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HEALTHY CHOCOLATE BROWNIE - NUT FREE
Healthy chocolate vegan brownies with sweet potato, avocado frosting, coconut whipped cream and sunflower seed caramel! Cocoa powder is used to give a deep rich chocolate flavour. Free of any nuts and high in plant protein. Try these easy and healthy chocolate brownies today!
PREP TIME ~ 20 minutes
COOK TIME ~ 50 minutes
TOTAL TIME ~ 1 hour 10 minutes
INGREDIENTS
BROWNIE MIXTURE
- 2 lb / 1kg Sweet potato
- 1 cup / 140g Sunflower seeds, soaked
- 1 cup / 175g Dates
- 4 tbsp Cacao/Cocoa powder
- 1 cup / 120g Buckwheat or Coconut Flour
- 4 tbsp Maple/Coconut syrup, or similar
- 3 tbsp Chia seeds
- 9 tbsp Water
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- a pinch of Salt
AVOCADO CHOCOLATE FROSTING
- 2 Avocados
- 4-6 tbsp Maple/Coconut syrup
- 4 tbsp Cacao/Cocoa powder
COCONUT WHIPPED CREAM
- ½ can Coconut milk (full fat)
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
- 1 tbsp Cacao/Cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup
- 1 tbsp Water
SUNFLOWER CARAMEL
- 2 tbsp Sunflower seeds, soaked
- 2 tbsp Coconut sugar
- 6 tbsp Water
INSTRUCTIONS
- Pre-heat oven to 180 C / 350 F.
- Bake the sweet potatoes for about half an hour until soft. Allow to cool then peel away the skin so you are left with just the flesh.
- Soak the chia seeds in 9 tbsp of water. Soak the sunflower seeds for at least 10 mins then rinse and drain.
- Place all of the brownie ingredients into a food processor for 2-3 mins until broken up.
- Pour the healthy chocolate brownie mixture into a tin lined with greaseproof paper. Use a large tin about 10″ by 6″, any will do but you may need to adjust the cooking times.
- Bake at 180 C / 350 F for 30-35 mins until when you stick in a fork it comes out clean. Leave to cool and firm up for 15 mins before taking out of the pan.
- Blend all the avocado frosting ingredients together, you may need to add a few tbsp of water.
- Whip the coconut milk for a minute to make the coconut whipped cream.
- Blend all the sunflower caramel ingredients together to make this nut free caramel sauce.
- Layer up the ultimate healthy chocolate brownie – brownie layer followed by avocado frosting, repeat this twice then top with coconut whipped cream and drizzle with chocolate sauce and sunflower seed caramel.
- It looks best with three layers of brownies, but it will self-destruct into a delicious mess when you attempt to tackle it!
This article and recipe adapted from site.
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