Boosted Bites (aka, Chocolate Fat Bombs)
Recipe by Mandy Pagano
Recipe originally published on KetovangelistKitchen.com on 9/24/19. It has been lightly edited for re-publication.
This is a great and easy little snack to keep on hand for the kids. My kids love the heck out of chocolate, so instead of giving them the sugary stuff, I make Boosted Bites. I also like making these around the holidays (coming sooner than I'm ready for!) as a quick dessert or finger-food contribution to parties and potlucks.
The best part is that you can very easily add variety just by swapping out for a different type of nut, and using a different flavored MCT powder. This time I used a caramel flavor, and it pairs beautifully with the chocolate and pecans, but the potential flavor combos here are limitless. Use your favorite flavored powder (or plain powder and flavored extract) and nuts of your choice to tailor them to your own tastes.
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Ingredients
- 1 stick (4 oz/ 113 g) unsalted butter
- 3 oz (85 g) your favorite sugar free chocolate (I used a Lily's original 70% dark bar)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch sea salt
- 1 scoop (1/3 oz/ 10 g) Ballistic Keto or your favorite MCT oil powder
- 48 pecan halves, intact or chopped, as desired
Instructions
- Prepare a 24-well mini muffin tin by lining with silicone liners, OR pull out a 24-well silicone small candy mold in whatever design you like.
- Divide the pecans evenly between each well. If using intact halves, that's 2 per well. If you chopped or crushed the nuts, it's OK to eyeball it when sprinkling a little into each well. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, begin melting the butter over medium heat. Break up the chocolate if it's one solid piece or large pieces. You want it in small squares or pieces. Chips are fine, too.
- Once the butter is about half melted, add the chocolate to the saucepan and whisk to melt.
- When the chocolate is completely melted and incorporated into the butter, remove from the heat and quickly whisk in vanilla, sea salt, and MCT powder.
- Divide the chocolate mixture evenly between the prepared wells in your tin or candy mold. It probably won't reach the tops, and that's OK.
- Once the chocolate has been distributed, pop the tin or candy mold into the freezer for an hour to harden and set.
- Remove from the freezer and pop the set chocolates out of the liners or mold.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/24 recipe (1 candy)
- Calories: 71.7 cal
- Fat: 7.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 2.4 g
- Fiber: 1.3 g
- Sugar Alcohols: 0.6 g
- Net Carbs [total carbs - (fiber + sugar alcohol)] : 0.5 g
- Protein: 0.6 g
