Satisfy your sweet tooth with this heavenly cream cheese dark chocolate keto fudge. It’s a delicious low carb treat with only 3 grams net carb per large square.
I’ve been really good avoiding low carb sweet treats. But, last week, I was craving chocolate so I decided to make up a batch of cream cheese fudge.
I was looking for a texture similar to my cream cheese peanut butter fudge recipe. So I adapted that recipe into one to make dark chocolate keto fudge squares.
A few people have asked if the whey protein powder in the original peanut butter recipe could be replaced. But, it’s needed to get the right texture without adding a lot of bulk sweetener. However, in this chocolate version, I’ve used unsweetened cocoa powder instead.
I was a little worried that this cream cheese chocolate keto fudge wasn’t going to come out right. The oils did separate out as I tried to blend everything together at the end.
Although the mixture didn’t come together as well as I would have liked, I spread the mixture out into the pan anyway. After sitting in the refrigerator for a few hours, the mixture did turn into a creamy soft fudge.
At first, I cut the fudge into sixteen large squares. They were really big, so I cut those up into four smaller pieces. The perfect serving size is two small pieces so I calculated the nutritional data based on 28 servings.
Since I’m trying to limit low carb sweet treats, I gave away most of this dark chocolate keto fudge. My coworkers ate most of it and I gave a small bag to my mother-in-law.
The guys at work were all over this treat. They thought it tasted just as good as regular chocolate fudge. And, one of my coworkers who is dieting ended up losing weight that day despite eating three servings.
You can easily turn this cream cheese keto fudge into a chocolate peanut butter flavor. I used almond butter, but you can substitute that out with either peanut or sunflower seed butter.
The almond butter flavor was detectable, but it’s so mild it didn’t interfere with the chocolate taste. If you want to up the chocolate flavor, you can add another ounce of unsweetened baking chocolate.
I plan to make this yummy keto fudge again, but will use peanut butter to change up the taste. For those with nut allergy, you can use sunflower seed butter instead.
My coworkers loved this cream cheese chocolate fudge so much that I’ll bring them the peanut butter batch when I make it. We will all be working a lot of overtime hours next month so that will be a good time to share these low carb sweet treats.
If you are on a really strict low carb diet, this keto fudge would make a wonderful fat bomb. There’s only 1 gram net carb for a very satisfying serving size.
I’ve made a lot of chocolate fudge recipes that are low in carbs. This recipe using cream cheese is hands down my favorite as the texture is very similar to high carb sugar loaded fudge.
For those who want to check out more low carb fudge recipes, you can check out the collection I put together here. You certainly don’t want to eat this rich chocolate treat to often. But, it’s fine to have low carb sweet treats every once in a while.
They even say that dark chocolate has many health benefits. How do you like to satisfy chocolate cravings?
Cream Cheese Dark Chocolate Keto Fudge Recipe
Cream Cheese Dark Chocolate Keto Fudge
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate can add 2 ounces to up flavor
- 1 cup unsweetened almond butter or peanut butter or sunbutter (nut free)
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup low carb powdered sweetener Sukrin Melis or Swerve Confectioners
- 1 teaspoon stevia concentrated powder see note
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Low Carb Sweeteners | Keto Sweetener Conversion Chart
Instructions
- Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Melt together butter, and baking chocolate over medium heat.
- Add almond butter (or peanut butter/sunbutter) and blended in with an electric mixer. Then, blend in the cream cheese with an electric mixer.
- Remove from heat and stir in remaining dry ingredients. Blend with an electric mixer to combine as well as possible. Then, blend in vanilla extract
- Spread mixture into prepared pan evenly. Chill in refrigerator until set.
Notes
Nutrition
Additional Info
- Net Carbs 3g
- % Carbs: 4.6%
- % Protein: 6.1%
- % Fat: 89.3%
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Robert Delgado says
May 21, 2019 at 9:31 pmReally a great recipe, cannot complain at all! I found sugar free cocoa powder and chocolate at target for under $3.00 total!
Janna Robinson says
May 20, 2019 at 9:09 amThis fudge is awesome! It has a real fudge taste. My husband is a very desserty person and this one is a hit, thank you!
