Coconut Oil Fudge is a decadent bite made with only 3 simple ingredients. This healthy fudge is perfect as a breakfast, dessert, or anytime snack because its ingredients are good for you!
Love healthy bite-sized treats? You might want to make this fudge a part of your rotation alongside cottage cheese fudge, chocolate rice krispie treats and healthy chocolate coconut balls.
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Sinking your teeth into a creamy, chewy piece of coconut oil fudge can be just the answer when you’re craving something sweet. Keeping in line with eating healthy during the holidays can be difficult. This is why indulgent treats that are also good for you tend to come in handy!
While I wouldn’t exactly call coconut oil a ‘hidden ingredient’, I do love making treats with hidden elements. Like my healthy zucchini brownies, almond flour brownies, and even healthy pumpkin brownies. You probably sense a theme!
In this healthy fudge there’s magnesium, fibre, antioxidant properties, good fats as well as a myriad of other benefits are jam-packed into a small bite of fudge. But the best thing about this is it’s so good, you’d never know it!
As much as this is a healthy dessert, it doesn’t overpower how melt in your mouth delicious it is. Go ahead, indulge in a piece or three!
Ingredients for Coconut Oil Fudge
- Bananas: The riper the better! Ripe bananas bring out their natural sugars. You want to see those brown spots to give sweetness to your fudge with cocoa powder.
- Coconut oil: Measure after you’ve melted it. If you are concerned about the quality of your coconut oil, check the labels. Look for virgin, cold-pressed, organic/non-GMO. This is a must in this recipe as it is an oil that can solidify.
- Cacao or cocoa powder: Not to be confused with each other. Notice the spelling! Cacao powder is made from fermented beans not yet processed. Cocoa powder is beans that have been highly processed and usually made with added sugar. Depending on the amount of sugar, that will determine how sweet the cocoa powder will be. Either will work.
How to Make Coconut Oil Fudge
- Prep: Set aside a parchment lined square baking dish. Should be an 8 x 8 dish for this recipe which yields about 16 servings, once cut into pieces. On low heat, melt the coconut oil on the stovetop. Coconut oil can withstand high heat, but you don’t want it to get too hot. Just heat it enough to melt it. You can also use the microwave for 30-second increments.
- Combine: If you have a food processor or high-speed blender like a Vitamix, add all of your ingredients until smooth. Every once in a while you’ll want to pause to scrape down the sides. This way you’re making sure to incorporate everything very well.
- Pour and Chill: Pour fudge mixture out into the prepared baking dish. Use a spatula to scrape everything out. You don’t want to leave any of it behind. Then again, if you do, you get to lick the spoon! Once in the dish, spread it out evenly and freeze for 2-4 hours. This will ensure all ingredients solidify and won’t fall apart on you! Upon removing it from the freezer you’ll want to let it sit for about 5 minutes. This will bring it back to a chewy, fudge-like consistency and will be much easier to cut.
As you can see, this is a no-fuss recipe that requires very little prep time. The major part of this is the chill time, but you’re about to find out how it was worth the wait!
Tips and Variations
- Bananas: You may notice this fudge has a banana taste. There is no way around this as the bananas give it structure and sweetness. It also helps with the chewy consistency. Coconut oil and banana work as a team!
- Dates: Medjool dates can be blended and added as an additional ingredient if you’re looking for a different flavor to mask a bit of the banana. You could also use a bit of raw honey or maple syrup.
- Freeze it: Coconut oil fudge will need to be kept in the freezer otherwise it will no longer hold its structure. If you’re looking for a fudge recipe to be able to ship to a loved one, this one is not it! This is a treat perfect for having at home or serving guests.
- Nut butter: You could play around with nut butter (almond, peanut, cashew). All will give it a bit of added earthy nutty flavor, added texture, and of course another layer of chewiness!
- Protein boost: Add a bit of whey protein powder (no plant-based and chocolate flavor would be best) to make these a quick midday pick me up or for a great way to start the day.
- Get creative: Add some vanilla or cinnamon. Sprinkle with unsweetened coconut flakes or a pinch of coarse sea salt.
Freezing and Thawing
Store: Cut the fudge into pieces, after initial freezing. Place them in an airtight container or Ziploc bag and freeze them for up to 3 months. If you prefer, you can separate the layer of pieces with parchment paper. This way, you can take out individual pieces as desired.
Thaw: Forewarning, they are addicting, so you may just find yourself taking out 1 piece every day! Leave it out at room temperature for about 10 minutes to soften a bit before biting into it.
