These keto salted macadamia nut clusters are an easy keto treat for any time you need a little snack! Just 3 ingredients to make these perfect little keto treats! Plus a Giveaway of Keto Your Way cookbook!
Macadamia Nuts
Macadamia nut are one of the best nuts to consume on a ketogenic diet. They are loaded with B-vitamins, healthy monounsaturated fats, fiber, minerals and are one of the lowest in carbs compared to other nuts, like almonds, hazelnuts and peanuts, though technically they are a legume not a tree nut.
If you have not tree nut allergies in the family, these salted macadamia nut clusters are a great snack for the family. Very little time and effort to make and you can keep them stored in the fridge for a couple weeks, if they even last that long!
Keto Your Way cookbook by Julie Smith
This sweet little recipe came from my friend and fellow Victory Belt author, Julie Smith. Her new cookbook, Keto Your Way was just recently released! She was kind enough to allow me to share her recipe as well as provide a sugarfreemom reader with a copy of her new cookbook!
Her book is not only beautiful with pictures for all the recipes, but full of fantastic resources and chapters that include, things like; different keto styles, keto lingo, alcohol on keto, time and money saving tricks, dining out on keto, and many more.
Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
When it comes to using chocolate in recipes, I prefer to use sugar free chocolate chips from my favorite brand, Lily's Sweets. The flavor and taste is spot on to traditional chocolate chips and none of the artificial junk is found is these sugar free chocolate chips.
Steer clear of any sugar free chocolate that contains Maltitol or sorbitol, they will most definitely make you feel horrible and too much can really cause some digestive issues like cramping and running to the bathroom.
Meal Planning
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Keto Salted Macadamia Nut Clusters
Salted Macadamia Nut Clusters
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar free chocolate chips
- 3 ounces macadamia nuts (about ½ cup)
- coarse sea salt for topping
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high 1 minute. Stir, then microwave for another 30 seconds. Repeat as needed in 30-second intervals until the chocolate is fully melted.
- Place nuts into a small dry skillet and cook for 1 minute over medium high heat until toasted and nicely brown. Remove from skillet and place 3-4 nuts in a cluster together on the lined baking sheet. Repeat until you have 18 clusters.
- Pour the melted chocolate over the nut clusters, using about 1 tablespoon for each cluster. Then top each cluster with a dash of course sea salt.
- Place the baking sheet in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes before enjoying. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
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.
Janet Foley
Any idea how to make these less bitter? I used your Lily's dark chocolate 55% cocoa (not 85% that I've seen in your notes). No-one liked them. 🙁
Brenda
Unfortunately, if it tastes bitter it's the chocolate. Maybe try another brand if you don't like Lily's, perhaps, Choczero or another brand that uses monk fruit.
Jeffrey Myers
Hey, we made these! super easy and a great grab and go snack. Really quick really good.
Kelly
Counting macros is a hindrance for me. I feel so restricted having to leave most fruit out of my diet and some veggies are very limited. Eating outside the home such as family dinners is near impossible and Im frustrated constantly defending the keto way of eating. However I haven't given up. 🙂
Annette
The only thing that makes it difficult for me is deciding what to cook. I get bored and need new ideas, especially for recipes that have lots of leftovers I can reheat.
Teresa
Having to eat so much eggs (which I hate) is the hardest for me.
debbie
(I couldn't get the box above to work for cookbook entry, so Im doing it here..) cooking one meal for the whole family (that they will eat) is what makes keto difficult for me. for big sunday dinners, I end up cooking 2 meals, 2 desserts, potatoes for them, cauliflower/asparagus for me Rhodes rolls for them, almond flour rolls for me... you get the idea!it's exhausting.
Carolyn Jorgensen
Assume you could use, pecans, walnuts, almonds, just might change carb count some. Macadamia so expensive. But delicious.
Brenda
Sure of course, whatever nut you like!
Alaina
This looks incredible!
Rose
Busy nights and not having time to meal prep makes eating keto difficult for me.
Leanne Silverthorne
Always being on the go and traveling in the car makes keto difficult for me.