Vegan Month of Food | 4. Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge (no bake)

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Vegan Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge

I love chocolate fudge and what better for my “Chocolate” theme for the first 5 posts (Out of the 20) of “Vegan Month of Food”.  I recently tried this recipe and have made this a couple of times after then for some friends.  Super easy, super simple and truly delicious. The best part, you don’t have to bake!

Vegan, Gluten-Free Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge

We like the fudge  a bit bitter, so I opted to use just ¾ cup of agave nectar.  Previously I tried it out with peanut butter  and added peanuts as well, but this time with all the PB recall for the fear of Salmonella, I went with almond butter.  Truly, you could use any nut butter for the recipe.  If you prefer the fudge  chewy, decrease the amount of nut better to just a cup, if not you could use the full 1 ½ cups.

Vegan,Gluten-Free,Soy-Free Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge

I use freshly ground cardamom powder  or ground cinnamon for most recipes that call for chocolate.  I like the peanut butter-cinnamon combination and almond butter-cardamom combination.  For this fudge recipe, since almond butter was my choice of nut butter, I stuck with cardamom.

Also, to make it more nutty, I added  finely chopped blanched and roasted almonds and used walnuts for the topping.

I would love to try this recipe with good quality cashew butter. For now, I haven’t found one, so researching recipes for a homemade version.  (If you happen to know any, I’d appreciate if you could share.)

Gluten-Free Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge

Vegan, Gluten Free, Soy-Free – Chocolate Nut Butter Fudge

(An adaptation from The Gluten-Free Vegan by Susan O’Brien)

Ingredients

¾ cup organic raw agave nectar

1 ½ cups organic almond butter

½ cup organic cocoa powder

1 cup walnut, chopped

½ cup almonds, blanched, skin off, roasted, chopped into small pieces

1 teaspoon freshly ground cardamom  (powder)

A pinch of Kosher salt

Olive oil cooking spray

Method

Prepare a 8 inch square pan by spraying with olive oil cooking spray. Set aside.

In a medium sauce pan combine almond butter, agave nectar, salt and cardamom powder. Heat on medium low till it gets hot ( just before you see a bubble). Mix well.

Add in cocoa powder, almonds and mix well quickly before the mixture begins to cool. Quickly pour the mixture into the prepared pan and spread evenly.

Add the chopped walnuts on top and press it gently to make sure the walnuts stick to the top of the fudge.  Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.

Refrigerate until hard and cut into squares.

This fudge could be refrigerated up to a week.  In our house it hasn’t lasted beyond (these get over in 3-4 days…yes, we are chocoholics)  so I am not a 100% sure if it can stay good beyond a week, that is if it lasts that long.


Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge

Note: This fudge can get quite addictive! 

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My theme for the first five days for the Vegan MoFo is all things vegan, gluten-free, soy-free and Chocolate.  The recipe for Day 1 was Mexican Chocolate Cake with Almonds  , Day 2 was Chocolate Brownies with Walnuts and Day 3 was Chocolate – Tart with Banana & Pomegranate .  For more details on Vegan MoFo.

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