The Only Gluten, Dairy, Soy, Egg, Refined Sugar-Free Chocolate Nut Fudge Recipe You’ll Ever Need
It’s that time of year again where chocolate is passed around and you may crave for something sweet. You may have a hard-to-impress partner who is on a highly-restrictive-everything-free diet, or you just want better alternatives to dairy and refined sugar chocolate. Nevertheless, if you want to impress your date in under 15 minutes, use this fool-proof, Paleo-friendly recipe. You can add just about anything to nuts and chocolate and it will still be divine.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 4 tablespoons raw cacao powder
- 4 tablespoons almond butter
- 1 tablespoons raw honey or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup walnuts, pecans or macadamia, lightly toasted with coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon of maca (optional)
- 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds (optional)
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract (optional)
Instructions
- In a large bowl stir together the coconut oil, cacao powder, almond butter, honey/ maple syrup, vanilla, peppermint extract and salt
- Heat the mixture slowly on low heat over simmering water (double boiler) for 5 to 10 minutes until all ingredients are combined
- Chop the nuts (I like to break with into pieces with my hands)
- Add the chopped pecans and shredded coconut to the melted chocolate mixture and stir together
- Pour in a 7×5” dish, lined with parchment paper
- Freeze until chocolate is set then cut into pieces. Store in airtight container in freezer.