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Healthy Vegan - Sweet Potato Fudge with Cacao Nibs (vegan)

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Like the   vegan and vegetarian meatballs , I am having a thing about fudge at the moment. In recent days, I have made beetroot fudge, chocolate fudge and now these vegan tiger orange coloured Sweet Potato Fudge Bites with Cacao Nibs.   This recipe comes from Kari's blog Bite Sized Thoughts .  I have a number of recipes bookmarked from Kari, one of which is this  Sweet Potato Fudge  bookmarked since I saw it and one she showcased when she was doing a bit of fundraising. I had good intentions of following her recipe for this Sweet Potato Fudge to the gram, but as the weight of my baked sweet potatoes were a little more, I decided to increase some of the ingredients a little. I also replaced the lacuma powder with maca powder as that is what I had in my cupboards.  I picked up the maca powder when it was on offer along with some cacao nibs a year or so ago and have been looking for ways to use both.  So even with my little tinkering, ful...

Healthy Vegan - Cacao Nibs, Raw Chocolate and Cocoa Muesli

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Regular blog readers may recognise this  Cacao Nibs, Dark Chocolate and Cocoa Muesli  has featured on my blog before, but I decided to make and showcase it again, as its one cereal I am happy tucking into.   Its really a muesli base enhanced with organic  cacao nibs, cocoa powder and grated raw dark chocolate. I have to admit cacao nibs are not to everyones taste, its very distinct in flavour - a tad bitter, but before dismissing it all together, give it a try, you just never know.  I acquired a taste for cacao nibs since making some raw chocolate  four years ago and its been making an appearance in my kitchen slowly but surely. Actually the last recipe I made with it was  Sweet Potato Fudge from  Bite Sized Thoughts.    I am sharing this with the last ever The Chocolate Chili Round Up The Chocolate Mango Round Up Chili Chocolate Salsa White Chocolate Banoffee Roulade Red Dragon Chili Brownies Parsnip and White Cho...