Keto Stollen Bites - Divalicious Recipes (2024)

Delicious stollen bites are full of warm spices and a sugar free marzipan center for a low carb and gluten free festive treat. We have taken low carb Stollen ingredients and shaped them into bite-sized treats making them perfect for snaking or serving at holiday gatherings.

Low carb dough balls are flavored with cranberries, sugar free candied peel, almonds and spices with a dusty low carb powdered sugar coating. Delicious to eat and fun to make too.

What is Stollen?

Stollen is a traditional German bread-like fruitcake that is closely associated with the Christmas season. It originated in the city of Dresden, Germany, and has been a popular holiday treat for centuries. Made from a sweet, yeasted dough enriched with butter, sugar, and spices. It is generously filled with dried fruits, nuts, and sometimes soaked in rum or brandy.

After baking, Stollen is dusted with powdered sugar, giving it a snowy appearance. It is enjoyed during the holiday season as a festive and sweet treat, often sliced and served with coffee or tea. Stollen has a rich and fruity flavor, making it a beloved holiday tradition in Germany and beyond.

Ingredients

We have used low carb ingredients to make a version of the classic Stollen and made bite sized form for portion control.

• Almond flour - Almond flour is also used in the original recipe. We use finely ground almond flour.
• Coconut flour - helps to give the dough structure.
• Whey Protein powder - increases the protein content.
• Low carb sweetener - we used brown monkfruit but any other low carb sweetener can be used.
• Dried cranberries - traditionally the dried fruit in stollen is soaked in rum or brandy. This is optional but does give a great flavor. We use a lower sugar dried cranberries but you can make your own too.
• Citrus peel - finely chopped sugar free orange peel and lemon peel. We make our own.
• Almonds - sliced almonds are used but you could swap with chopped walnuts, hazelnuts or pecans.
• Cream cheese - helps give the dough a rich consistency.
• Xanthan gum - in the absence of gluten, we use xanthan gum. This could be replaced with psyllium husk powder.
• Marzipan - homemade sugar free marzipan makes the center of the stollen bites. This could be omitted if you are not a marzipan fan.
• Cinnamon - an essential spice in Stollen
• Allspice - If you can't find allspice, use a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg and ground cloves, in equal portions.
• Allulose - cooked stollen bites are dipped in powdered sugar or icing sugar so we use allulose as a low carb alternative. You can ground any granular low carb sugar in a coffee grinder for use too.

How to make Stollen Bites

There is something fun about making these little balls of cake!

Mix the dough, add the dried cranberries, candied peel and sliced almonds.

Take a small amount of dough and flatten out. Place a marzipan ball in the centre.

Wrap the dough around the marzipan.

Place on a baking tray and bake until golden.

See Also

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Brush with melted butter.

Dip the stollen bites into the allulose or other powdered low carb sweetener.

Storage

Keep the stollen bites in a sealed container and in the fridge. They should last up to 5 days but not in our house as the Chief Taster devoured them within 3 days!

Stollen Bites Recipe Tips

Watch your Stollen bites carefully while baking to prevent overcooking. Almond and coconut flours can brown quickly.

If you choose to soak the dried fruits in rum or brandy, do so for several hours or overnight to allow them to absorb the flavors.

Shape the dough into bite-sized portions, usually small oval or rectangular shapes.

Make the keto marzipan before making these treats and any leftover can be used for other recipes, or made into a sweet treats.

More Low Carb Christmas Treats

Christmas can be a time of year when sugar is all around you. To keep on track, enjoy these low carb festive treats instead:

Santa Hat Cupcakes

Spiced Chocolate Brownies

Keto Christmas Cookies

Keto Christmas Cake

Keto Stollen Bites

Angela Coleby

Stollen bites offer a delightful combination of sweet, fruity, nutty, and spiced flavors, making them a delicious low carb and gluten-free holiday treat.

Nutrition

Serving: 1biteCalories: 124kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 5gFat: 9gFiber: 3gNet Carbohydrates: 1g

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator.

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