Just Beet It 5-Ingredient Red Velvet Fudge (2024)

If there's one thing I've learned throughout my time writing this blog, it's that everyone loves a trusty, simple, and time-efficient recipe with a minimal number of ingredients. I've also learned that a whole lotta people love fudge.

Over the past few months, I've posted this 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge recipe and this 5-Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Fudge recipe, and both have quickly become reader favorites. It works out well, because they're also two of my favorite recipes. Great taste buds think alike. Since those two were hits, I figured I'd offer up another simple fudge recipe utilizing all whole foods, plant-based ingredients.

I knew I wanted this fudgeto have chocolaty notesand a splash of holiday sparkle, so red velvet fudge seemed like the perfect route to take. However, I didn't want to douse a bunch ofgoodness-filled ingredients with food coloring, so I got creative. Beets offer an intense ruby-hued color to anything they come in contact with, including hands, cutting boards, and clothes. Although I've had my fair share of beet-stained hands and white shirts since I began juicing earlier this year, I had yet to use beet juice to lend color to food. So, I figured it was time to use those potentstaining effects in a more productive manner.

To make this fudge, you'll begin by juicing one beet. If you don't have a juicer, you can blend or purée the beet, place the pulp in a nut milk bag or cheese cloth, and squeeze the juice into a bowl. You'll only need ¼ cup of juice, so it's not too daunting to tackle this step byhand.

Once you have your beet juice, you'll add it to a medium sauce pan along with coconut butter, pure maple syrup, raw cacao powder, and vanilla extract. You'll warm the mixture over low heat and stir continuously for about five minutes or until you have a glossy, smooth, and velvety mixture.

Then, pour the mixture into a small container that's been greased with coconut oil and pop it in the refrigerator to set for two hours. After the fudge has set, you'll pop it out of the container, slice it, and indulge in its chocolaty, red-velvety flavors. The beet juice is undetectable thanks to the richness of the raw cacao, so that secretis safe with you and me.

Alright, enough chit-chat; beet it... and make this fudge.

I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.

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