It wasn’t the holidays without having fudge, and my favorite kind is peanut butter. This is was my first Christmas that I was trying to stick to Keto (at least more than I did last year) so I wanted to make sure I had some of my favorites made so I could still feel like I was ‘splurging’. This fudge was incredibly easy to make, did NOT taste sugar free at all, and was KID APPROVED! As you can see, my daughter couldn’t get enough of it – she just had to lick the beaters from the mixer! (Don’t mind her mis-matched outfit – it’s pretty typical for this 4 year old little girl haha)
This recipe was pretty simple, but one ingredient may surprise you – it’s more for texture than anything and doesn’t affect the flavor, but you can’t really tell the difference between this fudge and the regular sugary stuff. That ingredient is unflavored whey protein powder. If you try to mix it in while the fudge is too hot, it does NOT mix well and looks oily and separated, so you may have to let it cool a bit and try again. It will be smooth and creamy!
To start, you need to melt the butter and cream cheese together over medium heat.
Stir as it melts to combine, then add in peanut butter and stir until all combined. Add in vanilla and sweetener, remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, mix until ingredients are all combined. Lastly, add in the unflavored whey protein powder
Keto Peanut Butter Fudge
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup butter
1 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 c powdered Lakanto sweetener
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c unflavored whey protein powder
To start, you need to melt the butter and cream cheese together over medium heat.
Stir as it melts to combine, then add in peanut butter and stir until all combined. Add in vanilla and sweetener, remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, mix until ingredients are all combined. Lastly, add in the unflavored whey protein powder
