{"id":2031,"date":"2012-03-09T05:13:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2012-08-31T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T20:10:44","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-fudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=2031","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

Chocolate + peanut butter = perfection. It\u2019s one of the best inventions God ever invented. Every time I see a Reese\u2019s peanut butter cup, I kind of die inside. They are so bad for you. Downright evil\u2026but they taste soooo good.I heard Jillian Michael\u2019s mention that Newman Owns Organics had a \u201chealthier\u201d brand of peanut butter cups<\/a>. They\u2019re still not exactly a superfood. However, I\u2019m on a mission to find a local place that sells them.<\/p>\n

Until then\u2026I\u2019m eating this.<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

I like one piece of this for a dessert. It\u2019s absolutely delicious and it only takes one piece to curb that raging sweet tooth. It’s also got some good fats in there with the coconut oil (check out this post: Why I Love Coconut Oil<\/a>) and organic peanut butter!<\/p>\n

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge<\/h2>\n
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  1. \u00bc cup organic coconut oil<\/li>\n
  2. \u00bc cup organic peanut butter<\/li>\n
  3. 1\/3-1\/2 cup raw honey or agave nectar<\/li>\n
  4. \u00bd cup pure cocoa<\/li>\n
  5. 1 tsp. pure vanilla<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cream the coconut oil and peanut butter with a hand blender. Next, add the rest of the ingredients one by one and cream with the hand blender. Pour into an 8×8-inch pan and freeze for an hour or two. Serve cold.<\/p>\n

    Note:<\/em> I’m thinking they’d be kind of awesome with some mix ins like grated coconut, cacao nibs, or some raw nuts.<\/p>\n

    For more fudgey goodness check out my Vegan Superfood Fudge recipe<\/a>!<\/p>\n

    \"Chocolate<\/p>\n

    So maybe you\u2019re wondering how the Birthday Challenge<\/a> is going? It’s going pretty good. Yesterday did not include a smoothie, this morning I had a big green protein shake. I felt like I had a good amount of protein. Getting up earlier? Check. Did I get a workout before studying? Nope. As you\u2019ll read below, I hurt myself playing volleyball, so I need to take it easy so I can perform well for the next games(s). I\u2019m stretching and trying to get walks in.<\/p>\n

    Yesterday\u2019s food journal:<\/p>\n

    Breakfast: <\/strong>1 organic hard-boiled egg, orange slices & my favourite oatmeal<\/a><\/p>\n

    Lunch: <\/strong>1 sandwich w\/ lettuce & carrots & pickles, 1 Health Warrior chia bar<\/a><\/p>\n

    Snack: <\/strong>frozen grapes, 3 small pickles, and raw almonds<\/p>\n

    Dinner: <\/strong>baked potato w\/ sour cream, salad w\/ homemade dressing<\/a><\/p>\n

    Snack:<\/strong>1 piece of fudge (recipe above)<\/p>\n

    <\/strong>The day before yesterday I did about 6 hours of volleyball and pulled some muscles\u2026so for the next two days after that I\u2019ve been keeping exercise pretty light in hopes that my muscles heal before tomorrow. Tomorrow is a volleyball tournament we\u2019ve been working up to for weeks. Once the whole thing is done and I\u2019m utterly exhausted from a day of that\u2026I rush off to the city with my family to run a \u201cMoonlight Race\u201d. Half of my family are doing the 6k while two of my brothers and I are running the 10k.<\/p>\n

    The scary part:<\/em> I haven\u2019t run since last year. Not once.<\/p>\n

    Not joking.<\/p>\n

    I fully meant to train for the race and maybe even get a new PB. But nope, I totally forgot about the race. I\u2019ve been working out a ton and playing lots of volleyball, but I\u2019ve been focusing on strength and circuit training, not necessarily cardio.<\/p>\n

    I like running, but not in the winter (unless on the treadmill and our treadmill is on the fritz right now). So yah.<\/p>\n

    If I don\u2019t do another post after this, you\u2019ll know that I\u2019m lying in a crumpled heap somewhere\u2026 unconscious.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019m so all or nothing.<\/p>\n

    Eat a piece of fudge for me.<\/p>\n

    \"Chocolate<\/p>\n

    Have you ever run a race you haven\u2019t trained for? If so, what happened?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Chocolate + peanut butter = perfection. It\u2019s one of the best inventions God ever invented. Every time I see a Reese\u2019s peanut butter cup, I kind of die inside. They are so bad for you. Downright evil\u2026but they taste soooo good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,3,225,1066,8,57,4],"tags":[266,608,611,610,149,607,609,274,612,1620,601],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2048,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions\/2048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}