Skinny Chocolate.
It’s the lifeblood of eating Trim Healthy Mama style.
Okay….not really…
But it sure is a yummy low-carb dessert that will satisfy your chocolate cravings while boosting your metabolism. A quick and easy dessert is vital to making Trim Healthy Mama work for us in our small RV space.
With the perfect quantities and ingredients, I’ve figured out to make skinny chocolate just right for our tastes.
First, let me tell you that I’m really NOT a big dark chocolate fan. I wish I were, but I sit somewhere between milk and dark. Someday I’ll get my big girl panties on and graduate to dark. Needless to say, the original Trim Healthy Mama Skinny Chocolate was too dark for my tastes, but here are our 3 favorite tweaked flavor combinations.
- Coconut Almond
- Peppermint Protein
- Peanut Butter
But first, a few tips…
My Top 5 Tips for Perfect Skinny Chocolate
- Use Xylitol or Truvia – these 2 sweeteners are the only ones I’ve fully embraced for chocolate. Stevia extract is just too bitter by itself.
- Grind the Sweetener – this is super important. If you don’t grind the sweetener, you’ll end up with really gritty, bitter skinny chocolate. Been there, done it, I don’t recommend it.
- Add Salt – this may sound weird, but the salt brings out the sweetness, and it’s yummy!
- Add Protein Powder – I love this Protein Powder. The protein powder definitely lightens up the chocolate to a place somewhere between dark and milk chocolate.
- To Remove From Dish – I refrigerate my skinny chocolate for a couple of hours and then flip the dish with the hardened skinny chocolate upside down over the sink. Then I run warm water over the bottom of the dish. It comes out easily that way. I cut my chocolate squares up and store them in the freezer.
And now the recipes… all of them are S for Satisfying.
Coconut Almond Skinny Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 1/2 tbsp. Xylitol or Truvia powdered
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup dried coconut shredded and unsweetened
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients except the coconut in a bowl. If your coconut oil is at a solid, heat gently to make stirring easier.
- After ingredients are mixed well, stir in coconut.
- Pour into a glass dish, refrigerate for a couple hours before cutting.
Nutrition
Peppermint Protein Skinny Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 1/2 tbsp. Xylitol or Truvia powdered
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 drops of peppermint essential oil
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
- If your coconut oil is at a solid, heat gently to make stirring easier.
- Pour into a glass dish, refrigerate for a couple hours before cutting.
Nutrition
Peanut Butter Skinny Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter unsweetened
- 4 1/2 tbsp. Xylitol or Truvia powdered
- 1 tbsp. vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. If your coconut oil is at a solid, heat gently to make stirring easier. Pour into a glass dish, refrigerate for a couple hours before cutting.
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Other Flavoring Ideas
OrangeVanillaAlmondRum At the VERY least, add vanilla extract to your chocolate. As a general rule, I recommend you start with 1/2 of a teaspoon for extracts. For essential oils, I’d start with 2 drops and go up according to your tastes. So what have you tried? I’d love your ideas on making different versions of this staple.
Yum! Though your Swanson link is not working 🙁
Thank you for the heads up Allison, I took care of it. 🙂
I like to make mine in mini silicon pans…then I can easily pop them out. I just made a batch today! Normal style, but with a dollop of coconut butter in the middle of each one. Can’t wait to try your PB version!!!
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Beautiful post and amazing recipes as usual…thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you Gwen…and thank you for hosting!
Wahoooooooo! You were featured at Trim Healthy Tuesday !!!!
Thank you Stacy! (and Gwen) 🙂
On the coconut one, when do you add the shredded coconut? They sound amazing btw!
Oops! I’m off to fix the directions but you add the coconut after your first ingredients are well blended.
Just made a batch of the PB skinny chocolate and was tasting it as I went… YUM! Can’t wait for it to harden so I can try some! Who needs Hershey’s? 😉
Amen to that Kelly…this is way better than Hershey’s. 🙂
I love mine with orange essential oil. It is so yummy! Peppermint eo is my second fave.
I’ve really wanted to try the Orange EO Melissa!
