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 🙂
This looks sooooo good! What a perfect healthy treat option!
Thanks! You’d love them!
So, I used to be OBSESSED with peanut butter. Until I met almond butter. And now I want it it ALL THE TIME.
So, basically these fudge cups are everything I NEED in life in one bite. They sound SO GOOD.
Haha I used to eat peanut butter banana sandwiches every day before discovering Paleo and a love for almond butter! Now almond and cashew have my heart 🙂 You’d love these!
The texture of this fudge looks so perfect!! Drooling!!
You’d love this, hope you try it!
You always get me with these cups! This one sounds go good – nut butter, honey, and salt are a perfect trifecta!
Pretty much! Hope you try!
You make me a fudge convert! i need to get those little cups to make some. My husband would love it. And um, they’d be gone in like 60 seconds. Keep em coming friend!
Thanks! They’re seriously so easy – and yes – totally husband friendly!
Looks great! and no baking is a bonus. Good job!
These look Devine. Can you use regular butter and add almond flour to it? Do you have measure coconut oil out when it is not melted and then melt it?
Definitely want to make some,
I haven’t tried that, but I imagine it would taste good! I measure the coconut oil melted in a liquid measuring cup. I think you’ll like this a lot!
These are absolutely delicious! I made them this past week and was asked over and over by friends what the nutrition facts were on these (to try and justify going back for thirds and fourths). I followed the recipe to a T and used sugar-free almond butter. Any ballpark on nutrition facts?
Hmmm, not sure about that since I haven’t calculated nutrition for any of my recipes. I bet an online calculator would give you a good ball park though. Since they are a treat and contain sugar, I’d say moderation is a good way to approach it to avoid feeling overloaded with sugar. Very glad you liked them!
These sound amazing! I saw someone asked about the calorie count – because I was bored and also needed to know, I did the rack and stack – these babies come out to about 322cal per cup! So just FYI :-)…
I wonder how these would be if I subbed the coconut oil for melted cocoa butter? I bet they would be a little firmer at room temperature! And a slight taste of chocolate to pair with the almonds! Yummy! I’m going to try it
Ooh definitely let me know how that works out!
what can I substitute for the coconut oil. As much as I love coconut Im kinda over Everything tasting like it. Thanks!
You can use refined coconut oil which is completely flavorless! I use it whenever I don’t want any coconut flavor at all. Here’s a link to the one I use: http://amzn.to/2ocOm67 – it’s from Nutvia.
Hi, love these so much and was just wondering if you had figured out about how many calories are in each?
I’ve made this recipe twice, both time with delicious results! A great treat if you want something without refined sugar. The first time I made the fudge, I used 1/2 coconut oil and half cocoa butter. The second time I made it with all cocoa butter. It’s fantastic! When you melt cocoa butter, do it in a double boiler, chop it up and remove it from the heat as soon as it’s melted, otherwise it can become bitter.
Quick, easy, and delicious!
Do you know the calorie, fat and sugar ants in these? Thank you
Loved this! We just want to eat them all if we could! It’s almost like a Reese’s peanut butter cup but almond flavor. It was super easy. I can’t believe it’s healthy!
This sounded to easy to good, but it’s delicious! I’m trying to hold back and not eat the whole batch in one day!!!
These were excellent, I used mini muffins pans and dipped the tops in melted carob
It sounds too simple to be good, yet it’s very wonderful! I’m making an effort not to consume the entire batch in one sitting!
I’m back on Paleo after a hiatus and knew my sweet tooth would be a real issue as I transitioned back- these are saving me. I made them as written but subbed maple syrup, I just didn’t have enough honey. I also made them into mini treats and added a tablespoon of the mix to little cupcake liners. It made about 25 of them, and they are absolutely delicious!