These cute little Pumpkin Coconut Candies are made without sugar, dairy free, low carb and no bake!
When you can make a fun treat for the family that doesn't require endless time in the kitchen and looks festive for Halloween, I call that a win for mom! I'm not one to make a bunch of treats for holidays for my kids but these pumpkin candies are easy and fun and even a child could make them!
Just 3 steps is all that's needed!
- Melt together
- Mix until smooth
- Pour into molds
The Rest is waiting for them to set in the fridge! Super tasty and it looks like you spent a whole lot of time to make them!
Simple recipes like these are the best kinds in my book. Kids are happy, mom is happy! They are gone pretty quickly so making some extra for when friends are over might be a good idea!
If you're not a fan of coconut butter, any nut butter would work as well as sunflower seed butter to keep it allergy friendly and nut free. Please note that would change nutrition info below.
Brenda's Notes:
- I always try to mention sweetener substitutions for those who don't have or don't like stevia. Here though I feel the vanilla stevia is the best choice. The liquid is going to give you that smooth creamy texture in these. If you choose to use a granulated sugar free sweetener you might find that to cause these to be grainy. Another option would be to try Sukrin Fiber Gold syrup which taste like maple syrup and is sugar free.
- While some of you may cringe at the thought of high fat and high calories for one piece, please remember this is all good healthy fat coming from coconut butter and oil which keeps you satiated with one piece.
- I found my molds at Michaels and Joanne Fabric craft stores but I'm sure you can also find them online.
Sugar-Free Paleo Pumpkin Coconut Candy
Ingredients
- 2 cups coconut butter softened
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin liquid stevia or vanilla stevia
- all natural orange food coloring
Instructions
- Heat coconut butter and oil in a microwavable bowl for 45 seconds or until melted.
- Stir until smooth.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and pour into silicone pumpkin molds.
- Refrigerate for an hour or until hardened.
- Pop out of molds and enjoy, but keep refrigerated because they tend to melt when set out for too long on the counter.
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.
Patti Weyers
Could you use pumpkin pie spice for flavor in this? Would give a nice bit of speckle too!!
Ashik Ahmed
love this Pumpkin Coconut Candies recipes, will try myself next week.
Julie
Which all natural food coloring do you use? I didn't see an affiliate link
Brenda
I found mine at Whole Foods.
PDXgirl
Could you use cacao butter in place of the coconut butter?
Brenda
I've not tried it, but the coconut butter has some natural sweetness to it and the cacao butter is not sweet at all so you may just need to add more sweetener.
Maya | Wholesome Yum
What a great simple recipe! Perfect alternative to store-bought sugar-packed candies!
AZ@...And A Dash of Cinnamon
Omg these are so cute! I've never had coconut butter before or worked with it. How is it different than the oil?
Julie
Silly question on the coconut oil...I've only just started using it for a few a recipes. I have the hard coconut oil. Do I measure out 1/4 cup of the solid and then melt it in a saucepan to get the liquid? Or do melt it first into a liquid form and then measure out a 1/4 cup? Or do I really need to get the liquid form from the store? Any input would be great! These look great and I would love to give my kids another candy/treat option other than all the sugar that is going to start flowing into the house these next few weeks...
Brenda
If the coconut oil is hardened, you could soften it slightly before measuring the 1/4 cup needed, maybe just 20 seconds in the mircowave.
RachelH
It calls for solid coconut oil, which ia then melted. The always liquid coconut oil would not work in this recipe. You would probably get glop.
That is usually mct oil.