Mock Puppy Chow
You’re probably thinking, “Are desserts all she ever makes over there?” Well, I do love making desserts, especially if they involve chocolate! But don’t worry, we also eat our fair share of greens and other good foods. I’ll try to make the next recipe something other than sweets.
Before you get started making these, it’s best to have everything all set and ready to go before you start melting the chocolate mix. It thickens relatively quickly. I had my pecans ready, “powdered sugar” ready, and my cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
I melted the chocolate and almond butter in the microwave for 20 seconds at a time. I think I did about a minute total, or a little less.
Go ahead and add the vanilla flavor at this time.
Pour melted chocolate mixture over pecans and mix to coat evenly.
Here is my “powdered sugar”(coconut flour and stevia) mixed together.
Place everything into a ziplock bag and start shaking until pecans are evenly coated. I found I had to add a little more coconut flour to coat all the chocolate.
Spread out on prepared pan to cool, then store in a sealed container.
Silly me forgot these are mock puppy chow and was expecting it to be just like the original. It tastes good, in my opinion, but pecans have a different texture than Chex mix.. Still good though. Phew! Enough sweets now, tomorrow for something different!
The "mock puppy chow" title just got my attention! Had to check it out... I happen to love pecans, so this was great!
I love pecans too! They could be a dessert all on their own.
You can NEVER have enough sweets!!!!!
My thoughts exactly! We had ice cream last night made from frozen greenish bananas and avocados. I added vanilla flavor but couldn’t really taste it. I think tonight I’ll add strawberry flavor for a strawberry banana ice cream. And the best part was, it didn’t spike his sugars! I think we can slowly add some more foods back in.
Just because you have to change exactly how you eat doesn't mean you can't still eat and enjoy it too!!!! :-D
@hebrewhousewife I am IMPRESSED! You really are doing superbly! For a very healthy chocolate buy the raw organic cacao powder or nibs from a health shop. It's unrefined, super healthy and delicious. I have a yummy chocolate recipe if you're interested? I posted about it months ago. Will just search
Funny you mention the nibs. I was grocery shopping online and saw cacao nibs. I thought, “What in the world are those?” So I bought them of course! The package says you can go ahead and snack on them plain. Oh my, I don’t think so lol. Much too rich for me! But I put them in cookie dough overnight oats, and it was delicious!
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll go and take a look!
Howdy hebrewhousewife! hey I like recipes for sweets, I think alot of people want healthy sweets which is almost impossible to find. One of the main white sugar replacements we've found on the Keto eating plan is Monk Fruit, and it has become our favorite since many times we find Stevia hard to bake with.
You have to order Monk Fruit online unless you have a Whole Foods nearby but it's totall worth it and give you more options. But I think all these desserts are wonderful, that's what we did when we switched to Keto.
Hey janton! So I looked up monk fruit. Do you use the kind that is mixed with erythritol? I didn’t find much for pure monk fruit. I bought a big tub of stevia that will probably last a lifetime, so I'll have to use that up first. Lol.
Thanks! Our taste pallets have really changed; I find I don’t desire all the junk food as much. I do miss my fruits though. We’ve tried adding in more foods to my son’s diet and we found he can tolerate green bananas, overnight oats, cold sweet potatoes, and pumpkin. I want to try strawberries next and see how that goes. We’re getting there!
howdy hebrewhousewife! did you guys have a big Christmas bash? We always just order hard to find items like Monk Fruit on walmart.com, we've had better luck finding things there and better prices than amazon. We just got the pure monk fruit but mixed with erythritol would be wonderful and maybe even better.
My tastes have changed some but not so much that I don't enjoy some sweets ocassionally. But I'm glad you guys are getting there, much healthier!
I thought that this might be home made dog food. Once I looked (looks great BTW) I saw it was a desert; But my dachshunds are trying to convince me it really is puppy chow.
They want me to make a batch for each of them, ROFLOL! They even promised to share a little with me.
:)>Haha! I never understood why they called this dessert “puppy chow.” I guess someone thought it looked like dog food. Sure doesn’t taste like it though! They are quite delicious..I’m not sure there would be any leftover for you. :)
I didn't really expect them to share, LOL! They are shameless little thieves, with a hollow (if short) leg; that will do anything they can think of to fill their stomachs!
That said, this sure is some tasty looking dog food! :)
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