This almond butter fudge is a fast no-bake dessert that’s naturally sweetened with a touch of honey. It has an incredibly buttery flavor… without using a drop of actual butter. It’s a healthy dessert you can feel good about indulging in!
The secret to this addictive fudge is the addition of coconut oil and sea salt. Please, don’t be tempted to omit these very important ingredients. The coconut oil is what makes this fudge hold together, and gives it a firm, yet creamy, texture, while the salt adds a pop of flavor that perfectly balances out the sweetness of the honey.
What I also love about this freezer fudge is that it comes together in just minutes. Stir together 4 ingredients, pour the batter into a pan, and freeze!
The only problem with this fudge is that it won’t last long at room temperature. It’s one of those treats that melts in your mouth AND in your hand. That’s not much of a problem for me, as it tends to go directly from the freezer to my mouth, but it’s definitely not the type of fudge you want to bring to a potluck. It’s a stay-at-home freezer treat.
This healthy almond butter fudge is:
- Loaded with fiber, flavonoids, and antioxidants
- Creamy and dairy-free
- Fast and easy to prepare
- Customize-able– use any nut or seed butter you like!
- Vegan-friendly; just use maple syrup instead of honey, to taste
- Totally addictive
Almond Butter Freezer Fudge
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups raw creamy almond butter (unsalted and at room temperature)
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
- 3 Tablespoons raw honey
- 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- Simply mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, until smooth and creamy. (note: It helps if everything is at room temperature, to keep the coconut oil soft!)
- Transfer the mixture to a square baking dish, lined with plastic wrap, then smooth with a spatula, and freeze until solid, about an hour.
- Remove the fudge by lifting the plastic wrap out of the pan, then cut into squares.
- Return the fudge squares to a sealed container, and store in the freezer until ready to eat!
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Notes
Nutrition
Per Serving: Calories: 65, Fat: 5g, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 1g
Substitution Notes:
- Feel free to swap the almond butter with sunflower butter for a nut-free version, or any other nut butter you like. (My husband and son love the peanut butter version!)
- To make this recipe vegan, use maple syrup instead of honey. I find that honey is sweeter than maple syrup, so you might want to add an extra tablespoon or so. Luckily, you can taste as you go until it’s just right!
- If you can’t tolerate coconut oil, the best substitute is real butter. (Then the recipe won’t be dairy-free anymore!)
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I have been sugar free almost a year and am now addicted to this fudge!! I replace the honey with rice malt syrup. I love knowing I have a stash in the freezer…….thank you.
This is the best dessert I have ever tasted. I use Stevia in place of honey and I also add alcohol-free vanilla. Then I put cinnamon and whole almonds on the top. I love this recipe! Thanks, Rachel
TO DIE FOR! Wow. It is so so smooth…it’s silky. Everyone has loved it who has tried it. Perfection. Did you just make this up? Brilliant. Keep the recipes comin’, Megan! I want to try them all!
Yum! Thanks again!
Ok, I hardly ever post comments, but this recipe was a gigantic hit for me this weekend! It’s the easiest possible recipe and people love them! It’s also the most requested recipe I have ever come across. They say that M&Ms make friends, but I have never made friends that way. Creamy Almond Butter Freezer Fudge–now that makes friends! Seriously…I have at least three new fb friends (and I think my old friends might like me more now) as a result, but I am going to pretend that would have happened anyway. 😉
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It’s pretty much my favorite dessert, too. 🙂
This was amazing! I’m making a second batch now!
Just made a batch for a vegan friends bday!
How can I make this into a one serving portion?
As you would any other recipe, simply divide all of the ingredients down into the serving size you’d like.
WOW! Someone linked your Peanut Butter and Banana ice cream on Facebook and I couldn’t help but browse around. This recipe is great and I whipped it up during the finale of the bachelor tonight. Sooo good! I shouldn’t have made it though – I keep getting up to get another piece!
Great recipe, thank you for sharing!
These are in the freezer right now 😀 I just made them!
