Fudge Babies – The Famous Recipe!

oh my goodness! these look A.M.A.Z.I.N.G ;)!!! I am totally making this fudge babies soon(love the name by the way so cute)
you are so creative lovie, and these look fantastic, i just had a clif chocolate walnut nectar bar, love those, but these look so fun to eat and better 🙂

xx lots of love
Eliza

Wow, Katie, those looks incredibly rich! I like how few ingredients there are AND that they are a lot cheaper than always buying lara’s and cliff’s! NICE WORK 🙂

ups, I just noticed a slip on my previous comment. Sorry about that

WHY DO I NOT HAVE DATES IN MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW?! bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I’m seriously considering heading to the grocery store just for the sake of making these. You’re killing me, smalls!

I’d add fresh-grated ginger or finely-chopped crystallized ginger to these delicious babies!

Hey Katie,
I’ve never commented before but I’ve been lurking your site for awhile now and decided to finally comment when I saw these amazing looking chocolate recipe 😀 When I get all these ingrediants i will defintelytry this! Would another nut besides walnuts work you think?

so cute and clever! 🙂

OMG! You are seriously.. I love you! Not just because of the awesome food you make lol but also the way you write and just.. these ideas that come out of you! Like the ideas of what to do with them. BASKETBALL NET! ohhh yeah. I think I will do the eating contest.. my friends had one with mashed potatoes not too long ago. But I think they will love this!

XO

All hail thee. I tried, and failed, to recreate Nectars a little while ago. I used Gherideli chocolate instead of coco powder… BIG mistake. They were so strong, you could literally only take about one tiny bite. No good. I am throwing them out tonight, and tomorrow, will use your version. Thanks 🙂

hey girl,
i MISSED YOU so! when i changed the bloggy, i added in google reader and put in your old address in there. i knew something was lacking in my life
those fudge babies look heavenly! i’ll be making them very soon
have a great night!

Yowza those look good! I love my Jocolat/Larabars, but they are pricy on a college budget. Such a fantastic and easy alternative

Love the blog and your culinary ideas!

Oh, Katie these look insanely delicious!!! I may never bake brownies again!

I think I’d try them with a little cinnamon and maybe a pinch of chipotle chile powder added!

The coconut variation sounds great 🙂 You can add coconut to anything and make it better!

Those look delicious! I’d like to try ones with coffee and chocolate chips! They’d make a nice afternoon pick-me-up 😛

I definitely want to try the Extreme Chocoholic Version.

OMGosh I would definitely need the chocaholic version!!!

When I win this giveaway 😉 you may make my fudge babies Wild Bar Mountain Mint flavor!

I would just like to try the original flavor!

I would certainly like to try these! They look delightful. I’m thinking a mini mint carob chip fudge baby sounds absolutely purrrrrfect.

id like to see an “almond joy” fudge baby with almonds and coconut? 😉

love you!xx
Eliza

peanut butter fudge balls! YUM! Or mint fudge!
XO!

I think they would taste great with some coconut or dried raisins…or figs!

I would definitely add some instant espresso powder in for a java kick!

They look delicious as they are! But I would love to try them with coconut mixed in, then rolled in coconut as well. YUM!

Those look soooo good! I’d love to try them with coconut and pecans, like a german chocolate cake larabar <3

i’d like a version with coconut AND coffee!!

i think these would be awesome with mint extract!

Oh. My. Gosh. These look great! I’m in the midst of a chocolate craving right now so I will be making these very soon! Thanks for sharing!

so much delicious flavors to choose from!! I’d love mine with some coconut or java flavors!! thanks for the giveaway Katie!

