4 Keto Dessert Recipes

A Keto Dessert is a challenge for anyone on a low carb diet– but they are also an opportunity to get creative while enjoying your sweets and satisfying that chocolate craving. A lot of the time, when we crave something sweet, our bodies are usually telling us that they need something specific that doesn’t always align with what we think we need/want in the moment. For instance, when you’re craving chocolate, bread or fried foods, your body really needs magnesium, nitrogen, or calcium (respectively). For those needs, you can usually satisfy your craving with something like nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies; or high protein foods: meat, salmon, and chia seeds. If you’re craving fried/oily foods, drink organic milk, leafy greens or vegetables.

Sometimes though, the gnawing chocolate craving still won’t go away and then it’s time to make an interesting combo and come up with a fat-filled, protein packed alternative: a keto dessert!

Here are 4 Keto Desserts that you can make fast!

Keto Dessert #1: Few Ingredient Mousse

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream- or half and half (that works too!)
• 2 TBS cocoa powder
• 2 TBS Swerve granulated sugar substitute
• 1 TBS Swerve brown sugar substitute

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a kitchen mixer
• Use the whisk attachment to stir at medium speed
• It will take about 10-15 minutes to make the half and half whipped
• You may need to sweeten your mousse to your own taste– but Swerve is a sugar substitute, and zero calories!

Keto Dessert #2: Keto Mug Cake

Ingredients

• 4-5 TBS flour
• 1 egg
• 2 TBS butter, melted
• 2 TBS almond milke
• 1/4 cup Swerve brown sugar
• 2 TBS cocoa powder
• Splash of vanilla
• 1/8 or 1/4 tsp of salt
• Optional- sugar free chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a bowl, combine Swerve sugar, flour, salt and cocoa powder, and stir until well blended
• Create a well in the center of a bowl
• Add almond milk, egg, vanilla and melted butter in the well
• Stir all ingredients until well mixed
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes

Keto Dessert #3: Peanut Butter Chocolate Fat Bombs

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 4 TBS butter
• 4 TBS cocoa powder 
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted 
• 1/4 cup cream cheese
• 1/3 cup Swerve – or other natural sugar substitute 
• 2 tsp vanilla

Learn more about Fat Bombs and their benefits in my Peanut Butter Fat Bomb recipe!

Instructions

• Combine peanut butter, cocoa powder, sugar and vanilla in a large glass measuring cup
• Combine coconut oil and butter in a small glass measuring cup, microwave for 30 seconds to melt 
• Add coconut oil and butter to the large glass measuring cup 
• Microwave all above ingredients for 45 seconds
• Whisk until smooth
• Add the cream cheese to the cup and use the whisk to quickly stir and combine all ingredients
• Pour mixture into silicon or plastic ice cube trays
• Freeze for 3 hours
• Can store in fridge afterwards 

Keto Dessert #4: Chia Seed Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup of almond milk
• 2 TBS of Chia seeds
• 1 TBS Swerve Brown Sugar
• 1 TBS cocoa powder

Instructions

• Combine the ingredients and mix well
• Place inside a glass food storage container and refrigerate for 1-3 hours (the wait is the hardest part!)
• Enjoy!

What is your favorite keto dessert?