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I’ve been having such a blast recreating keto-friendly versions of some of my favorite candies.
The first recipe I’ve made were keto-friendly Mounds bars/ Bounty bars and I was so surprised by how good they turned out that they got me hooked on trying to make other popular candy recipes as well.
Well, I’ve created quite the collection by now!
From Keto Snickers bars to Keto Oreos, I shy away from nothing, haha! 😀
The latest addition to my collection is this keto-friendly version inspired by Twix bars!
A crunchy cookie base, topped by a sugar-free caramel layer and covered with chocolate.
Can something that sounds that nice taste bad?
Well, maybe, but these keto Twix bars don’t!
My boyfriends’ reaction when he tried them the first time after he came back from work?
“Awesome.”
That says it all, doesn’t it?
OTHER KETO CANDY RECIPES:
Eager for more delicious keto peanut butter treats? I’ve got you covered! Check out these posts too:
Keto Oreo Cookies Healthy No Bake Ferrero Rocher Keto Fat Bombs Keto Coconut Almond Fat Bombs (Homemade Raffaello Coconut Balls) Healthy No Bake Keto Snickers Bars Healthy No Bake Keto Coconut Bars (Homemade Mounds Bars/ Bounty Bars)
TWIX KETO BARS INGREDIENTS:
(You can find the exact amounts needed on the recipe card at the end of this post!
Cookie Base:
The first step is to make our cookie base.
While I am a big fan of no-bake treats, some things simply have to be done the traditional way.
And don’t worry, this is one of the easiest keto cookie recipes – no chilling in the fridge required and ready in approx. 10-15 minutes!
in my opinion, the BEST keto-friendly sweetener.
– it doesn’t spike your blood sugar,
– it’s completely safe and
– has a very fresh & natural sweet taste.
Because of it’s natural origin and natural production process (fermentation with a certain kind of yeast) I also consider erythritol to be paleo-friendly!
Even though I’m a bit biased towards erythritol, you can use other granulated keto-friendly sweeteners that won’t spike your blood sugar as well, but be aware that you may have to add more or less sweetener if you do so.
Erythritol is about 70% as sweet as sugar whereas other keto-friendly sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are much sweeter than sugar.
Simply taste a tiny amount of the mass before oversweetening it and adjust accordingly.
I recommend buying grass-fed butter – it’s higher in certain micronutrients and healthy fats and it contains a better ratio of omega-3 vs. omega-6 fatty acids.
Ingredients for the “Caramel” layer:
Obviously it’s not that easy to imitate caramalyzed sugar.
Keto-friendly sweeteners simply don’t act the same way as sugar does.
But this recipe offers a valid alternative to caramel made from sugar and I’m pretty proud of it.
What nut butter you choose is totally up to you.
The nut butter is very important for the consistency but it might also impact the taste of your bars quite a lot.
If you use all natural peanut butter (make sure that it has no added sugar, the only ingredients added should be peanuts, water and/or salt) your bars will taste a bit more like Snickers bars than “normal” Twix bars.
The peanut butter taste is quite strong but that may be exactly what you like if you’re a peanut butter fan (like me).
If you use other nut butters like almond butter or macadamia butter the taste will be a lot more like traditional Twix bars than Snickers bars.
The malty taste of the brown erythritol is an essential component of the “caramel” taste of the finished keto bars.
I got my brown erythritol from a local brand in Germany and unfortunately, it’s not available in the US.
I haven’t tried both of the following products myself but the reviews are very good so I feel confident in suggesting them to you:
1. Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener
(I really want to try monk fruit sweetener myself but it doesn’t ship to Germany! Hopefully, I can get my hands on it when I’m in the US next year.)
2. Sukrin Gold Brown sugar substitute
(This is pretty close to the product I used but it differs in the fact that this is a 1:1 replacement for sugar whereas the erythritol I used is only 70% as sweet as sugar.
I adjusted the amounts you would have to use if you use a 1:1 replacement on the recipe card!)
If you can find a good quality sugar-free caramel syrup, I recommend to use it!
I couldn’t find a good replica of what I used on Amazon.com (I used a sugar-free cramael syrup from a local brand in Germany) but I’m pretty sure there are good options out there.
If you can’t find caramel syrup, sticky sweeteners like sugar-free maple syrup also work!
Chocolate Coating:
HOW TO MAKE TWIX KETO BARS:
1. Bake the cookies:
Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C.
Start by mixing all of the ingredients for the cookie base in a large bowl.
