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Easy Vegan Fudge

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EASY vegan fudge….

5 simple ingredients creates the tastiest vegan fudge.

This fudge is decadent. It’s rich. It melts in your mouth. Need I say more? And it’s only 5 ingredients (not counting the nuts because I know some peope don’t like them…shame!)

The easiest vegan fudge you will ever make!

Now, don’t get held up over the fact that coconut cream is used in this recipe. I know it only makes sense that it would taste ooey-gooey coconutty…but I swear it doesn’t. So if you don’t want your fudge tasting like a Mounds Bar, you are in luck. The richness of the chocolate blends perfectly into the coconut cream and you cannot even taste it.

Super easy to make vegan fudge with only 5 simple ingredients!

We all can thank Brooke for such a simple recipe! Check out her original fudge here.

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Easy Vegan Fudge

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  • Author: Fork & Beans
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Yield: 12 small pieces 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 2 c. nondairy chocolate chips
  • 1/2 c. coconut cream, canned (I buy mine at Trader Joe’s)
  • 1/2 c. nondairy milk
  • Dash salt
  • 1 c. chopped nuts, optional (or more!)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chips with coconut cream, non-dairy milk, and salt. Remove from heat. Stir in nuts if desired and vanilla.
  2. Spread evenly into wax paper-lined small square pan. Place more chopped nuts on top if desired.
  3. Chill 2 hours or until firm. Turn fudge onto cutting board, peel off paper and cut into squares. Store covered in fridge.

 

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About Cara

Based in Chicago with her husband and son, Cara is the creator behind the site Fork and Beans: A place where kids can have fun with their food.

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  1. Susan nichols

    I just made the chocolate coconut vegan fudge. i used lilys dark chocolate chips. And used almond milk and it came out perfect. It was very delicious.
    Creamy and dreamy.

    Easiest fudge recipe I have ever seen and done. Thank you.

    ★★★★★

  2. Luna

    With all of the problems of not having it solidify enough, I was wondering if you could add maybe 2 Tablespoons of coconut oil to help it? I know that coconut oil will solidify when it’s cooled anyway. This sound simply divine. I will have to make some soon!

    • Cara

      You definitely can Luna! However if you get straight up cream of coconut in a can, it shouldn’t be an issue unless: 1). It’s a bad can (it happens; I’ve had a problem with that but very seldom) or 2). It’s not 100% pure coconut cream. I say adding an extra scoop or two of coconut oil couldn’t hurt 🙂 Good luck! xo

  3. John

    This was DELICIOUS, but very soft – should the fudgy mixture be cooked longer if it ends up being too soft?

  5. Katie

    These look absolutely amazing I will have to give them a go! Another excuse for a chocolate fix and it has been years since I had some fudge! Thank you!

  6. Jenn

    Hi! I made these last night and they are very delicious but a tad smooshy. I omitted nuts but used the exact same trader hoes ingredients. I did shake my cream first. Do you think that is my problem? Should I not shake the can? I want to make these for my sons birthday party but they aren’t hard enough to do that. Help please!!

    • Kerstin

      Did you buy coconut milk or coconut cream? If you got coconut milk then shaking would definitely make a difference. But if you got coconut cream… I don’t know!

      Mine ended up more like frosting and were pretty messy, although I ate them all anyways.

    • Cara

      Hi Jenn! Sorry to hear that they didn’t get firm. Truth be told, the coconut cream (not milk) should pretty much completely harden so even if you did shake it wouldn’t matter. I typically buy several cans from TJ’s and once I get home I throw them into the fridge so when I need them they are already set. The coconut cream has less water than the coconut milk so the chilling process allows for it to really set and become firm. Try giving the chilling process for the coconut cream in the can and/or the fudge setting in the fridge a little more time then you originally did. Hope that helps! xo

  8. Giovanna

    Hi Cara, I made this for Christmas dinner and took it to my mother’s. Well, it was simply divine!!! Better than any fudge I have ever had. Even if I could have gluten and dairy, I would make this fudge instead. Thank you!!! Giovanna

  10. Justine

    It says “Store covered in fridge” I wanted to make this and mail it to a friend, would it be okay to ship?

  11. Lee

    Hi,
    I seem to be the only person this didn’t work for. It didn’t set and its been in the fridge over night.
    It tastes divine, but not set enough.

    Was trying to think of how I could rescue it, maybe adding 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup nut butter to it?
    Would really hate to waste a batch

    • Kerstin LaCross

      Did you use coconut cream or coconut milk? That’s the only thing I could think of that could cause it to not set. If you used coconut milk (without doing the fridge trick) there’s probably too much water in it. Not sure how you could get it to set, but maybe try freezing it? Making Popsicles/fudgecicles out of it?

  12. Ivy

    The only coconut creams I have ever seen come in a box (Whole Foods Market, Publix, etc.) I guess I could use that or try just chilling the can of coconut milk. I can’t wait to try this. Most vegan fudge recipes seem a lot more complicated. Thanks!

  14. Jess

    I think I’ve pinned this twice already, but I want to pin it again. No, I want to actually make it this time!!!

  16. Kerstin

    Making this right now D: It’s in my fridge cooling! My non-vegan baker friend is demanding to know how it turns out since it doesn’t use peanut butter or dairy butter (solidifiers) and since it doesn’t require that ‘mix until a softball’ stage.

  17. ay

    I’ll try this, and there are (expensive) non-milk chocolate bars out there–is the Trader Joe’s definitely milk-free? (They do some great vegan items; but one of their soy cheeses does contain whey or casein, so vegan-buyers beware.)
    Also wondering: what does one need to substitute for chocolate, if anything, to make a simple, non-choc, buttery fudge?
    Thanks.

