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prep time
20 min
cook time
10 min
ready time
30 min
Keto Chocolate Sunflower Butter
Who doesn’t want to add a little chocolate to their breakfast or their baking? That’s exactly what this Keto chocolate sunflower butter recipe is made for. Homemade sunflower butter is prepared with roasted sunflower seeds that are then blended into butter. Add some natural cocoa powder and Keto-friendly sweetener, and that’s all you need! You can add more sweetener or chocolate to taste. Spread a tablespoon of chocolate sunflower seed butter on Keto toast or over low-carb biscuits. You can dress it up with sweet toppings, like fresh strawberries or whipped cream. Use can also use chocolate sunflower butter in baking when you make cookies, cakes, or brownies.
Sunflower butter health benefits
Sunflower seeds are a rich source of healthy fats, B vitamins, iron, and manganese. Not only may sunflower seeds boost your energy levels and immune system, but they may be good for heart health too. Eating sunflower seed butter may help you lower your risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.
Other ingredients you can include
Need your butter to taste sweeter? Opt for liquid stevia drops. That way, you can add more sweetness without adding any carbs. To make chocolate sunflower butter more spreadable, you can add olive oil or avocado oil to the mix. If you’ve used unsalted sunflower seeds to make the butter, you’ll likely want to add salt to taste as well.
Storing your sunflower butter
Store completed sunflower butter in a jar or container you can seal airtight. Keep the container in your refrigerator for up to two weeks or possibly longer. If you use your sunflower butter in baking, it may take on a greenish hue. This is an entirely natural reaction from the sunflower seeds reacting to baking powder and soda, and they haven’t gone bad.
Net Carbs
3.5 g
Fiber
2.7 g
Total Carbs
7.1 g
Protein
4.4 g
Fats
10.4 g
124 cals
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Ingredients
Sunflower seeds
5 oz
Cocoa powder
3 tbsp
Powdered Erythritol (Icing Sugar)
2 tsp
Recipe Steps
steps 3
30 min
Step 1
Preheat an oven to 350 F (180C) and line a baking sheet. Spread your choice of salted or unsalted hulled sunflower seeds across the tray. Roast the tray of sunflower seeds in your oven for about 10 minutes or until they start to turn golden and release some oil.Step 2
Let the sunflower seeds cool for 5 minutes before you move on. While the seeds are still warm (not hot), blend them in a food processor or blender. Add the raw cocoa powder to your blender and keep blending until the mixture begins to release some oil and soften.Step 3
Add powdered erythritol to your sunflower butter and continue blending the ingredients to bring the final, creamy mixture together. Taste and adjust your butter as you seed fit. You can blend small amounts of olive oil or avocado oil to the butter to thin it out if necessary.