Healthy Raw Black Velvet Fudge
This Healthy Raw Black Velvet Fudge is just like my Raw Red Velvet Fudge, but without the vibrant color! This fudge is SUPER smooth, creamy, sweet, and chocolatey. You’d never know it’s all natural, refined sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, AND vegan!
Can you guess the secret ingredient that makes this fudge grey?
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL POWDER!
Pure coconut shell activated charcoal is a well-known detoxifying ingredient, and I love the color it provides. It doesn’t provide much flavor either (I can never detect it in anything I’ve added it to), so it’s easy to sneak into recipes.
Remember that Black Velvet Cookie Dough I made last week? Well, I’m on a roll with that “secret ingredient” that’s turning these treats black and grey.
You can call this “Gothic Fudge” if you like, but I like “Black Velvet” better. This really is like red velvet, only black!
CHOMP. Just look at how fudgy it is! I’m dying, I’m dying, I’m dead ☠️
How does this Healthy Raw Black Velvet Fudge differ from my Raw Red Velvet Fudge?
Well, because I didn’t want the red color, I used unsweetened applesauce instead of beet puree. For a stronger chocolate flavor, I used chocolate brown rice protein powder instead of vanilla. I wasn’t sure how much charcoal to use, so while the fudge mixture was blending in the blender, I added 1 teaspoon of charcoal at a time. I ended up using 3 teaspoons (or 1 tablespoon), but could probably increase this to 4 teaspoons for a darker color.
Healthy Raw Black Velvet Fudge
Ingredients
- 12 oz Raw Cashews
- 1½ cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 246g (1 cup) Unsweetened Applesauce
- 4 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- ¼ tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
- 84g (4 scoops) Chocolate Brown Rice Protein Powder
- 20g (¼ cup) Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
- 1 tbs Activated Charcoal Powder
- 224g (1 cup) Organic Raw Cacao Butter (melted)
Instructions
- Line an 8×8″ brownie pan with parchment paper both ways.
- In a high-speed blender (I used my Vitamix), add the cashews, almond milk, applesauce, vanilla extract, stevia extract, and salt. Blend on high speed until completely smooth.
- Add the protein powder, cocoa powder, and activated charcoal and blend one again until smooth.
- While blending, pour in the melted cacao butter. Blend one last time until completely smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and spread it out. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to help get rid of air bubbles. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
This Healthy Raw Black Velvet Fudge is perfectly sweet, uber rich, and ultra creamy. It literally melts in your mouth.
Enjoy!
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
This just beckons to be put in your mouth! I love the color to. I haven’t been loving the darkness look in the other charcoal conceptions but i love it here.
This is maybe the prettiest piece of fudge I’ve ever seen! A friend of mine was telling me about whitening her teeth with charcoal the other day….and then another friend gave me a sample “charcoal bar” for face washing. I guess it’s a pretty versatile product??
Absolutely!! I have yet to try the charcoal teeth whitening treatment, but it looks fun (also scary, but fun). I hope the charcoal face wash is nice! That’s on my wishlist now 😉
This sounds fantastically yummy ! How many servings does the recipe make? in other words, how many pieces should I cut using an 8×8″ pan; not necessarily how many pieces will be available for other people to eat after I get to it …… 🙂
The recipe yield is in the yellow ribbon on the top of the recipe box… so this recipe yields 36 fudge cubes, and the serving size is 1 cube 🙂
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WARNING! As I don’t see this information anywhere here. If you’re taking any kind of prescribed medication (especially for heart problems, mental problems, birth control or blood pressure) DO NOT make this as activated charcol may prevent it from absorbing or alter their effectivness!
Do we need to soak the cashew overnight?