Keto Chocolate Ganache – A fan favorite, this is great when you’re wanting that super chocolatey topping and it’s done in mere minutes on top of the stove with Choc Zero chocolate chips and heavy cream. You can make this dairy free also by replacing heavy cream with coconut milk.

Bonus Keto Friendly Toppings

• Texas Sheet Cake
• Praline Topping
• German Chocolate Cake Topping
• Stabilized Whipped Cream

Tools You Need for Making the Best Keto Buttercream Frosting

Hand Mixer- Instead of using my large Kitchen Aid Mixer, I use a hand mixer. Why? It mixes the butter in a better way. You can use your big mixer if you don’t have a hand mixer, but that’s my preference.

Piping Bags – I use these disposable bags which have some texture to them.

Piping Tips – You don’t have to use fancy piping tips, but at least use the large round tip for the in between layers. To make the roses, I use a 1 M.

Offset Spatula – I use both the large and small spatulas to smooth frosting out.

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