These Easy Keto Salted Butterscotch Caramel Nut Clusters are the best holiday treat for any party! Keto, Low Carb, Gluten Free, Sugar Free and no baking required!
KETO CARAMEL NUT CLUSTERS
Easy recipes for the holidays are my favorite. Making a perfect little dessert to share and bring to a party and that no one knows is low carb or keto makes me super happy.
I love the surprising faces of friends when they they try something for the first time but clearly can not believe they are eating something without sugar. I live for those moments.
This recipe is one that will certainly get those jaws dropping when they taste these delicious butterscotch flavored caramel nut clusters. You don't have to use pecans, any nut you like will work. Almonds would be nice or even walnut, but my preference is definitely pecans.
KETO LOW CARB CARAMEL
Making a quick homemade low carb caramel sauce is the key to many fabulous desserts, like my Samoa pie and my Salted Caramel Snickerdoodle Cookies.
It's a fairly quick and easy recipe too. You just need a few specific ingredients to get that traditional caramel sauce stickiness we're looking for.
Even if you don't consider yourself much of a baker, you can easily make these nut clusters! Adding these butterscotch clusters to your dessert tray, are well worth your time!
HOW TO MAKE KETO NUT CLUSTERS
Just a few ingredients to make these butterscotch caramel nut clusters!
INGREDIENTS
Water, Low Carb Sweetener, Butter, Heavy Whipping Cream, natural Butterscotch extract, pecans, sugar free chocolate chips and coconut oil.
DIRECTIONS
Start by making the butterscotch caramel. In a medium sized pot combine all of the caramel ingredients and bring to a simmer.
Simmer for 5-7 minutes until golden and thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove and let cool.
Melt the chocolate and coconut oil over low heat until smooth, set aside.
Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper. Arrange the pecan halves into groups of three.
Top with a dollop of caramel, a dollop of chocolate, and a sprinkle of salt. Chill until ready to serve.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
Keto Christmas Cookies
Keto Butterscotch Nut Clusters
Keto Salted Butterscotch Nut Clusters
Ingredients
Butterscotch Caramel
- 2 tablespoon water
- ½ cup granulated Allulose or liquid Allulose or Swerve Brown sugar or brown sugar sub
- 2 tablespoon butter unsalted
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon natural butterscotch extract
- pinch salt
Clusters
- 75 pecan halves (3.3 oz or 90 grams)
- 1 cup Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- flaky sea salt for topping
Instructions
- Start by making the butterscotch caramel. In a medium sized pot combine all of the caramel ingredients and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 5-7 minutes until golden and thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove and let cool.
- Melt the chocolate and coconut oil over low heat until smooth, set aside.
- Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper. Arrange the pecan halves into groups of three. Top with a dollop of caramel, a dollop of chocolate, and a sprinkle of salt. Chill until ready to serve.
- Store in a airtight container in the refrigerator up to 7 days.
Notes
Nutrition
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.
Naomi MARKS
i know you sometimes do dairy free recipes as well. suggestions for making this dairy free? I'm supposing coconut cream for the whipping cream maybe? but I realize the butter is part of the butterscotch deal.
Brenda Bennett
I have a section in my recipe index categorized as dairy free you can browse through, https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipe-index/
I've not tested this for dairy free so I can't say for sure how the caramel would come out using coconut cream.
Elaine Minogue
Hi Brenda, would salted butter work?
Brenda
Yes
Deb
Why aren’t you connected to Pinterest? Love your recipes but would like to store them in Pinterest.
Brenda
Hi Deb,
I have a Pinterest account, https://www.pinterest.com/sugarfreemom/
To pin any picture just scroll over it and a red pin it button pops up in the left top corner, if you're on a phone, tap the pic you want and it will be in the left corner.
Carolyn Koch
My daughter has a serious allergy to coconut. What can I use in place of the coconut oil?
Brenda
Butter
Becky Yeutter
My butterscotch sauce never thicken, followed ingredients exact. What went wrong?
Linda-Lee
Me too 😢
But I put them together anyway just waiting to see how they turned out also my freaking chocolate hardened back up also 🤬
Patty Cox
I have found when doing keto cooking the sugars dont harden or thicken as well or like other sugars in regular candies. I put mine in muffin pans, firm up in the refrigerator, and store them in plastic containers in the fridge. I use more like a tablespoon, maybe even up to 2 TBSP. Of coconut oil to make the chocolate silky and smooth and not as hard. It will harden some when kept in the fridge, but it helps.