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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OMG just made these Healthy Eatmore Fudge Chocolate Bars and all I have to add is yum yum yum!!!! Cannot wait to try more of your recipes!!!
Thanks – for a very healthy and OMG tummy good snack!
Fran
These look so delicious but what if you don’t have a food processor? =(
Tried the eat more recipe and it tasted great! But the top part didn’t ‘set’ and stayed very sticky which made it difficult to cut and didn’t present well on the plate. Any ideas why? Otherwise, it tasted fantastic!
I think these are good but they have a really strong banana flavor. I wonder if applesauce can be used instead?
I really appreciate your tutorial on this dessert. I am suggesting you to a small group of women that I participate with in trying to lose weight. All of us have at least 100 lbs to lose each, so finding healthy replacements for some of those trigger desserts we’ve enjoyed so much in the past is really awesome! AND I love that you’re a nutritionist and include the nutritional information. We will be following you! Check out my blog for more information about our journey.
Thank you so much! 🙂
Is there anything you could substitute bananas for? This recipe sounds so yum but any hint if banana taste and its a no go for me.
Hi there!
Just luvvvvv your recipes! Thanks for sharing. Luved the fudge recipe but just wondered why my top layer with the banana didn’t set even though I kept in the freezer.
Many thanks
Regards
Kathy
Ugh why must so many lovely, healthy recipes have banana? Ive tried my best and I cannot abide them! What to do?
Making this. Looks delicious.
Hi Katie! These look amazing! Can we use a vita-mix if we don’t have a food processor? Thank you for sharing!