More Healthy Chocolate Dessert Recipes
- Healthy chocolate cake
- Homemade crunch bars
- Healthy chocolate bread
- Healthy no bake Nutella pie
- Healthy chocolate ice cream
- Almond flour chocolate cake
- Date bark
- Banana bark
- Strawberry bark
- Chocolate berry bars
Coconut Oil Fudge
Ingredients
- 4 medium bananas very ripe (many brown spots)
- 3/4 cup coconut oil measured after melting
- 1/2 cup cacao or cocoa powder
Instructions
- Line square 8” x 8” baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a small pot, melt coconut oil on the stove on low heat. Or in a microwave safe bowl in 30 seconds increments.
- In a food processor or high speed blender, add bananas, melted coconut oil, cacao powder and process until very smooth, pausing and scraping the walls once or twice.
- Pour into previously prepared square dish and freeze for 2 – 3 hours.
- Remove from the freezer, let thaw about 5 minutes and cut into 16 squares.
Notes
- Store: Freeze cut up fudge in an airtight container for up to 3 months. When ready to eat, remove as many pieces as desired, warm up on a counter for 5-10 minutes to just enough to soften a bit and enjoy!
- Does fudge have banana taste? Yes, this coconut oil fudge recipe does have a banana taste.
- Can I replace bananas with something else? Unfortunately not. They make the base of this recipe.
- Can I use any other oil? No, coconut oil is the only oil that can solidify.
- Do I have to store fudge in the freezer? Yes. Therefore, I do not recommend you ship it. For softer fudge before eating, thaw on a counter for 5-10 minutes.
I was looking for coconut oil and cocoa recipes today with agave or honey and found your recipe! I happened to have 4 ripe bananas on my counter, made these and they are great! Thank you so much! Can’t wait to view your other recipes!
Enjoy!:)
This is the second recipe I tried from here, I just made the fudge and was very impressed with how good it was. The banana flavor isn’t too overpowering and it satisfied my sweet tooth.
I am so glad you like the fudge, Lark!
This is amazing, Olena! Not only super delicious, but also healthful! (And the added bonus was to lick the food processor bowl!!! LOL…). I added a little bit of vanilla, cinnamon and cardamom powder, it gave a good flavor, although I don’t mind banana flavor either. One of the yummiest desserts ever! Great treat – a small square goes a long way in taste!!!
Thank you so much for you amazing review Irene!
Hi. If we have some left, can we just put it in an airtight container like aluminium foil bag and stored in room temperature? Is it really important to put in the fridge? Does it melt in room temperature?
Thanks
Hi Lotta! It depends on how warm your room temperature is. If it’s too warm, the coconut oil will be really soft (thus, the fudge will be really soft).
Hi, can I melt the coconut oil at room temperature, say overnight? I don’t want to heat it ( feel lazy this manipulation)
Hi! Coconut oil will become less solid in room temperature, but it depends on how hot the room is. It will not be fully liquid with this method. It only takes 20-30 seconds in the microwave.
Hello dear Olena,
I made this super easy and tasty coconut oil fudge! I modified recipe a little bit with the amount of ingrediants, so I used 1 banana, 1 tbs of coconut oil and 1 tbs of cacao powder). I put it into freezer for about 3 hours. I let them thaw outside the freezer for about 5 – 10 minutes and they melted down in a few minutes. Do you have any advice how can I achieve that they are well tight and not melted down in a few minutes beeing outside the freezer?
Best regards
Yes, to get all ingredients and follow the recipe.:) They melted because you used only 1 tbsp oil, so nothing to hold bananas together.
I really like your recipes! Thanks for this fudge! I am going shopping for the items!
Will post results!
Looking forward to hearing how you like the fudge!
Nice! I used thc-infused coconut oil for this recipe and it was great.
That is so amazing to hear! Glad you enjoyed my recipe!
So easy to make and surprisingly very tasty! I must say I was a little skeptical and feared the chocoloate fudge taste would be overpowered by the banana sweetener but was happily wrong by 100%. Next time I may add swirls of pure peanut butter before throwing it in the freezer. Thank you for a great recipe!
You are welcome. I think in this case coconut oil is more powerful than banana haha.
Is the results before freeze suppose to look like mousse? I struggled to get the top flat and smooth due to the mousse consistency?
It should look like the consistency in my food processor picture. Smooth and runny. Did you process it long enough or is your food processor powerful? It should settle into bars with pretty flat top because consistency is pretty runny.