So clever you are!! Id eat my fudge babies with raisins and walnuts.. mmmm 😉

Wow great job… they look yummy and fudgy! Just the way I like them. I am a little obsessed with raw desserts 🙂

I’d totally go with your recipe plus some mint extract for a thin mint combo 🙂

Ohhhh coconut flavored ones sound SO freaking good. You just made my mouth water KAtie. These look amazing!
-Heather

These look awesome! Would love to try some with a bit of mint extract. Yum!

yummm these look so good! congrats on another deliciously inventive recipe 🙂 all of them sound good to me to be honest. i think the one with coffee might be my first choice (but really, do i *have* to choose… it’s just too hard) for a mocha flair. did you think of adding mint extract? i think that might be a nice addition to the list. i’ve always been a bit partial to mint. or maybe banana? okay, i know that sounds weird, but c’mon, i just tried your banana brulee idea and i can’t stop thinking about bananas =p.

Coconut would probably be my favorite variation. Yum!

omg . i want some now. please let me win!!! ahhh!!!
i think mini choco chips and coconut would be DELICIOUS in these!!! YUM!
-muffy

I would like to try the extreme chocoholic version, of course!

these look so good! i would love to try them with coconut!

is it too late?? I would love to try some chocolate-banana-pb babies. Chocolate monkey babies… can we call them that?

I’d love to try the extreme chocoholic version…you can never have too much chocolate 🙂

I think I would like them plain, or even the extreme chocoholic version 😉 Peanut butter swirled in would be yummy too!

I would love if they had mint extract in them!! Thanks so much for the opportunity 🙂 Do you think a mini food processor would work if I cut the recipe in half?

I would definitely add mint extract and mini-dark-chocolate chips!

That looks soo good! And easy to make! I would add espresso and dark chocolate chips, yummm!

Extreme chocoholic is definitely the one for me!

Mmm yes I would love em just plain, more chocolate or espresooo. I also like the added crunch of an actual chocolate chip or carob chip. YUM.

Mmmmmm! They look so decadent! I would love love love some with maybe coconut or some nuts? I don’t think you can go wrong with these babies.

Now I won’t have to miss my FAVORITE Clif Nectar bar 🙂

i would go with pumpkin!!!!!! PLease send them to me, im a starving college student! =(

omg, these look to die for! and i’d go with some coconut 🙂

OMG – YUM YUMMY YUM!!!! Those look SO GOOD! I would have to say ExTreMe ChOcOhoLic – because, ummm, I am one! 🙂

mint ones sound awesome!

Ooh, MINT or MOCHA would be deliiiiiiiiicious!!

Ohh yummy! Easy and delish? I must be dreaming!! 🙂 I would so add some graham crackers and mini marshmallows for a s’mores fudge baby!

those look sooo good!
jennna

Oh wow Katie these look so good! I can’t wait to try them!

Original sounds good, but I think ORANGE would be a great addition to the chocolate!

Hi Katie,
Do you happen to know the caloire count for these? Either version?
Thanks!

These sound sooooooooo good! I think some sort of Mexican hot chocolate variation (with cinnamon and cayenne) would be awesome and perfect for fall.

Yes! Another giveaway!!!

I’m soooo happy you have a Cashew version now, they’re my fave nut ever 🙂

Now…to enter the giveaway: I would love to try
– a cashew version, with a hint of coffee (if I have money to spend, I’ll put some Bailey’s…muahaha!)
– or a peanut version (we can call them Reese’s babies!)

You know, I’d love to win some fudge babies, but I am fairly certain that they wouldn’t make it across the border. 🙂

I’m all about the chocoholic version for sure!

these look intensely chocolatey!!

I like the 2 to 1 ration of dates to nuts. That’s what I always do when I am making things that I want to stick together. And then cocoa powder. And nothing gets past the agave squirt mania with me 🙂

I love that this is a dual recipe! So easy and the omition of one ingredient makes a different delicia!

OMG I am so making these this week. I’ll do half cashew cookie and half fudge baby. Or maybe I’ll just make two batches! 😉

Mmmmmmmm thin mints…

Thanks for telling me you made them, Hannah! I always get so excited to hear that something is a success 🙂

Yum! I made the original version and a cashew-date version. These are delicious! I’m having visions of breakfast tomorrow…oat bran topped with a couple of these gems!!

Thanks!

These look insanely good! Just stumbled across your website – you are too cute. Will be bookmarking for future choco-reading.

