Easy to make, decadent, a little gooey, and a lot delicious, these Lower Carb Cherry Brownie Bites are a perfect dessert for your next dinner party or any time you need a sweet treat and are short on time.
As I’ve mentioned before, when I’m getting ready for a dinner party, I have a tendency to procrastinate on dessert recipes. This is mostly because I most often make quite a mess. To compensate for this, I like to find simple desserts so that saving them until close to the end works in my favor. (If it’s part of the plan, it’s no longer procrastination. I swear. 😛) These Lower Carb Cherry Brownie Bites fit this model to a T.
A quick note on the low-carbiness of this dessert:
Because these have cherries in them, they wouldn’t qualify as keto. However, because we’re using the keto-friendly brownie mix, they are still lower carb dessert treats. As with most things, I would also note that quantity matters (from a dietary point of view). Moderation is your friend. 🙂
What You Need to Make Lower Carb Cherry Brownie Bites
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Fork or Whisk
- Measuring Cup
- Small Microwave Safe Bowl – for melting the butter
- Mini Muffin Pan – Preferably Silicone
- Nonstick Cooking Spray
Ingredients
- Keto-Friendly Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix – I use the Duncan Hines version. 1 package is 10 ounces or 283.5 grams.
- Eggs – I use Jumbo unless they’re out of them at the store.
- Water
- Unsalted Butter
- Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries – See Recipe Notes for alternative suggestions. Also, these all by themselves are not
Getting Started with Making Lower Carb Cherry Brownie Bites
Because we’re using a boxed brownie mix, this recipe is super simple and quick to put together.
Since they are so quick to put together, we’ll go ahead and preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a mini muffin tin (preferably silicone) with nonstick cooking spray before we get going.
Making the Keto Brownie Batter
In a large mixing bowl, we’ll start by combining the 10 ounce Keto-Friendly Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix packet, 2 Eggs, ⅓ cup of Water, and 6 tablespoons of melted Unsalted Butter. You’ll just stir them with a fork or whisk until everything is fully incorporated.
Prepping the Bourbon Cherries
Before we start the assembly, I find it easiest to drain and remove the stems from the 24 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries that I’ll need. I just place them in a bowl for easy access during the next step.
Assembling the Cherry Brownie Bites
Next, we’ll spoon approximately 1 tablespoon of the brownie batter into each mini muffin well. You want the mini muffin well to be about two thirds full. Then we’ll press 1 cherry into each mini muffin well. After that, you need to cover each cherry with more brownie batter. I use my fingers to help cover the cherries.
Baking the Lower Carb Cherry Brownie Bites
Now all we need to do is bake them at 350°F for 15 minutes or until brownies are done (up to 5 minutes more). Then I let them cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
That’s it!
Related Recipes
Looking for some other bite-size desserts? You might want to try one of these:
- Buttercream Stuffed Strawberries
- Keto Buckeyes
- Keto Butter Horn Cookies
- Keto Butterball Cookie Pops
- Keto Dulce de Leche Pumpkin Cookie Cups
- Keto Irish Cream Cookies Cups
- Keto Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
Need a more complete menu? Check out my Post Holiday Slumber Party menu for some suggestions.
Lower Carb Cherry Brownie Bites
Ingredients
- 10 ounces Keto-Friendly Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix 1 package, 283.5 grams
- 2 Eggs I use Jumbo.
- ⅓ cup Water
- 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter Melted
- 24 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries See Recipe Notes for alternative suggestions.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray 1 mini muffin tin (preferably silicone) with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl combine 10 ounces Keto-Friendly Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix, 2 Eggs, ⅓ cup Water, and 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter (Melted). Stir until completely combined.10 ounces Keto-Friendly Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix, 2 Eggs, ⅓ cup Water, 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- Spoon approximately 1 tablespoon of the brownie batter into each mini muffin well.
- Drain and remove the stems from 24 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries.24 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries
- Press 1 cherry into each mini muffin well.24 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries
- Cover each cherry with more brownie batter.
- Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes or until brownies are done (up to 5 minutes more).
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Fork or Whisk
- Measuring Cup
- Small Microwave Safe Bowl for melting the butter
- Mini Muffin Pan Preferably Silicone
- Nonstick Cooking Spray
Notes
- Alternatives to the Woodford Reserve Bourbon Cherries
- While these have a great flavor, they may be a challenge to find. Instead you can also use other maraschino cherries or brandied cherries of your choice. I would recommend something more like Luxardo cherries versus the bright red ones.
- Notes on Carb Calculation
- The tool that I use to calculate nutrition information doesn’t have a way to account for sugar alcohols and subtract them from Net Carbs. So, here is the calculation for 1 cherry brownie bite:
- 11 g Total Carbs (per brownie bite)
- – 2.5 g of Sugar Alcohols
- – 2 g of Dietary Fiber
- = 6.5 g Net Carbs
- While this is not the lowest carb treat, it is much lower than if traditional brownie mix were used.
- The tool that I use to calculate nutrition information doesn’t have a way to account for sugar alcohols and subtract them from Net Carbs. So, here is the calculation for 1 cherry brownie bite:
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