4-Ingredient Keto Chocolate Crunch Bar - Copycat Recipe

Copycat Homemade Keto Chocolate Crunch Bar only requires 4 basic ingredients! These Quick & Easy Homemade crispy crunch bars are absolutely delicious! Made with rich, decadent chocolate and protein-packed crispy low-carb cereal, these bars are sure to become one of your new favourite keto copycat chocolate bar recipes!

4-Ingredient Keto Bar

Did you know that you can make sugar-free and keto-friendly Crunch bars at home in under 10 minutes? And you only need 4 ingredients?!!

By simply combining coconut oil, sugar-free chocolate and mixing in super crunchy high-protein keto cereal, this bar recipe is made using only 1 bowl!

So easy and so delicious, you will never buy the pre-made, sugar-laden store-bought version again.

If you like chocolate dessert bars like Copycat Snicker's Chocolate Bars (Keto, Low Carb, Gluten Free)and rich Easy No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Cake, you should try out this recipe for a dessert based on one of the world’s favorite candies.

Crunch bars have been around since the early 1900s and with a few healthy and low carb ingredients, these chocolate crunch bars are the perfect grab on the go snack.

And if you do not have any sugar-free chocolate lying around, I have included a second version that uses 100% unsweetened chocolate as well!

Keto Chocolate Crunch Bar Ingredients

This high protein keto bar only requires some basic ingredients. I have listed the ingredients below, along with where to buy the ingredients as well as substitutions in case you do not have the necessary ingredients.

• Chocolate - To keep this recipe down to only 3-ingredienst, you can use sugar-free chocolate chips, such as ChocZero or Lily's. In case you don't have any sugar-free chocolate chips or bars at home, I also made these with 100% unsweetened chocolate as well since it is a product that is found all over the world. If using unsweetened chocolate, you will want to add a sweetener. I used powdered allulose which is a sugar substitute that is 70 % as sweet as regular sugar. Feel free to use any sweetener of choice but you may want to reduce the amount and taste the mixture and adjust it to your liking.
• Coconut Oil - The coconut oil softens the chocolate just a bit and adds a perfect creaminess to the chocolate.
• Peanut Butter/Butter - You can use any type of peanut butter, nut butter or seed butter. You can also use butter instead. When I made these bars without the addition of this ingredient, the bars were too firm for my liking so the addition of this ingredient helped make these bars taste more like a chocolate bar.
• Keto Crunchy Cereal - For this recipe, I used Edamame High Protein Crisp cereal which I bought from Amazon.
• Salt and Vanilla - These ingredients are optional as you will only use a pinch and a splash of each. However, I do feel like they help to round out the flavours of these keto crunch bars.

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What is Smart for Life Soy Protein Puffs Cereal?

• This is a high protein crispy cereal that contains no sugar
• Unflavored and unsweetened, these low-carb protein puffs are easy to incorporate into your diet without any weird aftertaste
• Perfect for a keto plant-based diet - These crunchy vegan puffs provide the optimum nutrition of high quality ingredients for supplementing your keto diet.
• Each serving contains 24 g of protein and only 2 g of carbs
• These protein puffs are a great protein source for people following low carb diets and are great to add to your kid's cereal for some extra protein
• Sugar free and only 100 calories per serving

Copycat Crunch Bar Instructions

These no-bake high protein keto bars come together in under 10 minutes!

Step 1 - Line a loaf pan

• Start off by lining a baking pan with parchment paper. Make sure to leave an overhang to allow for easy removal of the bars from the pan. You can also use a silicon candy mould if you wish instead.

Step 2 - Melt the ingredients

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar-free chocolate, coconut oil and peanut butter. Heat in the microwave for about 45 seconds and then stir until all the chocolate has dissolved.

Step 3 - Add in the remaining ingredients

• Add in the cereal and any additional ingredients. Taste the mixture and add additional sweetener if desired.

Step 4 - Spread and Chill

• Spread the mixture into the pan. Sprinkle with sea salt over the top and place the pan in the fridge.
• Let the crunch bars sit until they have set and then slice them into bars and serve them up.

Storing High Protein Keto Bars

• Short-term Storage: Since these bars have not additives or sugar, I suggest keeping them in the fridge (especially because I live in Florida and my house can get pretty warm!) until you are ready to serve them. These homemade bars should last for about 2 weeks
• Long-Term Storage: You can freeze these Keto Crunch Bars for up to three months (make sure they’ve hardened in the fridge and cut them into bars first!) They defrost well if they’re contained in something airtight, and stay fresher longer.

What other keto cereal can I use?

I get this question all the time! I actually just found a great product on Amazon by Smart Life. It is a HUGE box but you will love this keto copycat crunch bar recipe so much, I am sure you will go through it quickly!

You can also use Magic Spoon or Catalina Crunch as well. Also, for a super delicious granola version, use this 5-Minute Skillet Keto Granola - Copycat Kiss My Keto recipe instead.

