Keto and Gluten Free Snickers Brownies

Brownies:

1.  Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F and position rack to the lower ⅓ of the oven.  Cut two pieces of parchment paper and use them to line an 8 x 8 inch cake pan.  Criss cross the pieces of parchment paper so that you can lift the brownies up from the pan once they are cooked.

2.  Add butter to a large microwave safe bowl and microwave until melted, 1-2 minutes.  Add in sweetener, cocoa powder and salt and microwave in 30 second increments, mixing after each time until fully incorporated.  Allow the mixture to cool for 10 minutes.

3.  Whisk eggs, one at a time, into the chocolate mixture until it is smooth and combined.

4.  Whisk in the almond flour until smooth and combined, about 1 minute.

5.  Pour batter into prepared pan.  Bake for 15 – 25 minutes until the center has just set, and a tooth pick in the center comes out moist but not liquid.  It’s easy to over bake so start checking in at minute 15.

6.  Set the brownies aside to cool in the pan for 1 hour.

Caramel Sauce:

7.  Right after the brownies come out of the oven, you should cook up the caramel sauce.  Add butter to a medium size sauce pan.  Use a light color or metal sauce pan if you can, because you’ll need to gauge the color of the sauce and black pans make it hard to see.  Cook over Medium heat until just boiling, whisking the whole time.  Once it begins to boil, lower the heat to Low and keep whisking until the butter is golden in color, 4-5 minutes.  Keep a close eye on the color because it can go from golden to dark brown very quickly.

8.  Whisk in sweetener and bring back to a simmer, 1 minute.  Simmer for 1 minute more and then remove the pan from the heat.

9.  Whisk in cream and vanilla and add the mixture to a medium sized bowl to cool.  By the time that the brownies have cooled (1 hour) the caramel sauce should be cooled and thick enough to drizzle on top of the brownies.  If it is too thin to drizzle, then put it in the refrigerator in 5 minute increments, stirring each time, until it has thickened enough to drizzle.  Do not just leave the caramel sauce in the refrigerator though, because it will harden too much to drizzle properly.

Chocolate Drizzle:

10.  Combine chocolate chips and coconut oil in a small microwave safe bowl.  Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring between each one, until the mixture has melted and combined.  Mix in powdered sweetener.

11.  Once the brownies have cooled and the sauces are ready, drizzle half of the caramel on top of the brownies.  Then drizzle half of the chocolate.  Sprinkle the peanuts on top, and then drizzle the remaining caramel sauce and chocolate on top of that.

12.  Place the brownies in the freezer for 15 minutes until the top is set.

13.  Lift the parchment to remove the sheet of brownies from the pan and place them on a cutting board.  Cut the brownies into halves until you reach 16 brownies.