Healthy chocolate fudge nut slice

A healthy, gluten-free, no bake chocolate fudge nut slice that is heaven in your mouth. Healthy chocolate? You bet!

Sometimes I try to make my chocolate cravings go away by making more ‘healthy’ treats (like here, here and here!).  This recipe caught my eye from the Sally’s Baking Addiction website.  I changed it a little – the original recipe was for cookies, but I made it into a slice so I could more easily portion the recipe into the 16 it called for (and stopped me from eating too much of it before letting it set!).  I also didn’t have enough sunflower seeds for the original recipe, so just added chopped nuts (almonds instead of peanuts), changed the peanut butter to almond butter and added a little bit of cinnamon, just to give it a little more ‘zing’.   

This chocolate fudge nut slice has a definite dark-chocolate flavor to it – but I love it, and it is very more-ish – as those in my office can testify! 

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Healthy chocolate fudge slice

(Paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free, no refined sugar, vegan)

Prep Time 10 minutes

Servings 16

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup almond butter
• 2 1/4 cups nuts chopped
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Melt together the coconut oil, cocoa and maple syrup until smooth. Allow to boil for 1 min or so.
2. Remove from heat, add almond butter and mix until smooth.
3. Add nuts and cinnamon and mix well - ensure all nuts are coated well with the chocolate mixture.
4. Pour into an 8x8" lined tin and chill (either freeze for 1 hour or refrigerate for longer).
5. Cut with a sharp knife into 16 portions.
6. Keep in refrigerator to ensure the slice doesn't melt!