How do I stay clear of all the sugar-laden sweets that are everywhere during this season (actually, year round as well)? I make my own healthy versions!

What I love about this Healthy Fudge recipe is that you can make it an everyday treat or dress it up for company. Also, it’s protein-rich, so you won’t have that sugar roller-coaster that can leave you feeling tired and irritable

Healthy Raw Chocolate Fudge – with orange and walnuts

• 1 cup raw almond butter
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder – here’s a primer on Raw Cacao.
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (set aside to stir in separately)
• 4 tablespoons coconut butter or oil (if your almond butter is very oily, use less coconut oil or butter) – Coconut butter is thicker and richer
• 8 soaked, pitted dates (soak dates until they soften)
• 1 tablespoon of grated organic orange peel (optional or put less if you don’t want it too orangey)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

How to:

• Put all of the above in the food processor
• Get it nice and pasty, so it moves around the food processor in a ball
• Hand stir-in thin walnuts

There are several ways to serve these depending on how fancy you want to be:

• Roll into bite size balls and roll in dried coconut – like a truffle.
• Roll into a log, cover with parchment, then plastic wrap and chill in freezer. This is an easy method for always having a sweet on hand. Then you can just slice a thin piece of it whenever you want.
• Spread it into a square cake pan (this looks more like traditional fudge)
• Put it in a small, round spring-form pan and chill. When you are ready to serve, pop your fudge out of the spring-form pan, cut it into little wedges – like tiny pie pieces – and serve on a plate with some fresh fruit. Very elegant.

Really…make any shape you choose, put it in the freezer to set.

I usually serve it straight from the freezer, either in balls like a truffle or thin slices off a log.

If you love having healthy sweet treats on hand, here are some other healthy candy recipes I think you’ll like:

• Raw Cacao Truffles
• Banana Candy
• Almond Citrus Candy
• Healthy Fudge
• Tamarind – Nature’s Candy

And, you might want to contact me about out my Healthy Sweet Treats Cooking Class. It’s jam packed with sweets you can love that will love you back!

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Nina Manolson, MA, CHC, LMT is the Smokin’ Hot Mom Mentor and Family Wellness Expert. She’s the founder of SmokinHotMom.com and HealthyYummyKids.com. She helps busy moms look and feel their best, and helps them feed their kids well in a world that doesn’t. To get your F.R.E.E. Audio CD by mail and receive her healthy recipes and wellness tips click here.

5 Responses

1. Ash says:

   December 21, 2010 at 9:39 pm

   This recipe looks awesome, I picked up some organic cocoa the other day so will definitely try it out

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   • ninamanolson says:

     December 27, 2010 at 10:34 am

     Did you get a chance to try it out? How’d you like it?

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2. Kathryn Nelson says:

   December 29, 2010 at 9:53 pm

   Hello Nina, I loved the fudge! I didn’t have any coconut butter, which i think would have improved the texture. They were delicious and the hint of orange was a hit! Thanks for sharing.

   Kathryn

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   • ninamanolson says:

     December 29, 2010 at 10:35 pm

     Hi Kathryn,

     I’m so glad you liked it. The coconut butter does give it a richness that’s hard to beat. It just gives you an excuse to make it again

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