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Monday, February 6, 2012

Crunchy Fudgy Heart Bites

IMG_3085eAfter a month off because of some administrative and housekeeping changes in how things run at The Secret Recipe Club it’s nice to be back cooking and posting my Secret Recipe Club posts again.  Each month participating Secret Recipe Club members are each assigned a blog from which they can make any recipe of their choosing and this month I was assigned Anne’s blog, Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy.  As it works out, Anne has a “Certain Little Someone” who like Maisie has food allergies so right off the top I decided that this month I would make a delicious Maisie “safe” treat.   After perusing the “Allergy-Friendly” section of Anne’s blog I decided to make her Simple Fudgy Bites

IMG_3077eMaisie and I made the super simple Fudgy Bites together but as we went along Anne’s recipe got changed a bit.  We started with Anne’s recipe only switching out her sunflower butter for the peanut butter that I already had in the house.  We mixed together all the ingredients and Maisie tasted the “fudge” and said that it was too smooth and needed something.  We added in some ground walnuts, which I have been adding to a lot of recipes lately as I’ve been trying to get some extra healthy calories into all of Maisie’s food.  After the addition of the walnuts Maisie said that it still needed more crunch so a quick look in the pantry and we decided Rice Krispies would be a great crunchy addition.   

IMG_3094eIn the end, Anne’s Fudgy Bites with Maisie’s crunchy additions were a big hit with my girl!

IMG_3082e1Crunchy Fudgy Heart Bites (Adapted from here)

1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/8 cup honey
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 
1 cup ground walnuts
1 1/2 cups Rice Krispies

In a food processor blend the coconut oil, cocoa, peanut butter, honey and vanilla extract until smooth.  Pour the mixture into a large bowl and stir in the ground walnuts and Rice Krispies.  Evenly scoop the mixture into a mini heart silicone muffin mold and refrigerate until set.  Press the bottom of each muffin cup to release the Crunchy Fudgy Bites.  Keep refrigerated.

Enjoy!

My previous Secret Recipe Club Recipe Posts:

Texas Chicken with Lime Butter
Pork Belly Soup with Collard Greens
Thin Mint Irish Coffee
Levain Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Welsh Cakes
Nutella Crêpes
Cilantro Lime Chicken
Holy Guacamole
and
Home Style Chicken Curry

59 comments:

  1. Those fudgy bites look super chocolatey. Perfect for Valentine's Day!

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  2. Those are so cute! And they look really tasty. Great choice!

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  3. Great SRC selection! These look fantastic.

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  4. I love your additions - and I love that you made heart shaped ones! Perfect for Valentine's Day:) Wish we could use PB around here, maybe next year he will outgrow that one!

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  5. These look so good - and cute. Did I mention cute? Love!

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  6. Nice choice! And so easy to make it gluten-free by just using appropriate cereal.

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  7. YUM! These look great. I would like one after lunch too.

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  8. Now this is a recipe that anyone can enjoy! Wow, they look scrumptious, and what an adorable photo of your little girl. :)

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  9. Those look soooo good. I bet my kids would love making those with me!

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  10. I'm with Maisie--crunchy is always good. The photo at the end is priceless!

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  11. These look fantastic. But I have a question. I bought coconut oil because I read so many amazing things about it, but it is solid, is that what you use in these? I have this amazing almond butter with roasted flax seed from Trader Joes that I think would be so yummy in this! Love SRC!

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  12. What a great recipe, and so simple to make! I am definitely trying it :-)

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  13. These look like a great treat and so healthy too. Maisey is just adorable and looks so proud of her treats. Great SRC pick! :)

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  14. These sound perfectly yummy for V Day! I can only imagine how good they were with sunflower butter!

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  15. These look so yummy! Delicious - totally perfect for Valentine's Day!! :)

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  16. Yum! I love the addition of rice krispies! Such a cute post too :-)

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  17. Don't we have a little chef in making! Love the additions and such a great gluten free treat!

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  18. Wow what a fun treat! Love the addition of the rice krispy treats!

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  19. These look delicious! Making them heart shaped is adorable!

