2 Ingredient Sugar Free Dairy Free Keto Chocolate Frosting is amazing!!
Sugar Free Chocolate Frosting
A keto low carb chocolate frosting that's sugar free and dairy free and uses just 2 ingredients is a match made in heaven! It's quick and easy using a stand mixer taking just minutes to whip up. Using a good sugar-free chocolate brand is important to the success and taste of this delicious sugar free chocolate frosting. The brand I use that I think tastes fantastic is Lily's Sweets Sugar Free Chocolate Chips. They also have bars and you can use either for this recipe. The reason Lily's sweets is so good is that it does not contain any sugar alcohols that cause digestive issues like when ingesting Sorbitol or Maltitol. If you've ever had store bought sugar free candy and ate more than a serving or two, you know exactly what I'm talking about and it is not pleasant. Erythritol is a natural sugar alcohol, but does not seem to cause me or anyone I know that also uses it, any issues with our digestion. Here's a post I wrote about erythritol for more info if you're still unsure about it.
It could even be considered a chocolate mousse and eaten in little serving glasses as a dessert! But of course it's fabulous prepared and spread over a chocolate cake! My Low Carb Chocolate Crazy Cake is made with shelf stable ingredients, and no eggs, butter or milk needed!
Canned Coconut Milk versus Fresh Coconut Milk
Unfortunately canned coconut milk and fresh, in a carton, coconut milk, are not the same. You simply can not replace the canned
I like the brand Native Forest for canned unsweetened coconut milk which I find at Whole Foods and online. It often has the most amount of coconut cream in the can, about ¾ of the can will be the cream and the rest will be watery liquid. Another brand is Cocoplanet that also has a lot of cream in the can, more than most other brands.
This frosting will go perfectly on my Sugar Free Chocolate Cake Cake! It's Egg Free, Low Carb, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, and Grain Free too! Or on my Chocolate Cupcakes or my 1 minute Chocolate Mug cake!
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2 Ingredient Sugar Free Dairy Free Chocolate Frosting
2 Ingredient Sugar Free Dairy Free Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar free chocolate chips Lily's Sweets brand
- 10 ounces canned coconut milk "cream" part only
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave for 30 second intervals or use a double boiler on the stove. Stir until smooth. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes.
- Scoop only the thick coconut cream from the can. Use the watery liquid from the can for another recipe like a smoothie.
- Add the coconut cream to a stand mixer and blend until smooth.
- Slowly pour in the melted chocolate chips into the mixer and blend until combined well. If it looks too loose to spread like frosting simply place it in the fridge for 30 minutes and it will solidify enough to spread.
- Use frosting to decorate a cake or keep refrigerated until ready to decorate. May need to soften in the microwave for 30 seconds if kept refrigerated for a long period of time.
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Sandy Hamblin
I have found a couple of brands of chocolate chips that are dairy-free. I had been using Lily's, thinking they were dairy-free. Swerve semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips are sugar free as are Bake Believe.
Keara
Maybe it was different when this post was written, but I don’t believe so as I’ve been checking them for years. Lily’s chocolate is not dairy free, every one has milk fat in the ingredients, including the dark chocolate.
Cheri C Carraway
Love all the comments. Ignored testy ones. Have never used coconut milk, don't like coconuts. How do I separate cream from water. Is it solid? Also, Wal-Mart carries Lily's sweets.
Brenda
If you flip the can of coconut over and let it sit in the fridge overnight, when you open it, all the water will be sitting on top, just remove it and all the solid cream will be at the bottom.
Lindsay
This icing stayed watery. Never thickened.
Too bad. It looked perfect to give my Dad.
Brenda
Which brand of canned coconut did you use? Did you use the whole can or just the cream part on top? I like the brand Nature Forest which is more than half of the can when opened is "cream" and not watery.
SR
Non-dairy chocolate ganache--I like it!
Susan M
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I used it with the wacky cake (your recipe) for the dietary
-restricted guests at my sister's wedding. It was VERY chocolate-y, so we added half of a vanilla bean (scraped) and it softened the taste nicely. The one sugar-free guest was amazed at the taste & texture of the sugar free frosting, so I gave her the name of your website!
Brenda
Thank you!
Charlene
Love all your recipes!!
Helen Gujn
Recently found Native Forest Coconut Cream in 5 oz can (same size as a small tomato paste can) totally solid.