Oh my word!! I made these little babies for HEAB’s POM Covered Kindness contest and all I can say is A-MAZ-ING… seriously.. I’ve never done “raw” before and (smack smack) these lil babies are the bomb! Thanks for sharing… both the recipe and your charity!
Annie

Holy freaking decadence! I just made a Mint Chocolate version of these and I am peeing my pants! OMG!!!!!!! SOOO YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just totally whipped these up. Took me all of 5 minutes and now I’m sitting in chocolate bliss! Oh my goodness!!! ARE you SURE it’s okay to eat these??? I just ate 4 and could totally eat 40 more! WOW. So good.

I’m going to post this on my blog….with of course credit to you! Awesome stuff.

I’m so going to use this as a base for the next pie I make! So good!

Hi deb,
See this post:

https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2009/10/21/mommy-how-are-babies-made/

🙂

Hi Katie, I just made these for the first time and my 20-month old daughter loves loves LOVES them. I made her some Fudge Baby ‘babies’ (raisin-sized FB’s) and she was going through her whole cutesy routine to get another one and another one! I thought they were good too…and I even left some for the hubbie for his snack tonight. Next time I’m making some coffee fudge babies! Thanks for the recipe!

Is this the mysterious picture?

Hum, is this the secret recipe of the mysterious picture?

Guess #6

CCK, these are DIVINE! Just thought I’d tell you again in case you’d forgotten. I just made the original fudge babies, and my two year old and four year old ate more than I did! Yippee! I am going to have to break down and order some Artisana Cocoa Bliss to try my ultimate guilty pleasure – coconut and chocolate YUUMMMMYY!! You are amazing.

I’d eat these with fruit ice cream fresh out of a vitamix!

I’d make the potato soup on fatfreevegan.com

The first thing I would make with my vita-mix would be some protein ice-cream!

I think I’d def have to try some soup first…creamy potato soup!

Now that I’ve looked at the hot cocoa fudge babies again though I might need to go the dessert route. 🙂

The Hot Cocoa Fudge Babies sound incredible. I’ve been lusting after a Vitamix since I tried the Happy Foody Green Smoothie challenge with my blender, and everything was chunky and watery. It was far from delicious. I know I would’ve done better with the Vitamix! Thank you so much!

Oh the things I would make if I had a Vitamix… The very first thing I would make is Chocolate Chip Lavender Ice Cream. I have never owned the proper equipment to make homemade ice cream, and I find the combination of lavender and chocolate to be heavenly. I might even scoop a little out (pre-chocolate chips of course) to share with my pup.

i’d make a green smoothie first thing!
i have a rather cheap processor and it doesnt blend my veggies that well.
ive been trying to incorporate more veggies into my diet so a green smoothie would be the perfect way to do just that!

I just made your originals (for breakfast…).

I know what’s in them…but there’s no way they’re healthy.

They’re. Too. Good. 😛

Well I finally tried these yesterday… Crap, I love them so much. So easy. So good. One of these + shot of espresso = heaven AND the perfect snack. Wow, wow, wow. <3 I will be making these again… and again… and again……..!!

Oh. . . I must try the second version of these fudge babies. They look so good I may end up eating the whole batch.

I found your blog last night and made these fudge babies today!

I posted them as the first post on my blog and linked back to here!

http://vegediaries.blogspot.com/

These tasted so good! I only found that they were dry so I added some rice milk and it made them easier to roll them into the little balls 😀

jimminy christmas. I just made these with almonds, dates, coconut oil, coco powder, 1 frozen bananna and a drop of almond milk….and can i say, THANK YOU!!! Going to take these to easter brunch as an alternative to bitting the heads of of chocolate bunnies 🙂 Thank you again!! <3 love love love these! (I made about 10 of them, and there are 2 left lol)

This looks like an awesome recipe, Katie. I’d love to try it, but I wonder if you could edit your post to add some preparation notes? I use a Vitamix (vitaprep 3) and I’m sure it can handle the dough, but is there a certain knack to blending these for optimal results? Like do you do the nuts first and then add the dates, or do you throw everything in at once? I know from my experiments with nut butters that having the right technique when using the blender makes ALL the difference. Anyway, I’d be grateful for any added prep info you (or your readers) could provide before I have a go at it.

