“Mmmmmm… they totally taste like Eatmore Bars!!” said my hubby, and the name was born. Healthy ‘Eatmore’ Fudge Squares, because that describes them perfectly. A chewy, yet crunchy, sweet, chocolaty bottom, topped with a rich, fudgey (is that a word?!), decadent, chocolaty layer, cut into a perfect little four bite square. YUM.
This recipe is a perfect ‘I-need-a-little-treat-but-don’t-want-to-actually-have-a-bad-treat’ treat! The squares are made with minimal ingredients, all natural and all good for you; nuts, unsweetened cocoa powder, dates, pure raw honey, almond butter, and banana. That’s it, that’s all – no flour, no refined sugars, no chemicals, no additives, no CRAP! Just good whole food to put you in a really good mood! 🙂
I made these squares in about 15 minutes flat, after letting the dates soak for about half an hour (this step is optional but makes the bottom layer come together easier), and then popped the tray in the freezer for about 30 minutes.
I still have some hanging out in the freezer, even though I made this batch a couple weeks ago, and they still taste as good as they did the day I made them – they don’t actually freeze solid, they stay nice and firm, but easy to bite into, and soften up in about a minute at room temperature.
The only drawback of these squares, is that at room temperature for too long they will melt and become a bit of a mess – so keeping them chilled is the key!
The hubby ate about 6 the night I made them, so be careful, they are really tasty, and although made with whole, unprocessed ingredients, they still do have about 140 calories a pop! Keep moderation in mind and enjoy one or two at a time 🙂
It’s so awesome to know that healthy desserts CAN be made, and enjoyed, and still taste amazing. I love seeing healthy alternatives to typical unhealthy dessert ingredients!
No more do cakes, cupcakes, brownies, pies, and squares need to be made with white sugar or white flour, shortening, or other processed garbage!!! The internet has a plethora of healthy baking alternatives… so no excuses!!
Ok, I will step off my pedestal… so you can go make these!!
- 1 cup pitted dates
- ½ cup almonds, unsalted
- ½ cup walnuts, unsalted
- ¼ cup + ¼ cup raw cocao powder
- 2 ripe bananas
- 4 tbsp natural almond butter
- 4 tbsp unpasteurized honey
- Put dates in a bowl with warm water, allow dates to soak for 30 minutes, then drain.
- Mix together dates, almonds, walnuts, and ¼ cup cocao powder in a food processor until well blended.
- Spread mixture in a 9x5 baking pan until evenly distributed, and press down gently with a spoon.
- Mix together bananas, almond butter, honey, and other ¼ cup cocao powder in the food processor until well blended.
- Spread mixture over bottom layer until evenly distributed.
- Place in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Cut into 16 squares. Re-freeze whatever you don’t eat and enjoy at another time!
This looks so amazing! I can’t wait to make them, eat them and then talk about how fabulous they are!! Thanks for the great recipe!!
You are very welcome! 🙂
Curious if you have used coconut nectar in any of your recipes before?
I haven’t actually! Do you like it??
Dear Christal!
I made this bars today and WOW! I’m thrilled!!! They were sooooo delicious and I will definitely re-make them! Many thanks for sharing!
xox Amy
P.S love your blog
Thanks Amy!! I will check out your post, thanks for linking back as well! 🙂
Great blog!
These look SO SO SO good. Healthy fudge is like a dream come true!
Thanks Ruta! I agree! Healthy chocolate-anything is a dream come true! 🙂
Wow, delicious! I found the recipe elsewhere with a couple of small modifications: it specified Medjool dates, and omitted the soaking step – maybe because Medjools are more moist? And it called for double the cocoa in the topping. My dates weren’t pitted but it only took about a minute to pit them myself. The un-soaked dates combined with the nuts and cocoa just fine and molded well into the pan. I used agave instead of honey. I only had about 3 Tbsp, but that was plenty. I didn’t get much banana flavor in the topping at all because it was so fudgey and chocolately, but I like bananas so maybe I just didn’t notice. Usually I’m intimidated by “healthy sweets” recipes because they seem so complicated, but this was so easy and tasty I could see it being one of my “go-to” treats. Thanks!
Awesome Ginger!! Thank you so much for the feedback! I’m glad you enjoyed! 🙂
I have these in the freezer right now – so excited to taste. I know they will be delicious because I couldn’t help tasting as I went along…
I used peanut butter in the top because I don’t have almond butter, and I threw in some mini chocolate chips to the base. It’s my first time using dates – I’ve made other raw nut/dried fruit desserts using prunes.
Thanks for sharing this great recipe – I got over here from chocolatecoveredkatie, and now I’m looking forward to becoming a regular here.
I’m excited for you to taste! They are amazinggg! I love these squares! Enjoy! 🙂
Hi I’m new to your blog but these look amazing. I have a nut allergy and was wondering if the nuts in the recipe can be substituted for anything? Maybe sunflower seed kernels?
I would definitely try sunflower seeds Ariel, but what I would do is mix the base with the dates and then stir in the sunflower seeds manually so they stay whole and give the base a little more crunch! 🙂
Saw your recipe at Chocolate Covered Katie and it looks great. For the banana substitute rather than flax how about a thick chia seed pudding ? If so what amounts would you suggest ?
Thanks!
You could definitely give that a try! I would use quite a bit, probably about 3/4 of a cup of the chia pudding!
My daughter is allergic to walnuts. Can I use just almonds….or sub for pecans?
Hey Michelle! Pecans would work great, or even cashews!!
I used pecans instead of walnuts and they were yummy!!
Fantastic! Yes pecans and walnuts I find are pretty similar, but really this recipe is great because you can use any type of nut in the base! Even cashews or hazelnuts would be yummy!