Quick and easy homemade chocolate fat bombs – with just 3 ingredients and NO baking required!
What Are Fat Bombs?
Low carb, keto and vegan friendly no-bake treats, fat bombs are typically made with ingredients such as nut butters or coconut oil, cocoa powder, cream cheese or avocado, and little to no sugar.
You might have recently been seeing fat bombs trending ALL over facebook and social media, and so many of you have commented or emailed me to ask if I have any fat bomb recipes here on the blog.
It turns out that I’ve actually been a fan of the concept since long before it became popular.
One of my favorite snacks a few years ago was to simply freeze balls of coconut butter – I called them coconut melties, which I still think sounds like a much more appealing name than fat bomb. Oh well.
And one of my current favorite snacks is to mix peanut butter with chia seeds and cocoa powder then roll it into balls.
Or just eat the dough… depends on how lazy I feel!
Also Try This Popular Keto Cake Recipe.
Fat bombs are the perfect snack for anyone who tends to like desserts that are extremely rich but not super sweet.
Since they’re so low in sugar, fat bombs are great for eating any time of the day, either on their own or as part of a meal – breakfast, afternoon, post-workout, or as a nighttime healthy snack instead of chips or ice cream.
Are Fat Bombs Healthy?
I know people have very different views on how much fat to eat in a day, so while my own diet is pretty high in fat—as shown in the post I wrote on What I Eat In A Day—it will of course depend on your own personal views and dietary needs.
These treats are not only high in heart-healthy fat, they’re also completely free of refined carbohydrates and sugar, and the fat helps you to feel full and satisfied with just a small amount, so it’s not like cookies or candy where you could eat a ton and yet somehow still be just as hungry as before you started.
As with anything, moderation is key for these, but they’re so filling that it’s much easier to feel satisfied even after just a small amount.
If you’d prefer a lower-fat chocolate treat, I recommend these Low Fat Raw Chocolate Fudge Balls.
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Fat Bombs, Keto Bombs, Or Fat Fudge?
They’re actually just three different names for the same thing. You definitely don’t need to be on a low carb or ketogenic diet to enjoy them, and I’m not endorsing or advocating for any particular diet in this post.
Although my own diet isn’t low carb and you won’t see me giving up my Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies any time soon, I am still crazy about these high fat treats as well!
(Note: If you are on a low carb diet and find yourself craving chocolate chip cookies, be sure to try these Keto Cookies.)
One of the best parts about the recipe is that it’s so easily customizable to make different fat bomb flavors.
Try using different sweeteners, add a few drops of pure vanilla or pure peppermint extract, change up the nut butter or sub coconut butter for either the nut butter or oil.
Fat Bomb Flavors – The Recipes
The above link includes recipes for different flavors such as Peanut Butter, Pistachio, Strawberry, Gingerbread, Banana, and Coconut Fat Bombs.
One of my favorites is peanut butter fat bombs because they taste like a Reese’s peanut butter cup, but if you want something lower in carbs, they are great with macadamia nut butter as well.
These Chocolate Fat Bombs Can Be:
Vegan
Paleo
Low Carb
No Bake
Soy Free
Gluten Free
Sugar Free
*If you need the keto fat bombs to be nut free, simply use this recipe for Sugar Free Chocolate Chips instead of the recipe below, and freeze in either an ice cube tray or a small container, then cut up into squares. Store leftovers in the freezer, because coconut oil melts at room temperature.
Fat Bombs (Keto, Vegan, No Bake)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup nut butter of choice or coconut butter
- 1/4 cup cocoa or cacao powder
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
- stevia to taste, or 1 tbsp liquid sweetener of choice
- optional, I like to add 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients together until smooth. If too dry (depending on nut butter used), add additional coconut oil if needed. Pour into a small container, ice cube trays, candy molds, or this silicone mini cupcake tin. Freeze to set. Because coconut oil softens when warm, it’s best to store these in the freezer.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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Curious what the serving size is and the net carb associated
Just made this. Crazy good! I’m on my second go round of keto, 4th day and I really wanted an ice cream sundae for breakfast. This hit the spot and kept me on the keto train…for now. I used a dust of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of stevia. The salt seemed to help cut the stevia aftertaste. Thanks for posting!
Delicious! My first fat bombs. The Swerve sweetener did not dissolve well but I like the graininess along with the almond butter graininess. I only had black cocoa but it was sooooo good. Did not taste like just coconut oil. Thank you!!!
I’ve tried three different fat bomb recipes, and this is the best, hands-down. I was dubious because they’re so simple. I used organic peanut butter and a few drops of liquid stevia in one batch (perfection). In another batch, I used almond butter, liquid stevia, some shredded 90% dark chocolate, and about 8 drops of mint extract (less perfect but still very good. I should’ve used more mint.).
It’s a really great base, and I will be experimenting!
I just made these with vanilla ghee, peanut butter, and swerve confectioners. I licked the mixing bowl clean and don’t know if I can wait for them to freeze.
I wondering if I could substitute ghee for the coconut oil, I get tired of everything rafting like coconut!
I tried this recipe twice. The last time I did I used a tad of coconut extract and a tablespoon of chai seeds! Amazing! Like a crunch bar!! Love this ☝️
I would LOVE to try these, however, I’m allergic to coconut, is there a substitute I can use for these?
Melted unsweetened chocolate bar (100% chocolate) instead of the coconut oil and cocoa butter.
Excellent, Thank you! (Assuming it’s a like for like? so instead of a 1/4 cup each, it’s a 1/2 cup melted bar?)
In allergic to coconut and dairy. Is there anything else I could use u as a substitute for coconut oil?
Yes just melt unsweetened chocolate (baking chocolate bar) and sweeten that. It’s the same idea 🙂
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maybe cocao butter
I only have a coconut oil product that remains liquid at room temp. Will I be able to use this for your Fat Bombs recipe or do I need to purchase coconut oil that is hard at room temp?
Hi, it just needs to get hard when chilled, not at room temp 🙂
All coconut oil melts at room temp. If u see solid stuff….it just means that it’s cool. So it’s the same thing.
There is a coconut oil product that stays liquid all the time. It comes in a little bottle and is great for cooking or putting into drinks.
Just made these. They are really good. I used 3 packets of Stevia and natural peanut butter. Might be able to get away with 2 packets. They are delicious while eating them but the stevia did leave a normal after taste. Will have to play with the sweetner a bit to perfect it. All in all it satisfied my sweet tooth and gave me my fats that I needed for the rest of the day. Thank you!
Holy moly! If you use almond butter and the UNREFINED coconut oil it tastes just like an almond joy!
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You talked about a 3 ingredient fat bomb that has chia seeds and cocoa but I never could find the actual recipe. Hey, I HAVE to have strict instructions! I’m not gifted when it comes to the kitchen! Please help!!
I think she hasn’t posted that. It’s not really a recipe, she just mixes the ingredients to taste each time 🙂
Ugh, YUMMY. I made these with a 1/2 tsp of hazelnut cream in place of the liquid sweetener and holy cow…. they came out amazing!!! I even poured them into my Avengers ice mold, so now i have a batch of Captain America shields, Iron Man helmets, and Hulk fists to snack on. ???
I made this ten minutes after discovering it, being on keto I was having a major sweet craving, this fulfilled my craving perfectly! I added like 1 tsp of heavy cream before freezing, it got pretty thick, I thought it would make it taste less like dark chocolate. Love how simple and quick this is!
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