I'm going to ask my family to just get me a bar of 85% dark chocolate - high cocoa dark chocolate is relatively low carb - if you stick to a couple of squares at a time. Not sure if there are any 85% chocolate eggs. Best to test to see how much you can personally tolerate at a time.With Easter approaching - any recommendations as to safe options for these ?
No safe options that are shaped like eggs. I agree with @eggs11. A bar of really good quality dark chocolate is something you can have a little square of when you fancy a treat. I go for Lindt 85% or Montezumas Absolute Black 100% (a bit much for some people but I love it) Someone somewhere about something recommended Hotel Chocolate Chocolate Buttons. Again these are 100% cost £6, I can only eat one button in an evening.With Easter approaching - any recommendations as to safe options for these ?
No safe options that are shaped like eggs.
I take it all back @Robbity . You are magic and I saw an egg mould the other day. Do you have a recipe for making your own or is it a task for Mrs Google? Totally delighted!!!! YikesWell here's an absolutely safe one I made earlier - completely carb free and also amazingly lacking in calories too:
Only problem is that it's not too good for eating, as it will taste just like cardboard....
But seriously, get some high cocoa choccie and an Easter Fgg mould , and basically melt and pour. I made mini eggs the first year i was diagosed, but you can buy large moulds too. Try Lakeland , or Amazon, for starters.
If you are more adventurous you can also make your own high fat chocolate with coconut oil and/or coconut manna. real cocoa powder, and some erythrotiol or even suitable flavourings.
have fun!
Robbity
Has anyone tried their supermilk chocolate? - http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/shop/collections/chocolate/supermilk/ - I'm tempted to ask for some of this for Easter but don't know whether it would be better or worse for sugars than 85% dark.
The eggs i made were small ones and all I did in my experimental ignorance was to microwave some suitable broken up dark chocolate then pour the liquid into the mould and sit back smugly to let it set. The Lakeland link I posted appears to have a basic mini video for making the big eggs though. My more experienced posh chocolate sweetie making niece told me later that to get the chocolate nice and shiny with never a a sign of any cloudy white bits you need to temper it, which you will find instruction for via Mrs Cookit Google.I take it all back @Robbity . You are magic and I saw an egg mould the other day. Do you have a recipe for making your own or is it a task for Mrs Google? Totally delighted!!!! Yikes
Last year, I asked for a selection of cheeses instead of chocolate eggs.
Not very Eastery or Spring-like but enjoyed more than the chocolate.
This had nothing to do with low carbing just that I still had piles of chocolates left over from Christmas.
I loved the small toffee filled eggs and millionaires shortbread. Having done some research I am going to try to make low carb millionaires shortbread with flaxseed base, Lindt 99% and cream ganache topping and low carb caramel middle. Not strictly an Easter egg but an attempt to get the taste I enjoyed at Easter.
My favourite was actually the Hot Cross Buns - have tried them last 2 years and bg ok but have been very good this year and eschewed them.
Has anyone tried their supermilk chocolate? - http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/shop/collections/chocolate/supermilk/ - I'm tempted to ask for some of this for Easter but don't know whether it would be better or worse for sugars than 85% dark.