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Easy Vegan Fudge Sauce

Vegan fudge sauce dripping from a spoon

If I am being perfectly honest, I just want to pour this vegan fudge sauce over everything in my kitchen.

Fruit, ice cream, pretzels, vegan marshmallow….we dip cookies in it, pour it over our skillet blondies, use it in our veganized Dairy Queen Classic Ice Cream Cake, and eat it by the spoon full right out of the fridge.

I say this sauce lasts about a week in the fridge, but how would I know, really? It has never lasted more than a few days in my house, so that is honestly a guess.

We made this fudge sauce full fat coconut milk, coconut oil, chocolate chips, and corn syrup so its extra thick and rich. Just the way it should be!!

This vegan fudge sauce is gooey, creamy, thick, chocolatey perfection! You may just want to go ahead and double the batch. You know, one batch for you, one for everyone else.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 3 tablespoons white sugar

  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup

  • 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder

  • 1 cup chopped vegan dark chocolate or chocolate chips

  • 2/3 cups full fat coconut milk

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1/3 cup coconut oil

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Add all ingredients expect chopped chocolate and vanilla to a medium size sauce pan.

  2. Heat over medium heat until the sugar has melted and the mixture has come to a simmer.

  3. Mix in the chopped chocolate and vanilla. Stir unit the chocolate has melted and the fudge is smooth and creamy.

  4. Allow to cool before transferring to an airtight container. Store in the fridge for about a week.

If you like this recipe, try these:

Nostalgic Vegan Ice Cream Cake (Dairy Queen)

Vegan Caramel Sacue

Easy vegan chocolate fudge sauce

Easy Vegan Chocolate Fudge

When I was a kid, we spent countless weekends camping out in the North Ga Mountains. By camping I mean sleeping comfortably in an RV right outside of the tourist town of Helen, Ga. It’s a cute little mountain town that looks like an old Bavarian vil…

When I was a kid, we spent countless weekends camping out in the North Ga Mountains.

By camping I mean sleeping comfortably in an RV right outside of the tourist town of Helen, Ga. It’s a cute little mountain town that looks like an old Bavarian village.

Growing up the shops ranged from things like candle making, local jewelry, outlets, a cool/creepy wax museum, and the fudge shop!

My dad always let me get fudge and it was the thing I looked forward to the most. Fast forward 20 something years and we recently went back to take our own kids. Neeless to say, the architecture hasn’t changed, but the shops and crowds certainly have. It’s still charming and fun to visit, but It wasn’t the Helen of my childhood. Time keeps on moving I guess, and people no longer want swirly, hand dipped, wizard and dragon carved candles? What?!?! I was genuinely surprised by this?

I was able to get ridiculous matching airbrush t-shirts with one of my favorite old friends, but otherwise it was sort of a let down. Also, now that we are vegan, I couldn’t share the joy of choosing a slab of fudge with my kid.

So what’s a girl to do, other than go home and make her kids some vegan fudge, and assure them that back in the day, Helen was once one of her favorite places on earth. An amazing place I spent summers floating down the Chattahoochee river on inner tubes, watching candles get carved, and eating enough fudge to make you sick.

I just hope we can give our kids memories like this, and find our own places that they hold dear in their hearts, even if they change over time. And I assure you every time I make a batch of vegan fudge, I will remember Helen like it was when I was a kid, and it will make my heart happy. So, now where can a girl get a swirly, glittered, hand carved wizard candle?

INGREDIENTS:

  • 4 1/2 oz vegan dark chocolate

  • 1 can full fat coconut milk or cream

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 1/4 cup peanut, almond, or sunbutter

  • pinch of salt

  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces.

  2. Add chocolate, sugar, and coconut milk to a medium sauce pan. Heat over medium/low heat, allowing the the chocolate to melt, and the mixture to come to a simmer. Let the mixture simmer for about 5-7 minutes, stirring continuously. Stir in the peanut butter and allow it to melt. Add the pinch of salt.

  3. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper. Pour the fudge mixture into the pan.

  4. Top with walnuts if you like, then allow the fudge to chill uncovered in the fridge for about 4 hours to firm up.

  5. Cut and serve fudge. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.

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