Hi everyone,
If you get a chance, be sure to take a look at the NEW healthy recipe page.
By popular demand, there are now options for you to search by ingredient, search by date, or you can also search by category.
More changes are coming, and while I’m working on the changes, I have a lovely guest blogger for you today:
Hello to all the wonderful readers of Katie’s delicious Chocolate-Covered blog!
I’m Christal, from Nutritionist in the Kitch. I was absolutely thrilled when Katie asked if I would feature my Healthy ‘Eatmore’ Fudge Squares on her blog because:
a) I am a HUGE fan of Chocolate Covered Katie and have always been incredibly inspired by her ability to take the often-unhealthy foods we crave and turn them into something healthy and still just as delicious!
b) It means I get to share these amazing Healthy ‘Eatmore’ Fudge Squares with even more wonderful people!!
As a Nutritionist I am always looking for ways to “healthify” those not-so-healthy recipes.
I am a true advocate of ‘clean eating’ and believe the body can thrive best off of whole, natural, unprocessed, and unrefined foods… but that sure doesn’t mean those foods have to be bland or boring!
Enter the Healthy ‘Eatmore’ Fudge Squares.
As a kid, I devoured Eatmore Bars when I got the chance (this wasn’t often because chocolate bars always led to me having temper tantrums… I’m guessing it had to do with the enormous amounts of ‘bounce-off-the-walls’ refined sugar…), and I have to admit, to this day, I still get a craving for a sweet, chewy, Eatmore bar… but nowadays I couldn’t bring myself to eat one.
So instead, this recipe does the trick! Not only does this healthy version still taste like an Eatmore bar, it tastes like an Eatmore bar topped with FUDGE!
Yes, fudge. Healthy fudge!
No refined sugars, flours, or chemicals found here in these super delicious and incredibly easy homemade fudge squares!
Eatmore Chocolate Fudge Bars
Healthy Eatmore Fudge Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup pitted dates
- 1/2 cup raw almonds
- 1/4 cup raw walnuts
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 ripe bananas
- 4 tbsp natural almond butter
- 1/4 cup more unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tbsp honey, agave or pure maple syrup
Instructions
Put dates in a bowl with warm water, allow dates to soak for 30 minutes, then drain. Mix together dates, almonds, walnuts, and 1/4 cup cocoa powder in a food processor until well blended. Spread mixture in a 9×5 baking pan (or an 8×8 is okay) until evenly distributed, and press down gently with a spoon. Mix together bananas, almond butter, honey, and other 1/4 cup cocoa powder in the food processor until well blended. Spread mixture over bottom layer until evenly distributed. Place in freezer for 30 minutes. Cut into 16 squares. Re-freeze whatever you don’t eat, and enjoy at another time! For troubleshooting or substitution advice, please ask Chrystal, as this is her recipe.
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Are the almonds raw or toasted? The recipe doesn’t say.
This recipe was super easy to prepare, but I found the icing was overwhelmingly banana-y. Maybe next time I’ll try a little more cocoa powder, or 1.5 bananas. My bananas were fully yellow without any brown spots, so maybe leaving them to ripen a little more might do the trick. Thanks for all the great recipes, Katie!
Wow! These look delicious AND I happen to have all the ingredients in the house (when does that ever happen?!). Just set up the dates to soak. Yum!!
I made these the other day for my dad who is fasting white sugar for Lent. I made them with carob powder instead of cocoa, and they were incredible!!! The bottom is so chewy and scrumptious, I’m going to make a batch of just the bottom, freeze, slice into bars and dip in dark chocolate for a healthy chocolate bar alternative. And the top is so creamy and sweet… Pure decadence without any guilt! I was amazed!
Hi! Made these today and the top layer wont set-up after 2 hours in the freezer.
What did I do wrong?????
It still tastes AMAZING, just not firm.
Hi Katie,
I just made this as an after dinner treat tonight! GREAT SUCCESS! Thanks for another winner!
Your recipe calls for Almond butter. I’m allergic to almonds, what can i substitute with>
I’m allergic to Almonds, what can i use instead of almond butter?
Any ideas on a substitute for bananas in this recipe? If you want to see someone literally bounce off of or climb walls give my son bananas or oranges.