Rich, chocolatey, homemade sugar free chocolate fudge.
Hearing the words “sugar free” normally makes me think of cloyingly sweet, sucralose-laden desserts or beverages.
Chemical sugars and I do not get along. As a little kid, I put Sweet-n-Low in my iced tea because my mom said it dissolved better than sugar.
However, after a few months of awful stomachaches, we determined Sweet-n-Low didn’t like me very much.
The feeling is mutual. To me, foods with fake sugars tend to taste… well, fake.
But this sugar free chocolate fudge has no fake sugar.
It only has natural ingredients, which is perhaps why it tastes so completely delicious!
You’ll find no Darth Vaders lurking here in this rich, decadent, melt-in-your-mouth sugar free chocolate fudge.
The recipe has two options – both options are free of refined sugar, and use the stevia option if you want it to be 100% free of added sugar as well.
If you’re used to healthy desserts, some readers even say that the banana is sweetener enough – so it’s up to you!
*If you’d prefer a recipe for healthy fudge without banana, be sure to check out either my Almond Butter Fudge or my Coconut Oil Fudge Recipes.
Don’t forget the variations:
Sugar Free Chocolate Fudge
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut butter (120g)
- 1 overripe banana, or 2/3 cup additional coconut butter (160g)
- scant 1/8 tsp salt
- pinch uncut stevia OR 2 tbsp pure maple syrup or honey
- 1/4 cup cacao or cocoa powder (40g)
- optional 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- optional 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Make sure your coconut butter is melted before starting. Combine all ingredients in a food processor. Then smooth the fudge into a container or candy molds. Plastic containers work well, because you can pop the fudge right out. Place in the fridge for a few hours, or freeze for a few minutes. You can freeze it for longer periods of time; just be sure to thaw at least 15-20 minutes prior to eating.View Nutrition Facts
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I bet that fudge is plenty sweet–coconut butter tastes so enticingly sugary to me:)
Other than maple syrup and agave, stevia is the only sweetener I use.
Yeeeck to artificial sweeteners! Not that i have a big sweet tooth to begin with, but if I want some sweetness I’ll just use stevia, maple syrup, or (gasp) sugar. I don’t know, I’m not a calorie counter, but is it really the negligible extra calories in real sugar or syrup that cause weight gain, or is it just too many processed foods?
By the way – I made a variation of your healthy fudge the other night (and gobbled it up before I thought to take a pic). I used the PB variation and added in chopped up super dark chocolate and it was a party in my mouth! And surprisingly a really great pre-run food for me. The banana, coconut, PB and (duh) chocolate are part of a balanced bfast! …and waay better than that Gu gel stuff for in the middle of long marathon training runs. 🙂 Thanks!
Aw I’m so excited you tried it!! And lol I tried that Gu stuff once… I think. It was a Clif version. Blech!
I don’t know how in the world I missed this post, but I am SO making that fudge! Oh my goodness!
I hate artificial sweeteners! I can always taste the “fakeness” in them and most of them give me terrible headaches and make me feel like poo! I try to stay on the more natural end of sweeteners…as unrefined and processed as possible, well, except for this week as I have decided to go Sugar Free for 7 days! I always liked a good self challenge!
Ooh let me know what you think if you do make it! 🙂
Just made some fudge and licked the spoon- WOW! It tasted like some kind of chocolate cake batter, thick and moist and oh so good.. 😀 You truly are the Queen of Healthy Chocolate-Covered Stuff! Going to give a piece of fudge to bf when it’s done in the fridge, without mentioning that it’s a healthy recipe (which always makes him suspicious).
PS. Agree with you on artificial sweeteners– it’s fake fake fake! :/
Hahaha good luck! That’s what I always do to my friends, too. Only AFTER they say they like something do I admit to them that it’s healthy. Of course, by now, they’ve come to be suspicious of me ;). But they’ve also learned that healthy can taste good!
Yeah, he’s starting to get suspicious to everything that’s home-made and seemingly unhealthy (“where’s the catch?”), but in most cases he’ll eat it and in some cases he’ll love it! As with the fudge 😉 (Only 1/4 of yesterday’s portion left today). One trick is to serve it before any regular chocolate etc., because it can be supersweet and overshadow the good healthy stuff.
I made this today, it’s so yummy, thanks Katie! 🙂 I made my own coconut butter and then sweetened the cocoa fudge with a tbsp of date syrup. Very moreish – I’ve eaten 8 pieces today…might have to store the rest in the freezer to stop me eating a piece each time I go to the fridge!!
You mean I’m not the only one who wants to eat it all straight out of the blender? Thanks for the sweet comment, Lucy; I’m so excited you made it :).
Is there anything i can sub for coconut butter? We have absolutely none of that and the closest store that does is a couple hours away… I doubt my parents would drive me there :p
Unrefined coconut oil! 🙂
do these end up tasting like coconut? recipe looks great, but i’m not a coconut fan and want to know if I should still try them?
I don’t think they have a coconut taste AT ALL… but have you tried Artisana coconut butter plain? If you don’t like that taste, you probably won’t like this.
I’ve done it with coconut butter, and it’s pretty strongly coconutty to me, which is really good, but obviously not so great if you don’t want it there. If you use coconut oil, the flavour is much less noticeable to me!
Hi Katie,
I recently found your blog and I AM ADDICTED!
However, I am allergic to raw bananas and I noticed that most recipes I am dying to make from your site like this one include raw bananas. Could you tell me a good sub for that?
Thanks!!
Hey Stephanie! Try this: https://lett-trim.today/2011/03/07/you-gotta-try-this/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
(You can sub another berry for the raspberries, if you wish)
Awesome! Thanks so much! I am SO inspired right now! I’m going this weekend and may make some healthy treats for my fam to try 🙂
Hi Katie,
This recipe looks amazing! How many calories would you estimate each piece would be?
Can’t wait to make these!
Karlie 🙂
Hi Karlie,
Each 30g piece will have about 90 calories.
Thanks Katie!
This recipe is a bit like the “chocolate” I have been making for myself while being sugar free. A few weeks ago I ran out of xylitol which I had been previously using, but came up with a way to make it without. I used: 1 c coconut butter (just blended coconut in blender), 2/3 c dates, 1/4 c cocoa (thinking of increasing that!) and 1/4 c peanut butter. Yum!