When you're trying to kick your sugar habits having low carb candy to buy on hand at home, can help to keep you on track. We're sharing our personal favorite ideas and the most popular options out there!
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You'll love these keto candy ideas!
The internet makes it a piece of cake to find low carb and keto-friendly snacks for those times we simply don't want to make them ourselves. With the click of a button, the low carb candy arrives on your doorstep in just 1-2 days.
These are great sugar-free treats to have on hand to prevent sugar cravings, to have as a weekly treat, or to eat during the holidays like Christmas or Halloween.
If you're in a hurry and want to know what the FAVORITES are, here you go!
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Is There a Keto-Friendly Candy?
A standard ketogenic diet allows you to consume 20 net carbs per day, so in theory, an occasional piece of keto candy can play apart of that.
The important thing is to just eat approved sweet treats in moderation or you might not reach ketosis or you'll kick yourself out of ketosis.
Eating low carb sweets still has it's place on a ketogenic diet, but we recommend eating them sparingly. Many of these treats are still made with artificial ingredients and it's always best to eat as many fresh foods in our diet as possible.
You'll love these store bought keto candy options!
Please let us know what you think and of course let us know if we missed your favorite low carb candy from the list!
Low Carb Caramels
I don't know about you, but I've always had a soft spot for caramels. This company really nails them and they're so delicious.
- Total Carbs: 23 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 21 grams
- Net Carbs: 2 net carbs per serving (3 candies)
Check the price here
Caramel Crunch Chocolate Bark
Can anything get better than dark chocolate with caramel? What we especially love about this Choc Zero low carb and keto candy is that it has only 2 net carbs per serving and zero sugar alcohol! Sweetened with monk fruit.
- Total Carbs: 15 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 13 grams
- Net Carbs: 2 per serving
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Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles
If you're looking for something a little more decadent or perhaps gift worthy, these keto friendly chocolate hazelnut truffles are the way to go.
- Total Carbs: 7 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 5 grams
- Net Carbs: 2 per serving
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Keto Gummy Candy
I'm sure you thought that by following a low carb or Keto Diet you'd have to give up yummy keto gummy candy like gummy bears or Swedish Fish, fortunately, Smart Sweets has a highly-rated line of keto candy sweetened with stevia you'll absolutely go crazy for.
These are actually one of our favorite sugar free candy options, and we've eaten all of the flavors, the Swedish fish is the best!
- Total Carbs: 33 grams per bag
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 28 grams per bag
- Net Carbs: 5
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Chocolate Covered Almonds
The perfect balance between sweet and salty. These actually come in many flavor options!
- Total Carbs: 6 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 2
- Net Carbs: 4
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Keto Chocolate Bars
Lily's chocolate is probably the most well-known keto-friendly chocolate producer, especially their Lily's chocolate chips (which taste just like the real deal!) They make a wide variety of chocolate bar flavors.
- Total Carbs: 20 grams per 3 oz bar
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 16 grams
- Net Carbs: 4
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Keto Hard Candy
Stevita makes a stevia-sweetened keto hard candy that only has 1.5 grams of carbs per piece of candy. You'll love this tasty strawberry flavored treat that also comes in grape and cherry flavors. Tastes like Jolly Ranchers!
NOTE: We don't love the price of these, but they are the lowest carb candy you can find on the market (at the time of printing).
- Total Carbs: 1.5 grams per piece
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 1.5 grams
- Net Carbs: 0-1.5
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Keto Caramel Candy Turtles
ChocoRite also makes tantalizing chocolate caramel turtles that will surely become your go-to treat when you're trying to beat sugar cravings. Sweetened with erythritol.
These would make the perfect low carb sweet treat to serve to your friends and family, or to have around the holidays.
- Total Carbs: 7 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 5 grams
- Net Carbs: 2 per serving
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Watermelon Gummy Candies
Kiss My Keto also has a great selection of gummy candies like watermelon flavor or cola.
- Total Carbs: 30 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 28 grams
- Net Carbs: 2 per serving
Check the price here
Quest Bars
While a protein bar isn't technically a keto candy, when you look at the list of Quest bar flavors you'll most definitely want to consider them when you're craving something sweet.
