Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread (Low Carb, Gluten Free)
This Chocolate Peanut Butter keto bread is gluten free, grain free, sugar free and low carb, and you won’t believe how fabulous the texture is! Perfect whether you’re on a keto diet or low carb diet. Just 5 total grams of carbs or 3 g net carbs.
Sugar Free Low Carb Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread
Chocolate and Peanut Butter. Peanut Butter and chocolate.
The classic combo never gets old and the variety of keto recipes will never end. This keto peanut butter bread with a swirl of dark chocolate over the top is a lovely low-carb treat of healthy fats that will curb your sweet tooth!
I’ve adapted some of my favorite recipes from before I started a keto lifestyle using just basic ingredients and I never feel deprived.
When you can enjoy your favorite things and still stick to your health goals, it makes this a sustainable way of life!
I hope you are as excited about this delicious low carb peanut butter bread as I was making it!
Can I Make This Peanut Free?
Yes, if you have a peanut allergy, you can easily make this peanut free using sunflower seed butter. It works perfectly and has the same texture as creamy peanut butter.
What brand of Peanut Butter should I buy?
Most grocery stores now have a lot of food and sweet treats for the ketogenic diet, but you do need to read the ingredients for sugars.
Sometimes the names of sugar are in disguise and you can mistakenly eat keto desserts that you think won’t spike your blood sugar, but actually do, and raise your insulin levels.
I recommend looking for store bought products with minimal ingredients listed. For peanut butter, simple ingredients with just peanuts and salt would be best.
I like Justin’s classic peanut butter.
The type of peanut butter does matter when making this keto bread. I would not recommend crunchy peanut butter, you need smooth for this bread.
You can also use other nut butters, if you don’t like peanut butter or sunflower seed butter. You could use an unsweetened almond butter or macadamia nut butter, or cashew butter. Just make sure they don’t include added sugar.
How can I make this Tree Nut Free?
If you have a tree nut allergy, you can easily make this tree nut free. Swap the almond milk and almond flour with sunflower seed flour and either coconut milk or whole milk or cream.
Can I swap almond flour for coconut flour?
No, you can’t evenly swap almond flour with coconut flour but if you need to make these tree nut free, you can evenly swap almond flour with sunflower seed flour.
Adapted from my Low Carb English Muffin Loaf
The texture is amazing. Almost like an English muffin with some nooks and crannies and light and airy, not dense. Add that bit of chocolate swirl over the top and it’s almost like a little bit of dessert with your breakfast!
Enjoy this bread for breakfast or as a side or as a snack, but whenever you eat this, you won’t be eating any guilt! It’s super low in carbs!
When I made my Blueberry English Muffin Loaf which I had adapted from my orginial English Muffin made in 2 minutes, another version was in the works in my head before I could have the chance to make it in the kitchen.
The first time I tested this out adapting from my orginial recipe from the Blueberry English Muffin, it was slightly oily so I did some adjustments with the almond flour and butter and it came out perfect the second time around! You can enjoy this quick bread right out of the oven, but I like toasting each slice for a little bit more crispness.
Can I use Monk Fruit sweetener instead of Stevia?
You can use any sugar substitute you prefer. I always have on hand vanilla liquid stevia and use it often in a dessert recipe, but you could swap it with what you prefer.
Use my Sweetener Guide & Conversion chart to decide how much of a different sweetener to use in place of the vanilla stevia I used in this healthy peanut butter bread.
I would recommend using a liquid Monk Fruit because it is just as sweet as stevia. If you use a granulated sweetener like erythritol in granular Swerve, it is not as sweet as either monk fruit or stevia so you will need more of it.
Check my conversion chart for help with this.
Can I replace the unsweet chocolate with sugar free low carb chocolate?
Yes, if you decide to replace the unsweetened chocolate I used, also replace the chocolate liquid stevia as that is what I used to sweeten the chocolate. You won’t need it if you are using a store bought sugar-free chocolate chips or bar, like Lily’s brand.
Got another version for me to make with this loaf? Let me know, I love a good challenge!
More Keto Peanut Butter Low-Carb Recipes
No Bake Peanut Butter Mousse Pie
Keto Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Keto Low Carb Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread
Keto Low Carb Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter no sugar added
- 4 tbsp butter or coconut oil, avocado oil or olive oil
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 3/4 cup almond flour or 80 grams
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla liquid stevia
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 eggs beaten
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate or see notes above
- 1-2 tsp chocolate liquid stevia or see notes above
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Melt the peanut butter with 3 tablespoons of butter in a large bowl. Set aside 1 tablespoon of butter.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients; almond milk, almond flour, vanilla extract, vanilla stevia, baking powder, salt, but do not add eggs yet. Wait to add eggs until you taste the peanut butter mixture.
- Taste batter for sweetness, adjust if needed, then stir in eggs until combined.
