Perfect solution for any chocolate craving-these marbled keto cheesecake brownies melt in your mouth, are full with chocolate flavor, and have that lovely cheesecake swirl adding creamy goodness.

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Of course, the brownie batter and the cheesecake are both very easy recipes for one. This whole thing is assembled very fast and very easy without a big deal.

Well there are no grains or refined sugar in these brownies, they are:

Keto
Low carb
Gluten-Free
Refined Sugar-Free

LOW CARB CHEESECAKE BROWNIES – A PERFECT SWEET TREAT FOR YOUR KETO DIET

These brownies are dense and rich, sticking to the top of your mouth like peanut butter. They satisfy.

This low carb brownie recipe is mid-way between a gooey brownie and a cakey brownie, not totally one way or the other; they live in between.

IS CHEESECAKE KETO?

Yes, definitely! Less than three net carbs are included in one serving. The amount of the piece is generous and will please the desire for the sweet sticky treat without lifting your sugar levels.

A BIT ABOUT THE BROWNIE BATTER & COCOA POWDER

This brownie batter recipe is nothing fancy unless you count the optional espresso powder. Though it’s completely optional, it gives a little more flavor punch, and I always find that a small bit of coffee enhances anything chocolate.

Cocoa powder suggestion

I love an extra brute cocoa powder for baking. The price difference is hardly worth noting compared to a small tin of grocery store cocoa powder, but the flavor is off the charts. If you enjoy chocolate and are a heavy user of cocoa powder in your own baking, then I highly suggest you pick up a bag of Cacao Barry Extra Brute. It has no added sugars or anything at all; it is purely 100% cocoa powder.

WHAT SWEETENERS WORK BEST IN THIS RECIPE?

This recipe for brownies calls for one full cup of sweetener to balance the cocoa powder. If you bake regularly with erythritol, you are probably well aware that this sweetener can become grainy at certain high concentrations, particularly in cold weather. That’s what happens with this recipe.

WHICH SWEETENERS WORKS BEST?

I like besti monk fruit allulose mix best – Mixing the two sweeteners reduces grainy. I have tried each of the Besti sweeteners and think the monk fruit allulose mix is great for brownies, square and cakes.

They were a little grainy with the erythritol monk fruit blend that was used to make them. When chilled, they do firm up a little, and the graininess becomes noticeable as well.

Allulose, however, had not changed in texture, remaining smooth even after refrigeration.

WHICH SWEETENERS WORK WELL IN THIS RECIPE?

100% granular erythritol was very powdery. If you can get a powdered version instead of a granular version, you’ll do much better. If you do use 100% granular erythritol sweeteners, don’t refrigerate the keto cheesecake brownies.

Xylitol shares the same issue with graininess that erythritol does, but it does just fine in this recipe.

WHICH SWEETENERS TO AVOID

No, I would not recommend at all to add stevia in this recipe. Things that I hate with stevia are coffee and chocolate.

LOW CARB BROWNIE BAKING TIPS

There are a few things you want to know before making this recipe. To make the batter glossy and pourable, you need to work with warm ingredients. If you toss in cold eggs into a chilled bowl with your melted butter, you are going to have a thick un-pourable batter.

1. Melt butter in the microwave. Transfer all other ingredients aside from butter, to a separate container and melt the butter using a microwave or a gas stove.

2. Use room temperature ingredients. The eggs specifically have to be at room temperature.

3. If you forget pulling your eggs out of the fridge beforehand, you could place them in a little bowl and cover them with the hottest tap water. This warming only takes a few minutes for this recipe.

4. Sift your dry ingredients. it will keep your batter lump-free and reduce overbeating.

6. To marbel the batters of cheesecake and brownie, drop the batter of brownie into the bottom of pan leaving the space for the cheesecake. Dollop the cheesecake batter between brownie batter blobs. Then swirl the batter with knife or skewer by introducing the two batters together.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS AND STORAGE

DON’T refrigerate these keto cheesecake brownies if you used any erythritol or xylitol sweetener. That will make them grainy and hard. If you used allulose, they are just fine stored in the fridge.

With the powdered, erythritol monk fruit sweetener, there was a tiny bit of graininess on the brownies left out on the counter the next day. It wasn’t unpleasant; it was like sugar. These brownies stayed delicious when kept covered at room temperature for 3 days.

To make a lavish serving suggestion: Top with a small scoop of low-carb vanilla ice cream and top with a dollop of sugar-free caramel.

Everyone always asks me if cheesecake is keto-friendly. It’s hard to believe that something so creamy, so sweet, and utterly delicious can actually be okay for your keto diet. With just 2.4 net carbs per serving, you can enjoy two guilt-free!

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