Low Carb Buckeye Candy Recipe - Nut Free, Gluten Free Keto Snack (2024)

If you love peanut butter buckeye candy but want a low carb, keto version? Try this low carb buckeye candy recipe that uses sunflower seeds! Easy and delicious, one piece has only 1.5g net carbs!

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I don’t know about you but I love buckeye candy. Honestly it’s just really a Reeses cup in different form. However, I can not tolerate too much peanut butter. It just gives me a headache so I try to limit it. That’s why today I made this low carb buckeye recipe using sunflower seeds instead! I love sunflower seed butter. It’s a great substitute for nut betters and so easy to make. I keep these buckeyes in the freezer and just have 1 after dinner. They are really filling.

Sunflower Seed Butter To Substitute Peanut Butter

Just about everyone loves peanut butter but not everyone can eat it because of allergies. Peanut butter is high in protein and often thought to be a good protein snack. However many commercial peanut butters have added sugar and additives. Sunflower seed butter tastes similar to peanut butter and is safe for those with peanut allergies. It too is high in protein as well as magnesium and vitamin E. To learn more about the benefits of sunflower seed butter check out this Dr. Axe article.

Making The Sunflower Seed Butter

Making sunflower seed butter is super easy to make at home. Below I bought a package of roasted sunflower seeds from Aldi and just processed them until they looked like the picture below.

Then I added in the butter and you can how it looks even smoother and creamier. You can eat it as a spread without the butter, however for this recipe you need the butter and additional Swerve sweetener.

Keto Buckeye Candy Recipe

1. Start by adding your sunflower seeds to a food processor and pulse until because a butter like peanut butter.
2. Add in the butter and process some more until it’s smooth and creamy.
3. Lastly add in the Swerve sweetener and it should form a dough.
4. Roll the dough into small balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Freeze for 1 hour.
5. Take the Moser chocolate bars and place into a very small ramekin. Melt in the microwave for 30 – 60 seconds or until melted completely. Mix well.
6. Take a tooth pick and spear one of the balls and roll it around in the chocolate. Place back on the covered cookie sheet.
7. Continue with all of them and then refrigerate until the chocolate has dried.
8. I like to story these in the freezer so they last longer.

Sunflower Buckeye Ingredients

I bought everything (except the Swerve sweetener) at Aldi. You can buy raw or roasted sunflower seed kernels. I bought the roasted but if you buy raw, just toast them first in a dry skillet to add more flavor. The chocolate I used was Moser Roth 85% cacao bars. They only have 6 net carbs in each little bar. You can use other low carb chocolate if you want.

Well I hope you enjoy keto candy as much as I do. As I mention above I like to store them in the freezer and just pull one out after dinner. They are very sweet and filling and are easy to bite into. The nutritional information for 1 low carb buckeye is:

78 cals / 7.1g fat / 2.5g carbs / 1.0g fiber / 1.7g protein = 1.5g net carbs

You might also like my friend Sarah’s keto copycat Twix bars!

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