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:
Linda Davis says
I’ve been following your blog for quite a while now — Love your recipes and truly appreciate all of your support: thank you very kindly!
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Sharon L. Ulam says
Ok, I have just made the first recipe out of your new cookbook–the go to vanilla cupcakes and YUM!!!! I am so excited. I am a candida sufferer with many allergies and thanks to you I have got to say that even unfrosted that your cupcakes are stupendous and a royal treat. Thank you for sharing your fabulous recipes with the world. Sharon L. Ulam
Angela says
Thanks Elana for such a great base recipe. I wanted to cut down on the carb/sugar here slightly so I tried it with dried cherries and then again with prunes. It worked great with both. I also tried them rolled in cocoa with some ground coffee mixed in. Awesome, thanks!
Charles Klebenow says
I used raw cocoa and rolled my balls in unsweetened raw coconut.. what a special treat these are!
Amy says
These look amazing!
Heather says
I knew the dates had pits but didn’t realize a few had two! They got stuck
under the blade. I had no idea what was going on. Silly me. Now I know!
Isa says
Hi Elana,
thank you for this great recipe.
I also received your cupcake book today, and tried the goat cheese savoury cupcake which was a success
One question though. Should I want to replace Agave with coconut sugar, what proportion should I follow?
I don’t have anything against Agave (unlike many) but I don’t always have it necessarily at home.
I would be grateful if you could let me know. Thank you
elana says
Isa,
Thanks for your comment!
I haven’t tested the recipes in my book using other ingredients –I actually tested many of the recipes in the book up to 50 times using the exact ingredients listed.
If you want to experiment with new ingredients, feel free, and please be sure to let us all know how it goes.
Thanks,
Elana
Isabelle says
Thank you Elana,
I will do that :)
Ginny says
CAUTION!!! I’m probably the only dummy who didn’t know whole medjool dates have seeds, but your food processor may not forgive you if you forget to de-seed them! They are rock-hard and almost burned up my motor…oops! Thankfully, once I picked out all the seeds and removed the two that were wedged between my blade and bowl, everything got whirring again :). Thanks for the lovely recipe!
elana says
So sorry Ginny. I’ve updated the recipe and added the text “pits removed” after the Medjool dates.
Thanks,
Elana
Iris says
I love Katie too. :) I made a version of her fudge babies a while back, and my post was all about how I know a recipe is good when I start seeing versions pop up on all my favorite blogs. It’s kind of like kale chips. The recipe doesn’t really belong to any one of us, but we all have adaptations of the original idea, and I think it’s great to share them. I love love love chocolate and walnuts!
Pat says
This will be a great addition to my chocolate “fudge” repertoire. I really like the idea of using dates as the sweetener! And I haven’t tried a walnut version yet, sounds good.
Thanks!
Love your new cupcake book, by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!
Pat