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“But Briana, don’t you already have a peanut butter fudge recipe?”
“Why yes, I do, but this is Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Fudge.”
“What’s the dif?”
“This one is better.”
Why yes, I do enjoy talking to myself, thank you. 😛
Yes, I do already have a peanut butter fudge recipe, but it has beans in it. While that’s great from a budget standpoint, a) it weirds some people out, and b) it blurs the fuel lines for Trim Healthy Mama by adding an ingredient that is usually a carb source (beans) to a recipe with lots of fat in it (peanut butter and coconut oil). Therefore, I decided to try for another peanut butter fudge recipe (because who says you just need one?).
As I was in the middle of making this fudge, I was thinking to myself, “Hey! I bet this could easily be made dairy free!” A significant minority of my readers are trying to avoid dairy for one reason or another, so I like to keep that in mind when I can. In this case, it worked perfectly. I would’ve added cream cheese and/or butter to this fudge for extra creaminess (and will probably do that at some point for a more traditional peanut butter fudge recipe), but this time I left them out and ended up with a fudge that reminds me of peanut butter cookie dough. Not a bad situation to be in, if you ask me.
The only thing you need to do to make this fudge dairy free is to use a dairy-free protein powder to make my baking mix that is used in this recipe!
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I prefer this fudge right out of the freezer. It’s soft enough to bite, and it has a better consistency when frozen than it does when kept in the refrigerator.
So that’s it, folks! This fudge is super easy to make, doesn’t require any baking, and only takes a few ingredients (eight, to be exact, and two of those are salt and water, which hardly count)!
If you’d like another easy Christmas candy idea, try these Easy Chocolate Cake Truffles that I posted on Monday!
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- Starting THM
- my recipe index
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- Christmas-themed recipes
- a roundup of my favorite healthy Christmas recipes
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- 1 c. Briana's Baking Mix*
- 1 T. + 2 tsp. THM Super Sweet Blend
- ⅜ tsp. xanthan gum
- ⅛ tsp. salt
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- 1 c. natural peanut butter, well-stirred and creamy
- ¼ c. refined coconut oil
- ¼ c. water
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- Whisk the dry ingredients.
- Soften the peanut butter and coconut oil together. Add them, the water, and the vanilla to the dry ingredients and mix with a hand mixer until a dough forms.
- Press the dough into a foil-lined 8"x8" pan. Cover and freeze until semi-firm, then score into 36 squares with a knife. Freeze until totally firm, then break the squares apart and store in a sealable container in the freezer.
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Do you think I could use glucomonnan instead of xantham gum? I forgot to buy xantham gum at the grocery store, and I don’t really want to go back but I do want to eat these!
Probably! It usually works to switch between the two.
If I have the THM Baking Blend on hand, would I use the same amount?
You may need a little more, since my baking mix is a little drier (soaks up more liquid). I’d start with the same amount, then if the dough looks too soft, add a few more tablespoons of THM Baking Blend.
So Funny, you are! Thanks for the free chuckles and recipes!!
(my computer isn’t allowing me to rate your five star recipe..)
Made this tonight and I can’t wait to make it again for a Christmas get together! Super easy to make and very tasty. Bravo and thank you!
Oh yum! Can’t wait to try this! ?
love anything peanut butter, and this fudge sounds absolutely delicious! maybe i’ll have time this afternoon to make it. if not, then i’ll get to it first thing tomorrow… yum, yum 🙂
Awesome, can’t wait to to try this! Your recipes and just reading your blog always inspires me and makes me smile, God bless you!
I’m using up THM Baking Blend. How much would I use in this recipe as a sub for your baking blend?
You’ll probably need a few extra tablespoons since my mix is a little drier than THM Baking Blend, but I haven’t tested it in this recipe so I don’t know for sure. Start with 1 cup, then add more a tablespoon at a time until a soft dough that is just starting to crumble a bit is formed.
Thank you Briana!