Saturday, March 30, 2019

KETO Friendly Marbled Mocha Cheesecake Bites (Gluten & Sugar Free)

Very light & moist tasty low carb bites.
Chocolate Ingredients:
coconut cooking oil spray
8 eggs
1/2 cup butter (softened, at room temperature)
1 cup sour cream
4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup special dark unsweetened cocoa powder (or unsweetened cocoa of choice)
3 teaspoons instant espresso or coffee crystals
1 to 1 1/2 cups Lakanto classic sweetener (or granulated sweetener of choice)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon pink Himalayan or sea salt
1 cup Lily's sugar free dark chocolate chips

Cream Cheese Ingredients:
16 ounces cream cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup Lakanto classic sweetener (or granulated sweetener of choice)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract

Optional:
1/4 cup Lily's sugar free dark chocolate chips

Method:
Preheat oven to 350*.  Spray the sides and bottom of 13 x 9 inch pan with cooking oil spray and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, butter, sour cream and vanilla, for 5 minutes, with an electric mixer on high speed. 
In a second bowl, whisk together the cocoa, dried coffee, sweetener, baking powder and salt.
Add the cocoa mixture to the beaten ingredients. Mix on low, just until the dry ingredients are moistened, then mix on high until well blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.
Beat together the cream cheese, eggs, sweetener, vanilla and almond extracts, until smooth and well blended.
Pour half of the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan. Top with half of the cream cheese mixture. Repeat with the remaining batters. Use a knife to make swirls in the batters, being careful not to over mix.  If desired, sprinkle the additional chocolate chips on top of the swirled batter. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, just until a pick inserted in the center, comes out clean. Allow to cool, in the pan, for 20 minutes, before cutting into 40 equal sized squares.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Makes 40 pieces.



Note: These Mocha Cheesecake Bites are light and delightful! (My non Keto husband loves the taste and texture....and so do I.)

Nutritional info per square:
88 calories ~ 7.6 grams fat ~ 1.7 grams net carbs ~ 2.68 grams protein

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