Sugar Free Fudge

[Annette]

(Ok, ADDED sugar free for the pedants amongst us).
Sorry about the mixed measures - its an American recipe.

Ingredients
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped (You can buy this off Amazon.)
6 tablespoons (3 ounces) virgin coconut oil
1 pound dates
4 fluid ounces cream or full fat coconut milk (I used double cream Elmlea)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
40g cocoa powder
Directions
• Place the chopped chocolate and coconut oil in a medium-sized bowl, and place the bowl over a boiling water until melted. Remove the bowl from the heat and set it aside to cool briefly.
• Soak dates in hot tap water for 10 minutes, drain and squeeze. Place in food processor fitted with blade. Add the cream and the slightly cooled melted chocolate and coconut oil, and process until the dates are smooth. Add the vanilla, and the cocoa powder, and pulse until the cocoa powder is absorbed and the mixture is thick and shiny.
• Put into a tin (line it with clingfilm first to aid removal), flatten and place into fridge to cool. Cut into pieces. (The original recipe said 16 pieces. I cut it into 48. You suit yourself )

I worked out that if cut into 48, each piece (about 2x2x1cm) is about 3 cho. And trust me, you really don't need more than 1 piece. It is soooo rich! Not really sweet (just a bit from the dates). Really unctuous.
This is really worth trying if you like a bit of a treat now and again. And I almost guarantee if you offer it to people, you will get comments regarding 'how come you can eat that as a diabetic?'

 

[KookyCat]

Ooh sounds good, I'm looking for a home made treat for Christmas gifts (I usually do fudge and or chocolates for stockings, but have a couple of T2 friends who would love a nice lower carb alternative). I'll have to give it a go

 

[Vicsetter]

Not sure about your maths as dates are 75% carbs, so 1 pound of dates is 340g divided into 48 is nearer 7g. That chocolate is expensive £7.51 for 7 ounces😱, have you tried with cocoa powder and a bit more oil?

Apart from the chocolate, it's not dissimilar to James Martins sticky toffee pudding. In that I use a stick blender while the dates and in the liquid (you soon find out if you've missed any stones in the dates😱

 

[Annette]

That chocolate is expensive £7.51 for 7 ounces😱, have you tried with cocoa powder and a bit more oil?

Yes, its expensive, but you need the stuff to set - oil is liquid, so doesn't reset once you've put it all together. I guess you could try cocoa powder and butter...

You're right about the numbers though, not sure where that came from...Although I have found I can have one piece without it affecting my numbers at all - maybe the high level of fat helps?

 

[Koranai]

This sounds really good, going to be giving this a try as my last sugar free fudge experiment was more of a fudge spread XD

 

[Ljc]

Sounds lovely , trouble is I'd be scoffing those dates before they had a chance of going in the fudge 😱

 

[Martin Canty]

oil is liquid

According to Google the melting point of coconut oil is 76 degrees (24 Celsius), don't know what the affect of the other ingredient would have but I should imagine that the fudge would be fairly solid

 

[Annette]

According to Google the melting point of coconut oil is 76 degrees (24 Celsius), don't know what the affect of the other ingredient would have but I should imagine that the fudge would be fairly solid

But would melt almost immediately in your fingers as you took it to take a bite. However, the 100% chocolate has a much higher melting point, and therefore you'd have to hold it in your hand for a while for it to melt. Which would be difficult cos its gorgeous... (Oh, and as an aside, it could just as easily be made with something like 90% chocolate without too much of a hike in numbers, as you really dont want to eat more than one or two pieces, as it is really rich.)

 

[mikeyB]

I hate to rain on the parade, but surely the name of this tasty concoction should be more honestly called "sweet extra high fat fudge? ". There's certainly a much higher level of fat than in standard fudge, but then that's what gives this recipe it's richness - and indeed, it's "unctuous" character. That's what unctuous means- oily. Unsweetened chocolate is about 50% cocoa butter. Coconut oil is 90% saturated fat, and the BHF recommend it's use at the same level as butter. Plus there's the "full fat coconut milk."

That's what makes this so tasty and seductive- it's full of sin😎, and demonstrably bad for you. How could you resist?