- Pour batter into a 8 by 4 loaf pan lined with parchment paper.
- In a separate bowl, add the remaining tablespoon of butter with the unsweetened chocolate and melt together about 30 seconds in the microwave. Stir then add the liquid chocolate stevia then taste and adjust. Stir until smooth. Skip chocolate stevia if using sugar free chocolate chips.
- Drizzle the melted chocolate into the peanut butter layer. Swirl around with a butter knife.
- Bake for 45 minutes until puffed and golden brown and toothpick in center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool 15 minutes before removing and slicing.
- Enjoy or toast!
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.
Mine came out perfect! It is so yummy too, everyone in my house enjoyed it and it was easy to make.. I wanted to post a picture of it but was unable to 😢 thank you fir the recipe .
Hmm. This smelled great while baking and we wanted to love it but it tastes mostly like egg, which is not very appetizing. Is there any chance there is an error with the recipe as posted?
Maybe it was the size of your eggs? if they were really large then maybe you just got an overly eggy bread, but no the recipe is correct, there is no error, sorry you didn’t like it.
I do not have any liquid stevia if any kind and have never seen this. I only use Swerve and Lakanto. How would I sub?
The amount of stevia used should equal about a cup of monk fruit sweetener, if using swerve you may need more as it’s not as sweet.
Can i sub soy nut butter allergy to peanut butter
Is granulated swerve a good substitute for the liquid stevia? Will it change the consistency of the bread?
It should be ok just note though it is not as sweet as stevia.
Hi, I am new to Keto, but I am vegan.. what can I use instead of butter and eggs?
Gelatin or flax eggs and coconut oil but I’ve not tested these out so I can’t guarantee the same results.
Awesome recipe!!! Thanks for sharing it!
That’s a lot of eggs. Can i cut down the amount of eggs? I find with recipes calling for so many eggs it has an egg taste. Whats your thoughts?
I can’t say for sure your bread will end up dry by reducing eggs. I think reducing by 1 or 2 the most might be OK.
Can the egg whites be used for half of the eggs? We need to watch the cholesterol level and y eggs is a lot.
I’ve not tried that so not sure on the outcome for texture.
You can replace eggs with applesauce, which will still make the bread moist. I believe it’s a fourth cup of applesauce for each egg, but google it for the exact amount just in case.
Can i use regular milk instead of almond one? Unfortunatelt, it doesn’t come in small enough containers and i always waste what’s left in the carton.
I don’t bake much.
Yes that will work.
This is delicious and easy to make. I unfortunately didnt realize i was out of chocolate so ill have to make it again with the chocolate swirled in. I live at 6000 feet and the baked up beautifully and has a nice shiny crust. Thanks for a great quick bread recipe.
Chunky or creamy peanut butter? Thanks
creamy
i’m allergic to almonds. is there another gf flour i can use? with amount? thank you.
sesame flour might be an option for swapping with almond, but I’ve not tested it so not sure.
Delicious recipe. I love to prepare the recipe.
Can I use powdered peanut butter?
How big is your loaf pan? May i know the measurement please? Thx
8 by 4
What is the serving size? I can’t seem to find it on the nutrition information. Thank you.
This loaf makes 12 servings.
Can I make muffins instead of a loaf
I’ve never tried sound like a great idea!
I had issues with the it getting done. I even baked it an additional 5 minutes. I followed the recipe… only subbing gentle sweet for the liquid sweetener. It’s very good… but I was afraid if I baked it too much longer than the recipe called for.. it would be dry. Any tips you could give would be appreciated!
Do you have an electric or gas oven? I’m finding that my electric oven is cooking things way quicker than my gas oven ever did. You could always try lowering the temperature and baking longer so the outside doesn’t get dry before the inside is fully cooked through. Also I let mine cool then place in the fridge overnight, seems to set it. Then I toast slices in the morning.
Is the almond milk sweetened or unsweetened? Thanks so much for the recipe!
I always use unsweetened.
Can I use coconut oil instead of butter?
I’ve not tried that, so not sure on how the texture will be, but often you can easily replace butter with it so I think it should be fine.
The batter seemed very runny, is that how is supposed to be?
Should be fine.
Can i use coconut milk instead of almond milk??
yes
What is a substitute for the chocolate liquids stevia?
There isn’t a sub for it just use a sugar free sweetener of choice that equals a 1/2 cup of sugar.
How about a zucchini bread?
Sounds good!
Can coconut flour be used in place of almond flour?
No, coconut flour is much denser than almond flour (recipes that call for it always call for way less).
Can almond meal be used in place of the almond flour?
Yes,i always use almond meal in place of almond flour,it’s cheaper and it works in all my recipes
Thanks for the recipe. Would organic peanut butter work? Or organic almond butter?
Sure!