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Healthy Chocolate Frosting
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By Jean-Luc Moreau, the Technique desk · United States · 2 min ·

Healthy Chocolate Frosting

This secretly healthy chocolate frosting recipe is so deliciously rich and chocolatey, you’ll want to eat it straight up with a spoon!

Easy healthy chocolate frosting

This recipe calls for NO shortening, NO trans fat, and NO corn syrup.

It’s a fantastic 5 ingredient thick and creamy chocolate frosting you can slather on absolutely everything!

Try it on cakes, cupcakes, muffins, or pancakes, or eat it right out of the blender.

Also try these Easy Cinnamon Rolls.

During sophomore year of college, my favorite roommate introduced me to the idea of eating Pillsbury chocolate frosting straight from the jar.

With a spoon.

Like ice cream.

(Guess why she was my favorite roommate…)

Obviously this was not the healthiest habit, although it embarrassingly fit right in with the rest of my all-carbs-all-sugar college diet.

I created the following recipe as a healthier alternative, and years later it’s still one of my favorite recipes, because you can use it in so many different ways.

Hint: It’s great on top of these Sweet Potato Brownies.

Recipe variations

My personal favorite way to make the recipe is with peanut butter, because it will taste like eating a Reeses peanut butter cup!

If you want a more neutral flavor, simply use almond butter, cashew butter, sunflower butter, or even coconut butter instead of peanut butter.

Still craving chocolate? Make Chocolate Banana Bread.

Healthy chocolate frosting recipe video

Above – watch the step by step video.

  • 4 – 6 tbsp pure maple syrup, honey, or agave (or here’s a keto version)

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