Knead the mass with your hands until you get a smooth dough.
Place the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out the dough until it’s approx. 1cm or 0.4″ thick.
Use a knife to cut out rectangularly shaped cookies that are approx. 0.8″ x 3.2″ or 2cm x 8cm.
You may have to roll out the dough two or three times to achieve this.
Carefully place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake the cookies in your preheated oven for approx. 6-7 minutes.
Keep an eye on the cookies, in my experience almond flours tends to burn faster than wheat flour!
2. Make the caramel layer:
Let the cookies cool down completely while you prepare the “caramel” for the keto Twix bars.
In a middle-sized bowl, mix all of the ingredients for the caramel layer until you get a smooth mass.
☝︎ The amounts given on the recipe card are enough for one layer of “caramel” on top of the cookies, if you wish to have a thicker layer, you may want to double the amounts for the caramel layer.
(This won’t affect the carbs too much.)
3. Add caramel layer to cookie base:
Spread the caramel on top of the cookies using a spoon.
If the “caramel” is still too “runny” wait a couple of minutes until the butter has hardened up a bit.
The mass will be a bit thicker in consistency and thus easier to spread on the cookies.
Place the caramel-covered cookies in your freezer for 20-30 minutes.
4. Cover the bars with chocolate:
While the cookies chill in the freezer, melt the sugar-free chocolate using a double boiler.
Optional: Dip the bottom of the “naked” Twix bars in the melted chocolate, place them on an even surface and back in your freezer to make a bottom chocolate layer as well.
In my opinion, this step isn’t necessary and mostly for beautification purposes and not doing it won’t affect the taste much.
I did it because I also have to keep my photographs in mind when creating these recipes but if I wouldn’t take any pictures, I’d skip this step as well. 🙂
Once the “caramel” layer is completely solid, take the naked Twix bars out of the freezer and place them on a baking rack with a sheet of parchment paper beneath it.
Pour the melted chocolate over the bars until fully covered.
Use a spoon to evenly distribute the chocolate over the bars.
☝︎ Tip: Collect the chocolate that’ll drip onto the parchment paper once it has hardened up and reuse it for another recipe.
5. Chill:
Place the Twix bars either in your fridge or your freezer and chill until the chocolate has fully hardened.
6. Enjoy:
Once the chocolate has hardened you can go ahead and enjoy your keto-friendly, homemade Twix bars!
Store in your fridge covered with plastic wrap or in an air-tight container for up to a week.
Nutrition Info:
One keto Twix bar (approx. 1oz/28g) has approx. 1.9g net carbs (3.2g total carbs and 1.3g dietary fiber), 13.5g fat, 4.6g protein, and 155 calories.
(I try to be as accurate as possible with this information, but values may vary because of natural occurring fluctuations and different products used.)
Q: How do you include Erythritol in your calculations?
A: The short answer is: I don’t, and I can tell you why.
Erythritol is a sugar alcohol which your body can’t digest.
If you ingest it, it won’t spike your blood sugar & it won’t release insulin (which is a good thing if you want to stay in ketosis).
It passes through our system basically “untouched”.
Because of this, you can subtract the carbs from erythritol completely, which is what I always do.
OTHER KETO TREATS:
Fudgy Keto Brownies Pecan Pie Keto Fat Bombs Healthy Ferrero Rocher Keto Fat Bombs Velvety No Bake Keto Brownie Bites Keto Peanut Butter Bars Keto Strawberry Cheesecake Fat Bombs
Who needs sugar-loaden candy when you can have these Twix-inspired Keto bars with only 2g net carbs per bar? Low Carb & Delicious!
The first step is to make the crunchy cookie base that's essential for this recipe.
Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C.
Start by mixing all of the ingredients for the cookie base in a large bowl.
Knead the mass with your hands until you get a smooth dough.
Place the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out the dough until it's approx. 1cm or 0.4" thick.
Use a knife to cut out rectangularly shaped cookies that are approx. 0.8" x 3.2" or 2cm x 8cm.
You may have to roll out the dough two or three times to achieve this.
Carefully place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake the cookies in your preheated oven for approx. 6-7 minutes.
Keep an eye on the cookies, in my experience almond flours tends to burn faster than wheat flour!
Let the cookies cool down completely while you prepare the "caramel" for the keto Twix bars.
In a middle-sized bowl, mix all of the ingredients for the caramel layer until you get a smooth mass.
The amounts given on the recipe card are enough for one layer of "caramel" on top of the cookies, if you wish to have a thicker layer, you may want to double the amounts for the caramel layer.
