Sugar-Free White Chocolate Bars (Low Carb, Keto)
Sugar-Free White Chocolate is a simple recipe that’s low carb, gluten free and keto and needs just a few ingredients to prepare in under 10 minutes.
How to Make Sugar-Free White Chocolate
When all you have to do to prepare a recipe is melt something, whisk something then pour it into molds to make it look beautiful, I’m all in. When a recipe makes me look like a star, especially when I am anything but the candy expert, I will repeat this idea as much as possible.
I’ve made sugar-free chocolate bars as well as dairy free chocolate bars you will find at the same link and this recipe is only slightly different in the fact I’m using cacao butter to make this creamy white color you see here.
To be completely honest with you I’m not really a fan of white chocolate, never have been even before I went sugar free 10 years ago. BUT tackling white chocolate was a foodie goal (my hubby loves white chocolate!), I’ve had for a long time simply because you can do more with a white color then a chocolate brown color. In the very near future you will see this white chocolate recipe being used to coat and cover and make some fabulous recipes even more spectacular!
Sugar Free Sweeteners
Now certainly if you’ve been eating a sugar-free lifestyle for a period of time, you have come to enjoy it and understand the fact that baked goodies and products made without refined white sugar will have some differences. The differences are often in texture, but that doesn’t mean it tastes any less delicious, it’s just something to get used to. If you are completely new to the sugar-free way of life, this fact may take some time to accept. This white chocolate is a fabulous sugar-free candy, but it will not be the same as typical white chocolate you may be comparing it to.
And since I’m not a connoisseur of white chocolate and my hubby is and also 45 year old man who loves typical white chocolate, he made sure to let me know it’s not quite the same, but good of course, for sugar-free. My kids on the other hand think it’s fantastic because quite frankly, they have nothing to COMPARE it to, and they are also not set in their ways as my picky husband is.
You have some options for the sweetener you prefer since there are some many now on the market. I like Swerve Confectioners and Vanilla Liquid stevia. Using both in recipes seems, in my opinion, to cancel out the aftertaste some experience with both.
Moral of the story, even if you have a man or partner in your life that is not fully on board with a healthier way of life and removing sugar, YOU can still make a difference in your own life as I have. YOU can change the taste buds of your children before they get used to white sugar and fall prey to it. You may not win the hubby over all the time or make him stop eating sugar, but you can certainly make a change in the way you cook and bake in the home. And that is good enough for me.
Tools to Make Sugar Free White Chocolate
Silicone Chocolate Bar Molds– Silicone is the best for candy as they are super easy and flexible and won’t crack your final product when you try to remove it. I’ve tried other ones and these are the ones I love and use often. If you’d rather have white chocolate chips instead of bars, try these Silicone Chocolate Chip molds.
Cacao Butter– This is a must for this recipe. If you want an authentic tasting white chocolate flavor this can not be subbed or swapped or removed.
Double Boiler– This is awesome to have for all your melting needs in the kitchen. You add your water to the bottom pot and the ingredients to the top pot. They fit perfectly and won’t cause you to burn or scorch your ingredients as opposed to just using a regular sauce pan directly on the stove.
Sugar Free White Chocolate Bars (Low Carb, Keto)
Sugar-Free White Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cacao butter
- 1/2 cup Swerve confectioners
- 1/4 cup vanilla protein powder Jay Robb which is sweetened with stevia
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla liquid stevia
- Optional: dried cranberries or chopped nuts
Instructions
- Melt the cacao butter over low heat in a bowl set over a pot of simmering water, until completed melted.
- Whisk in Swerve until combined and smooth.
- Let cool about 15 minutes then add mixture into a blender.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Pour into chocolate bar molds and add optional ingredients if desired.
- Refrigerate until hardened.
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.
Is it possible to make this without the protein powder? Could I use Xylitol instead? (My doctor recommends this.)
Thanks!
I’ve not used xylitol so if you try it please let me know how it works.
Hello,
I love most of your recipes!!
