You’d imagine from all the recipes that I make, that my favorite dessert would be something baked, something very out of the ordinary, or something difficult to make. Well, that’s far from the truth. It’s double peanut butter balls!
This is one of my absolute favorite recipes – not only for taste and simplicity, but just for the pure joy of peanut buttery goodness that comes out of it. When I gained weight on a ketogenic diet, this right here was the reason. I used to make these things nonstop! Nowadays I don’t overeat, but these little guys are so easy to eat – so just be careful.
I don’t know what it is about peanut butter that I love, but with the delicious creamy butter going in there, they’re almost irresistible. The sweetener is an absolute must – so if you’re not one to use sweeteners, I wouldn’t suggest making this. Though they are edible when there’s no sweetener, they just aren’t the same. I won’t eat them without sweetener in them.
If you’re not sure on how to make homemade nut butter, I did a post on homemade macadamia nut butter that explains it. The same thing will apply for pretty much any nut you want to turn into a nut butter. You can always give it a twist and roast the nuts first, season the nuts with different spices (cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, cardamom). Give it your own twist and see what you can come up with 🙂
Good luck making them, they’re extremely simple, but oh so decadent!
Yields 4 Double Peanut Butter Balls
The Preparation
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons almond butter
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons erythritol
- 4 drops liquid stevia
The Execution
1. In a small metal ramekin, measure out 2 Tbsp. Homemade Peanut butter and 2 Tbsp. Homemade Almond Butter.
2. Add 2 Tbsp. Butter and 2 Tbsp. Heavy Cream to the nut butters.
3. Add 1 1/2 tsp. NOW Foods Erythritol and 4 Drop Liquid Stevia to the ramekin.
4. Mix everything well so it is all combined. Leave butter in chunks so you get small chunks as you eat. (I’m very well known for eating it just like this)
5. Let the mixture sit in the freezer for 20-40 minutes. You want it to get to a consistency you can work with.
6. Roll the mixture into 4 separate balls and garnish with peanuts and sprigs of mint.
This makes a total of 4 servings of Double Peanut Butter Balls. Each serving comes out to be 172 calories, 16.8g fats, 2g net carbs, and 3.9g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 2 tablespoon peanut butter | 190 | 16.1 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 8.1 |
| 2 tablespoon almond butter | 192 | 17.3 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
| 2 tablespoon butter | 203 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2 tablespoon heavy whipping cream | 101 | 10.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 1/2 teaspoon erythritol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 drop liquid stevia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 687 | 67.2 | 13.2 | 5.2 | 8 | 15.7 |
| Per Serving (/4) | 172 | 16.8 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2 | 3.9 |
Double Peanut Butter Balls
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon almond butter
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- 1 ½ teaspoon erythritol
- 4 drop liquid stevia
Instructions
- In a small container, measure out peanut butter and almond butter.
- Add butter and heavy cream to the nut butters.
- Add erythritol and liquid stevia.
- Mix everything well, so it is all combined. Leave butter in chunks so you get small chunks as you eat. (I'm very well known for eating it just like this.)
- Let the mixture sit in the freezer for 20-40 minutes. You want it to get to a consistency you can work with.
- Roll the mixture into serving sized balls and garnish with peanuts. If you like, you can also add sprigs of mint.
Made these today too, and doubled the recipe. I added 2 TBSP cocoa powder (my hubby likes choc.). Came out awesome! These might be my favorite snack now! 🙂 TY!!
Great to hear! Just be careful with them because they are almost TOO good for how easy it is to make. Normally I don’t even freeze the balls and just eat the peanut butter, butter, and heavy cream mixed together…delicious
Hello – can I substitute regular butter for almond butter?
Melissa, no you can’t. However, you can add more peanut butter in place of the almond butter 🙂
Thank you! BTW – I just found your website and I’m so glad I did! I made your ham and cheese sandwiches and they were great!
Awesome, thanks! I’ll probably be seeing more of you around then 🙂
Hi, I was turned on to your site when Melissa Sevigney posted your blonde pancakes recipe on her site and I am so grateful she did! Your recipes look amazing! I made these last night (except I didn’t have almond butter so I made them with peanutbutter only) and they are sooooo good! I’ve also made your mock snickers, which I LOVE and your bbq sauce recipe (shown with the ribs recipe). All of them have been delicious. I’m excited to make more of your recipes. THANK YOU! ~ Elissa
Woo! Really happy to hear you’ve been enjoying some of the recipes Elissa 🙂 I still have a little bit to go with my photography but I think I’m starting to get the hang of photographing food. Hope to see you around!
I made these with peanut butter and your previous recipe for macadamia nut butter. Results were delicious!
I’d like to make these and add a chocolate coating (cocoa/ coconut oil mixture) for sharing.
Yeah that would be fine – just make sure you account for it all in the macros.