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Healthy Chocolate Fudgsicles

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Creamy, fudgy, secretly healthy chocolate fudgsicles are the best dessert of the summer!

Easy Chocolate Fudge Popsicles
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5 ingredient healthy chocolate fudge pops

A cool summer breeze.

Untied shoelaces.

And chocolate dripping down your face.

My favorite thing about being a kid on summer vacation was the freedom.

You could sleep until noon. Play hide and seek with your neighborhood friends. Splash around in the community pool.

No one would make you get out to do your homework.

When it got really hot, you would cool off with a chilly chocolate fudgsicle. To me, fudgsicles are the epitome of summer.

Fudgsicles, fresh watermelon, barbecues, and flip flops.

But mostly, fudgsicles.

Even as a young child, I was all about the chocolate.

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Homemade Healthy Fudgsicles

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A few days ago, I broke out the popsicle makers for the first time this summer, christening them with a healthy version of my beloved childhood chocolate fudgsicles.

Unlike traditional fudgsicles (which have been discontinued), this version contains no high fructose corn syrup, no dairy, and no hard-to-pronounce processed ingredients.

With just 40 calories and no cholesterol, these healthy chocolate fudgsicles can be completely free of added sugar.

But just like the packaged pops, they are creamy and chocolatey and delicious.

Emphasis on delicious.

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Healthy Popsicle Ingredients

Ingredients for homemade fudgsicles

You only need four ingredients to make the popsicles.

The recipe calls for cocoa powder, milk of choice, sweetener of choice, a pinch of salt, and two ripe bananas. There is also a version below without banana.

Feel free to use any milk of choice. For the richest, most decadent pops with the creamiest texture, go with full fat canned coconut milk.

Liquid sweeteners, such as pure maple syrup, honey, or agave, work well. You can also choose granulated sugar, coconut sugar, or xylitol for added sugar free popsicles.

Both unsweetened cocoa powder and sweetened hot chocolate mix are fine to use.

If you are a chocolate peanut butter fan, I highly recommend blending in two tablespoons of peanut butter or almond butter. The healthy chocolate fudgsicles will taste like a frozen Reese’s peanut butter cup!

Healthy chocolate fudgsicles with no banana

For those who do not like banana, you can make your own banana free chocolate popsicles by combining the following ingredients.

Stir together one cup of coconut milk, a tablespoon of cocoa powder, three tablespoons of melted chocolate chips, three tablespoons sweetener of choice, a pinch of salt, and an optional fourth teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.

Pour into popsicle molds, and freeze. Enjoy cold, straight from the freezer.

Use leftover cocoa powder in this Healthy Chocolate Cake (no banana)

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How to make healthy chocolate fudgsicles

Start by gathering your popsicle molds and sticks.

Peel the bananas, then add all of the ingredients to a blender or food processor.

Blend until completely smooth.

Pour the dark chocolate mixture into the popsicle molds or into paper cups. Insert the popsicle sticks now, or freeze the molds for a half hour for sticks that will stay straight.

Once frozen, run the popsicle molds under room temperature or slightly warm water for about twenty seconds, then gently twist to remove the chocolate popsicles from their containers.

Store leftover pops in the freezer so they do not melt.

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Tips and tricks for making popsicles at home

If you do not own popsicle molds or popsicle sticks, just use paper cups instead. Insert a small spoon into the chocolate before freezing.

Wooden popsicle sticks are readily available at most craft stores and some grocery stores. To get the sticks to stay upright and not move around, try freezing the popsicles for about half an hour. Insert the sticks when the pops are firm but not yet hard.

To remove chocolate popsicles that refuse to budge from their containers, run them under room temperature water for about twenty seconds, then gently twist the popsicle sticks to loosen. Repeat if necessary.

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Want more popsicle recipes? Make Banana Breakfast Pops or Peanut Butter Popsicles.

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Healthy Chocolate Fudgsicles

Creamy healthy chocolate fudgsicles are the best dessert of the summer!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Yield 4 popsicles
5 from 23 votes

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup milk of choice
  • 2 ripe bananas or use this banana-free version
  • pinch salt (1/16 tsp)
  • 2 tbsp pure maple syrup or sweetener of choice
  • optional 3 tbsp peanut butter or melted chocolate chips

Instructions

  • For creamiest and richest results, use either canned full-fat coconut milk or coconut cream, or include the optional nut butter (almond, cashew, macadamia, sunflower, etc.).
    To make the recipe, combine everything with a blender or by hand until smooth. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze. A good way to remove pops is to run the popsicle mold under lukewarm water for about fifteen seconds, then gently twist.
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  1. Jordyn says

    I made these last night and ate one for breakfast today 😂 They were super delicious and chocolatey, and I’ll definitely be making them again, thank you!!!

  2. Holly says

    Katie, these look absolutely incredible! I agree with you, fudgsicles were kind of a ‘signal of summer,’ for so many reasons. I loved your description of chocolate dripping down your face too. It made me smile because I can envision it and relate to it so well.

    I’ve printed off your recipe and hope to be trying it in our home in the very near future. Hopefully it’s okay with you, but I’ve also featured this recipe in my latest blog post, “7 Healthy Homemade Popsicle Recipes to Beat the Heat.”

    You can find it here: https://wholenesshaven.com/healthy-homemade-popsicle-recipes/

    Thank you again for sharing this. It’ll help lots of people make new memories with an old favorite – only using a healthy twist! 🙂

    • CCK Media Team says

      Hi! Just use the banana free version linked in the recipe box and the coconut cream option instead of yogurt 🙂

    • CCK Media Team says

      Hi! This will depend on your personal taste preference as well as if you are using sweetened milk or unsweetened. As long as the bananas are ripe, 2-3 tbsp should do it!

  3. katie says

    just waiting for these to freeze – super excited!

    what would you recommend for a natural sweetner and how much do you suggest using? i used maple syrup but am worried it may change the flavour too much! thank you <3

  4. Sarita says

    Really yummy & healthy recipe! I used unsweetened oat milk plus some unsweetened sunflower butter, and about a TBSP dark chocolate baking chips that were sweetened with stevia. Whole family thought these were delicious! Excited to find a healthy but still satisfying, easy desert. Thank you!

  5. Marilyn says

    5 stars
    Will definitely be making these again. So creamy and a great substitute for ice cream. Portion control too if you can stop after one.

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