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 need these!! Fab recipe, Averie! :)
I finally have a popsicle mold so I can make these. Hooray! (and thanks for mentioning that Nutella can be substitute for weirdos like me who don’t eat peanut butter)
I didnt know you didn’t eat PB!
Saving this for week ahead! About to get my teeth out and i need comforting pops like this! No wonder they are so low calories but I do not car as long i can eat more of them. Would these work with other nut butters too?
I’m sure they would work with other nut butter but I prefer PB (or Nutella) to just about anything!
Annnddd pinned! YUM these look so fantastic. I could have definitely eaten 2 or 3 after this morning’s hot run!
Thanks for pinning and I can only imagine how hot your run was!
OMG. These look amazing Averie!! I LOVE chocolate and pb, and at 80 calories a pop, I’m in!! Pinning!
Thanks for pinning!
MY HERO! I love fudge pops, but think a lot of the store bought low cals taste totally unsatisfying. I can’t wait to try yours Averie!
I know what you mean about storebought. The homemade aree are SO very satisfying!
There’s no way I’m giving up summer yet – no pumpkin or apple recipes on my blog! These look creamy and perfectly melty and summer in a dessert. Love!
I’m not ready to give it up, either! Where you live especially it’s SUCH a short season. Milk it for all you can!
I need a popsicle mold. I have been saying this all summer, but you really just sold me. This has got to be my favorite flavor yet and it happens to be healthy? Yes!! Chocolate and peanut butter and graham crackers? My favorite!! Love these!
I am definitely all over these! YUM!
It’s been quite hot and humid this week in Boston – I would kill for a few of these to just appear in my freezer ;) Lovely recipe!
They are the best little beat-the-heat treats!
I love fudge pops and actually had one last night! These look super creamy and I love the calorie count. Just need to buy a popsicle pan for this one. Thanks for sharing!
Or just freeze the mixture in bowls liks I mentioned in the recipe and you’re golden!
I use that same basic mixture and freeze it it ice cube trays, pop them out and re-blend in the vita! The PB keeps it from freezing too hard and getting icy. It’s my other quick, go to ice cream besides frozen bananas. I should try some cereal in there for texture–graham cracker anything sounds good with chocolate and PB!
The PB keeps it from freezing too hard and getting icy <-- I agree and at first I thought it was either my sub-par Aruba freezer OR the fact that it's 90F with major humidity, but no, it's the PB so they don't ever get rock hard. I put a recipe like this in my cookbook but it was more basic. Love the little Golden Grahams in this version.
Oh yum — this looks like a candy bar in popsicle form! Peanut butter chocolate fudge has always been my favorite, but these might give the fudge a run for its money!
Candy bar in popsicle form – it tastes like it! Without the guilt :)
These look so great! I would use real sugar, but I’m amazed that it would still clock in at about 100 calories. I’m definitely making this one before the fall weather starts to catch up with us, which hopefully won’t be for a while!
Enjoy it! LMK what you think!
Wow wow wow, I think I’ll be making thing and pouring it into a bowl to eat with a spoon! Which is sometimes how I like my chocolate and peanut butter, anyway;)
As I was eating a drippy, melty, bowl-full, I was thinking that I liked that the best anyway :)
You know what? I’d lick up all that melted mess anyday. Helps a ton that these aren’t as calorific as other fudge popsicles are. Do you recommend any particular peanut butter brand?
For recipes like this, any type of storebought, classic-style PB will do…Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan, or just the storebrand. Enjoy!