I am ready to eat. I love almonds and I am always looking for a healthy treat when I want something sweet.
WOW!!!! Now I can’t wait to get home and try this. As a full time working & mother to an 8mo its so hard to find the time to cook, but these recipes are amazing AND healthy so thank you
WOW! This is amazingly delicious and sooooo addictive. I omitted sugar/sweetener completely and added some cinnamon instead. YUM!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing this! 🙂
New follower and can’t wait to try this! On day 3 of a sugar reduction/detox.
I don’t have almond butter 🙁 can I use Hazelnut instead do you think?
It will change the flavor, so you may need to adjust the rest of the ingredients, but I’m sure a hazelnut fudge would be tasty, too!
i was a huuuuuge fan of fudge before i turn vegan, so i was rather skeptical when reading this recipe. nothing can be better than traditional fudge! i thought to myself… but.. yes, but!.. i have just tried this recipe and it DID taste amazing!! such a simple recipe , its unbelievable!.. it is a dangerous recipe i must say… as u can not stop eating it :)))
I added some extra salt, a few shakes of cinnamon, probably about 1/4 cup of cocoa, and a capful of vanilla. And about 15 drops of Now Better Stevia. Turned out great. The salt rounds it out. And no sugar!
Tried these a week ago and my 10 year old daughter and I are ADDICTED! We added a bit more salt and honey and put the mixture into candy molds. Pops right out of the molds into our mouths wayyyyy too easily! Loved seeing the others’ ideas, especially the one using maple butter.
Could you use date paste in this recipe for sweetness instead of honey/stevia?
I haven’t tried it myself, but I don’t see why not!
This is SOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!!!!! I’m on a detox right now and this has been my sweet fix….I’m addicted!!!! I added some dark chocolate shavings in….yummmm
I just made these, they are freezing now! Licking the bowl was fantastic, can’t wait to eat the actual fudge!
Meant to give this 5 stars :).
This recipe looks so amazing and I cannot wait to try it!! I have a question though. I did not know there was salted and unsalted almond butters. Where would that be displayed on the jar? I thought it was just almond butter or… Not almond butter… I guess I was wrong.. 5 stars for geniusness!!
This recipe is awesome!!!! This is the first recipe of yours that I tried and I will be trying many more. I am so happy that my daughter sent me your website because most of the ingredients you use in your recipes I can have. I am an oncology patient and I am not allowed any sugar or white flour. Thank you so much for this recipe and many others that you have posted.
I love mint chocolate and orange chocolate so I add organic 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and a few drops of orange oil/peppermint oil to these. They are amazing!!!!
OMG! Made som,e almond butter per your instructions on another post and then made this raw fudge. Soooo good. In fact, I love it before it was frozen and would make a great spread. Thanks so much!
I’m totally nuts for this fudge! I’ll be making it once a week. I just had to start doing an anti-Candida diet and can’t have any sweeteners, but it’s soooo good even without the honey or the stevia and a little less salt than your recipe calls for. Loved it, thank you!! New fan here! 🙂 🙂
OH, and my husband uses roasted, all-natural peanut butter in his personal batches and then sprinkles cocoa powder on top. 🙂
i wish i could give this 1000 stars!! when i first read the recipe i thought “ok…what’s so special about that?” but i gave it a try and I AM SO GLAD I DID. this is seriously one of the most amazing things i’ve ever tasted. the sea salt in this recipe is what does it for me. creamy, lightly sweet, salty, a touch coconut-y. holy moly i’m in heaven.
Is it ok to use almond flour to make almond butter? Thank you.
I’ve never tried that, so I can’t say for sure. I’d assume it would work, but the only way to know is to try it out! Please let us know if it works for you.
I made this for my mother in law who can’t have dairy or gluten. SO good! Thanks, Megan!
Wow this sounds amazing! But I’m allergic to coconut. I was wondering is there a substitute for the coconut oil?
