Chocolate Protein Fudge

If you read yesterday's post you know that I promised you a guilt-free dessert. To be honest, guilt-free and dessert together scare me. I mean, what's so special about it that you can really not feel bad about eating it? Are you hiding broccoli in it? Ew...

Don't worry friends, no broccoli. I promise. See? There is no broccoli pictured! This Chocolate Protein Fudge was a recipe I found on Ripped Recipes. I follow them on Instagram, which is dangerous if you have little self-control once you see food.

What you'll need:

1 oz nuts - I used my favorite, cashews!

1/4 cup milk - I used almond milk

2 Tbsp cocoa powder - I actually used cacao powder

1 tsp honey

2 scoops chocolate protein powder - I used Optimum Nutrition Extreme Chocolate

2 Tbsp peanut butter - I used natural chunky peanut butter

What you do:

1. Pulse your nuts in a food processor just enough to get chunks. You can skip this if you want whole nut pieces in your fudge.

2. Combine all ingredients except the nuts in your food processor and process until smooth. 

3. Stir in nuts.

4. Pour into a silicone mold and freeze 1 hour. My mold is a sweet Lego brick mold from the Lego Store in the Mall of America!

5. Enjoy.

So, how is this guilt-free? Well, one brick of fudge is ONLY 85 calories AND packs 8 grams of protein! That's pretty impressive if you ask me. This would make a great night time treat for those of you that need a little something sweet before bed. Especially if you used Casein protein instead of Whey. Why? Well, at night your body repairs the tears you made in your muscles during the day and it needs protein to do that. Casein is a slow digesting protein and will be able to fuel your body's repairs for longer than whey which is more quickly digested. Didn't know you were getting a  nutrition lesson today too huh?

Until next time!

Lauren