No-Bake Vegan Brownies (Gluten-Free)

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 a one-pound loaf tin lined with baking 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 the walnuts with any other nuts or seeds: almonds, cashew nuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds etc.
• You can replace the almond butter with peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter or tahini.
• You can replace the dates with raisins, prunes or dried apricots.
• For a nut-free version, use sunflower seeds instead of walnuts, and use tahini instead of almond butter.
• You can add 1 tablespoon of desiccated coconut for 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

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 15 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 a nut-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 248 Calories 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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