Keto Toffee Candy (Christmas crack candy)

If you’re looking for a sweet keto treat for Christmas, try this easy keto toffee candy recipe. You only need 4 ingredients and it’s much like Christmas toffee crack candy but it’s sugar free and gluten free. Salty, sweet and just the right amount of crunch, these toffee treats will sure to be hit with only 0.6 grams net carbs each.

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I think I had Christmas crack about 20 years ago and OMG it was delicious! It’s just really just a cracker toffee in which you use saltine crackers, butter, sugar and chocolate chips. Easy peasy and so binge-worthy but it’s full of sugar and carbs. 

Well I decide to make a similar type of Christmas candy but make it low carb, gluten free and sugar free and came up with this keto toffee candy. I just used pecans, butter, sweetener and keto friendly chocolate chips.

The toasted pecans give this keto Christmas crack a pretzel flavor that goes great with the chocolate and toffee. I use it instead of saltine crackers which are high in carbs. I store them in the freezer and just grab one whenever I’m craving something sweet.

Recipe ingredients and substitutions.

All you need is 4 simple ingredients for this recipe – raw pecans, Swerve brown sugar sweetener, keto or sugar free chocolate chips, and butter. I also used Morton’s flaky salt because I had it but it’s optional.

• raw pecan – You don’t have to use halves because you are going to chop up the nuts after they are toasted. But that is what I had on hand. I used pecans because they taste like pretzels to me when they are toasted. You could substitute with almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts etc. You could also use seeds if you have a nuts allergy.
• Swerve brown sugar sweetener – This is my favorite brown sugar sweetener. Lakanto golden is a monk fruit sweetener that is similar. You can use whatever your favorite brand of sweetener is. And if you don’t have brown sweetener you can use regular. Brown just adds a bit of something to the flavor. 
• butter – You can use salted or unsalted. It doesn’t make much difference.
• keto friendly chocolate chips – I use ChocZero milk chocolate chips and they are great. I also really like Lilly’s milk chocolate chips. But taste just like regular chocolate chips. You could also use a chopped up or grated dark chocolate bar or any kind of keto chocolate you have on hand. Just use small pieces so they melt easily.
• optional ingredients – I used flakey salt on top to bring out the sweetness. You can use a coarse salt if you have it or just eliminate it. I would not use table salt. You can also add vanilla extract to the toffee sauce if you want. I just wanted to keep this as simple as can be. Lastly you can add more chopped nuts on top or keto sprinkles if you want to dress the candies up a bit.

How to make keto toffee candy for Christmas.

While normally people make Christmas crack candy on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or foil, I made mine in a mini muffin tin. If you have a silicone mini muffin tin that would work best. I have not tried this in a baking pan or baking sheet though it might work.

Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray a mini muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

Step 1: Get out a large skillet and heat to medium high heat. Add the raw pecan halves and brown them until fragrant. Mix occasionally and watch that they don’t burn. The should only take 3-5 minutes.

Step 2: When done, let cool a few minutes and then place in a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. You can also do this by hand. Take a little less than 1 tablespoon of chopped nuts and put in the prepared mini muffin tin then set aside.

Step 3: Get out a small saucepan and heat to medium heat. Add the butter and brown sugar sweetener. Whisk to combine and stir occasionally until the mixture starts to boil and becomes golden brown. Let boil for 3 minutest the take the toffee mixture off the stove. This should only take 5-8 minutes total.

Step 4: Spoon the sauce evenly over the nuts. You might have a little extra of either of these two ingredients. This recipe made 12 pieces for me.

Place in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. When done take out and let cool for 30-60 minutes until completely cool and everything sets up.

Step 5: When they are completely set up preheat the oven to 350°F. Sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly in the tin. Then place them back in the oven for only 3 minutes so the chips will melt and you can spread them into the top layer of the candy. You could probably just use the broiler if you want.

Step 6:  If you have flakey or coarse salt you can sprinkle some over top but this is optional. Let cool a few minutes then refrigerate until completely cooled and the chocolate layer has hardened. 

Take out and of tin and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or even freezer. Please scroll down to view the printable recipe card.

More easy keto candy recipes to try.

If you are looking for more keto candy recipes for the holidays or just for your own sweet tooth, give one of these a try.

• sugar free gummy candy
• keto raspberry, mint or peanut butter chocolates
• low carb toasted coconut chocolates
• keto toasted almond chocolates
• low carb Reeses or Mallow cups

I loved this keto toffee candy recipe because I love the mixture of crunchy toffee and sweet chocolate. Also I always have these 4 ingredients I can make them any time I want. The are very sweet though so one is plenty believe it or not. I hope you like them as much as we do. 

The nutritional information for 1 piece is 145 calories / 15g fat / 3.3g carbs / 2.7g fiber / 1.4g protein = 0.6g net carbs