I used to love Fudgsicles when I was a kid, and got into the Low Fat and No-Sugar Added versions when I was in high school and college.
They never tasted as good as this homemade 80 calorie version though.
I wasn’t trying to create a skinny or lower calorie treat. I was just trying to create something tasty with what I had in my hot little kitchen in Aruba.
But after I made them, I realized that they were probably fairly healthy.
As healthy as peanut butter and chocolate are.
I inputted the major ingredients into this recipe calculator and it said 80 calories each.
They’re vegan and gluten-free until the cereal is added. If it’s a concern, omit the cereal or use your favorite cereal that meets your dietary needs.
The cereal softens in the chocolate-peanut butter sauce and biting into it is like discovering buried treasures amidst the smooth, creamy fudge pop base.
The homemade fudgiscles are very chocolaty, rich, and taste much more decadent than their 80 calories would have you believe.
The peanut butter flavor is present, but it’s the full-on chocolate punch that will keep you extra satisfied, as you’re licking them as fast as you can before they melt. In Aruba, that’s literally seconds after taking them out of the freezer.
But a little chocolate-peanut butter sauce running down my hands isn’t the worst thing in the world.
While I’ve already seen pumpkin, apple, and fall-themed recipes on blogs, I’m milking summertime as long as I can with some drippy, chocolate and peanut butter action.
The mixture for the fudge pops comes together in a blender or food processor in about 30 seconds before pouring into molds and freezing. I use this Progressive International Freezer Pop Maker
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If you don’t have molds, just pour the mixture into bowls, freeze, and eat it like ice cream.
There’s really no better combination on earth than chocolate and peanut butter.
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Skinny Chocolate Peanut Butter Graham Fudge Pops
Ingredients
- about 12 ounces milk, about 1 1/2 cups, I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- ½ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter, Nutella may be substituted
- sweetener, to taste (to keep skinny, use no-calorie sweetener such as liquid vanilla stevia drops, white stevia powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 heaping cup Golden Grahams cereal, to keep vegan and/or gluten-free*, use your favorite cereal that meets your dietary needs
Instructions
- To the canister of a blender or food processor, combine all ingredients except cereal and blend until smooth.
- Add the cereal and pulse a couple times to incorporate. Some pieces will be whole, some will be crushed.
- Pour mixture into a popsicle mold, insert sticks according to manufacturer’s directions, and freeze until solid. If you don’t have molds, pour into freezer-safe bowls and eat like ice cream. Alternatively, pour into paper cups like Dixie cups, cover each cup with plasticwrap, freeze for about an hour, insert wooden sticks into the semi-frozen mixture, and the plasticwrap will help to hold sticks upright; freeze until solid.
- Fudge pops will keep for at least 2 months in the freezer.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Have you made popsicles or frozen treats before? Favorite way to eat chocolate and peanut butter?
I so love that you added golden grahams to this :) goodness, it looks incredible!
They get kind of soft, like softened cereal does in milk, just at that perfect softness point :)
I love the cereal in these!! And 80 calories?! Sign me up right now!!!
I used to LOVE fudgsicles!!! And I still do! You’re so amazing!
Peanut butter and Golden Grahams cereal are two of my fav things in the entire universe! Brilliant creation!
Oh heavens yes. These fudge pops are everything I need right now! I’ve never attempted popsicles at home before, but you better believe my first batch would be PB+Fudge+ Skinny. Obviously! I lived on those no-sugar-added pops as well, would eat 3-4 at a time. Go through a box in like 2 days. These look and sound WAY better – and cheaper too! I could down so many of these gorgeous pops, it’d be scary.
Girl this was by far and away, the most CRAZY photo shoot I have ever, ever done. In 5 yrs and 2 books. I would take them out of the freezer, they would literally start melting in thin air. I would run some back to the freezer and shoot other for 1-2 mins, then swap out. I did that a few times, and it was 5-7 mins of sheer CHAOS while I was shooting these. Had NO IDEA they would melt THAT fast in my Aruban kitchen, but they did and were. It’s truly amazing I got any pics b/c seconds after I shut my camera off, they turned into puddles and we ate them like bowls of soup. The best soup of my life :)
Accidental health food! That is totally the best kind. I love fudgesicles, but more than that I used to love eating Puddin’ Pops with my grandpa as a kid and these look like those! I think I am the last person in the world to get on the homemade popsicle train. I need to get on it with these! Also– I absolutely love that melty popsicle shot towards then end. Take that! summer heat and cold food photography! Hope you’re having a great weekend!
I used to eat Puddin’ Pops at my grandparent’s house as a kid. Oh the memories!! And the melty pics were just…the way it was with a hot Aruban house and they were melting on contact with the air! lol
Okay, these are awesome! And even better that you used golden grahams. I’m addicted to those!
May as well break out the kiddie cereal for a nostalgic treat :)
I love the simplicity of this recipe and that an ice cream maker is not needed. I love chocolate fudge popsicles.
Ooh, I’m going to have to try these in my Zoku! I’ve been so busy this summer, I haven’t had the chance to make popsicles yet…
Great idea for the Zoku!
Did I read the calories right..Ok, then I can eat 3 of these without any guilt. Love fudge pops.
Exactly! The more, the merrier :)
IN LOVE! I probably can’t make these in my Zoku quick pop maker, though huh? I’m bookmarking it either way ;)
Someone else just said she was going to try them in the Zoku! LMK if you do too!
I love the sound of these. You could add some marshmallows and totally transform these in pb smores pops
EXACTLY! My Sunday/Monday post is all about Smores :)
So it’s 80 calories, chocolatey, and peanut buttery?
Oh, Averie. I love you. If you got leftovers, I’m coming over!
I have both popsicle molds and an ice cream maker and haven’t busted either of them out yet this summer. And it is still summer, I don’t care to hear about pumpkin and/or apples yet.
These look so delicious and drippy and just….yum.
You’ve done it again! These look soooo good!