Keto Chocolate Crunch Bar Substitutions

For the Chocolate - You have several options as far as the chocolate you use. I love my Ghiradelli 100% Unsweetened Cocoa Bar but you can also use Baker's Unsweetened cocoa bars. If you use unsweeetened chocolate, you will have to add a some sweetener in order to make it the into the sweet chocolate flavour that a Crunch bar is know for.

Add a Sweetener - I used powdered allulose which is a sugar substitute that is 70 % as sweet as regular sugar. Feel free to use any sweetener of choice but you may want to reduce the amount and taste the mixture and adjust it to your liking.

Add a pinch of salt - Salt helps to add extra depth of flavour to your ingredients. You only need a pinch (about ⅛ tsp). Taste the mixture and add more if needed

Add some Vanilla - this ingredient also helps to add a little more flavour to the unsweetened chocolate

Espresso Powder - This is an optional ingredient but it is rare that you will find me make any chocolate recipe without a little espresso powder. The rich, dark notes from the espresso powder trick you into tasting darker, richer chocolate flavour in your brownies or your cake without actually tasting any coffee flavour

What is allulose?

Also known as D-psicose, allulose is technically classified as a rare sugar because it can naturally be found in just a few foods, such as kiwi, raisins and figs.  It is chemically similar to fructose which is a type of natural sugar found in fruit.

However, unlike fructose or other types of sugar, your body doesn’t process it the same way and therefore has no effect on blood sugar and is therefore virtually calorie-free.  

It has around 70% of the sweetness of regular table sugar therefore if you want to replace sugar with allulose, remember that for every 1 cup of sugar, you will use 1 ⅓ cup of allulose.  

The BEST thing about allulose is that unlike other keto and low carb sweeteners, allulose does not crystalize when it cools making it great for certain desserts such as custards, pudding, and marshmallows.

Tips, Tricks and Substitutions:

• replace the coconut oil with additional unsalted butter or palm oil
• you can also replace the coconut oil with additional peanut butter or other nut or seed butter
• I used a 9 x 5 loaf pan for the bars in this picture so feel free to use either size
• you can always make these in an 8 x 8 baking dish and either double the recipe for thicker bars or leave the recipe the same for thinner bars.
• the thinner the bars you make, the easier they are to slice
• feel free to add some chopped nuts into the mix
• feel free to use any sweetener
• feel free to use any type of cereal - just make sure that it will not go soggy when it is added to the melted chocolate
• make sure to allow the bars to cool fully in the fridge before slicing
• the bars that contain coconut oil will be firmer than the bars that use only peanut butter- I actually like both versions so try both recipes and decide which you prefer!

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Copycat Homemade Keto Chocolate Crunch Bar only requires 3 basic ingredients! These Quick & Easy Homemade crispy crunch bars are absolutely delicious! Made with rich, decadent chocolate and protein-packed crispy low-carb cereal, these bars are sure to become one of your new favourite keto copycat chocolate bar recipes!

• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 8 bars 1x

Ingredients

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Crunch Bars using Sugar-free Chocolate chips:

• 1.5 cups edamame crisps
• 4 oz sugar-free chocolate chips or bar (such as Baker's or Ghiradelli 100% cocoa bars)
• ¼ cup peanut butter (can substitute with any nut or seed butter)
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• OPTIONAL - pinch of salt and espresso powder and a dash of vanilla

Crunch Bar ingredients if using 100% Unsweetened chocolate

• 1.5 cups Edamame Crisp Cereal (or other low carb crunchy cereal)
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 4 oz 100% Unsweetened chocolate, chopped coarsely
• ¾ cup powdered allulose (or another sweetener)
• Pinch salt and espresso
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Line an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan with parchment paper and set it aside.
2. Add the chopped chocolate, coconut oil and peanut butter into a large mixing bowl. Microwave on high for 45 seconds.  Stir until all the chocolate has melted (if it will not fully melt, return it to the microwave for an additional 15 seconds). 
3. Once melted, stir in the sweetener (if using), pinch of salt and a little vanilla and stir to combine.  Stir in the cereal.  Taste the mixture and add additional sweetener or ingredients to suit your taste.
4. Pour the chocolate cereal mixture into the lined baking dish and refrigerate until firm (at least an hour).
5. Remove and cut into bars.

Notes

• the bars in the pictures are made in a 9 x 5 loaf pan and are thicker - Feel free to use either size pan
• see post for tips and substitutions
• these make great snacks for kids lunches as they are high in protein

• Author: Cat
• Prep Time: 5
• Category: Snacks
• Method: Microwave
• Cuisine: Keto, High protein, low Carb, sugar-free
• Diet: Gluten Free

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 bar
• Calories: 204
• Sugar: 1
• Fat: 12
• Carbohydrates: 11
• Fiber: 5
• Protein: 18