CHOCOLATE ORANGE FUDGE WITH APRICOTS

CHOCOLATE ORANGE FUDGE WITH APRICOTS

By rickiheller.com

Ingredients

255 g dark chocolate

120 ml natural cashew and macadamia nut butter or cashew and almond butter (60ml of each)

80 -120 ml raw honey

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

grated zest of one orange

100g finely chopped dried apricots

Lightly grease a 9 x9 inch (20 cm.) square pan, or line with parchment paper.  In a glass or metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water, melt the chocolate.  Mix in the nut butter until smooth; remove from heat.  Add the honey, vanilla and orange zest, and stir until combined.  The mixture should thicken up a bit as you stir.  Spread in prepared pan and smooth the top.  Chill until set (2-3 hours), then cut into squares.  Wrap in plastic before packaging as gifts.  Makes 12-25 squares, depending on how small you cut them.