“Bounty” Cups (no added sugar, GF)
Do you remember being a kid and eating a bounty bar? Ahhh, sweet memories! The only difference was that we stayed active all day long and burned all the sugar from the bar almost immediately. Now, times are different and excessive snacks give us either love handles or chubby cheeks.
But guess what? If you know how to balance your daily energy intake, you can easily add a treat or two without any guilt especially if you have full control over what ingredients you use to make the treats. Having said that, try my sugar-free bounty dessert.
"Bounty" Cups (no added sugar, GF)
The taste of tropical coconut dessert in a healther version that will sarisfy any picky eater.
Ingredients
- 80 g shreded unsweetened coconut
- 1 1/2 envelopes or 10.5g plain gelatin
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 1/2 cups half and half + additional 1/4 cup for chocolate topping
- 1.2 g stevia or 2-3 tbsp Monk Fruit sweetener
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 small (~50 g) bar extra dark chocolate, unsweetened (for topping)
Instructions
- In a food processor, blend shredded coconut until small pieces.
- Dissolve 10.5 g of gelatin in 1/4 cup of cold water and let it stay for 5 minutes.
- Heat up 1 1/2 cups of half and half until boiling. Add stevia or Monk fruit, coconut, vanilla, salt. Mix everything well.
- Remove the half and half mixture from the stove and pour the gelatin in it stirring until smooth mixture.
- To portion the dessert, you need round silicone molds. If you dont have any, you can use any small silicone or glass cake mold.
- Pour the liquid dessert out in the mold(s) and let it stay in the freezer for 1-2 hours until solidified. When the time is up, cut the dessert in 9 equal pieces if a cake mold was used.
- Using a water bath, melt 1 bar (50 g) of any dark chocolate bar. Add 1/4 cup half and half if the chocolate is too thick. Mix it well and let it cool. Remove the desserts from the freezer and cover each of them in chocolate. Put them in the fridge for an hour or more before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
9Serving Size:
1 pieceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 153Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 9.5gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 14.8mgSodium: 31mgCarbohydrates: 7gNet Carbohydrates: 6gFiber: 1gSugar: 2.4gProtein: 2.3g
Nutrition information was calculated based on the ingredients' nutrition labels and MyFitnessPal, and therefore it has 10-15% of inaccuracy.