Olivia's Easy Vegan Peanutbutter Fudge
Category: Desserts - Other

Suitable for a: vegan diet


Ingredients:
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**Warning, "Health Food" this is NOT!!

3/4 cup vegan margarine
--(We use Willow Run for this, definitely works the best)
1 cup peanut butter
--(If you're using "natural" peanutbutter, this works best with as little oil as possible stirred into it. This is a great recipe for that dry crumbly stuff in the bottom of the jar)
2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
--(Yes, it's possible to find non-bone-char -vegan- confectioners sugar)
1 cup chocolate chips (vegan if you prefer)
1/2 cup chopped peanuts (optional)


Instructions:
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Lightly grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.
In a saucepan over low heat, melt margarine. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter until smooth.
Stir in confectioners' sugar, a little at a time, until well blended.
Stir in chocolate chips and nuts if you want.
Pat into prepared pan.
Chill until firm.
Cut into squares.


Additional comments:
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This is another of my daughter's vegan experiments that turned out so SOOO good.
Definitely not health food, but makes EXCELLENT bake-sale donations or party treats...

OMG if I weren't trying to lose seven pounds for my daughter's wedding, I would make this right now! So I'll just have to wait for June 18th!

This should be a mandatory daily menu item at any recovering anorexic's table!!! :) 3 full servings a day, say I! :D

(LOL at *AHIMSA*)

This stuff sells out in minutes at the Jr. High bake sales. Thats usually the only thing my daughter makes it for... I just can't imagine having a whole pan of the stuff at our house... my kids would finish it in minutes...

I think i'm going to have to make this tonight! It just so happens that I have all of the ingredients already at home....

The world would be a much sadder place without peanut butter....

:)

sounds great, bat what's "confectioners' sugar"?

Icing sugar.

aka powdered sugar

Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!

It was mentioned in another thread (http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=59027&page=3) that this is a good way to use up that hard unspreadable peanut butter at the bottom of the jar. I had some, but not a whole cup of it. I ended up making about 2 pieces of fudge instead. Better for the wasteline too, eh?

I had four spoons full of peanut butter. Just plain old eating type of spoons, no technical measurements. So I scaled down the recipe based on that. I melted the margarine and chocolate chips in the microwave in a glass measuring cup then mixed in peanut butter. Once it was all smooth I started adding the confectioners sugar until I liked the consistency. I pressed a couple of balls flat onto waxed paper using a fork and tossed in the fridge for 5 or 10 minutes. (I just couldn't wait any longer!)

4 spoons peanut butter
3 spoons vegan margarine
4-5 spoons chocolate chips
10-11 spoons confectioners' sugar

[QUOTE=Tofu-N-Sprouts]Olivia's Easy Vegan Peanutbutter Fudge

:chef: OH YUM....Thank you....sooooooooo good

Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!

It was mentioned in another thread (http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=59027&page=3) that this is a good way to use up that hard unspreadable peanut butter at the bottom of the jar. I had some, but not a whole cup of it. I ended up making about 2 pieces of fudge instead. Better for the wasteline too, eh?

I had four spoons full of peanut butter. Just plain old eating type of spoons, no technical measurements. So I scaled down the recipe based on that. I melted the margarine and chocolate chips in the microwave in a glass measuring cup then mixed in peanut butter. Once it was all smooth I started adding the confectioners sugar until I liked the consistency. I pressed a couple of balls flat onto waxed paper using a fork and tossed in the fridge for 5 or 10 minutes. (I just couldn't wait any longer!)

4 spoons peanut butter
3 spoons vegan margarine
4-5 spoons chocolate chips
10-11 spoons confectioners' sugar

I have to tell you, this fudge was so good (full size recipe) I went back to make this small version...WELL...I really messed up, I accidentally put a spoon of coffeebeans in...Ya know what...It was GOOD..Leave it to me to be in a hurry and not pay attention till its too late..

I almost posted this again. I'd forgotten it was here. My gosh this is good, but so rich and sweet it makes my teeth hurt if I eat too much. (My kids don't seem to have this problem - ha!).

^^^
That probably means I shouldn't eat it, as my teeth are extremely sensitive to large amounts of sugar.

TOO BAD 8D!!!

I'm so making this.