Recipe: Low-Carb Dark Chocolate Truffles

This is another recipe that I got from LowCarb4Life on YouTube. I just had to find  me a way to incorporate chocolate into my low-carb diet, so this was an easy way to do it. Her videos aren't too long and show you how to make the entire recipe, so I {being the non-foodie that I am} really appreciate that. However, she doesn't actually list out her recipes. So I have done you a favor, watched the video, written down the recipe, and counted the carbs for you!! {You're welcome!} Here you go...

Low-Carb Dark Chocolate Truffles 

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 tsp. sugar-free vanilla syrup
• 1/2 tsp. almond {or vanilla...I chose vanilla} extract
• 2 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup sugar-free chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Melt butter & chocolate chips together in microwave, stirring every 30-45 seconds.
2. Add whipping cream, extract, and syrup to your buttery chocolate mixture & stir well.
3. Spoon approx. 1 tbsp. of the mix into mini cupcake liners {I just used regular sized ones}. 
4. Freeze cups for 30-45 minutes.

THE END. SO EASY!

This makes about 10 truffles. I just stuffed the cupcake liners filled with mix anywhere I could sit them in my freezer. I also kind of rolled the liner around until the mix filled the entire bottom of the liner, if that makes any sense. Just make sure that you don't remove from freezer/fridge until you're about to serve them...they melt/soften fairly quickly!! 

They taste like fudge, give you your chocolate kick, and are only ONE net carb per truffle!! Amazing! The entire recipe was 10 net carbs, so divide that into however many truffles you want to make, if you want to make them larger or smaller than 1 tbsp. each. :)

And here's the video if you want to watch...



Enjoy!!

♥,
Nicole

Recipe: Low-Carb Sugar-Free Chocolate Truffle Torte!

I posted a Facebook status and later an Instagram picture of my new favorite "low-carb chocolate pie" and afterwards had several people asking for the recipe. The recipe was found on LowCarb4Life. It's amateur videos of a normal person making yummy low-carb food in their home! So relatable! I haven't watched all her videos yet, but plan to watch more soon. She stopped making videos in 2008. I really wonder where she is now. The video is at the bottom of this blog post if you're interested in watching! This is my to-go-to this week as I begin my low-carb journey again. It's sugar-free, low-carb, and will most definitely give you your chocolate fix with just one piece. LowCarb4Life doesn't listen a ton of nutritional value in her videos, just uses low-carb ingredients, so I did the homework myself. Each piece of this yummy goodness is only 3 carbs! Try it for yourself!

Ingredients:
6 oz. sugar-free chocolate chips {WalMart sells Hershey's brand...Harris Teeter doesn't have them}

1/2 cup butter

1 cup Splenda {I used the Walmart's Great Value brand....same ingredients, way cheaper}
3 eggs
1 tbsp. of cocoa powder {I used Hershey's brand}

2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla {I think vanilla extract, but I didn't have any, so I used Torani sugar-free vanilla syrup}

Steps:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Put chocolate chips & butter in a bowl & melt in microwave, stirring every 45 seconds.

Whisk in the cream, vanilla, cocoa, Splenda, and eggs. {Make sure it's stirred up good!}

Grease "torte/truffle" pan. {I used a pie pan}

Pour mixture into pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. {It'll be jiggly on the inside when you take it out of the oven.}

Let chill in fridge for at least 30 mins.

Here is the video if you are interested in watching:

Entire recipe is sugar-free and each piece only has 3 carbs! ENJOY guilt-free!! :)

♥,
Nicole 

Pineapple Cake

A friend of my grandmother's recently gave her a recipe for a "Weight Watchers Pineapple Cake." It's a really simple recipe and since my Pawpaw was craving a good dessert, we decided to go ahead and try it out!

Ingredients:

• 1 box of Duncan Hines* fat free Angel Food cake mix
• 1 can (20 oz.) of Dole* crushed pineapple
• 1 package of fat free Cool Whip

*I'm sure you don't have to use Duncan Hines and/or Dole, as long as it's fat free angel food cake mix and crushed pineapple! 

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix the cake mix and the pineapple {juice & all} - Once the two items are mixed they'll start to foam up!
• Pour the batter into an UNGREASED cake pan {Mawmaw used parchment paper just in case the cake stuck to the pan after it was cooked- worked great!}
• Bake for 30 minutes {or, if you used another brand, however long the angel food cake box says to cook it} - Should be golden brown when done! 
• Remove from oven and let it cool completely
• Cut cake into 12 pieces and serve each piece of cake with 2 tablespoons of fat free Cool Whip.**

**We just put the Cool Whip on top of the cake and then cut it up! :)


Each piece {1/12 of cake} is only 4 Weight Watcher points!!! You've GOT to try it!