Slightly indulgent recipe for after Christmas, but I couldn't resist. Plus we still have New Years around the corner and you could make this to dip into healthy strawberries or something. 😉 Just thinking about your hosting friends with this lusciousness should make anyone who loves chocolate......HAPPY.
Smear it on some delicious Udi's Gluten Free Omega Flax & Fiiber bread toasted and you will be in love! Or get some nice whole grain crackers and serve it like a dip! Everyone will love this and will NOT be able to tell no sugar is in it. 🙂
The recipe only makes a small amount and I did that on PURPOSE.
Why? Because having too much of this around is dangerous friends, seriously. Only make enough for a party or you will inevitably be digging a spoonful into the jar every chance you get. Of course if you need more simply double the recipe.
The first time I made this a few weeks ago it was dry because I tried to reduce the amount of oil used. So if you are going to adapt I wouldn't change the ratio of nuts to oil unless you like super dry spread. I don't. I like it spreadable and this is perfect just the way it is. Enjoy!
*Adapted from All Day I Dream About Food.
Chocolate Almond Butter Spread: [Gluten & Sugar Free]
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw almonds
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or chocolate liquid stevia
- 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Heat a small saute pan over medium high heat, add almonds.
- Toast raw almonds stirring frequently until fragrant, about 3 -5 minutes.
- Using a food processor or high powered blender, add almonds, salt, vanilla and stevia and blend until chopped well. Mixture will be thick.
- In a small bowl melt baking chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave for about a minute. Stir well.
- Add to nut mixture and continue to pulse and blend until smooth.
- Taste butter and decide if you need more salt or more stevia. If needed, add ¼ teaspoon stevia at a time, blend again and re-taste.
- Does not need to be refrigerated. Makes about 1 ½ cups.
Notes
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About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Mary
Love this! Love pinning your recipes, but have to do it the long way since I don't see a pin button. Am I missing something? I use an iPad. Thanks!
Brenda
HI Mary, there is a pin button that pops up over the left top corner of each picture when you hover over, maybe it doesn't work for ipads though.
Debbie
This looks Amazing! My daughter and I love Almond butter,can't wait to make our own! Thanks for the recipe.Happy New Year!!
Brenda
Happy New Year to you!
Christina
This sounds great. But there is something wrong with the Save Recipe button. When I went to save it to my Ziplist using the button, it saved a recipe for Healthier Whole Wheat Apple Pie and not the Almond Butter. Thought you may want to fix this.
Brenda
thanks for letting me know, I will need to contact Ziplist for them to take care of the problem.
Leigh Anne
What oil could you substitute the coconut oil for? I'm allergic to coconut.
Brenda
Hi LeighAnne, you could use canola oil instead.