Sugar Free Maple Pecan Coconut Candy Bars
Maple Pecan Coconut Candy Bars is a perfect low carb fat bomb in candy bar form!
This recipe came out of a necessity for me!
I wanted ……
was longing for……..
…… needed something to curb my hunger and knew a healthy fat like coconut would do the trick.
One afternoon I experimented and created this recipe a couple of times to get the right texture. It surely is coconut in flavor so if you’re not a fan you may not like this recipe. It does not taste like white chocolate I can not lie. It is all coconut and pecans and maple without using maple syrup.
You can certainly use another nut if you prefer but I think pecans go fabulous with maple here.
They need to be kept refrigerated because they will soften in summer if left on the counter.
While this makes just one bar, it is so filling and satisfying I’ve suggested two servings from this one bar. You really will be completely satisfied with half of the bar.
This is literally made in minutes and just needs a short time to harden in the fridge or speed it up by freezing it for a short time.
Enjoy with your afternoon tea or coffee and kick your feet up for a few minutes! We momma’s work hard and deserve to relax from time to time! Let this recipe be one of those breaks for you!
Maple Pecan Coconut Candy Bars
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup coconut butter softened
- 2 tbsp coconut oil soft
- 1/2 teaspoon liquid toffee stevia or vanilla stevia
- 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
- 2 tbsp pecans
Instructions
- In a microwavable bowl place the coconut butter and oil and melt together for 30 seconds and stir until smooth.
- Add in stevia and maple extract and stir to incorporate.
- Taste and adjust stevia if needed.
- Spread pecans onto candy mold.
- Pour melted coconut mixture over pecans in mold.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Makes 1 bar.
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.
Where do you buy coconut butter?
http://amzn.to/2x5aJQ4
Make your own, very simply (and cheaply!) by blitzing coconut flakes in a blender/food processor. You need to keep scraping the mix down off the sides, and keep blending until the mixture is soft and smooth. You can lightly roast the flakes in the oven first, for a nuttier flavour. If you have a juicer with a nut butter attachment, it’s even quicker.
Made this yesterday. Tried it today. All I can say is… sooooo… GOOD!
Thanks so much!
I’ve seen chocolate extract. A drop or two of that would probably make these more choclately 🙂
What if you just use maple syrup?
I was just wondering where you got that mold from?! I have been looking for one like that for a long time with no avail :(.
I’ve seen them at Michaels, JoAnn Fabrics but I think I got mine at Hobby Lobby.
I’ll bet if you toasted those pecans before using, the flavor would be even better. Can’t wait to try this.