Healthier Chocolate Chunk Scones: No Sugar Added
Are you a scone lover? Or do you avoid them like the plague because of the thought of super high calories? How about if I told you this scone above is only 171 calories?! Yep. ‘Tis true!
Scones are a special treat we don’t have often around my house. Usually I would make my Strawberry Scones for breakfast. BUT these were made simply to try out another new recipe: Naturally Sweetened Dark Chocolate Chunks!
I was hoping for good results when they were baked and I was not disappointed. Warning though, it gets a little messy making them and baking them!
Your hands will most certainly become quite chocolate covered forming this round circle of chocolate goodness! It almost looks like a giant chocolate chip cookie doesn’t it?
This is what I was talking about as far as messy baking goes. Lining the baking sheet is a must and it looks like all the chocolate seeped out of them right? Not so…….
You just lay them on a wire rack with a cloth towel under it for the chocolate to drip on and they are just fine!
Expecting that these Naturally Sweetened Chocolate Chunks are going to behave the same way as standard sugar filled chocolate chips when baked is just not realistic. They get pretty melted……..but it’s all good!
- 2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon [url href=”https://www.iherb.com/p/5270?at=0&rcode=yaj035″ target=”_blank”]stevia powder[/url]
- 4 tablespoons cold butter, sliced
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup milk [ I used 1 %]
- 1/2 cup [url href=”https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/naturally-sweetened-dark-chocolate-chunks-dairy-free-diabetic-friendly/” target=”_blank” title=”Naturally Sweetened Dark Chocolate Chunks: Dairy Free & Diabetic Friendly”]Naturally Sweetened Chocolate Chunks[/url] or your favorite chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt and stevia.
- Using two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg then add the vanilla and milk.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry and mix well then add in the chocolate chips. Form a ball.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and shape the ball of dough into an 8 inch circle onto the baking sheet.
- Flatten with hands then use a pizza cutter to slice into 8 triangular pieces. Separate them using a spatula.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
*These are higher in fat due to the chocolate chunks made with coconut oil, but much healthier than traditional chocolate chips scones full of sugar for sure!
If they don’t get all eaten coming out of the oven once baked (which I would be very surprised if they didn’t) then you can easily reheat them in a small toaster oven for a few minutes.
You might also enjoy my Strawberry Scones made with honey!
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.
I just found this recipe yesterday and I’ve already made two batches! They are PERFECT and so easy to make! I read on another website that cutting the butter into the dry ingredients is super fast in a food processor, and the result makes for a quick prep time and these awesome scones in 30 minutes from start to finish. I added a dash of cinnamon to add some light sweetness in the second batch. Seriously the best scone recipe I’ve found. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
The local diner has a chocolate chip scone that I have been wanting for my birthday since I tried it this past fall, but I have recently gone sugar and wheat free. This should fit the bill. Pinning for later…my birthday is in August, if I can wait that long! Thank you for posting!
I should be able to use buckwheat and/or oat flour to make it wheat free. 🙂
Or just a gluten free mix from Bob’s Red Mill should work too. But yes oat flour would work nicely I think.
MMMM! and YES PLEASE! I just baked cookies tonight with homemade sugar free choc chips. I love how they spread out in the cookie. These scones look divine. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Could you sub applesauce for the butter and egg? I am just starting to swap out ingredients but have been doing that in pancakes for the last few months and it works great. I have never baked with Applesauce though.
I’ve made quite a few recipes subbing out butter and oil for applesauce such as my banana bread, brownies and even cookies but I have not tried that with these scones so I can’t tell you if the result would be up to par.
I’ll be sure to try these. I made a version of you strawberry scones earlier this week, and they were delicious. I’m sure I won’t be disappointed by these either. Check out my strawberry white chocolate chip scone recipe based off yours… http://pennypinchingprovisions.blogspot.com/2012/05/strawberry-white-chocolate-scones.html