Chocolate Fudge with Sunbutter Swirls
NO: gluten, eggs, soy, dairy, nuts
It was always a tradition when I was growing up, to make fudge when it snowed. Now, you might think that we were essentially drowning in fudge, but that was not the case. We lived in a place where it didn't snow much. So even though it snowed maybe 1/2 inch, at least we had my dad's fudge to look forward to! He made amazing chocolate fudge and peanut butter fudge...
Lucky for me, Enjoy Life Foods sends out a newsletter, and this time they had a recipe for fudge. I tweaked it a bit, because I don't use brown rice syrup or canola oil.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Sunflower Butter
1/2 teaspoon sunflower oil
1 teaspoon honey
2 - 10oz bags (3 cups) Enjoy Life chocolate chips
1 1/2 teaspoon sunflower oil
Preparation:
Grease an 8X8 pan. Set aside.
Add sunflower butter to a separate bowl. Mix with honey. Mixture will thicken.
Add oil to sunflower butter and honey, mixture will thin out. Set aside.
Create a double broiler by placing a bowl in a pot with water. Add chocolate chips and oil. Turn heat on low to medium, the water will heat up and the chocolate chips will begin to melt in the bowl.
After the chips are melted, pour them into the greased pan and spread evenly.
Using a spoon, dollop the sunflower butter mixture on top of the chocolate. Use a fork to swirl the sunflower butter around the chocolate mixture.
Cover and put in the refrigerator to cool. This may take several hours or even overnight.
Before serving, take out of the refrigerator and allow the fudge to come to room temperature (leave the lid on). Cut into pieces and serve!
**You can use coconut oil or oil of choice, you do not have to use sunflower oil.
We had it today, on Christmas Eve! I am going to make another batch and use coconut oil instead of sunflower oil. You can also top the fudge with shredded coconut.
Recommended brands of Sunflower Butter:
SunGold Natural Crunch SunButter Sunflower Seed Butter
enjoy!
-heather
