No Bake Keto Chocolate Cheesecake Bars

 Ingredients

• 3/4 cup almond flour 112g
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder 24g
• 3 tbsp salted butter melted, 45g
• 1/2 tsp black food colouring optional, just makes your crust look more like traditional cookie crumb crust! (use 1 tsp water to replace this if you aren't using it)
• pinch of salt add 1/8 tsp if using unsalted butter
• 2 1/2 tbsp powdered monkfruit/erythritol sweetener 30g
• 1 x 8 oz brick of cream cheese softened
• 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp light cream or heavy cream chilled, 75g
• 1/2 cup powdered monkfruit/erythritol sweetener 90g
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp powdered unflavoured gelatin I use the Organika or Vital Proteins brands
•  1/3 cup stevia sweetened chocolate-chips 85g

Instructions

• In a bowl, whisk together your almond flour, cocoa powder sweetener, and salt for the crust.
• Add the 3 tbsp of melted butter and stir until everything is mixed and a crumbly dough forms.
• Spray a a loaf pan with oil then line it with parchment paper. Use your hands to press the dough evenly into the bottom of the loaf pan (mine is slightly bigger than the average loaf pan, you can also use an 8x8 inch pan for slightly thinner bars). Set the crust aside.
• In a glass measuring cup or microwavable cup add your cold cream and sprinkle the top with the gelatin. Let this sit while you make the rest of the filling.
• In a bowl, beat the softened cream cheese, sweetener and vanilla extract until light and fluffy (~1min).
• After the gelatin and cream have sat for at least 5min, give it a good stir with a fork, then microwave it for 45-60s. Stir until the gelatin has dissolved (microwave for another 10-15s if needed).
• Now add the hot gelatin mixture to your cream cheese and beat again until smooth (be careful not to splash hot liquid).
• **Skip this step and blend all the melted chocolate into HALF your cheesecake filling instead if you don't feel like doing the 4 layers of chocolate** At this time you can separate your cheesecake filling into 4 bowls (1 being the bowl it's already in). Each bowl should have LESS filling than the first. So leave the most filling in your large original bowl, then every bowl after should have less. Just for example, if your first bowl has about 1 cup of filling, your second has 3/4 cup, 3rd has 1/2 cup and 4th has 1/4 cup.late-chips 85g