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Low Carb Chocolate Frosting recipe that will become your steady chocolate low carb frosting recipe next time you want some frosting on your brownies or cupcakes!
After sharing one of our favorite Keto Brownies recipe I realized that there are definite times when a frosted brownie is ESSENTIAL.
We’ve got some delicious low carb and keto frosting with all the chocolately deliciousness you have been craving.
Now we could of easily used butter but decided that there was an avocado getting ripe on the counter so lets add some of that fatty goodness to the mix!
HOW MANY NET CARBS ARE IN OUR LOW CARB CHOCOLATE FROSTING
This one is a little tricky. So it really depends on how you want to calculate this. As we’ve explained in our What are Net Carbs post some people decide to count the sugar alcohols by subtracting the sugar alcohols from the carbs and some do not. There are 288 grams of sugar alcohol if you end up using the sweetener we list in the recipe card.
So if you decide to subtract the sugar alcohols from your carbs (our family does) there is 22 Net Carbs for the entire 2 cups of chocolate frosting.
This recipe would be enough to frost an entire low carb cakeÂor 12 low carb cupcakes if you so wished. So you aren’t eating the entire 310 grams either way. . .ÂThat is 2.75 Net Carbs for about 4 Tablespoons of frosting.
How to get perfect creamy low carb chocolate frosting
I was given this tip a while back and it might be one of the best tips I’ve ever received from a professional baker.
In order to get smooth and creamy frosting you have to whip it foreverrrr. If you have a stand mixer this is when they are totally worth the money. Once you get your frosting put together and the right consistency, keep your mixer on low and allow to run for 3-4 minutes.
And THAT is how you get the most perfect low carb frosting guys.
Now What to Use this Chocolate frosting On?
- The Best Keto Brownies – Because frosted brownies are da bombbbbb
- Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes – these are perfect for the halloween season coming up!
- Low Carb Brownies – because we always need more brownies 😉
- Low Carb Brownie Cinnamon Cake – I think we love brownies.
- Low Carb Chocolate Mug Cake
YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY THESE LOW CARB RECIPES:
- Low Carb Peanut Butter Balls
- Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Low Carb Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Mini Muffins
Low Carb Chocolate Frosting
Low Carb Chocolate Frosting recipe that will become your steady chocolate low carb frosting recipe next time you want some frosting on your brownies or cupcakes!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Gluten-Free, Keto, Low Carb
Keyword: Low Carb Chocolate Frosting, Low Carb Frosting
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 220kcal
Author: Bailey
Ingredients
- 1 small ripe avocado
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups low carb powdered sweetener
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
Instructions
Add avocados to medium mixing bowl.Beat avocados smooth with mixer until creamy (30-45 seconds)
Add vanilla extract, slowly add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time incorporating into avocado mixture.
Slowly add cocoa powder into avocado mixture.Continue by mixing in cinnamon, continue beating mixture together for 1-2 minutes or until frosting reaches desired thickness. If frosting is still a little thin for your liking feel free to add some additional powdered sweetener.
Notes
PLEASE NOTE that there are 288grams of sugar alcohol in the entire recipe and should be accounted for if you calculate the net carbs. We explain this in a little more details in the post but we are calculating 22 Net Carbs for the entire batch of frosting.Â
Nutrition Info
Nutrition Facts
Low Carb Chocolate Frosting
Amount Per Serving (2 cup)
Calories 220 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 10mg0%
Potassium 326mg9%
Carbohydrates 310g103%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 0g0%
Protein 6g12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Janet says If you don’t have a ripe avocado to use, how much butter does the recipe need?
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- Lindsay says
It is a 1-1 ratio. 🙂
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- Lizzie Randol says
Is the frosting just 1 small avacado?
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- Lindsay says
Mmmm no. The recipe is at the bottom of the post…..
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- Mattie says
The recipe your referencing calls for 1 small ripe avacado.
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- Janet says
I think the confusion may be that you say “1 avocado” in the ingredient list, but then say “avocados” (plural) in the instructions.
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- Lindsay says
Ah. That makes a ton of sense lol thank you. 🙂
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- Carly Simen says
I don’t know where you get that this is low carb at 310 grams. That is almost 21 carbs, much more than any diabetic can eat in one day, let alone for dessert! According to your numbers that is 103% of what a person on a 2000 calorie diet can have per day. How on Earth did you get low carb? I am very disappointed!
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- Lindsay says
I’m sorry you are disappointed! Lets talk this out and perhaps you and others can understand when I created this recipe.
Using swerve powdered sweetener (and following the nutritional info on that bag) this recipe makes about 2 cups of frosting. This would be enough to frost an entire cake if you so wished. So you aren’t eating the entire 310 grams either way. . . Just so for ease of reading I included the entire recipe in the nutritional information. As always we do our best to provide the nutritional info as a courtesy and while we can make mistakes I did just doubled checked it to be sure.
NOW onto the actual carbs portion. My family takes the sugar alcohols (288grams for this recipe) and minus from the carbs as for our family those sugar alcohols don’t spike our insulin. Now I know not everyone can do this as it does effect and spike insulin on others but us it does not.
So when it is all said and done there is actually 22 Net Carbs for the entire recipe and lets say you sliced the frosted cake into 8 slices – That is a 2.75 Carbs for about 4 Tablespoons of frosting on a cake.
Now I totally understand if you decide to not subtract sugar alcohols if it does spike your insulin and if thats the case then yes this recipe would not be a good fit and I hope you can find that there are many other recipes on the site that should be a good fit. Cheers!
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- Dianne Kelley says
The carb count is for the whole recipe…..2 CUPS of frosting! You have to read the complete nutrional label to read the serving size.
Great recipe by the way, for those of us (Diabetics) that crave a good piece of cake with icing on top every once in a while. This will be my go to recipe for birthday cakes since hubby was recently diagnosed as a Diabetic as well.
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- Lindsay says
Thanks Dianne! So glad we can be of assistance and are honored we can take part in helping you being able to eat your cake AND FROSTING TOO 🙂
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- Alex says
This tastes 100% like real chocolate frosting. I love that I could use an avocado which makes it healthier. It looks great and tastes great! The only thing for me is thst it may be a little too sweet. I am going to try making it again with 1.5 cups of Swerve. 2 cups may be too much for me.
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