This Creamy Delicious NO BAKE Keto, Low Carb Peanut Butter Cheesecake will WOW your friends and family showcasing that Sugar Free desserts can be just as good, if not better, than traditional!
SUGAR FREE PEANUT BUTTER
Creamy Peanut Butter Cheesecake is the Ultimate Keto Low Carb Sugar-Free Dessert! It's got that sweet and salty bite that just can't be beat! Not only decadent for any special occasion, but no baking required makes it look like you spent hours in the kitchen!
Make sure you find a peanut butter that doesn't include any sugar or other ingredients. Look for one with just peanuts and salt, that's it. My favorite is Smucker's Creamy Organic Peanut Butter. If you see oil on the top of the jar, don't worry! All you need to do is scoop it out into a bowl, mix it up well and place it back into the jar. You won't have to do that again and you'll have creamy peanut butter every time.
IS PEANUT BUTTER KETO?
Some keto experts will say peanut butter is a definite no as it is a legume and can be inflammatory for some people. But no foods are keto or not keto. Being keto is a metabolic state that your body is in, food is not keto and can't get into ketosis. Most people get into ketosis by keeping carbs around 20 and some people can eat up to 50 carbs a day and stay in ketosis. Many people I know, including myself can and do occasionally enjoy peanut butter and stay into ketosis. It's a personal choice.
SUGAR FREE KETO PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
Peanut Butter and Chocolate is the most beloved of all combinations, in my humble opinion. I've just got a thing for peanut butter and cheesecake and with the combo of chocolate, well it's just a magical dessert.
I made this beauty for my birthday this year, which was shared on Thanksgiving and even my family who are not low carb, absolutely raved about it. They could not believe it was sugar free! That's always my goal in life to impress my non sugar free family and friends!
I wanted this to look like a fancy bakery made this so I opted to add some peanut butter cups and a drizzle of sugar free chocolate. I did cut a few corners and used some store bought sugar-free peanut butter cups on top. If I had more time I would have made my own peanut butter cups, but sometimes a few short cuts, help.
It's a fairly easy recipe since you don't have to bake the pie at all. You make the crust in the food processor, flatten it into the spring form pan then make the cheesecake in the mixer and pour it over the crust. The most time is just spent while it sets in the fridge for a few hours, then if you decide to go all out with the toppings, add them on and serve to impress your guests!
NO BAKE SUGAR FREE CHEESECAKES
Interested in more delicious no bake cheesecakes? This Coffee Cheesecake is also a stunner! Another fabulous one is this Peppermint cheesecake!
Brenda's Notes:
- You don't have to use toffee flavored stevia but I do love it with this recipe. You could also use all vanilla flavored stevia or your favorite sugar free sweetener that equals 1 cup. I prefer the liquid stevia in this no bake cheesecake rather than granulated sweeteners because it helps keep the texture perfectly smooth, no graininess.
LOW CARB KETO PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE
Low Carb Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
- 1.25 cup almond flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tablespoon butter melted
- ¼ cup Swerve confectioners sweetener
Filling
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon gelatin
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla liquid stevia
- 1 cup unsweetened peanut butter
- 16 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ teaspoon Toffee flavored liquid stevia
Optional Topping
- 6 low carb Peanut Butter Cups chopped
- 2 ounces Sugar-Free Chocolate melted
Instructions
- Place all the crust ingredients into a food processor and process until fine crumbs. Press into an 8 inch spring form pan lined with parchment. Set aside.
- Boil the water and gelatin and continue to simmer and stir until it's completely dissolved. Set aside to cool.
- Pour the heavy cream, vanilla extract and vanilla stevia into a stand mixer and blend on high until whipped. Remove from bowl and set aside.
- To the same bowl of the stand mixer add the peanut butter, cream cheese and toffee stevia. Blend on high until smooth. Drizzle in the cooled gelatin and mix again then add the whipped cream and blend on high until well combined. Pour into crust.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours. When ready to serve, add optional toppings if desired. Enjoy!
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.
Bianca Hamblin
What could you use instead of gelatin, I’m a vegetarian
Brenda
Guar gum is vegan and works like gelatin.
