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These No-Bake Vegan Brownies are rich and fudgy, super indulgent and secretly healthy! They're filling and satisfying, perfectly sweet and a good source of protein and fibre. They're really easy to make and require just 5 ingredients and 15 minutes to make! They're gluten-free, refined sugar free, grain-free, paleo-friendly, oil-free, date-sweetened and nut-free optional. Great for meal prep!
How to make this recipe
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- Place the dates, walnuts, almond butter, cocoa powder and salt in a food processor.
- Blend until combined but still retaining some texture – it needs to be sticky enough to be able to easily stick together.
Tip: Be careful not to over-blend, as the mixture will become very greasy as the oils will be released from the nuts.
- Transfer the mixture to aone-pound loaf tinlined withbaking paper.
- Smooth over the top.
- Decorate with goji berries and chopped pistachios, if desired.
- Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes for it to firm up before slicing.
- Remove from the loaf tin and cut into pieces.
How long do these keep for?
They keep covered in the fridge for a good few days.
Substitutions you can make to this recipe
- You can replace thewalnutswith any other nuts or seeds:almonds,cashew nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds etc.
- You can replace thealmond butterwithpeanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter or tahini.
- You can replace thedateswithraisins, prunes or dried apricots.
- For anut-free version, usesunflower seedsinstead of walnuts, and usetahini instead of almond butter.
- You can add 1 tablespoon ofdesiccated coconutfor coconut flavour.
- You can replace the cocoa powder with cacao powder.
- You can add chocolate chips.
- You can drizzle over melted dark chocolate.
More vegan no-bake desserts
- Chocolate Pudding Pots
- Chocolate Truffles
- Fudge
- Strawberry Trifle
- Key Lime Pie
- Blueberry Cheesecake
- Cookie Dough
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Healthy Peanut Butter Balls
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No-Bake Vegan Brownies (Gluten-Free)
These No-Bake Vegan Brownies are rich and fudgy, really indulgent and secretly healthy! They're really easy to make and require just 5 ingredients!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: no-bake brownies, raw vegan brownies, vegan gluten-free brownies
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 brownies
Calories: 248kcal
Author: Rhian Williams
Ingredients
- 180 g (1 cup) pitted dates
- 190 g (1 ½ cups) walnuts
- 2 tablespoons smooth almond butter (or sub peanut butter or tahini)
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- Pinch salt
To decorate (optional):
- Goji berries
- Pistachio nuts , chopped
Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a food processor.
Blend until combined but still retaining some texture – it needs to be sticky enough to be able to easily stick together. However, be careful not to over-blend, as the mixture will become very greasy as the oils will be released from the nuts.
Transfer the mixture to a loaf tin lined with greaseproof baking paper (I used a one-pound loaf tin).
Smooth over the top.
Decorate with goji berries and chopped pistachios, if desired.
Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes for it to firm up before cutting.
Remove from the loaf tin and cut into pieces.
Keeps covered in the fridge for a good few days.
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Notes
For anut-free version, use sunflower seeds instead of walnuts, and use tahini instead of almond butter.
Nutrition Facts
No-Bake Vegan Brownies (Gluten-Free)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 248Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 2g10%
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 311mg9%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 4g16%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin C 0.3mg0%
Calcium 48mg5%
Iron 1.3mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Comments
Rina
Hi! I tried this recipe and found it very good, it surprisingly tastes pretty much like original brownies! I had a piece of it for breakfast along with some tea and it went very well together, I enoyed it very much. Also it was quite satisfiying and didn't cause me too much appetite afterwards (it's a problem I usually have when eating sweets, I always feel like I want more and more, I think many can relate). Thank you for posting and sharing your recipes, in a world where finding healthy ready-to-buy food has become really difficult, studied and experimented recipes with nice, easy to find (and affordable) ingredients can be really helpful. Have a nice day!Reply
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, so glad you like it!
Viji
My whole family absolutely loved it. Very Easy Recipe.Reply
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, so happy to hear that!
Selam
I tried it (subbing in raisins and peanut butter for dates and almond butter). It was good but there was a weird aftertaste - I'm not sure if this is because of the peanut butter or the cocoa powder. Any advice?
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Rhian Williams
Hi - I'm sorry to hear that. What type of cocoa powder did you use? Did you make any other substitutions?
