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You can call them sugar-free lemon cream cheese bites or sugar-free lemon cream cheese truffles or you can just call them delicious. I call them sugar-free lemon cream cheese bites because they are the perfect melt-in-your-mouth bite-size snack.
Just like our sugar-free Lemon Squares and our Sugar-Free lemonade slushie, they are diabetic-friendly and low-carb. There are no strange ingredients in this recipe, most things you will already find in your diabetic-friendly pantry.
In this post, we share a list of kitchen supplies needed, a shopping list of ingredients, our recipe for sugar-free lemon cream cheese bites, instructions for making uniform balls, tips on testing lemons and the nutritional information per serving.
These go perfectly with a hot cup of coffee or tea. they have just the right amount of tartness to give them a little kick but are sweet enough to make you feel like you cheated on your diabetic diet.
This is a NO-BAKE recipe, which I always find is a bonus. Of course, that means, fewer dishes and pans to clean up.
The first time I made these was almost 40 years ago, and I am still enjoying them. These go great on a cookie platter or can be added in with a take-along tray of cookies when going to an event.
I always found that if I took along at least one thing that was diabetic-friendly, I knew I would always have something to pick from if everything else was too sugary for me.
Let’s get making these delicious Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites!
Kitchen tools needed for this recipe
- Mixing bowls 2)
- handheld mixer or stand mixer
- measuring spoons
- cutting board
- chopping knife
- wax paper
- airtight container
- lemon zester
- cookie scoop )optional)
Shopping list for Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites
- cream cheese
- fresh lemon
- lemon extract
- walnuts
- Splenda liquid Stevia
- coconut – unsweetened, shredded
Do you have a well-stocked Diabetic-Friendly kitchen? Check out our must-haves for low-carb cooking.
Recipe for Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites
Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites
Materials
- 8 oz cream cheese- softened
- 1 Tbsp lemon zest
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup shredded, unsweetened coconut
- 1 tsp liquid Stevia.
Instructions
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the lemon extract, sweetener and lemon zest, and continue beating until well mixed.
- Add 1 Tbsp of the finely chopped walnuts and 1 Tbsp of the shredded coconut and stir until thoroughly combined.
- Form into 1 inch balls
- In 2 small separate bowls add the remaining finely chopped walnuts. and the shredded coconut.
- Roll the balls in the coconut or walnuts and set them aside.
- Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
- Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.
Zesting the lemon
A lot of the flavour comes from the lemon zest. When zesting, only remove the skin,. do not go into the white pith of the lemon. This part of the lemon is bitter and can add a bitter flavour to your lemon squares or other recipes.
If you like the lemon flavour to be stronger, feel free to add more zest. Do not add extra extract, as this will result in a bitter flavour.
The easy way to make uniform-sized Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites
The easiest way to make uniform-sized balls is to use a cookie scoop. Cookie scoops are smaller than ice cream scoops and are perfect for keeping them all the same size. If you don’t have one, you can use a rounded tablespoon measuring spoon.
Image Gallery of Steps in making Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites
Nutritional Information for Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese Bites
Other Alternative flavour options for the Sugar-Free Lemon Cream Cheese bites
You can replace the lemon zest and extract with other flavours and/or replace the nuts with an alternative. Here are some of our ideas for substitutions.
- Crush 2 sugar-free Werthers hard candies and use them in place of the nuts
- Use finely chopped pecans in place of walnuts
- Use orange zest and orange extract instead of the lemon
- Use 2 tbsp of lime zest instead of the lemon zest and lemon extract.
- Use sugar-free Werther’s caramel candies and chopped pecans for a caramel pecan bite
- replace the lemon zest and extract with finely chopped strawberries and sugar-free Walden farms strawberry syrup.
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