Gluten free, paleo, vegan, egg free, peanut free, no bake and SO easy to make!
No one will ever guess that such fudgy chocolate balls could possibly be 100% free of sugar, butter, and flour.
Shhhh… no need to tell anyone they’re healthy. 
Healthy?
Who, me?
Since creating recipes is my full-time job, I try at least two new recipe experiments every day, and this was one of the successes of last week.
Today, I’m working on chocolate chunk cookies, molten chocolate pudding cake, and chocolate raspberry truffle ice cream.
So basically, it’s going to be one big chocolate fest.
But that’s no different from any other day!
I’m also working on some non-chocolate recipes, and of course I have to cook actual meals as well…
I’ve gotten really good at multitasking in the kitchen; it’s not hard to make a bunch of things at once if you’ve already made a mess.
German Chocolate Fudge Bites
(Makes 10-14 balls)
Inspired by my Hot Fudge Brownie Larabars
- 3/4 cup pitted dates (120g)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/16 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp cocoa or cacao powder
- 2 tbsp shredded coconut
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup raw pecans
- optional: feel free to add some chocolate chips
Blend all ingredients together very well. I recommend using a food processor for best results, as they’ll be very sticky in a blender. Squish the dough together – I transferred the dough to a plastic bag then smushed it together in the bag. It’s much less messy this way! Roll into balls, cookie-cuttered shapes, or bars… or you can even use it for a pie crust!
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This is the easiest dessert I have ever made. And it tastes fabulous! I halved the recipe but added 2T of sweetened coconut; was able to get a really smooth dough.
Thank you Katie!
What a great site! I have a list of things I want to make already and have just blogged about your fudge bites..thanks for a great recipe and I hope it’s okay that I blogged about it..you can check it here..
http://sweeteverafters.blogspot.com.au/
I loved your post! 🙂 🙂
they are delicious but OMG WHAT. A. MESS!!! those sticky dates are a real pain in the a**! I only have a really small food processor so I had to do everything in small portions which took longer than I thought. But the end product is really lovely – I rolled the balls in powdered sugar to make them less sticky to eat.
I love this recipe, its perfect. To add to perfectness try a few drops of 100% pure organic orange essential oil or peppermint (especially peppermint for the holidays). I discovered this becaise i just cut an orange on a cutting board and while making the balls from the dough i droped some crumbs on the cutting board. Of coarse i had to eat the crumbs and it had a hint of orange that added a new depth to it. Or maybe some orange zest in the recipe, yum!
I’ts not a typo…she’s referring to the photo as if it were speaking.
Katie, these looks fab. If I wanted to give these away for the holidays, do you think its okay if I bring them to the office and their not refrigeratored for a few hours?
Yes!
Hey Katie- just a note that you have a beginning typo…unless YOU taste like a brownie, that is. 🙂
The brownie bite is talking to you ;).
Ok, I’m just strange… it seemed like a good idea when I was writing the post.
I used this recipe as a base for my katie inspired christmas rum-balls!! My favourite holiday treat usually, but my mum’s recipe is full of butter and powdered sugar!!!!
So this year – my healthy rum balls replaced the pecans with cashews for a more neutral base and replaced the vanilla with 2tsp rum and used half the coconut in the mixture and the other half coconut on the outside to roll the balls in :D:D
THANKYOU FOR YOUR IDEAS KATIE <3!!!
I made these today and they are absolutely DELICIOUS! I was a bit skeptical at first, because I don’t eat dates (I actually despise them). I made them for my mother and tried it because it smelled heavenly… and guess what? They taste JUST like a brownie. Who knew?? Thank you for sharing this recipe
Katie,
This recipe made me go out today and buy me a food processor as my Christmas gift to me:) I’ve been wanting one anyway since you have several recipes that you recommend using one.
Just made four batches of these to give as Christmas gifts for my neighbors. I “had” to eat one, just to make sure they were “safe”….yummmmm! I will deliver them tomorrow…I think everyone will LOVE them!
Thanks so much for your blog! I have tried so many things and have loved them all!
Cindy
Ohhhh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS Katie!!!!
Yum! Just made these and they are amazing, taste so decadent! Thank you 🙂
I have made brownie bites before, and these look much better. I want to try making these into brownie pops
Love these. Better yet, so do my kids AND my husband. I hide chia seeds in them, too. 😉
Wow, I made these today. Can’t believe how good they are – these will save me lots of money from buying Larabars!! Thanks!
These look so good! First thing I’ll make in my Vitamix is a green smoothie…and then these! 😉
I’m curious, could you use dried dates rather than fresh for these, or would it totally ruin things?
I’m not sure I’ve actually seen fresh dates here in a long time, but I will keep an eye out at our local Turkish markets. If anyone has them other than dried, they’d be it.
Dried are good for this recipe!