Recipe: Sugar free vegan peanut butter fudge

This recipe is one of those happy accidents, I was making sugar free white chocolate and used the wrong sweetener which split the cocoa. I decided to salvage the mess and this is the delicious result full of healthy fats. Cocoa butter is a new ingredient for me in my kitchen arsenal - it keeps high fat low carb desserts stable at room temperature and adds a creaminess without the use of dairy.

Your mileage may vary on low carb sweeteners and glycemic index. If you are keeping low carb be sensible about what works for you and switch out the erythritol for stevia or sucralose. Erythritol is the perfect sugar replacement for me when making confectionary, it has 0 impact on my blood sugar and has a pleasant cool mouth feel, you can even powder it to work like icing sugar.  Remember if you're not keeping low carb you can always use icing sugar or castor (baker's) sugar.

 

Sugar free vegan peanut butter fudge 

1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup cocoa butter
1 cup powdered erythritol (Swerve)
1 tspn vanilla essence

Method

• You can use either the stove or a microwave to make
• If using a stove add the fats to a pan and turn on low heat or use a double boiler to melt fats gently together

• If using a microwave place all fats in a glass bowl and microwave on medium for 90 seconds
• Add the erythritol and stir, heat for another 1-2 mins or until a spoon comes out of the mixture smooth with no visible grains 
• If using the stove remove the pan from the heat - then add the vanilla. Otherwise you risk the alcohol causing the mixture to boil rapidly.  Stir until the vanilla is evenly distributed

• Pour into a small tray or fudge tin and then refrigerate for 3 hours
• Cut with a hot knife, makes approximately 40 pieces
• 54 Calories, 6g fat, 4g carbs (net < 1g) per piece