Melt butter in microwave, add cocoa, splenda, not/Sugar, cream cheese, extracts and

mix well. Stir in coconut and nuts. Pour into 8x8" pan and freeze. Before fully frozen,

make cuts for bars (16). Once frozen, remove bars from pan and put in sealed

container. Keep in freezer or refrigerator.

Total 54 carb (36 NET carbs). Makes 16 @ 2.3 carbs

These do taste just like Almond Joys. *not/Sugar is a product by Expert Foods that adds

the bulk of sugar to a recipe, but not the sweetness. I don't know what the texture would

be if you left this out. Several web sites sell it; I got it from CarbSmart.

Chocolate Coconut Dream

oz unsweetened chocolate

T butter

T heavy cream

/2 t vanilla

pkts Splenda

/3 cup shredded unsw. Coconut

almonds

Heat butter and chocolate until chocolate just melted. Pour in small bowl, mix well. Add

in heavy cream, vanilla and Equal; stir until mixture looks creamy and smooth. Add in

coconut, mix well. Put spoonful of chocolate mixture on place which has been covered

in wax paper. Push almond on top of each piece. Chill until able to pick up with fingers.

Store in refrigerator.

Total: 22 carb (12 NET carbs). Makes 9 @ 1.3 NET carbs)

These are not real sweet and you need to like semi-sweet chocolate. I would use more

coconut next time.

CHRISTY'S Peanut Butter Cups

stick unsalted butter

T peanut butter (12)

oz unsw. baking chocolate (9)

pkts Splenda (4)

T heavy cream (.8)

Melt butter and chocolate in microwave. Be careful not to burn the chocolate. Add

splenda and mix well. Spoon some chocolate into a mini muffin tin pan lined with tiny

paper muffin cups. Put in freezer few minutes until hard. Spoon little blob of peanut

butter on top of each candy, and top with more chocolate. Freeze, and keep in freezer.

Total: 26 carb (20 NET carbs). Makes about 12 @ 1.7 carbs).

I added a little liquid Splenda to my peanut butter. These are addictive!

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