Secret Ingredient Healthy Nutella Fudge Recipe | Sugar Free, High Protein (2024)

Mar 5, 2017

Do you like/love-so-much-you-could-marryNutella? Yes? Me too! So I made it infudge form 😉

This Healthy Nutella Fudgeis sweet, chocolatey and satisfying. Oh, and it’s healthytoo.It’s made with asurprisingsecret ingredient thatmightjust gross you out but don’t worry,youcan’t taste it. Trust me, nobody knew it was there! This fudge ispacked fullof protein,fiber and healthy fats, and none of the added sugar or artificial flavors. BOOM! I’ll take seven.

Two Christmases ago, I was a pretty darn lucky girl and (finally) got aVitamix! You know, basically the most sought-after, powerful blender on the market? A Vitamix had been on my wishlist for over three years at the time and I quietlyenvied everyone who had one. They could pureegreen smoothies (sans the spinachchunks), grindup smooth and creamy nut butters, and of course, they can blend up this Secret Ingredient Healthy Nutella Fudge!!

This recipe required a few trials to perfect, though. Let me walk you through eachtrial:

In the first trial, I used 1 cup of myHomemadeNutellaandnoblack beans. Sadly, the fudgedidn’t firm up (it was like a pudding), it wasn’t nearly sweet enough, and it wasn’t hazelnutty enough.

In the second trial, I added a can ofblack beans and ⅓ cup more Nutella. I blended the “batter”in my food processor. While the beans pureed well, the bean skins left small black flecksthroughout the fudge. While the bean flecks didn’t affect the flavor at all, it surewasn’tattractive to look at. I wanted a super smooth anduniformfudge so no one would suspect the sneaky ingredient.

In the third and final trial, instead of adding the ingredients in my food processor, I added themto my Vitamix. Problem solved. I got a perfect fudge batterwithout the black flecks! This fudge issuuuperaddicting. You won’t be able to stop at one. And that’s okay, because this fudge is secretlyGOODfor you 😉

Why, hello gorgeous little cubeof fudge! I think I’ll go ahead and dive in…

THIS. IS. THE. BOMB!

Words cannot even begin to describe how amazing this Healthy Nutella Fudgeis. It’s so chocolatey and sweet and spongy and fluffy. You can’t detect the beans or cottage cheeseat all(trust me, I’m not a huge fan of beans OR cottage cheese, and they were thankfully overpowered by the sweet Nutella and soul-warming vanilla). Thiswill fulfill your wildest dessert-filled dreams 🙂

The nutrition label is for FOUR pieces, so each piece has got just 55 calories! WHOOP WHOOP!

Compared to 4 pieces of typical Nutellafudge, 4 pieces ofmy Healthy Nutella Fudge has:

• 340less calories
• 11gless fat
• 77glesssugar (you save yourself from more than ⅓ CUPof sugar!)
• 8gmorefiber
• 10gmore protein

I’ve literally been eatingabout 6 pieces of this fudge every day. If I turn into a little Nutella fudge cube, you’ll know why 😉

Enjoy!

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With love and good eats,

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–Jess

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