Sugar Free Chocolate Crumb Bars

5 from 2 votes

Sugar Free Chocolate Crumb Bars, a delicious no added sugar dessert recipe for creamy chocolate on buttery shortbread and topped with walnuts.

Prep Time25

Cook Time40

Total Time1 5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: No Added Sugar, sugar free

Search Result: Sugar Free Chocolate Crumb Bars

Servings:

Equipment

Ingredients

Base

1 cup Butter.
1¾ cups Flour
⅓ cup Sugar Alternative. --Use an alternative that measures like sugar and that can also be baked with.
1 tsp Vanilla Extract.

Ganache

8 oz Sugar Free Chocolate Baking Chips -
1 cup Heavy Cream

Topping

1 cup Walnuts --chopped.
6 oz Sugar Free Chocolate Chips

Instructions

Prepare. Preheat your oven to 350 and prep an 8x11 glass baking dish well for nonstick.
Base. Outfit your mixer with a whisk attachment and then beat your butter on high until smooth and fluffy. Add the flour, sugar alternative, and vanilla extract to the bowl and beat the ingredients on medium until the dough comes together (about two to three minutes).
Press. Measure out two cups of the base mixture and then set the remaining aside. Use your fingertips to press the two cups of base mixture into your prepared baking dish.
Bake. Bake your base layer crust for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Then allow the crust to set while you prepare your ganache layer.
Ganache. Place your ganache chocolate into a heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan, heat your heavy cream over medium heat, whisking often, until small bubbles begin to form around the edges (avoid allowing it to boil). Then carefully pour the heavy cream over the chocolate in your bowl and let the heavy cream melt the chocolate. You can stir the ingredients after a few minutes to help it along. Once the chocolate has melted you can carefully pour it over your crust. Use the backside of a spoon to evenly spread it around.
Crumble Layer. In a clean bowl, combine together the remaining dough, the remaining chocolate (one half cup), and your walnuts. Then evenly sprinkle this mixture over your chocolate ganache layer.
Bake. Return your baking dish to your oven and continue to bake for 25-30 minutes or until the center is set.
Cool. Allow the baked crumb bars to fully cool before slicing into servings.

Recipe Notes

*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe.

Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.

posted:

April 8, 2025

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Nutrition

Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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