Thanks, Katie! I will definitely give these a try…with some crystallized ginger added for some added zip 🙂

I’ve tried a few recipes for homemade Lara bars, yours is the best ratio or date to nut! The other ones just made my processor a sticky mess. Thank you! I’m going to post about them sometime soon.

Oh my gosh! Those fudge babies look amazzing! 😉 I think i might have to make these this week..

No Bullet, no food processor. Just chopped by hand. Tasted good but no where near as moist as yours look and wouldn’t hold together without added water. Also not shiny like yours. Any suggestions or is it just the result of doing by hand instead of machine?

Seriously good. Dates, as they are, are like candy to me.. this is a deadly mix! Seriously good!!! Thank you!!

Thanks, Katie! I love this recipe and am sharing your post and recipe on my Paleo diet blog.
Just made these again today and they never fail to disappoint!

I have tried similar recipes but yours is by far the best. A chocolate covered (and healthy) life is the best life! Thank you!!

I forgot to tell you I made these! These were the first things I found on your blog and I made the hot cocoa version, but I actually followed the measurements from another blog with the same recipe (http://thecopycatcook.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/cocoa-nibbles/) since I didn’t want to use my scale and I had to tell you how much I liked them! They didn’t last long, and I’m looking forward to making other varieties of raw balls, like peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough balls! Have you made something like that? Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous recipes with us!

Thank you, Thank you for this great recipe. I love it. Made it for the first time today, and i can’t stop thinking about all the different variations i can try.
You are Amazing. Keep on thinking of tasty thinks to create.

Wow, these really are the best!! I made the original first and we loved those and then upgraded to the Hot Cocoa version and wow, I still can’t believe these are healthy!! It’s really amazing, thank you!

I finally found those stinking dates and… Oh my God.

These are little balls of heaven! They taste BETTER than fudge. I’m in love. 🙂

Just made these, with a few changes since I didn’t have cashews on hand, so good! This was the easiest quickest recipe ever. Trying to find sweet treats for that 3 oclock craving and i think this is it! Thanks for the recipe!

I just made these for the second time and my two year old says they’re better than the wheat/condensed milk version we usually buy from our local cafe! A very new convert, I am so happy to have found your blog. I’m now slowly trying to convert my white flour loving husband into a Katie-treats-eater… So far, so good!

When I tried these the first time I didn’t have dates so used sultanas (raisins) and didn’t have walnuts so used pecans and then rolled them in coconut – they were good too!

I was showing my mom your blog while we were making the Genius Blondies and she pointed to the Fudge Babies on the side of the page, saying, “Wow, I want those.”

So while the blondies were in the oven, I kept the food processor out and made Fudge Babies for the first time…. Delicious! We used this organic raw cacao powder that my mom had around, which made them extra fudgey! We’re in heaven. 🙂

I just have to share a funny story. My 9 year old son is a budding chef. He is pretty serious about it, too. I have made your fudge babies in the past and he loves them. Well, yesterday, he was determined that we would make them once again. So we pulled out the food processor and pulsed away. While he was rolling them into balls, I was on your blog reading out the different flavors you have come up with. He is in the kitchen just about drooling. Finally he says, “Who is this girl? I want to marry her! How old is she, anyhow?” I told him that I believe you are in your 20s. “Oh,” he says, “Well, I like her recipes.”

Thanks so much for sharing your creations. I am defrosting chickpeas as we speak to try out the chocolate chip cookie dough dip.

Just made these with sunflower seeds as I have an allergy/sensitivity to tree nuts. They turned out great! One question: do you use roasted nuts or raw? And, if roasted, are they roasted with salt or without. Thanks!

We made the fudge babies and they are so yummy. We added coffee granules to them for a little twist. Thanks for the recipe.

