These incredible Fudge Babies are the perfect raw, vegan, paleo dessert. With just 5 ingredients, they’re super easy to make. All you need to make Fudge Babies is walnuts, cacao powder, dates, vanilla, and salt. I love making this healthy no-bake dessert during the summer. It’s perfect for those hot days when we eat loads of raw food recipes and keep our oven turned off.
Although Fudge Babies are small they’re packed with wildly fudgey deliciousness, and are so good your junk food loving friends won’t ever guess they’re made with wholesome, healthy ingredients.
Fudge Babies
Ingredients
- ½ cup dates (remove pits)
- 1 cup walnuts
- 3 tablespoons cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
Instructions
- Place dates, walnuts, cacao powder, vanilla, and salt in a food processor
- Pulse on high speed until smooth
- Roll mixture into balls
- Serve
Equipment
This paleo vegan dessert recipe is based on one by Chocolate Covered Katie. I made some minor changes to the recipe to make it more compatible with the way I eat. First, I used less than one-half the amount of dates she uses in her recipe because I am focused on reducing the amount of sugar in my diet, whether natural or processed. I also increased the amount of salt because I find more salt brings out the flavor of sweetness in many recipes.
After I read about Katie’s famous Fudge Babies I knew I’d need to make my own. And I knew they were a success because when my husband walked in the door he ate one. Then another. And another. And so on. You get the idea. I had to cut him off from the Fudge Babies. I hope you all love this healthy dessert as much as we do!
Here are some of my other yummy, raw, vegan paleo dessert recipes:
Felicia Mires says
Marvelous! We added an extra tablespoon of cocoa and extra 1/4 tsp. of vanilla. My daughter loved it!
Elana says
Felicia, thanks for letting me know this recipe is marvelous and that your daughter loves it!
Earline paterson says
I am loving your recipes but am a diabetic so am wondering using the date would not be too sweet for me
Elana says
Earline, thanks for you comment! I don’t think this recipe will work without the dates. Here’s a link to my Low-Carb Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/low-carb-diet/
I hope you find something you like!
Elana
Nettie says
Elana,,
I have had this recipe printed out for about 2 to 3 years…never tried it for no reason other than recipe overload. I made these as above but added 1/2 shredded unsweetened coconut, 1 heaping T homemade almond butter, and a coffee scoop of organic dried expresso powder (don’t judge me :) I have found Lara bars are too sweet for me…but these are FAH-BU-LOUS!!
Thank you for all you do….I am a fan.
Elana says
Nettie, thanks for your super sweet comment and for letting me know these are FABULOUS!
Amanda Brown says
I just whipped up a double batch of these subbing pecans for the walnuts. They were so good and easy to make! Rave reviews by all the kids and adults who ate these! I’ll be making more soon! Thank you for your amazing and easy recipes. Elana’s Panty is my go-to recipe site!
Elana says
Amanda, thanks for letting me know this recipe received rave reviews from everyone! I’m so happy that this is your go-to site for recipes :-)
Amanda Brown says
I’m whipping up another double batch. I don’t think I’ve ever not doubled this recipe. I like to keep them in my freezer so I always have a healthy treat on hand when I crave something sweet.
Elana says
Amanda, thanks for letting me kn ow how much you are enjoying this recipe!
Rachel F says
Elana… I’m so happy to have found this site! All of your recipes look amazing and I can’t wait to try them. Going to make these Fudge Babies this week. Thank you SO much for all you are doing on this site. It’s my new go-to daily !
Elana says
Rachel, thanks for your wonderful comment! I’m so happy to hear that this is your go-to website :-)
Tracy says
Whatta homerun these babies are! For the longest time, I’ve been trying various Paleo dessert recipes. Half the time I end up throwing the final product in the trash because it just doesn’t taste good. Blech! Just as I was about to throw in the towel and resign myself to NEVER having another sweet treat again, here you come with this fabulous recipe!!! So excited am I, I’m making a double batch to take to a friends house for dessert tonight. They will NOT believe it when I tell them the ingredients. It’s a guilt free treat! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting!
Elana says
Tracy, thanks so much for your lovely comment. If you like this recipe, I think you’ll love my date-sweetened Paleo Brownies recipe which has only 8 ingredients!
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-brownies/
Enjoy!
Elana
Lynne says
How quick and easy and tasty too.
Elana says
Thanks Lynne, so glad you enjoyed!
Adele says
divine absolutely divine a sin even
Elana says
Thanks Adele!