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  20. These are delicious looking!!! My kids would gobble these up immediately! And I love that you made them shaped into hearts! Perfect!

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  21. This is V-Day heaven, Lisa. I definitely would have chosen those too! Love that you made them Maisie safe - such a cute term! Sorry I've been mostly MIA...so sick with a cold - I feel awful :(

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  22. Great adaptation! They look delicious (drool).

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  23. Maisie is adorable and did a great job with her treats. Those would not last long around here!!!

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  24. Love these so much. They just look seriously addictive. Love the pics.

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  25. Hi Lisa,
    Your little girl gets prettier all the time, she is a doll. Your Crunchy Fudgy Heart Bites look very good, they need to be at my house. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for sharing! Have a great day!
    Miz Helen
    Group B SRC

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  26. The hearts are adorable, but the kiddos are even more so! Love your pics.

    Thanks for visiting - may I ask how you posted links in your comment?

    Thanks so much,
    Patricia

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  27. Yum! Your daughter is really cute ^_^

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  28. I like the rice krispies in there and Maisie is a doll!

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  29. these sound so tasty and turned out super cute! perfect valentine treat:)

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  30. Lisa, these look so tasty. I bake with a group that sends treats to our troops in Afganistan. These would be perfect because I bet they're "durable". Thanks for sharing.

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  31. Lisa, I love that you guys added crunch to it. They look delish ... will have to try them out soon!

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  32. Oh these looks so good - I am so craving some chocolate right now. I love how you include your daughter in all your pictures. So cute!

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  33. These sound gorgeous - Great choice.

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  34. These look so chocolatey and yummy!
    Jo-Anna

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  35. Amazing! I have a classroom full of Sunday School kids who would love these! Great choice! I have never been able to reply to comments... Just doesn't work in blogspot for me. I love the information you have.

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  36. They look super, my kids would love it.., so chocolatey.., Look somebody has definitely enjoyed it.., I love your gluten free additions.., perfect looking.., I would love to try these out, thanks dear as always for visiting me... Great SRC post

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  37. Maisie is adorable and I love this recipe. Perfect for any holiday! Thanks for stopping by Eliot's Eats and Group C's reveal today!

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  38. Wow! These look incredibly tasty. Right now I have quite the sweet tooth and just wish I had one to eat right now! Your daughter is really cute and a good helper.

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  39. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for sharing yours. My son would adore these little treats, so I suppose I should be a good mom and get on it. Thanks again!

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  40. Those are really neat little morsels! Great SRC choice!

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  41. You have a budding chef on your hands...and you two made some delicious heart bites :)

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  42. There are some little girls at my house that would love these!

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  43. Those little bites look fabulous! Adorable! I think I absolutely NEED to go out and get one of those silicone mini-heart molds so I can make them. yum! :)

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  44. Great job. Love the heart silicone mold. If you are interested, I'm giving away silicone baking mats on my blog. Come enter.

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  45. these are adorable + look delicious. plus, they'd be perfect for valentine's day, a birthday, etc. + i love that they're good for people with allergies, too - what a perfect little treat!

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  46. Adding your adorable hearts to my Everything Chocolate Pinterest Group! Love this!!

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  47. These look incredible Lisa! LOVE this recipe, I must make these soon - they are right up my alley and I have all of the ingredients on hand minus the rice krispies which are an easy find :)

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  48. These look excellent and ooooober delicious and healthy! really nice post and what adorable little hearts they are too. I might have to try these this weekend :)

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  49. Well, well, well... the hearts are cute, but your daughter stole the show!

    :-)

    adorable!

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  50. Love the recipe, but I think your daughter stole the spotlight from it. What a cutie you have.

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  51. Lisa, these look great! If I switch back the peanut butter for any other nut butter, I could make these for my mom. Yum.

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  52. These look amazing and it has all my favourite ingredients!! thats the beauty of SRC - discovering new recipes to try.

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  53. I had your blog as my SRC assignment this month and I made these crunchy bites. They are really yummy! I noticed this recipe last year when you posted it and now finally got to make it. The only change I made was using Nutella instead of peanut butter. I really love this recipe, it's so simple. I think I will be making many many more variations on it. Thank you!

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