One of the chocolate treats I miss the most are those dark chocolate truffles you get for holidays like Christmas and Valentines day. So, I thought I’d try my hand at making some rich yet low carb chocolate trufles with absolutely no sugar added.
Making My Low Carb Chocolate Truffles Recipe
As long as you don’t mind getting a little messy with delicious chocolatey goodness then these low carb chocolate truffles are pretty simple to make.
The secret to the perfect truffle is all in the ganache. A decadent ganache recipe really makes all the difference. So, of course, that will be where the majority of the effort will be going towards.
Once you have the ganache ready to go, it’s just time to bathe them in a bowl of sweetened cocoa powder, yum!
Make it at home
- Cocoa Powder Alternative – Hershey’s Cocoa
- Baking Chocolate Alternative – Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate
Low Carb Chocolate Truffles
Author: Andres Regalado
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 8 ounces unsweetened chocolate (finely chopped)
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup sweetener
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Coating
- 3 tablespoons coca powder
- 2 tablespoons sweetener
Instructions
- In a saucepan bring the heavy whipping cream to a simmer, making sure that it doesn't start bubbling too much.
- Remove saucepan from heat, add sweetener and chocolate. Mix until smooth and then transfer to bowl to cool.
- Allow the mixture to cool in a mixing bowl, then referigerate for 1-2 hours (allows the mixture to thicken).
- Once cool, refrigerate until the chocolate mixture is firm enough to shape into balls, 1 to 2 hours. Using a spoon, scoop out teaspoon size chunks. Then roll the chunks in your hands to form balls (it will melt so try to do it quickly). Roll bolls in coating mixture. Refergerate until ready to serve.
Notes
Serving size: 1 Truffle (Total recipe makes 15 servings)
Protein 2.26g, Cals 103, Carbs 4.98g, Fiber 2.57g, Sugar Alcohol 0.00g — NET CARBS: 2.41g
Protein 2.26g, Cals 103, Carbs 4.98g, Fiber 2.57g, Sugar Alcohol 0.00g — NET CARBS: 2.41g
Those look seriously good! Pinned to my Low Carb board. I will try these soon!
They were delicious! Thank you for sharing 🙂 and make sure to let me know what you think of the recipe!
What type of sweetener works best?
I used Swerve Sweetener
(affiliate link). It works really well in all of my recipes!
Thanks, I am going to make these for Easter!
Hope you enjoy them 🙂
Andreas, can you pour the liquid forn of the ingredients into a mold for chocolate bars? I’ve been trying a couple of recipes I’ve found to make homemade chocolate sweetened with stevia, but they are all turning out bitter…
I think you should be fine to put them into a mold for chocolate bars! I have heard several people say that, it’s just the way certain people’s taste buds react to it. If you would like you could try using Truvia (different brand of stevia), Just Like Sugar, or a sugar alcohol like Xylitol.
Where’s the decedeant ganache recipe?
Maggie, the ganache recipe is part of the truffles recipe shown at the bottom of the post. Ganache is a mixture of heavy cream, unsweetened chocolate and low carb sweetener.