Please see my FAQ page for substitution ideas: https://detoxinista.com/frequently-asked-questions/
I was thinking about adding coconut and cocoa to this recipe. sounds delish! You use the same coconut oil as I do:)
I just discovered your website 2 days ago and have found a ton of new recipes I can’t wait to try. I just made this almond butter fudge today and it is amazing! I love almond butter and this is exactly the type of sweet treat I crave. I can’t wait to start trying some of your other recipes.
SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!
What are the total cal and carb?
Please see my FAQ page regarding nutrition information: https://detoxinista.com/frequently-asked-questions/
These have become my go-to for a sweet treat to have on hand. They are so easy to make and they last forever (if you can limit yourself to 1/day!). I make my own almond butter, thanks to your instructions, and I sub xylitol for the honey.
I made the vanilla cupcakes for my son’s birthday and he loved them so much I had to make more the next day!
Thanks so much for all your great recipes and ideas! I have been gluten-free since April and this website has helped me so much.
Hi. Can I use regular honey or does it have to be raw? I only have that or stevia packets.
Hi megan
I just found your website accidently. Liked your recipes especially gluten free. But there is a small hitch I stay in India and some of the ingredients mentioned in your recipes are not available. Since my husband is suffering from celiac disease I keep searching for some new recipes. I will be grateful if you could suggets some recipes using indiaan ingredients
Trying this for the first time tonight. Not sure how you got 20 pieces out of it. I just put mine in the freezer so I obviously haven’t cut it up yet but it looks like it *might* make 10. And mine are a lot thinner than whats shown in your photos here! :-/
This is the third recipe I’ve made from your website and I am completely in love with all of them! This freezer fudge was the best yet and I can’t seem to quit eating it! Your recipes are so simple yet delicious, and I am very happy that I ran across your site a few weeks ago. Thank you!
Used the Vita-Mix to make almond butter (3 cups almonds 1/4 cup coconut oil) and plunge continuously until smooth (took less than 2 min). Then I added the other ingredients in. This fudge was super easy and tasty! Thanks
I’m a chocolate nut, so I added 3 heaping tsps. of Raw Cacao Powder, but otherwise left the recipe as posted originally. YUMMY! Thanks so much for a new favorite treat!
I love this recipe! It has been my go to snack since the summer, so simple and tasty. I have been vegan for a decade, whole foods/slow food enthusiast for the past several years, and now your blog has inspired me to explore more alternative healthy ingredients. Thank you!
Wow, just found this. I’ve been doing something similar for a couple years. Using up all my 5 gallon buckets of coconut oil! LOL.
Anyway, I like to put the coconut oil in a pan with the almond butter (I use about 50/50 of each) and get it soft enough to mix together – not any warmer.
Then I add nuts (lots of walnuts) and vanilla and black strap molasses. I call it my chocolate as I used to use raw cocoa in it, but found that I don’t really need the cocoa to get satisfied.
Sometimes I put a ton of spinach in my food processor and add that too!
Anyhow, I think because I don’t heat the butter and oil much, they separate in the refrigerator. That gives me something chewy and gooey and sweet! Loving it.
Going to try your recipe.
we just made this with powder stevia and it was one of the best healthy sugar free desserts we’ve ever had. Thanks so much for posting
I would make these all the time if almond butter wasn’t so expensive. So good!
I’ve been following your blog for a few months now and I’ve tried several of your delicious recipes. This one is my favorite! Thanks again and keep it up! I love your blog. 🙂
I dined again at Detoxinista cafe tonight. Actually it’s becoming an every day thing now. My fridge and my pantry have never looked this amazing. I look at grocery stores much differently now….oh, yeah, the freezer fudge is top notch. Cheers.
Thank you for another AMAZING recipe! As with many comments here, I’ve had to exercise self control not to eat THE WHOLE BATCH. I shall try some of the suggested combinations, such as chopped chocolate and vanilla.
I made these last night with 2 tbs honey instead of 1&1/2. OH WOW. Delicious. I couldn’t stop eating them!