Do you have any nutritional info on these? Do they have the protein and fiber in them that a normal clif bar would have??

I just found this website from Money Saving Mom and OMG you are amazing!! We switched to whole foods about 2 months ago and the thing that has pained me the most is not eating chocolate. We don’t do chocolate chips but do cocoa, but I hadn’t found any good recipes. This site is like dying and going to heaven! I just scoured till I found a recipe I had all the stuff for, this one! IT WAS AMAZING!! I may or may not have eaten a bunch straight out of my processor then put the rest in a little tupperwear and hid it in the back of the fridge where my kids can’t find it : )

Oh. My. Goodness. I have the world’s biggest sweet tooth. I used to eat a daily cupcake before I started trying to resist refined sugars. I have to admit I made 2 batches of these babies last week. Can’t wait to make them for my family at Xmas. Thanks, Katie!!!!

Hi Katie! I just wanted to know about ur life….do u have any kids? How about a husband or boyfriend? Do u go to online collage? Tell me a little bit about u! 🙂 U don’t absoulutely HAVE to answer these questions. I am very courious. 😉 Thanks!

-Izabela***

Hey Katie, I ran out of dates, can i substitute with figs?

A quick note….cocoa powder is not raw. You need to use raw cacao powder if you would like to call these raw.

OM Katie I found your blog by a pinterest pin…I’ve tried 3 of your recipes so far and you my dear are a dessert Einstein:) Wow!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I have never been a person to follow someone’s blog, or comment, but your site is unbelievable, these fudge babies are amazing!!!

Just made these. INCREDIBLE! I would call them Brownie Babies. This is the first confection I’ve eaten since going grain free three years ago. Grain-free, gluten-free, sugar-free. 5 minutes start to finish! ROCK!

Fold the crumbs into sugar-free whipped topping and freeze for some divinity. My husband discovered this!!! So good. 🙂

I don’t have a food processor…is there any other way that I could make these?!? I’m always looking for “healthier” desserts, cause both my hubby and I have major sweet teeth!! 🙂

What did I do wrong???! I can’t get them to stay together. The mixture tastes wonderful, but it just falls apart when I try to roll it in a ball. Help please 🙂

I just made these for the play off game tonight. I didn’t have vanilla (??? go figure) and so I used imitation rum extract and made yummy rum balls, one of my husbands favorite things!! They are SOOOOOOOOOOO good.

Falling in love with your recipes! First it was deep dish cookie pie, then the raw chocolate fudge cake, now the fudge babes! Tomorrow I try the macaroons for Passover:) My variation of fudge babes for my allergic son: same proportions as original but used raw pumpkin seeds…he has literally been begging me to make them again, he is 5 but knows good food when he tastes it! Keep up the fantastic work, I tell so many clients about this site;)

i am assuming that you used unsweetened cocoa powder in this recipe as well as your other ones??

These are wonderful and very easy to make. I don’t think I had enough dates so I added a little honey and they were perfect! My husband could not tell they were dates at all… Kate I think you have opened up a whole new world of desserts to my family. Thank you!

I made these the past weekend for a family who has food allergies and they went over great! The only thing I did was to save the salt till after they were rolled out and sprinkled course sea salt over them. I think it was just amazing….Thanks for your recipe!!!!

I have noticed many of your recipes use dates. I don’t like dates and would like to see an alternative. This is the reason I don’t like Lara bars. They all have dates in them. Thanks.

Can you use prunes instead of dates?

I’ve tried MANY of your recipes and love ALL of them, but never tried this one before until a couple of days ago (I don’t like the 2 main ingredients, dates or walnuts, so I figured what’s the point). I made a batch for my husband and … well, between my 4 year old daughter and I, we finished the batch (my husband only got 2)! You’re right, these are WAY better than anything you can buy! Oh, and I ran out of dates making the second batch, so I subbed prunes for part of the dates and it worked well! Thanks so much for making another AMAZING recipe!