Maree
Hi there,
I am really wanting to try this recipe but all of the canned coconut milk that is available is very fluid and liquidy -I'd say 99% of the can is straight up drinkable (if you wanted to lol)
Would I be better going straight for coconut cream? I don't think that's particularly thick here either, but maybe it would work better than liquidy coconut milk?
Any advice is much appreciated =)
Brenda
Have you tried opening the can and letting it sit in the fridge overnight? That often will thicken it, may take a few days but it's an option. If you use coconut cream just check ingredients for sugar.
Maree
I can't say I've ever tried that but I'll give it a go, thankyou!
Elizabeth
I didn't use any of the water from the can, only the cream, and my frosting is watery. I ran the mixer on high for 3 or 4 minutes.
Brenda
I really think longer time in the mixer would help that, may need over 5 minutes.
Jenn
Hi, do you need to put the canned coconut in the fridge all night before you use the cream? Some recipes do that, or just open and use?
Thanks for all your recipes!
Brenda
Honestly it depends on the brand you buy. I like Native forest, t3/4 of the can is all cream, about 1/4 is the water so you wouldn't even need to have it in the fridge overnight, though it does help create more of the cream.
Amy
I'm thrilled with the recipe...sugar free and dairy free reign in our house!
Amy
And just wanted to say I think this sounds great! I want the option of sugar free for my own health. BUT...my daughter is dairy free too. So I like when we can sub in dairy-free ingredients! 🙂
Amy
This sounds great...how is it once the cake is frosted. Does it need to be kept refrigerated until just before serving? Or will it be okay out an hour or so for a party? (Worried about the frosting keeping it's shape and not melting)
Brenda
It should keep it's shape if it's just an hour before a party, any longer and I would probably refrigerate then take out an hour before party to come to room temp.
Mckenna
This frosting sounds wonderful! Im hoping to make this for a birday cake today, does the coconut milk need ro be refrigerated? Other recipes ive seen say e cream needs to be refrigerated overnight in order to work. If so can i freeze it? Nothing like last minute recipe hunting!
Brenda
It's not needed if you buy Taste of Thai or Native Forest, they have plenty of solid cream from the can I've noticed.
Ana
Hi what is the cake recipe you used with the frosting ?
Brenda
It's linked right above the recipe. https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/sugar-free-low-carb-chocolate-crazy-cake-egg-free-dairy-free-nut-free-gluten-free/
Julie
So, there are ingredients in the chocolate chips, what are they? I'd rather eat organic sugar than sugar substitutes.
Lisa
Ugh.. The name of the web site is sugarfreemom.com. If you'd rather use sugar, maybe you should peruse an organic cooking blog instead of a sugar free blog. Or you could use organic chocolate chips instead of sugar free. Also, Lily's uses Stevia, not Splenda or some other artificial sweetener.
Minni
Well, that was a pretty nasty little response to a straight question. I searched for other criteria for a cake, and found this site. I wasn't specifically looking for sugar-free options, yet I was directed here, and so was Julie, probably. If you can't answer a question nicely, maybe you should peruse some other message board instead of one where people are supposed to encourage and help each other's recipes and creative ideas, instead of being a you-know-what.
Pamela Smith
Recipi says Dairy free, but chocolate chips have milk in them. Do you have a brand that doesnt?
Brenda
Yes the brand I used is Lily's Sweets and is sugar free and dairy free.
Stace
Where can you purchase Lilys Sweets? I don't see it at my local store.
Brenda
I've only seen them at Whole foods.
John
Yes but they use soy lecithin and I have a soy protein allergy. Any other brands that done use that as well as omitting the other ingredients?
Violet
Soy lecithin does not trigger soy allergies to the best of my knowledge!
Busymomof2
Enjoy Life brand are a good one as well. No gluten, dairy, eggs, etc.
Angie
Have you used anything other than the choc chips mixed with the coconut cream? Just trying to kick the carb count down a little more~!!
Brenda
No sorry haven't tried anything else.
Jenny Magers
I would whip up some heavy whipping cream and add a box of sugar free pudding. That would be a lower carb fix.
McKenzie Alexander
That may be a lower carb fix, but your have even bigger health risk when using anything that contains ASPARTAME. All sugar free pudding and Jello contain this. Try heavy whipping cream, Cocoa Powder, and Stevia. Stevia is used 1-1 as a safe and heathy substitute to sugar. Have a Beautiful Day.
mndc
Aspartame is safe.
Ursula Wall
Not so. Not at all. Many people react to it. It is not a safe sugar alternative