Chocolate Caramel Scones (Lower Calorie!)
I don’t know who you people are, but I’ve had so many requests for low calorie baked goods lately.
I mean, what? Have you met me? I love calories. They are delicious.
But, I decided to experiment a bit and see what I could do. Just once. For fun. Not because I suddenly hate calories. I’ll be back to shoving every stray calorie in my face as soon as I finish sharing this recipe. Got it?
Anyway. I wanted to make scones. I normally use boatloads of heavy cream in my scones and then I feel all warm and fuzzy for the rest of the day. I thought it might be fun to use coffee creamer instead of heavy cream to replace some fat and add some flavor.
Have you seen International Delight’s flavored creamers? (This isn’t sponsored content. I’m just excited about all of the varieties and sharing my love here.) So many to choose from, but I was immediately drawn to the Hersey’s Chocolate Caramel.
I did a little experimenting and came up with this delicious recipe using creamer in place of actual cream. Total yum.
The texture between the creamer scones and the heavy cream scones is a bit different. The cream scones are a bit lighter and fluffier while these scones are a bit denser and chewier, a bit more muffin like than biscuit. These scones are still absolutely delicious and I will totally make them again and again.
Here’s how I saved calories: I swapped the heavy cream for coffee creamer, saving 120 calories per batch. I then reduced the amount of sugar, because the creamer is already a bit sweet, saving an additional 90 calories. So, swapping in the coffee creamer for heavy cream ended up saving me a total of 26 calories per scone.
I clearly need more practice at this. Ha! But, hey, if I eat 134 of these scones versus 134 of the heavy cream scones, I’ve saved myself from gaining one pound. Winning?
My head hurts from all the math. I’m going to go bathe in calories now. Goodbye forever.
Chocolate Caramel Scones
I normally use boatloads of heavy cream in my scones and then I feel all warm and fuzzy for the rest of the day. I thought it might be fun to use coffee creamer instead of heavy cream to replace some fat and add some flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups flour plus more for kneading
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup International Delight Chocolate Caramel Creamer
- Caramel ice cream topping for drizzling
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips in a large bowl. Pour in the creamer and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. The dough will be sticky.
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Turn out onto a well floured work surface and sprinkle more flour on top as needed. Knead the dough for a few minutes, adding small amounts of flour as needed to make the dough easy to work with.
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Once dough is well combined, pat into an 8 inch round circle. Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut into 8 wedges.
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Bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet for 15 minutes.
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Cool for a few minutes before drizzling with the caramel sauce.
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Chocolate and Caramel, two of my favorite things. This shall be made pronto, well just as soon as I can get to the store and home again with the creamer! I just finished a batch of banana nut scones and need something to make for the next few coffee mornings! This is it!!
You have seen what I eat and bake…I am totally ok with lots of calories. It’s my pants that are protesting right now. And my shorts and shirts. Fine, I just need a whole new wardrobe. I guess I need to go skinny on my recipes too. I love that you used creamer in these gorgeous scones. That chocolate caramel is one of my favorites!!!
You just made me a scone person! Wow, I am in awe! These look and sound great!
I love the idea of this! I love chocolate and caramel, and while I love my calories, I also love skinny recipes!
These look fabulous! Especially that caramel topping!
Looks delicious! Love scones!
I wouldn’t even know how to begin to do low fat! These look delicious!
YUM! Hersey’s Chocolate Caramel Creamer is one of my favorites…so is the Heath one…and the one from Cold Stone Creamery. (I have a slight creamer addiction.)
These scones look great! Can’t believe they’re low calorie, but if you say so, I believe you!
Yum, yum! I love calories too, but I could probably do without some of them 😉
Low calorie?! Who are you? I forgive you since there is caramel. And scones…
Oh, c’mon. I saved a total of 26 calories. It was a valiant effort, but I’m still totally me. Ha!
Winning for sure 🙂
Wow – I rarely see scone recipes without butter in them! They look amazing regardless of whether they’re light or not!
I’m not a huge caramel fan… I know, don’t hate me! Think I could sub for the vanilla creamer? And maybe drizzle with some additional chocolate??
I think any of the creamers would work great!
I don’t understand low calorie desserts either. If I’m eating dessert….I want DESSERT. Although these do look pretty delectable….
You’re a genius to try the creamer instead of heavy cream!! I MUST TRY IT.
Officially in love!
These look amazing. I think I would want the high or low calorie version.
What a great idea! I usually use buttermilk for scones but I am definitely going to experiment with the flavored creamers.
I love scones (but who doesn’t!) and chocolate and caramel! I think I might need to put these on the menu for my Father’s Day Celebration! YUM!
I am new to your website and I have just read your recipes for ‘Skinny Donuts’ and ‘Chocolate Caramel Scones” and while you are great at taking out the fat, you are leaving in all the sugar and in the scone recipe, you substituted in the International Coffee Creamer which is all chemicals. At least the cream is one ingredient and natural. Healthy fats are needed by our body, but the chemicals we don’t need to increase. There are healthier ways to slim down recipes. Sugar is so much more harmful to our bodies than healthy fats.