These rich and creamy Low Carb Buckeyes are a no bake sensation! Gluten free, grain free, sugar free and low carb!
What is the best part about Christmas for you?
Is it the family that comes from far away to visit for a few days?
Is it few days off from work that makes you smile?
Is it just the fact that some little indulgences are in order in the food department?
Or maybe it might just be all these things combined that make for a comforting Christmas.
I think it is all these things wrapped up into a special time of year for me.
A time where I remember what's important and I'm thankful for all the last year has brought our way.
I not only reflect on the great memories, but enjoy making some new ones each year.
I think that's why Christmas is so important to so many of us who celebrate it.
You've got some amazing memories from Christmas cookie making or a Christmas feast with family who might not longer be with us.
Each Christmas we always remember my grandmother and all the baking and goodies she would make just for us.
She'd be baking from at least Thanksgiving up until Christmas Eve and never once complain, she'd just ask for more cooking and baking supplies at the store!
We always make our traditional favorites, like my Grandmother's Butterballs that are in my cookbook.
But then I always try to add some new recipes each Christmas as well and this recipe is one of them.
These are my hubbies favorite and our daughters too.
The boys can't enjoy them as they contain peanut butter but they could easily be made with sunflower seed butter if I knew my boys wanted them.
Whatever you make this Christmas I hope you enjoy every minute of all the work that goes into it. It's the making of memories that the family remembers the most.
That and all the goodies that are enjoyed helps a little too. 🙂
Brenda's Notes:
- You could skip the protein powder and use more Swerve but I haven't tried that substitue although I think it would work.
- If you use another granulated sugar free sub besides Swerve then you can remove the stevia as it won't be needed.
- If you need a Christmas gift, there's still time to order my cookbook on Amazon and have it in time for Christmas!
Merry Christmas !!
No Bake Low Carb Buckeyes
Ingredients
- 1 cup no sugar added peanut butter
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup Swerve Confectioners sweetener
- ½ cup vanilla protein powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla liquid stevia
Chocolate coating
- 7 ounces dark chocolate 85% Lindt
- 2 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a stand mixer and blend until smooth.
- Taste and adjust sweetener if needed.
- Using a small cookie scoop make 4 ½ dozen balls. You could roll them after scooping to make them more precise in shape if you like. I did not as you can see.
- Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Melt chocolate and butter in a microwavable bowl for 30 seconds to a minute. Stir until smooth.
- Do half the batch of peanut butter balls and keep the other half in the freezer.
- Use a toothpick in center of each peanut butter ball and dunk in melted chocolate.
- Place back on baking sheet.
- Freeze or refrigerate.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
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.
Pam Reed
I use a mini muffin pan and put mini muffin papers in it then use a Oneida sm scoop to fill pan freeze a little while. Then use a teaspoon to spoon choc on buckeyes then refreeze. When done put all of them in gal ziplock to put in freezer for safe keeping
To take out when wanted.
Mike
How can you get 4 1/2 doz out of 1 cup of PB?? These must be extremely tiny OR you are making lots more of this recipe than it look like!
Mende Schoeneweis
I skipped the vanilla protein powder and used PB2 and kept adding until I got the desired consistency for rolling the balls. I also added a little wax to the chocolate to help them stay firm once set. They actually turned out perfectly.
Great option for my family members who are sugar free/low carb. 🙂 Thank you!
Prettimama42
Looks like I'm the odd one out here but Im currently giving up on these.. I followed the directions exactly and they are so runny. I am using smuckers natural and i see someone mentioned theirs were runny too, so i did what they suggested and tried adding a little almond flour and whey protein... still runny. Tried adding more.... still runny. At this point I've probably added about half a bag of almond flower and an extra cup or more of whey protein and now they don't even taste good anymore... And they are still runny. I tried to scoop them onto the cookie sheet and they just turned into a flat blob. I tried scooping and rolling and they Definately didn't make a precise ball.. Just a huge mess! I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it's not going well. Big waste of time and money and now I'm stuck cleaning up the very unsuccessful mess. Big fail for me.. I'm sure they're great if I could just figure them out. Thanks for the recipe but I probably won't try again. :/
Maryann
Whoa this is a little confusing. Serving size 18, but make 4.5. Dozen balls.
They’re either huge for 18 count or super small for 4.5 dozen balls.
Help.
Brenda
The serving size mentioned is 3 balls. So under the title there are 18 servings which is 18 times 3 which equals 54. That is the 4 1/2 dozen total balls you will get in this recipe.
mindy
How much carbs is in just one buckeye
Wendy
I use coconut oil instead of butter in the chocolate, it works great. Love your recipe. I have been using almond butter as well they are really good. Although sometimes they need a little almond flour to thicken up.
Nola
oh yea Brenda I forgot to mention that I added a bit of pink salt to taste and used Pyure erythritol sweetener with stevia and some pure sucralose (sukrin) in there also ..
Nola Collins
HI..I made this recipe tonight and it taste just lovely ! .. I got the smuckers natural peanut butter and with all that oil in the top and needless to say it was more runny than I desired so I used some powdered peanut butter and the vanilla whey protein to thicken it up ..they are in the freezer right now getting hard so I can dip them in the lindt chocolate 90 % and butter .. this is gonna be an awesome sweet fix as me and hubby both love chocolate and peanut butter ! Thanks Brenda
Ann
Brenda, have you ever tried coconut oil in place of the butter?
Brenda
I have but not in this recipe, I think it would work though.
Veronica
Why would you need the stevia only if you use Swerve and not with other sweeteners?
Brenda
Swerve is much less sweeter than many granulated substitutes that are sugar free.
jeanie
I subbed sunbutter for the peanutbutter, they were wonderful for a Christmas treat. Thanks for the recipe and all the instructions. I still have some extras in the freezer to enjoy when I need a little something.
Brenda
Great to hear thank you for sharing!
April Armstrong
Hi Brenda,
Love all your wonderful ideas! I was just wondering if you have ever thought of using Lily's Chocolate (stevia sweetened) instead of Lindt or other "regular" chocolates? Thanks! April
Brenda
Yes I use Lily's chocolate chips and bars often and you can certainly use them here as well, but the carb count will go up when using them.
CHRIS WOJCIESZYN
All Lindt I found has regular sugar in it - so that makes this recipe not sugar free - correct?
Brenda
This recipe was written back in 2015 and I did not know of Lily's sweets brand which is sugar free chocolate made with stevia, so that is what I use today.