Tiffanee says
May 19, 2019 at 2:16 pmCan I use regular butter instead of almond butter?
Lisa MarcAurele says
May 19, 2019 at 4:02 pmThere’s already a lot of butter in the recipe. You need to use a nut or seed butter.
Pati says
April 18, 2019 at 12:09 pmThis fudge looks AMAZING! What a great idea. I’ll have to start making some fudge asap. Thank you for the recipe
Hollie says
February 26, 2019 at 11:16 pmI have made this several times and sometimes it turns out great, no separation and sometimes it separates. Not sure what I do differently. But it always tastes great. I’ve mixed in heavy cream which changes consistency a bit, but still is good. Also like ppl have said, to chill mixture and whip it really well and it’ll come back together. That has worked too. I’ve used peanut butter, almond butter and walnut butter. All work great:). This is my fav Keto fudge recipe! Thx
Lisa MarcAurele says
February 27, 2019 at 11:41 amFrom my experience, it seems like a temperature issue. So if the temperature is a little too hot, it separates.
Ed says
February 18, 2019 at 12:53 pmI finally figured out how to get rid of the oil separation after a few times! After completing the recipe as stated. I let it sit in the pan. There were pools of liquid. Little by little I used a spatula and kept stirring in heavy cream. Used about a cup or so. I stirred it a few times. Then, I transferred it to my food processor. I would take turns mixing it on different speeds a minute at a time , scraping the sidewalls w a spatula. I did this about four or five times, and eventually it created a sort of mousse like texture, and all the separation was gone!
While doing that I made a thin almond pie crust in my 9×11 pan, and let it cool.
While taking turns mixing the fudge, I also made a low carb vanilla buttermilk icing.
After the crust cooled, I poured my now consistent fudge and spread it evenly over the crust. By now, the fudge was stiffer. I nuked my icing 20 seconds to almost liquid. I poured it all over the fudge, and spread it evenly over the top making a vanilla swirl. I let it cool overnight.
This morning, I cut it into 21 squares. I’ve already had 4 pieces today. OMG. ‘Gasmic!
Lisa MarcAurele says
February 18, 2019 at 6:51 pmWow! That sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Ed says
February 19, 2019 at 4:27 pmMy pleasure! It’s been in the fridge a couple of days now, and each day it tastes better. My new favorite dessert!!
Gail says
June 9, 2019 at 6:58 pmEd,,would you be willing to share your vanilla frosting recipe with us
Elizabeth C says
February 12, 2019 at 3:44 pmTHIS IS THE BEST KETO DESSERT!! I have made it twice (well, I made it once and my fiance – who isn’t a baker by any means – made it once) and can’t wait to make it again. One of the girls I work with is also doing keto and constantly trying new store bought desserts. She said this is by far her favorite! I tweak it slightly, by using 1/3 of the sweetener it calls for (enough to give it a little sweetness without any aftertaste) and adding a splash of almond extract and top with walnuts! Mine always separates, but the separated pieces are my favorites to eat – so creamy and satisfying! Thanks Lisa! 🙂
Lisa MarcAurele says
February 13, 2019 at 8:15 amI typically reduce the sweetener as well. The great thing about moving to a ketogenic diet is that the taste for sweet reduces significantly. I always tell people to adjust sweetness to taste as it varies widely.
Tracey says
January 18, 2019 at 11:35 pmWould monk fruit sweetener work and if so, how much? Also it’s granular sweetener… do you think if I put it in my little magic bullet it would make it a powder consistency? Ty!!!!!😊
Lisa MarcAurele says
January 19, 2019 at 7:15 amYes! I sometimes use Lakanto monk fruit granular and finely grind it in the NutriBullet. They do sell a powdered sweetener but it’s twice as sweet as others. The amount needed would be about the same or a little less.
Craig says
January 24, 2019 at 5:45 pmCan you use unsweetened Cocoa powder if you don’t have the squares?
Lisa MarcAurele says
January 25, 2019 at 5:06 amYou could try. It just might be a bit softer.