Healthy Fudge made with ingredients from your food storage pantry

[Grizzleyette___Adams]

I gave some of this to a die-hard fan of fudge and he could not believe it was made with black beans and wanted more...and more. Here's my recipe:

Black Bean Fudge

1 3/4 cups cooked black beans (or 1 can, drained and rinsed)
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
1/2 cocoa (or cacao) powder, your choice
1/4 almond or peanut butter
1/2 cup packed pitted dates
2 teaspoons vanilla
pinch of salt

Notes: I sometimes throw in a little coconut sugar or stevia powder to sweeten it just a little bit more for the sweet-tooth lovers. Also, "Dutch processed" cocoa powder is a little less bitter than "regular" cocoa.

- Process all ingredients in a food processor using an "S" shaped blade.
- Pat down on parchment paper, forming a rectangle or square. If desired, add nuts, coconut flakes when patting the mixture down on the paper.
- Refrigerate before cutting.

This stuff may help save your sanity after the SHTF!

No electricity to power a food processor? Use a hand cranked food processor or else chop, chop, chop and smash, smash, smash the old-fashioned way. Good wintertime recipe, or else just spoon this wonderful stuff straight out of the bowl.

All ingredients can be stored for a reasonable length of time. Dates do have a limited life span. This article sums up pretty much what I have found in my own research.

https://preparednessmama.com/date-sugar-storage/

I have not yet made this with date sugar or honey, but will try it out. Honey lasts nearly forever.

If anyone experiments with honey before I do, please post your results!

 

[hiwall]

Thank you! Now I just might have a way to use those beans I don't like.

 

[Weedygarden]

Thank you! Now I just might have a way to use those beans I don't like.

Not trying to hijack this thread, but is it all beans that you don't like, or just black beans? I have heard of people who do not like black beans, but like the others. I know people who do not like any beans.

 

[hiwall]

Not trying to hijack this thread, but is it all beans that you don't like, or just black beans? I have heard of people who do not like black beans, but like the others. I know people who do not like any beans.

I am totally unbiased, I don't care for most any beans. I eat them and I do cook with them but certainly not my favorite food by a long shot.
I do have some beans in my long term storage. I'll just use them for fudge

 

[Weedygarden]

I am totally unbiased, I don't care for most any beans. I eat them and I do cook with them but certainly not my favorite food by a long shot.
I do have some beans in my long term storage. I'll just use them for fudge

They can also be used for baking. I know someone who made a pinto bean pie. There are a few recipes for using them to make cakes, etc.

 

[hiwall]

They can also be used for baking. I know someone who made a pinto bean pie. There are a few recipes for using them to make cakes, etc.

Because I eat gluten-free I have eaten many different things. I have made bread with a primarily garbanzo bean flour. It was okay.