  18. Rachel

    What can I use to replace the coconut cream? I can’t find any in the stores and I really want to make this 🙁

  22. Rebecca W.

    Fudge is one of my favorite desserts from my childhood! I haven’t recreated it in vegan form to my satisfaction yet. I’ll try this recipe. It looks great!

    • Cara

      You could always try…and if you are a fan of white chocolate fudge, I say go for it. I do know that white vegan chocolate melts a little differently than say, Enjoy Life semi-sweet chocolate chips, so that might be tricky, but definitely test it out if you are feeling experimental 🙂

  24. Stephanie

    Thank you for this fabulous recipe! I made this for the first time last night! I followed the recipe exactly, with one wee change and the fudge turned out beautifully! I didn’t have a can of coconut cream handy, but I did have a can of full fat coconut milk. So I kept it in the fridge overnight and the milk turned itself into a heavy, thick cream! I scooped it out and used it for the fudge.. PERFECT AND SOOOO YUMMY! 😀

  25. goodstorysarah

    I can’t wait to try this!…maybe this weekend! I haven’t seen cans of coconut cream, but do you know if you can do the coconut milk in the fridge trick to get the coconut cream?

  31. Lizzie

    Just clicked your love button, baby. ;p

    And Laurel up there has my number with the Amaretto idea…think I’m gonna be giving this a try tonight with that little addition!

    • Cara

      Hopefully you haven’d made it yet because I totally made a mistake on the measurements. Don’t know what I was thinking… But I fixed it now so it should be okay 🙂 And yes!!! SNOW. xo

  32. sandra

    Any idea roughly how much 2c of choc is? I shall be buying bars and wonder if it would be a 100g bar for example. Is coconut cream the one you can get in cartons that is so solid its like candle wax or could you use the solid part from a can of coconut milk once refrigerated. Thanks.

    • Cara

      Hi Sandra! I really wish I could help you out with the cups to grams measurements but I’m afraid I don’t know 🙁 I will say that the chocolate bar I used is a total of about 18 oz and I used almost half of it. Does that help? And coconut cream is like the candle wax description you used (I love that!)–it comes in a can already solid. Best of luck! xo

    • Diane

      One cup of chocolate weighs 6 ounces or 170 grams, according to the King Arthur Flour website. Hope this isn’t too late to help.

  33. Caitlin

    wow, this does look easy! fudge can be a pain in the booty to make. definitely have to try this one out 😉 and yay for being nominated for the friendsEATtop blogger!

  35. Suzanne @Roll With It

    This looks amazing. It reminds me of my childhood. My Grandmother would make fudge growing up on raining days at the cottage. She would never tell anyone the recipe, until one day I convinced her to teach me. To this day I can’t remember the proportions but I do remember it was full of brown sugar, corn syrup and butter. Now I can use this as a more cleaned up version! I love it! xo

    • Cara

      I went to TJs, hoping to get coconut MILK and all they had was cream so I thought, heck, this could work! Experimentation successful 🙂 I was shcked that the first attempt worked, actually… Apparently I have learned a thing or 2 in the past year from doing this, ha! xo

  37. Your Biggest Fan!

    Hold the phone! I was THE VERY FIRST to love you – duh! Tried the love button and couldn’t get it to work. You’ll have to vote on my behalf. I figure this note from your mom makes it official hee! hee! Love the fudge BTW and yes, with lots of nuts. 🙂
    XOXOXOX

    • Cara

      You are the cutest mother in the world, lady! Thank you for the love–it has not been amiss in this brain of mine that you were the first to love me 🙂 xo

  38. Delta

    of course I love you, who doesn’t! 🙂 I also am wondering about the coconut cream. Am I gonna have to buy this like I bought the cacao butter lol

  40. amethystjean

    What kind of cocount cream? All I have is coconut milk (canned) and whenever I’ve seen recipes requiring coconut cream they have said to refrigerate and scoop of the top portion.

    • Cara

      Sorry about the confusion! I meant to say just a regular ol’ can of coconut cream. It’s in solid form as opposed to coconut milk in liquid form and comes as is when you buy it 🙂 Hope that helps. Let me know if I am still not making any sense… xo

  43. Herbivore Triathlete

    I’ve been wondering how to make a vegan fudge! Thanks Cara, all your recipes are great and make me realize that even though I don’t consume any animal products, I don’t need to miss out.

  44. Laurel

    O.K. I “loved” you. I shared the link. I made this stuff last year with cherries and Amaretto. Get off my case already. I really do <3 <3 you because you're so adorable. Plus, I DID NOT steal that recipe from Leanne I'd done it my own self with yogurt BEFORE I saw it and shared it with you. Leanne just made it look all purdy and easy and stuff. 😉

      • Cara

        Girl you don’t have to tell me that you came up with that recipe first–that is a totally DUH given. You are the master at baking and anything genius. Thank you for the “love”–sorry the button isn’t working. I have given up on it myself because they want you to sign up to FriendsEat. Silly me, I thought this was to shout-out bloggers but apparently not… ha!

  45. Susan

    I just officially “loved” you, although I have for quite some time. Your recipes are so delish. Thanks for all you do. You deserve this recognition!!

  46. jaime @ sweet road

    This is my favorite thing to make! It’s so simple and really hits the spot with the chocolate and good-for-you fats! I use coconut butter/coconut cream concentrate though, coconut cream has just a bit too much water content in it. What brand do you use?

  51. Eva

    I gave this to a few people for Christmas last year and they all loved it. :3 How long does this keep in the fridge, do you think? If I make some on Sunday night, will it still be good on Thursday (and beyond)? I suppose it will, with all that fat in it… right??

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