Peanut butter cookie dough, cookies and cream, cinnamon roll, and milk chocolate chunk are just some of their varieties. My favorite is the chocolate chip cookie dough, my husband's is the cookies and cream.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH
- Total Carbs: 4 grams
- Fiber + Sugar Alcohol: 2 grams
- Net Carbs: 2 per serving
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Reader Questions
You might be wondering if there's candy with no carbs on the market. Unfortunately, there isn't a totally carb-free candy that you can purchase.
The absolute lowest carb candy you can buy are the Stevita stevia-sweetened keto hard candy with only 1.5 grams of carbs per piece of candy. The net carbs in Stevita range between 0-1.5 depending on how you calculate your net carbs.
Whether or not you can have sugar free candy on keto really depends. While at first, you might think that a sugar-free candy made without sugar could be keto too, MOST of them actually are made with higher carb sugar substitutes that are not keto-friendly candies.
I commonly get asked if store-bought Russel Stovers sugar-free candy is keto. Unfortunately, many labels are misleading and while Russel Stovers advertises that their sugar-free candy is sweetened with stevia (which is a keto-approved sweetener), if you read the nutrition label you'll realize that it also contains maltitol, which is NOT keto-approved.
The best keto sweeteners also use monkfruit or stevia, since these have the lowest glycemic impact. The sugar-free, low carb and keto candy on our list varies with the type of sweetener used, but most are monkfruit or stevia. We'll let you decide which ones of these work best for your specific health needs, depending on if you're looking for keto candy, low carb, or sugar-free candy to purchase.
Erythritol used to be popular keto sweetener but it's gotten heat in the past few years over the link to potential increased heart risk. Please talk to your Dr. about this if as needed.
For a keto diet, sugar alcohol gets subtracted from the carb count since it has minimal impact on blood sugar levels. For example, if something says 12 carbs but then shows 12 grams of sugar alcohol, the net carbs are ZERO.
Disclaimer: Some sugar alcohols that come from sweeteners Maltitol cannot be subtracted from the total carbs.
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This post was originally written back in 2019 but it was just revised and updated.
Hélène says
Choc Zero has come out with much more keto candy, which includes a snickers-type bar called RHEA, salted soft caramels, hazelnut truffles, and keto marshmallows which also includes freeze-dried marshmallows.
They also sell keto jams, spreads, and baking chips which includes butterscotch baking chips. It is well-worth visiting the choczero.com web site.
Linda says
I have enjoyed your website, a great one, keep me on your list.
CHRISTY says
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Les says
Im looking for red AND black
Licorice- my biggest craving still while on KETO! If you track any keto options down PLEASE share!! I have not been able to find any?
Rach says
Here!
https://www.amazon.com/TWIZZLERS-Sugar-Strawberry-Licorice-Candy/dp/B000F8GWRM
Enjoy!!
Nikki Lynn says
Russell stovers sugar free candies have stevia and only 1 net carb per piece. They are found at all grocery stores. I have these all the time on hand to help with my sugar craving. They are totally delish
WholeLottaYum says
Hi Nikki! I have heard they are good! While the Russel Stovers Sugar Free line does have Stevia, it also has Malitol. I'd definitely say they're still a good option for people on a low carb diet or that can't have sugar, but they aren't keto friendly. Maltitol sugar alcohol can't get subtracted from the carb count because it still has a high glycemic index compared to other options.
Jen says
Hello, wow, erythritol gives me extreme diarrhea within 20 min of eating! What a bummer because most kept snacks or recipes call for it. I am trying to find more monk fruit and stevia products due to the severe side effects of sugar alcohol or erythritol thank you for your post because some of these snacks I could try! I am loving keto because I feel
Full and not missing out on good tasting food
WholeLottaYum says
Bummer erythritol has that effect, Jen! Unfortunately as of yet there aren't tons of options for ready made stevia and monk fruit sweetened treats. Have you tried making your own? That way you can control what goes in the recipe and can use monk fruit blend instead of strait erythritol. Jen (we're name twins!)
Tracey says
Russell Stover sugar free candy is sweetened with stevia. This candy gives me a bad case of diarrhea while the ones with sugar alcohols don’t.
Debra says
Russell Stover makes a variety of sugar free candies that use stevia!
Korena says
I can't have or splinda or stevia. I have an allergy. Sugar alcohol don't seem bother . do you have a quick link to those candies?