Hey Katie! I used to make these all these time with a cheap little food processor I had and they always turned out great! Now I have a Black and Decker food processor, works great for everything except when I make this recipe now, it never turns to dough. 🙁 it’s all crumbs! So I tried putting a bit of liquid in it to give it some moisture but they just aren’t the same… Am I doing something wrong? How could I fix this?

Thanks so much!

Jess 🙂

Mmmm..the Samoa version looks delicious!

Love this recipe. I just made the fudge babies but used toasted coconut almonds and put some flaked coconut on top. Almond joy!

YOU are my hero!!! I’ve missed chocolate since starting the “no processed foods, added sugars, or oils”.

I finally made the fudge babies and WOW! My husband and I LOVE them! They taste exactly like rich, decadent, chocolate fudge! And they were so easy to make! I used Ghirardelli cocoa and whipped these up in my Nutri-bullet in about 3 minutes. Thank you for a great recipe!

LOVE THESE! I just made them with Emerald cocoa almonds…amazing…also, the salt is perfection! Yay Paleo treats!!

I love these. I have made them twice now and the first time they were gone in literally two minutes lol. the second time i made them my dates were to old so they didnt bind as well so we used 1/2 cup of peanut butter and this makes the recipe even more delicious especially if your craving both chocolate and peanut butter!

What can I substitute for dates in this fudge babies? Can I use raisins? and what is the measurement for raisins?

These are delicious!
I tried the recipe with prunes instead (less sugar than dates). They have a strong flavor, and I was able to temper it with another tbls of cocoa. Mine didn’t get dry with the addition because the prunes are quite soft and gooey.
Thanks!

You have a really great site — fab recipes; I just wish there was something set up so that I could print just one recipe……. instead of the whole page and all the posts.
Thanks

These are the best fudge balls I’ve tasted!!!!

Katie, thank you!! I work in a hospital laboratory and it’s currently Lab Week. Also known as National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. Anyway, all week long, the lab is showered with goodies. Each day someone (usually the company of some of the machines we use) brings in something special. We’ve had a Mexican day, Pizza day, ice cream day, etc. Unfortunately for me, I decided to take on a special diet last week and I can’t have any of it! So what did I do? Make a huge batch of fudge babies! Which I then split into thirds and left some at cashew cookie, some hot cocoa, and some peppermint hot cocoa. They totally help me get through the day!! When I’m craving a brownie with ice cream and chocolate sauce, I have a fudge baby or two and I’m satisfied 🙂 In love. Thanks again, Katie! By the way, sorry for being long-winded.

OMG just made these for the first time, they smell amazing! I had to put them straight in the freezer, otherwise I was in danger of eating the whole lot right out of the mixing bowl!

Can I use pitted prunes instead of dates? Just curious, these look so yummy! Can’t wait to make them!

OMG my toddler cant get enough of these (and me too)! I make these in a vitamix. Has anyone else noticed that the walnut oil separates out? I do blend the heck out of these so it tastes just like soft tootsie rolls and pour the few tbsp of oil off.

I’m going to use these for a valentines treat for my boyfriend. But I think I’ll make one of all your variations… definitely the peanut butter ones!!! Kind of like a healthy alternative to the standard chocolate heart. Thank you for the inspiration!!! Oh and btw I had to make them ten minutes after stumbling on them. They are fantastic!!!! I made small round cookies and have eaten at least 8 of them today!

I’m making these fudge babies for some friends for Christmas (their kids have a laundry list of allergies, and these are a rare safe treat!).
Question: Should I refrigerate them? I’ve just made them, but it will be a couple of days before I can deliver them.

Great treat. I’ve made black bean brownie balls, but I love trying different recipes. I’ll have to see what these tastes like. Thanks!

Hi, Katie! I absolutely am obsessed with these Fudge Babies. I make these as a late pregnancy dessert. I just found out that consuming dates in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy has incredible benefits! I thought you may enjoy this ?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21280989/

Love this recipe!! Just realized that I need to make a gingerbread version for my dad. Any suggestions what amounts to use for powdered spices? Or would it be better to use some fresh ginger?