Easter is a good couple of weeks away still, but when has that ever stopped the shops from lining their shelves with sugary goods before Lent has even started?! If you are finding it hard to resist the yearly display of hot cross buns stuffed full of sugar and dried fruit already, I have the perfect solution for you: my low sugar chocolate orange hot cross buns.I first attempted low sugar hot cross buns a couple of years ago based on an I Quit Sugar recipe and they were so soft, sweet & delicious that I never looked back.I have tweaked them to our tastes and adapted them until I feel they cannot be improved any further, and they are one of my most popular low sugar recipes, particularly with sugar free skeptics! I love making these and seeing people’s confused faces when I tell them they are extremely low in sugar! So if you are jonesing for hot cross buns or trying to find something low in sugar and high in flavour to convince the sugar free skeptics in your life, this is the recipe for you.

Soft, fluffy, tasty, sweet and with only about 2 teaspoons (8g) of sugar in the entire batch of buns – that’s less than 1g (less than 1/4 tsp) of sugar per bun – making these practically sugar free! I hope you guys love these hot cross buns as much as I do.I love a good reminder that being low sugar doesn’t mean missing out.Just a tip though: they go hard quick so eat them the day you make them, or toast them or warm in the microwave before serving for the next cou

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