With just 5 ingredients these no-cook, quick and easy Honey Almond Fudge Cups will be your new go-to healthy dessert! Store them in the freezer for a quick and insanely delicious bite when a craving hits! They’re gluten free, grain free, dairy free, and Paleo with a vegan option.
Fudge might be my favorite thing in the world. Forget fried eggs, my children, yoga pants, and coffee. Well, maybe don’t forget all of those things, or any of them, since I just listed all the essentials of life in no particular order.
Don’t forget them, but scoot them aside to TASTE THE FUDGE. The “best dessert ever” says child #1 plus husband of the Paleo Running Momma household. These honey almond fudge cups will make you love your freezer on a new level. They will make you love yourself on a new level after you make them – I’m serious. And, they will make you love almond butter way more than you ever thought you could. Really. And I know you loved it already, but just you wait and see!
This recipe was one of those oddly surprising wins in the middle of a week of losing everything, sanity included. It was last week when everyone was sick, I was sort of sick, and I felt like I was struggling with everything I attempted to do.
This recipe came to me on a whim as I recall it. Granted, it’s adapted from one of my other fudge recipes that is also flipping amazing – Vanilla Maple Nut Fudge. Except I changed the proportions, used almond butter and honey instead of cashew butter and maple syrup, and I made them in cupcake liners because it just felt right. Plus, I like taking pictures of treats in cupcake liners.
See? I was trying to comfort myself – I’m just glad I chose to do it by making fudge cups instead of doing something typical like taking a nap. Naps are for children under the age of 18 months, and, daddies. At least in my house that’s the way it’s always been.
Wait what? Right! Back to the honey almond fudge cups. If you like recipes that require zero cooking and take just 5 minutes to prepare, but are actually healthy and made with a few of the most delicious whole foods ingredients, then welcome to heaven, baby. Well, at least if these fudge cups had an online dating profile, that’s what it might say. Are you craving them yet?
Good! They’re also reliable, not particularly messy (as long as you move fast), very attractive if you like blondes, and will most definitely impress your friends. In fact, you might not want your honey almond fudge cups to meet your friends at all, since loyalty is sadly not their strong point. But, maybe you’re the sharing type 🙂
Honey Almond Fudge Cups {Paleo with Vegan Option}
Honey Almond Fudge Cups {Paleo}
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups smooth almond butter
- 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp raw honey use pure maple syrup for a Vegan option
- 1 tsppure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup organic coconut oil melted and then cooled to almost room temperature
- Generous pinch of fine grain sea salt
- 2/3 cup chopped raw almonds
- *Pinch more sea salt to top
Instructions
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Line a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake liners,
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In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the almond butter, honey (or maple) and vanilla extract. Then whisk in the melted and cooled coconut oil until smooth.
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Stir in the almonds and the pinch of sea salt, then spoon the mixture evenly into the cupcake liners (this recipe made 14 generous fudge cups for me.)
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Freeze for 15-20 minutes until firm, then enjoy! Store leftovers covered and chilled in the freezer or refrigerator (for a softer creamier texture.) They'll melt if left too long at room temperature!
Recipe Notes
*Optional but delicious!
When was the last time something randomly awesome happened when all was going wrong?
What would your favorite dessert have to say on a dating website?
When it comes to fudge, do you go for blondes or brunettes? (I do both just not at the same time.)
These look as delicious and easy as you promised! I’ve actually never been big on fudge I until I started making your recipes. Maybe because typically its packed with so much sugar and Id rather just eat regular chocolate? But its definitely nice to have these dessert options that don’t require baking and are satisfying because they are filled with nut butters. Have a great weekend!
I also can’t believe you can make such good desserts so much healthier! Same to you!
i love chocolate but fudge can overwhelm me, it’s never my first choice when i see it in the chocolate stores (like if i can get cake or a cookie i go with that instead). but these look yum! and please don’t remind me of dating websites! bleh, can’t do those again!
I’m the opposite and love the richness of fudge, can’t resist! I’m happy I’ve never had to go on a dating website, maybe I’m antisocial but I think the whole thing would gross me out.
These sound divine! I’ve never actually made my own freezer fudge. I was just thinking about it the other day. It seems so easy I’m not sure why I keep avoiding it. Either that or there are just too many good recipes to try!
Ooh you need to try it! You might get a tad addicted though!
I actually totally agree with you about how great of an idea it was to put these in cupcake liners. Everything looks so cute when it’s presented that way! They look yummo, too. I bet they’d like long walks on the beach (isn’t that what all the online dating profiles say?!)
Yup thought about the long walks 🙂 And desserts in cupcake liners just look cute, period!
I said no sweets this weekend, but you’re killing me with this recipe especially since I have ALL of the ingredients on hand! I would say my favorite dessert is cupcakes especially if they involve lemon or coconut!
I’ve been wanting to make some sort of lemony dessert for a while! And yes, I also basically have these ingredients all the time, which is how this came about in the first place!
GET IN MY BELLY! I’m trying to reduce my nut butter intake right now [I’ve been going just a TOUCH overboard] but I think you may have just squashed that goal of mine. Holy yum to these!
Make an exception, you will not be disappointed!
YES – I love simple easy desserts. YUM 🙂
Hope you try this out!
I should be shamed for never making fudge 🙁
My FAVORITE fudge was this amazing fudge from Douglass Fudge down on the Wildwood boardwalk! Have you been? Even their plain chocolate was just to die for! I think that was the last time I ever had any….years now :'(
I haven’t been to wildwood for years! I love boardwalk fudge though, just thinking about it makes me happy! You need to try freezer fudge, it’s seriously awesome!
Girl this sounds amazing!! I’m all about honey almond butter so these fudge cups are on point – pinning!
Thanks Sam! You would love these, sure of it 🙂
I love honey! I haven’t tried makomg freezer fudge yet but I freeze all my chocolate so maybe I should. My favorite dessert are chocolate chip cookies, especially with coconut oil like I made recently. Have a great weekend!
You definitely should try it out – coconut oil makes the texture just prefect I think! I agree about cc cookies – my favorite probably and I can’t ever have enough recipes for them 🙂