I cannot take credit for this recipe at all. In fact, I was just inspired by the raw fudge purchased from Planet Organic. Figured I’d make that extremely clear before they sue me or something
Now the picture on their website just shows a chocolate slab and the ingredients list a mix of nuts, seeds and fruit. Anyway, I didn’t read the description before I bought it, just saw it was suitable for my dietary needs and thought of it as a good, yet incredibly expensive treat. £4.49 for a 70g piece of ‘fudge’??!

Anyway! I tasted some the day it arrived and it was my first encounter with raw cacao. Tasted brilliant. The next day, it was finished.

So I wanted more fudge and thought it’s too soon to do another order now, too expensive and I’d have to wait a few days for it to arrive. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a patient person maashaaAllaah but if I need food now, I need it now. I’ve only been this way since changing my diet to clean stuff so it’s all good alhamdulillaah, at least it’s not bread I crave!

So, the reason why you’re all here, le recipe! It’s quick, easy and oh so yummy. Absolutely high in calories due to all the good fats so if you calorie count please click the little cross on the top of your browser now .

This recipe made a 7″ round slab which was about 1cm thick, just to you have a rough idea or how much it yields and for once I’m gonna attempt to measure what I added.

Ingredients:
For the base –
Handful of Brazil nuts
2-3 Dates (I didn’t add these as I only have ajwah dates at the moment)
2 Dried Figs
Small handful of Sunflower seeds
Small handful of Raisins
3 dried Apricots
Sprinkle ofSesame seeds
Sprinkle of Desicated Coconut (I added this instead of dates)
I guess you could even add pine nuts or pumpkin seeds. Whatever you have laying around really!

For the ‘fudge’ –
Approx 1/2 cup of Coconut oil
Approx 1/3 cup of Raw cacao powder NOT cocoa powder, I’ll blog about cacao Vs cocoa
2-3 tablespoons of Honey (I used Sidr Honey, it was all I had)

Method:
I used a small kenwood food processor so the amount of my ingredients was based on this.
Blitz all the base ingredients together until roughly – finely chopped but not mushy. Taste it to make sure you like it. Tip it into the tin and pat down with a spatula or off-set palette knife. I used my hands at first but it was too sticky so was getting stuck to my hands instead.

Add fudge ingredients to food processor and blitz until nice and smooth, remember to taste it. If it’s too bitter add more honey, just a bit or if you want it more chocolately add more cacao. It looks very wet but don’t worry, all the initial ingredients are solid at room temp so it will set again once you pop it in the fridge. Pour fudge onto base, spread out and leave to chill out in the fridge for at least 15-20 minutes I think. I wasn’t timing, I just went to check once I was bored and it happened to be set.

Remove from tin and apply generously to face. WOAH! When I say apply to face I mean your mouth, this isn’t a face mask peeps. Store it in the fridge and make sure you eat lunch/dinner before going back for more cos you will quite easily polish it off. Seriously.

And now some pictures for you to drool over in the meantime…

Base squished into place

Blizted fudge mixture

Fudge mixtured plonked onto base

Fudge mixture smoothed out – looks plain and boring…

… That’s more like it! Bit of decor

Chilled and out the fridge, removed from tin but still on tin base

Side view of fudge on tin base

If someone gives you baklawa, feed it to your gluten munching family and keep the tray for times like this

Cut into generous portions hehe

Take a piece and hope noone notices… let’s all focus on the crack on the tray instead and solve that mystery instead of the “who took the fudge?” thing

You’re hungry now aren’t you? Go make some fudge!