(This won't affect the carbs too much.)
Spread the caramel on top of the cookies using a spoon.
If the "caramel" is still too "runny" wait a couple of minutes until the butter has hardened up a bit.
The mass will be a bit thicker in consistency and thus easier to spread on the cookies.
Place the caramel-covered cookies in your freezer for 20-30 minutes.
While the cookies chill in the freezer, melt the sugar-free chocolate using a double boiler.
Optional: Dip the bottom of the "naked" Twix bars in the melted chocolate, place them on an even surface and back in your freezer to make a bottom chocolate layer as well.
In my opinion, this step isn't necessary and mostly for beautification purposes and not doing it won't affect the taste much.
I did it because I also have to keep my photographs in mind when creating these recipes but if I wouldn't take any pictures, I'd skip this step as well. 🙂
Once the "caramel" layer is completely solid, take the naked Twix bars out of the freezer and place them on a baking rack with a sheet of parchment paper beneath it.
Pour the melted chocolate over the bars until fully covered.
Use a spoon to evenly distribute the chocolate over the bars.
Tip: I usually collect the chocolate drips from the parchment paper after it's hardened up and reuse it for other recipes.
Place the Twix bars either in your fridge or your freezer and chill until the chocolate has fully hardened.
Once the chocolate has hardened you can go ahead and enjoy your keto-friendly, homemade Twix bars!
Store in your fridge covered with plastic wrap or in an air-tight container for up to a week.
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Thank you for supporting my site!
Serving Size 1 bar (approx. 1oz/28g)
Servings 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 155
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 13.5g21%
- Total Carbohydrate 3.2g2%
- Dietary Fiber 1.3g6%
- Protein 4.6g10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
Directions
The first step is to make the crunchy cookie base that's essential for this recipe.
Preheat your oven to 350°F/180°C.
Start by mixing all of the ingredients for the cookie base in a large bowl.
Knead the mass with your hands until you get a smooth dough.
Place the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out the dough until it's approx. 1cm or 0.4" thick.
Use a knife to cut out rectangularly shaped cookies that are approx. 0.8" x 3.2" or 2cm x 8cm.
You may have to roll out the dough two or three times to achieve this.
Carefully place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake the cookies in your preheated oven for approx. 6-7 minutes.
Keep an eye on the cookies, in my experience almond flours tends to burn faster than wheat flour!
Let the cookies cool down completely while you prepare the "caramel" for the keto Twix bars.
In a middle-sized bowl, mix all of the ingredients for the caramel layer until you get a smooth mass.
The amounts given on the recipe card are enough for one layer of "caramel" on top of the cookies, if you wish to have a thicker layer, you may want to double the amounts for the caramel layer.
(This won't affect the carbs too much.)
Spread the caramel on top of the cookies using a spoon.
If the "caramel" is still too "runny" wait a couple of minutes until the butter has hardened up a bit.
The mass will be a bit thicker in consistency and thus easier to spread on the cookies.
Place the caramel-covered cookies in your freezer for 20-30 minutes.
While the cookies chill in the freezer, melt the sugar-free chocolate using a double boiler.
Optional: Dip the bottom of the "naked" Twix bars in the melted chocolate, place them on an even surface and back in your freezer to make a bottom chocolate layer as well.
In my opinion, this step isn't necessary and mostly for beautification purposes and not doing it won't affect the taste much.
I did it because I also have to keep my photographs in mind when creating these recipes but if I wouldn't take any pictures, I'd skip this step as well. 🙂
Once the "caramel" layer is completely solid, take the naked Twix bars out of the freezer and place them on a baking rack with a sheet of parchment paper beneath it.
Pour the melted chocolate over the bars until fully covered.
Use a spoon to evenly distribute the chocolate over the bars.
Tip: I usually collect the chocolate drips from the parchment paper after it's hardened up and reuse it for other recipes.
Place the Twix bars either in your fridge or your freezer and chill until the chocolate has fully hardened.
Once the chocolate has hardened you can go ahead and enjoy your keto-friendly, homemade Twix bars!
Store in your fridge covered with plastic wrap or in an air-tight container for up to a week.
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Thank you for supporting my site!
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In your picture, it looks like there is a lighter brown drizzle on top as well as the chocolate. What is that?
Hey Jill!
That’s the same recipe as the “caramel” layer with a bit of added heavy cream to make the color a bit lighter. 🙂
I added it for a bit more contrast on the photographs.
Much love, Uliana 🙂