No Cook Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

This no cook keto dessert is delicious, and it easily fits into a keto or low carb/high fat lifestyle! This yummy pie uses erythritol to sweeten it. I find that occasionally using zero carb or natural sweeteners in a treat or dessert can work for most people. If the sweetener doesn’t have calories or carbs, why don’t I just make sweets every day? Good question! It’s because I don’t want to set myself, or my family up for sugar cravings. The less sweets we eat, the less we crave them. I like to find a good balance, and for me and my family, using zero calorie sweeteners all the time just doesn’t work. However, sometimes there are special occasions when we want a sweet treat! So, once in a while, my keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie fits the bill!

Since the beginning of this year, my husband and I have been eating a diet that is low in carbs, high in fat. He is trying to lose a couple pounds, and sure, I wouldn’t mind losing a couple myself, but I’m just mostly just seeing how I feel eating this way. I have been following a real food/paleo/clean eating diet for several years, so I am just trying relatively small tweaks to my diet to see how things go. I am currently including dairy and keeping everything else very clean. For me, as long as I eat a pretty clean paleo or keto diet, my weight stays fairly consistent, so I look for differences in my energy level, mood, and other non-weight related concerns as my biggest priorities. So for now, I’m going for the occasional keto dairy treat like this delicious no bake chocolate peanut butter pie (update: I didn’t do so well with the dairy, so I have since eliminated it)! But I still make this pie often for my family.

About the sweeteners used

This recipe calls for both granulated and confectioners sweeteners. The granulated is for the crust, and the confectioner’s sweetener is for the filling and topping. The confectioner’s sweetener makes for a smooth and creamy texture. Granulated just won’t work for the filling—it will not be as thick or smooth.

For granulated, either Lakanto or Swerve sweeteners will work (they work as a 1 to 1 sugar replacement). For the confectioners sweetener, I use Swerve Confectioners because it is a 1 to 1 sugar replacement. Lakanto Confectioners is twice as sweet as sugar so you use 1/2 cup to replace one cup of sugar, which doesn’t work in a lot of recipes because the confectioners sweetener is not only the sweetener, but it thickens the mixture. So I recommend using Swerve Confectioner’s Sweetener (or other powdered sweetener that subs 1:1 for sugar) in this recipe.

Both peanut butter and sunbutter work great in this recipe. I use sunbutter because my husband prefers to stay away from legumes.

Ingredients

Crust

2 TBS Butter, room temperature

1 c. Almond flour

3 TBS Cacao or cocoa powder

1-½ TBS Swerve or Lakanto zero calorie granulated sweetener

½ tsp. Vanilla

Filling

2 8 oz. Packages of cream cheese, softened

1 c. Peanut butter or sunbutter

2/3 c. Swerve confectioners sweetener

1 c. Heavy cream

2 tsp. Vanilla

Topping

1 TBS Cacao powder

2 TBS  Swerve confectioners sweetener

2 TBS Heavy cream

Pinch of salt

Directions

With the back of a fork, combine butter, almond flour, cacao powder, sweetener, and vanilla. Mixture will be crumbly. Press into a 9” pie dish, Chill in the refrigerator while making the filling.

With a stand or hand mixer, combine  softened cream cheese, peanut or sun butter, confectioners sweetener, and vanilla. Blend until smooth and creamy, scraping down sides of bowl with a spatula. Add heavy cream and blend until very smooth and creamy. Pour into crust and refrigerate for about 2 hours.

In a small bowl, combine cacao powder, confectioner’s sweetener, heavy cream, and salt. If it is too thick to drizzle, microwave for 10–15 seconds. Drizzle on top of pie. Slice and enjoy!

Macros for one slice (one eighth of pie)

Carb count excludes non caloric sweeteners because these do not affect blood sugar in most people. Net carb count excludes both fiber and sugar alcohols.

Recipe made with peanut butter, per slice
Calories: 644
Fat=61g
Protein: 15g
Carbs: 13g 
Fiber: 4g
Net carbs: 9g

Recipe made with sunbutter,per slice
Calories: 634
Fat=61g
Protein: 15g
Carbs: 12g 
Fiber: 5g
Net carbs: 7g

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Here’s some more low carb or keto desserts to try:
Keto Gooey Fudge Brownie Bars
Dairy Free Keto Cheesecake Mousse
Keto Carrot Cupcakes
Keto Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Keto Key Lime Pie Bars
Keto Strawberry Lemonade Bars
Keto Pumpkin Spice Latte Bars
Grain Free Pop Tart Pastries

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