I really want to try out these recipes!! but the sweetener is stopping me…
I use Truvia. The THM book shows 3-4 TEASPOONS yet these recipes call for TABLESPOONS. Is that a typo or is it because it is xylitol and not truvia?
Hi Kelly, I know for me, when I made Skinny Chocolate in the proportions in the book, it was not sweet enough. It is not a typo but you may want to sweeten and taste as you go. I don’t have my book with me right now but going off my memory, it called for NuNaturals too didn’t it? I know the one with peanut butter needed more sweetener because it has quite a bit more bulk. Hope this helps.
So, if I’m using Truvia, I should use 4 TBSP of it, or is this just for the xylitol? Thanks!
Yes, I use them interchangeably. I’ll update the recipes so it’s more clear. Thank you!
Does the amount of protein powder push the peppermint one into s?
No, it doesn’t Kelli. The protein powder adds creaminess and ups the protein. This chocolate is already an S because of the higher fat content. In fact, all the skinny chocolate is in the S category.
Just wondering if you only use the protein powder for the peppermint version. I also like milk chocolate more than dark and wondered if you could add the protein to the coconut recipe? Thanks! Also, I only have the Jay Rob chocolate protein. Would that work?
Hi Mandy, I do not add the protein powder to the peanut butter one as it’s very creamy without it. You could try adding it to the coconut almond, I think it’d be a yummy addition. Love my protein powder!
Hi again Julie,
About to make your chocolate…Yay!
New to THM and have a baking question. When using powdered Truvia do you measure the 4 1/2 T of Truvia, dump into coffee grinder, then dump all powdered contents into recipe OR do you grind the Truvia and then measure out the 4 1/2 T? I know this may be a dumb question, but once the Truvia is powdered there is more than 4 1/2 T. THANKS Julie! You may be laughing your head off right now!!!!
Not a dumb question at all Mandy. I’m sorry for my slow reply. I’m lazy and I usually grind my Truvia and Xylitol all at one time. It does bulk up when ground so you’d likely end up with Skinny Chocolate that was too sweet. I store my powdered Truvia and Xylitol in a container and it’s always ready to go. I’m so not laughing at you. 🙂 Great question!
Mandy – I’m glad you asked the question because I had the same one :-). I will be using NuStevia which is a powdered form of stevia and dissolves in anything, even cold things.
I also had the same question, being new to using these sweeteners! Thanks for asking it, Mandy.
Julie, I think others may not have the question so much if, instead of saying “the ingredient, powdered”, you placed the word powdered in front of the ingredient. There is a similar recipe on a blog and the blogger has most of the main ingredients times four (coconut oil, pb, cocoa, etc) BUT she uses “1 cup Xylitol, ground to powder” which made it seem like she measures out a whole cup and grinds it to powder. But, you said, when ground, it bulks up?? So, this seems way disproportionate to your recipe!!
I have 6 children who love my Quest craving protein cups, and I’m looking to replace those expensive treats with this peanut butter chocolate recipe. Really want to get the proportions right, and this aspect of the sweetener amount has me at a dead, ignorant stand still. Any input?
I am thinking to start with your recipe and increase as needed. Just, grinding Xylitol and then measuring or vice-versa, and how much will make it how sweet… I’m stuck. Ack! 😉
I’m sorry Tamara…I haven’t made skinny chocolate in so long! But the last time I made it, it wasn’t sweet enough for me so I added more powdered Xylitol. I think you really have to start with the base and add sweetness to your taste, and our tastes are changing all the time. (that may have been the most unhelpful reply I’ve ever put up – lol)
The PB version is absolutely scrumptious!!
I’m wanting to try the peppermint version now, but I only have unflavored protein powder – is there any way I can use this instead of the vanilla protein powder? Would I add vanilla extract?
Thanks for your time.
I made the peppermint tonight, it’s absolutely fabulous!! Thank you for making such a wonderful recipe!! Even my son tried a piece and declared it tastes like regular candy!! Success!!
Thank you Tina! My kids like the skinny chocolate variations too!