Chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel. I’ve never heard anyone in my life say they don’t like that combination, even people with nut allergies! I try to be pretty honest when I am writing these recipes, if they taste horrible then they taste horrible – I won’t hide it. I think these little angels might just be the best thing I’ve managed to put together in my kitchen for my keto diet. I truly mean it – I actually told my friends to go and try this mock Snickers bar today and that’s saying a lot.

November is national peanut butter lover’s month, and the timing couldn’t be any better. I’m not usually one that keeps track of all these national days and months, they seem to just sprout out of nowhere anyway. But peanut butter is a whole different monster altogether, being that it’s a staple in most of my sweet keto recipes. I think we should just call it peanut butter day everyday, and celebrate it every hour on the hour because it’s so tasty. Who’s with me!?

I’ve had the idea of using peanut butter and caramel sauce together for some time, but it’s all been about the execution. At first I thought I might try some ice cream, but it seemed too simple. I decided that I’d sandwich the peanut butter caramel concoction between some low carb shortbread and chocolate, and never budged after that. It sounded so good that I couldn’t give into the idea of making anything else, and so the recipe was born!

My first attempt didn’t go over the best, but I played around with the ingredients until I got it just right.

This recipe is courtesy of AllDayIDreamAboutFood.

The Preparation

This one calls for quite a lot of ingredients, and took me a while to get to the perfect state – but you will be thanking me for this one when you make it. Go and get the ingredients and make them tonight for dessert, TRUST ME.

Shortbread Crust:

1 ¼ cups almond flour
¼ cup butter, chilled
¼ cup granulated stevia
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
15 drops liquid stevia

Peanut Butter Caramel Filling:

½ cup granulated Stevia
½ cup heavy whipping cream
½ cup smooth peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Chocolate Topping:

6 tablespoons butter
2 ½ ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 tablespoons powdered Stevia
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
15 drops liquid stevia

The Execution

Shortbread Crust:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Combine almond flour, butter, granulated stevia, liquid stevia, and xanthan gum in a food processor.

3. Pulse until it is mixed together and resembles a find crumby crust.
4. Press the mixture evenly onto the bottom of an 8-inch baking pan.

5. Bake for 15 minutes of until golden. (While this is happening, make the filling and topping)
6. Set aside and let it cool

Peanut Butter Caramel Filling:

1. Combine the Stevia with 1 tsp. water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Stir frequently until all the Stevia has dissolved and the mixture bubbles. This takes about 5 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and stir in the cream. You should have plenty of bubbling here!
4. Return to the heat and boil it for 1 minute.
5. Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla extract until it’s smooth.
6. Pour over the cooled shortbread crust and spread it out evenly.

7. Let it cool completely.

Chocolate Topping:

1. Melt the butter, chocolate, and Stevia in a small saucepan over low heat.

2. Stir occasionally until it has smoothed out and has a little bit of a gloss to it.
3. Add the cocoa powder to the mixture and stir until there are no lumps.

4. Add the liquid stevia and vanilla extract and stir.
5. Pour the chocolate over the cooled peanut butter filling that’s spread on the shortbread.

6. Let it set at room temperature for at least 1 hour. You can put it in the fridge after this, but it hardens up a little bit.

I’ll let the picture do the talking here, because it’s wicked good and you NEED to try it.

This makes a total of 16 servings of Low Carb Mock Snickers Bars. Each serving comes out to be 213.38 Calories, 20.85g Fats, 3.62g Net Carbs, and 4.68g Protein.

Low Carb Mock Snickers Bar	Calories	Fats(g)	Carbs(g)	Fiber(g)	Net Carbs(g)	Protein(g)
1 ¼ cups almond flour	799	70	30	15	15	30
¼ cup + 6 Tbsp butter	1018	115.14	0.08	0	0.08	1.2
¾ cup granulated stevia	0	0	0	0	0	0
½ teaspoon xanthan gum	0	0	1	1	0	0
30 drops liquid stevia	0	0	0	0	0	0
½ cup heavy whipping cream	405	42.94	3.26	0	3.26	3.38
½ cup smooth peanut butter	771	66.25	28.78	6.5	22.28	28.65
1½ teaspoon vanilla extract	18	0	0.8	0	0.8	0
2 ½ ounces unsweetened chocolate	378	37.79	23.62	9.4	14.22	9.45
2 tablespoons powdered Stevia	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder	25	1.48	6.25	4	2.25	2.12
Totals	3414	333.6	93.79	35.9	57.89	74.8
Per Serving(/16)	213.38	20.85	5.86	2.24	3.62	4.68