Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
These delectable sweet treats are like eating an elegant peanut butter cup. Perfect for the holidays (or any day), they are very rich and will satisfy any sweet tooth. No one will be the wiser that these truffle-like chocolate peanut butter balls are free of sugar. Truly delicious!
Ingredients
1 C. salted peanuts (no skins), finely chopped
1 C. natural peanut butter (no added sugar)
½ C. Swerve® erythritol confectioners sugar
3 bars (9 oz.) Lily’s creamy milk chocolate style bars*
2 T. liquid coconut oil
Directions
Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
To a large mixing bowl, add chopped peanuts, peanut butter, and confectioners sugar; mix with electric beaters until blended. Place peanut mixture in refrigerator to chill 15 minutes.
Using your hands, roll chilled peanut butter mixture into 1 ½” inch diameter balls making 18 peanut butter balls. Place balls on baking sheet. (To make even size balls I use a small cookie scoop and scoop a level amount of the mixture; then roll with hands to make the balls.) Chill peanut butter balls in the refrigerator while melting the chocolate.
Break chocolate bars into chunks, and place in a microwave proof bowl; add coconut oil. Cook on high 1 ½ minutes stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Place each ball into chocolate mixture one at a time; using a spoon, coat entire ball and place back on parchment lined baking sheet. Chill chocolate coated balls in refrigerator 15-20 minutes and repeat process coating the balls with the chocolate a second time. (If chocolate hardens before the second coat, heat in microwave every 15 seconds on high until melted.)
Chill the chocolate coated balls in the refrigerator for 2 hours before eating. Store in refrigerator in a cover container.
Servings: 18
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*Lily’s milk chocolate bars are sweetened with Stevia; you may sub Stevia sweetened dark chocolate chips as an alternative. When using natural peanut butter there is a natural oil that floats to the top; stir it into the peanut butter before using in the recipe. There may be some extra chocolate coating after preparing this recipe – if so, simply store in the fridge, and warm to dip and coat strawberries or drizzle over low carb ice cream!
Nutrition Info (per serving - 1 ball)
Calories – 194
Fat – 17 g
Protein – 6 g
Carbs – 12 g
Fiber – 7 g
Net carbs – 5 g
Nutrition has been calculated using the MyFitnessPal recipe calculator.