Barbara W
I made this for our Super Bowl party. It is delicious! A definite must try. You will love it. Thank you Brenda. Easy to make.
rhonda bargery
Is there a substitute for the toffee flavored liquid Stevia?
Karesa
I would also love yo know. I was thinking chocolate stevia? As I have on hand.
Kyra Winkelman
Well I’m excited. I just saw the recipe for the peanut butter cheesecake and I worked hard to follow all the instructions and I just put the cheesecake in the fridge! I’ll come back and comment on the taste. I had to use a than gum instead of gelatin cause I didn’t have gelatin.
Fizza
Aren't these sugar replacements bad for health?
Brenda
The sweeteners I use are not artificial like Splenda and Aspartame and are natural and do not spike blood sugar.
Danielle
Hello. I’m confused I’ve never made a cheesecake before and never worked with gelatin either. I’ve read online that you shouldn’t boil gelatin because it’ll form lumps or lose it’s gelatinous. Can you please help me with a step by step on how to use gelatin in your recipe? I’m planning on making it soon. Thank you.
Jodie L
Grind your own peanuts! Or look at labels for peanuts ONLY in the ingredients.
JIF and others like it have sugar.
Health food stores and places like Whole Foods or Sprouts may make peanut butter and sell it in their bulk section.
Good luck!
Ann Bailey
I cannot wait to make This! Taking a dessert to a baby shower this weekend so I don't fall of the wagon?
Mimi A
This was so good I'm going to use the cocoa crust for my lemon cream pie 😀
Lauren
Is the toffee flavored stevia essential??
Brenda
No you can use any sweetener you like.
Sara
Oh my gosh this is to die for - made it for myself for Christmas as i have been on a keto way of eating for 8 months now and i had to fight off my non-kero family. It was creamy and tasty. I have frozen the left over pieces so that i can bring a piece out every now and then to eat in my hot (Australian) summer that we are currently experiencing. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe
Brenda
Glad you liked it!
Teal Richardson
Just want to make sure I understand -- Your notes say that 1 cup of a sweetener can be used in place of the 1 1/2 teaspoons of stevia your recipe calls for???
Brenda
Yes but feel free to start with 1/2 cup and taste and decide if you need more. Stevia in liquid form is pretty sweet.
Mimi
Since I don't have vanilla stevia could I use 1 cup erythritol and then powder it so the graininess is reduced?
Stacy
So a slice is 7 net carbs?
Brenda
Net Carbs are 8 per slice.
Lori
So you don't even bake the crust on this?
Brenda
Right not baking just mix the crust ingredients together in the food processor and press into the bottom of spring form pan.
Paige
Can you use cashew butter instead?
Roxanne goar
What is swerve?...can i substitute it with something else? Natural though 😉
Brenda
Swerve is completely natural. Here's a post I wrote about it: https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/what-is-erythritol-a-swerve-give-away/
You can of course swap it out for whatever you like.
Brittany
This looks delicious! How many servings per cheesecake though? Or how large is a slice?
Brenda
12 servings
Jackie
Rather than preparing the gelatin ahead, could you just sprinkle the great lakes style into the whipped filling?
Amy Zale
I see that the gelatin is cooked, sat aaide to cool, but is never mentioned in the recipe again. What am I supposed to do with the cooled gelatin?
Brenda
THANK YOU for catching that! I just added it now. Once cooled I poured it into the peanut butter cheesecake mixture before adding the whipped cream.
Amy Zale
Great! Thank you so much! I am making this today and am so excited!
kathy
I found sugar free peanut butter on a mark down rack at Walmart. It was $2.25 for 16 ounces of the unsalted, dry roasted peanuts only by Teddie. Guess no one was buying the unsalted or most want sugar and extra fats in theirs.
Mimi
Aldi has an awesome sugar free peanut butter.
Valerie lane
Where can I get sugar free PEANUT BUTTER?
Brenda
http://amzn.to/2EZNbj6
Wanda
Many brands of sugar free peanut butter are available at supermarkets and health food stores