Hi Ladies……I’ve spent most of today in bed with some sort of bug. Emma really isn’t a happy bunny right now. Anyway……..less of the bunnies and more of the little turtles 
I made these lil guys to cheer myself up a bit. I just love turtles. In a previous post, I made chocolate-pecan turtles but this time I wanted a more fudgey flavour so I made some lacuma fudge and added almonds and rainbow raisins to transform them into turtles
The body of the turtles were made using the following ingredients
-30g Cocoa butter
-1/3rd cup maple syrup
-enough lacuma to turn the mixture into a rollable paste
Melt the cocoa butter over a pan of gently simmering water and then stir in the maple syrup and then the lacuma, until a dough-like paste is formed. Add enough lacuma so that the mixture formed can be rolled into balls easily.
Divide and roll the lacuma into 5-7small balls and then squash down into a flat, turtle body. Push almonds into the fudge as to form a turtle as above. Of course, you may wish to use an alternative kind of nut. Press dried fruit into the top of the fudge to create a “shell”. I used rainbow raisins as their colour is in keeping with the turtle theme.
Place the little guys into the fridge to chill and serve once the fudge has gone a little harder. Enjoy!
These turtles will brighten your day if you like all things fudge and caramel. Lacuma is my favourite of the “weird” foods It has a unique, delicious taste that deserves to be sampled!
And while we’re here lets take a moment to appreciate this beautiful creature. Maybe my turtles are a turtles version of our gingerbread men!
Right……off to do some of this…..
If you were to make a dessert, what animal would you base it on?
What’s your favourite animal?
Hugs xoxo
Awwwww I love themm!! So cute!!!
And you can’t beat fudge + almonds + raisins! Such yummy foods all put together!! You are a genius girly! I’m going to make these tomorrow with the cocoa butter you gave me YAY!
Hmm I would base my dessert on a monkey hehe! Because they love bananas and fruit and I love banana bread and fruity baked stuff
And my fave animal? I would probably say the white bengal tiger…sooo beautiful!
This is so cool! What a healthy snack idea
Unfortunately I don’t have a fave animal, I’ve always been kind of scared of most animals!
Whoa!!! New blog title!!! Those are so adorable, they remind me of animal crackers but even prettier. That would be a really great way to get kids to eat healthy! My favorite animal is a dolphin.
Now I really want to bake fudge. I’ve never used cocoa butter before, but this looks really good!
Love the turtle!! Such a cute idea
My favorite animal is an okapi, it’s a relative of a giraffe but it looks like a horse zebra
omigod! this are beyond adorable. This just made me smile incredibly, and completely brightened up my not-so-great day. I have this picture in my mind of a bunny cupcake I had a while ago…it was so cute! I’d definitely want to recreate that one some day. Maybe when i’m not so lazy in the kitchen!
That turtle is so cute!! I love turtles, I always wanted to have one when I was a kid (but my mom said “No”
I would make some dessert pinguins probably 
I have already tried marzipan bulldogs, they were cute too 
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They are just the cutest! My fave animal is Elephants closely followed by Whales. I think I have a thing about huge animals!
Hahaha! These look adorable!
Those are amazing! It’s so hard to just choose one favorite animal. When I was a kid though I loved giraffes, I thought it was so neat that they had blue tongues. I think Kangaroo’s are pretty darn awesome!
Hooooooooow cute!!! I am going to make some of those babies!!
Oh my goddd! waaay to cute to eat.
What an adorable idea.
I hope you feel better soon. being sick is the worst.
Im scared im coming down with a cold, I havent had one all winter and I thank going vegan for that.
Fave animal. A cat!! Im a crazy cat lady.
and to base a snack on an animal, i would probably choose a panda, they are so cute.
This is so cute! I would never be able to make such a cute looking dessert. No artistic talent here
Cutee
I love turtles and I really want to try Lucma!
I have like a whole list of favorite animals. Dogs, snakes and porcupines are in the top though.
Oh gosh, those are so cute!
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