Hi Mark...I hope you don't mind me jumping in
I sooooo know what you mean!!! I had just one peppermint patty the other day and my tummy rumbled all night
Geez only 1?? I couldn't live without my chocolate though Haha
Here is Umpa's chocolate chip recipe. You could make this as a bark with nuts or without...Yummy
Chocolate Chips
Ingredients
2 squares unsweetened bakers chocolate
1/4 cup xylitol
1/4 cup cream
Melt chocolate in microwave safe dish.
Take out of microwave and add xylitol and heavy whipping cream and mix well.
Pour out into 9x9 pan,plate or pie pan and put in the freezer.
Freeze for 3 hours. Once frozen break into pieces and use for recipes .
A pastry bag may be used to make chips also. Let chocolate come to room temperature and put in pastry bag and squeeze chips out onto parchment or wax paper. Then freeze and use as needed.
I've been experimenting with my magic shell recipe and made some yummy chocolates with nuts. It's pretty good. If you melt them down and pour over ice cream it hardens back up...
Here is what I made last night
4 Tbs coconut oil (melted) 0 net carbs
4 Tbs butter (melted) 0 net carbs
2 Tbs natural unsweetened nut butter (I used Smuckers natural crunchy) 4 net carbs
1/4 cup powdered cocoa (my can is labeled as 0 carb) 0 net carbs
12 drops of zero or to taste or equivalent sweetener
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch of salt
melt all oils and butters down and mix well. Add in sweetener, vanilla and salt. Be sure all is dissolved. Spray mini muffin pan or line pan with parchment paper. Crush nuts and line pan or cups with them and pour melted chocolate over top. Put in refrigerator to set. Once hard cut into serving pieces and store in refrigerator.
I've seen a ton of ways to make chocolates online. Experimenting until you get the right mix is the fun part. I also find that when I use a mix of sweeteners it taste so much better to me. Especially when working with chocolate.
I found an new fudge recipe I'm anxious to try for the holidays. I'll post it when I get it down right
