Creamy, fudgy, secretly healthy chocolate fudgsicles are the best dessert of the summer!
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5 ingredient healthy chocolate fudge pops
A cool summer breeze.
Untied shoelaces.
And chocolate dripping down your face.
My favorite thing about being a kid on summer vacation was the freedom.
You could sleep until noon. Play hide and seek with your neighborhood friends. Splash around in the community pool.
No one would make you get out to do your homework.
When it got really hot, you would cool off with a chilly chocolate fudgsicle. To me, fudgsicles are the epitome of summer.
Fudgsicles, fresh watermelon, barbecues, and flip flops.
But mostly, fudgsicles.
Even as a young child, I was all about the chocolate.
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A few days ago, I broke out the popsicle makers for the first time this summer, christening them with a healthy version of my beloved childhood chocolate fudgsicles.
Unlike traditional fudgsicles (which have been discontinued), this version contains no high fructose corn syrup, no dairy, and no hard-to-pronounce processed ingredients.
With just 40 calories and no cholesterol, these healthy chocolate fudgsicles can be completely free of added sugar.
But just like the packaged pops, they are creamy and chocolatey and delicious.
Emphasis on delicious.
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Chocolate popsicle recipe video
Above – watch the step by step healthy chocolate fudgsicle recipe video
Ingredients for homemade fudgsicles
You only need four ingredients to make the popsicles.
The recipe calls for cocoa powder, milk of choice, sweetener of choice, a pinch of salt, and two ripe bananas. There is also a version below without banana.
Feel free to use any milk of choice. For the richest, most decadent pops with the creamiest texture, go with full fat canned coconut milk.
Liquid sweeteners, such as pure maple syrup, honey, or agave, work well. You can also choose granulated sugar, coconut sugar, or xylitol for added sugar free popsicles.
Both unsweetened cocoa powder and sweetened hot chocolate mix are fine to use.
If you are a chocolate peanut butter fan, I highly recommend blending in two tablespoons of peanut butter or almond butter. The healthy chocolate fudgsicles will taste like a frozen Reese’s peanut butter cup!
Healthy chocolate fudgsicles with no banana
For those who do not like banana, you can make your own banana free chocolate popsicles by combining the following ingredients.
Stir together one cup of coconut milk, a tablespoon of cocoa powder, three tablespoons of melted chocolate chips, three tablespoons sweetener of choice, a pinch of salt, and an optional fourth teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.
Pour into popsicle molds, and freeze. Enjoy cold, straight from the freezer.
Use leftover cocoa powder in this Healthy Chocolate Cake (no banana)
How to make healthy chocolate fudgsicles
Start by gathering your popsicle molds and sticks.
Peel the bananas, then add all of the ingredients to a blender or food processor.
Blend until completely smooth.
Pour the dark chocolate mixture into the popsicle molds or into paper cups. Insert the popsicle sticks now, or freeze the molds for a half hour for sticks that will stay straight.
Once frozen, run the popsicle molds under room temperature or slightly warm water for about twenty seconds, then gently twist to remove the chocolate popsicles from their containers.
Store leftover pops in the freezer so they do not melt.
Tips and tricks for making popsicles at home
If you do not own popsicle molds or popsicle sticks, just use paper cups instead. Insert a small spoon into the chocolate before freezing.
Wooden popsicle sticks are readily available at most craft stores and some grocery stores. To get the sticks to stay upright and not move around, try freezing the popsicles for about half an hour. Insert the sticks when the pops are firm but not yet hard.
To remove chocolate popsicles that refuse to budge from their containers, run them under room temperature water for about twenty seconds, then gently twist the popsicle sticks to loosen. Repeat if necessary.
Want more popsicle recipes? Make Banana Breakfast Pops or Peanut Butter Popsicles.
Healthy Chocolate Fudgsicles
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 2 ripe bananas or use this banana-free version
- pinch salt (1/16 tsp)
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup or sweetener of choice
- optional 3 tbsp peanut butter or melted chocolate chips
Instructions
- For creamiest and richest results, use either canned full-fat coconut milk or coconut cream, or include the optional nut butter (almond, cashew, macadamia, sunflower, etc.).To make the recipe, combine everything with a blender or by hand until smooth. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze. A good way to remove pops is to run the popsicle mold under lukewarm water for about fifteen seconds, then gently twist. View Nutrition Facts
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hello,
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Hahahaha thank you so much! I am so glad you found me :).
Yes, sorry to be confusing! A T stands for tablespoon.
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Katie
I have been an avid reader fo your blog. and though I dont comment all the time (I find that your website does crash a bit)
I LOVE your recipes
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Awww thank you!!!
And I am right there with you in being computer illiterate. I am trying to learn, but there’s so much to learn!
Oh wow, they look so good! Thanks for creating yet another amazing recipe. I could stare at your blog all day. Maybe that is why the server crashes? 😉
Katie! That’s amazing about your site & traffic. It doesn’t surprise me at all!!
Good luck making the switch over for your servers.
Sunglasses, flip flops, tank tops, running outside! 🙂
i made these about an hour ago, and I am so sad that i have to wait until tomorrow to taste them!
We need an insta-freezer… like a microwave. It’d be the coolest thing ever!
I spent most of my summers at the ice rink skating. I know, crazy eh? But skating doesn’t really have an off season. Plus it was nice to be in the cold rink when it was hot out. Mom would drop me and my sister off, we’d skate, have lunch, head over to the library next door and read until she picked us up. We would also go camping every year, and my birthday is in the summer, so I’d get to celebrate that!
Crazy? Haha it’s probably just as hot here in the winters when we ice skate… or certainly in September when they’re playing hockey and it’s still 90 degrees outside!
Yummy! Fudgesicles and dreamsicles were my favorites growing up (and still are). Having a campfire and roasting marshmallows always makes me feel like my summer was complete 🙂
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I will definitely look into vps. I appreciate the advice of internet-savvy people like you SO much. It’s really reassuring to not have to make these decisions alone, based on the little knowledge I have.