Unfortunately, for some reason this did not work for me. It hardened well and did not disintegrate when I mix the ingredients with the cocoa butter, but the vanilla taste is stronger than I have expected and the powdered sweetner did not incorporated well (it acts like sand – strange cristalization that dissolves when eating it) . I followed the recipe exactly as described. I was hoping to be able to “remelt” and try to redo it so I would not waste these expensive ingredients.
Thanks for sharing this recipe, but I’m having incredible difficulty, and I hope you can shed some light on what I did wrong. I melted 8 oz raw cacao butter (is it supposed to be brown?). I didn’t have Swerve, but I had an erythritol/stevia granular blend. I took the butter off the heat and added the sugar blend, but it never really combined. The sweetener just sat on the bottom of the pan. Should I put it back on the heat to dissolve it? I cooled it all, then added the butter and the other ingredients to the blender. Oh my gosh….a big, unappealing, brown, grainy, granular mess, and definitely not the creamy concoction you have pictured above (nor would it be after refrigerating it – I can tell). Please please please give your advice? I so badly wanted to make sugar free white chocolate (peppermint bark) for my family for a Christmas gathering tonight. I’d love to get this right! Thank you!
Actually the cacao butter does turn a brown color when completely dissolved. When in the blender with he other ingredients it should have combined and them you need to pour it out immediately so it doesn’t separate again. Unfortunately other erythritols seem to be more grainy them using my favorite brand which is Swerve and they have a powdered sugar sub that is super fine and not grainy. I’m so sorry you had trouble.
I am wondering if vita fiber powder will work? That is the closest to ‘powdered’ as I have. I used granulated Ideal xylitol, that did NOT work. it made a crystallized mess.
This looks so good! I’d like to try it with cranberries and pecans in it sometime!
Coming from someone who still has roughly 10 pounds of chocolate she has yet to use, I can say white chocolate has never been my favorite. Not because of the taste so much, but more because it’s so dang finicky to melt and I find it way too sweet. I love that you made your own, that it’s sugar free (control.Love that), and so easy to make!
I hear this ships really well. Especially to Canada where it’s cold as ice. No chance of it melting. So, you know, I’ll be waiting.
You rock my chocolate loving world.
Hahahah You are so cute! Thanks Kim!
I like white chocolate a lot but often find it too sweet. I love the idea of making my own so I can control that!
I am loving these chocolate bars! And the addition of chopped nuts and cranberries is genius! I also love the protein powder too!
White chocolate is my favorite! I love this so much!
You truly amaze me with all of the sugar free treats that you come up with to share. I’m a sugar girl if ever there was one, but you make it look so easy to go without. LOVE the cranberries in your white chocolate.
Thanks so much Kirsten!
White chocolate is my daughter’s favorite. So tempted to surprise her with this!
I love white chocolate (although far from a connoisseur) – I’m intrigued by your recipe! It looks delicious and a far healthier option!
Love the addition of cranberries! Looks like they’d be nice holiday gifts too!
Love the idea of adding cranberries and nuts!
I don’t care for white chocolate either. Give me dark!!! Ha!!!
Yes! I can go for this white chocolate mixture. Yum!
I am not a huge white chocolate fan either BUT I do like it in small amounts in other goodies. I can’t even believe this is sugar free. Looks awesome!
Well…I am a big fan of white chocolate like your hubby…and it’s a big weakness…so I totally need your sugar-free option. 🙂
Um. NOT optional: dried cranberries, chopped nuts. Lol. I would absolutely add those in. Love this!
great post…thanks for sharing
Ooooh, I’m loving the look of this treat. Im not familiar w/ all the ingredients but I’m looking forward to looking for them!
I had no idea how easy it was to make white chocolate! Plus its healthier for you…I am game!
This is a great idea! I like the add-ins!
This is so easy! I love that you make something like white chocolate sugar free and delicious.
You always have the greatest ideas (and links to back them up)…seriously, I’m forever in awe. I am a fan of good white chocolate, but I’m willing to give this a try. It definitely looks impressive!
That’s so sweet, thank you Heather!