Looking for a healthy vegan snack?

Check out these Raw Vegan Brownie Bites

Many of you will know that I am not a vegan and I certainly don’t want to appear to be jumping on the vegan bandwagon, but these healthy Raw Brownie Bites are conveniently vegan!

Now, if you have skipped down to the recipe below you may be slightly put off when you see what the magic ingredient for these brownie bites is.

But please don’t be put off. Give them a try. You may be pleasantly surprised.

When you make these up they will be very soft and squishy – they are supposed to be like raw cookie/brownie dough. This means you will probably need to keep them refrigerated and unfortunately they aren’t very portable. However, they do make a lovely treat with your morning coffee or an indulgent treat after dinner.

So give these raw vegan brownie bites a go and let me know what you think in the comments below.

I hope you love them as much as I do!

This month’s meal plans:

Week 1:

Maple glazed pork with coleslaw and potato wedges
Healthy tuna mornay and pasta
Meatballs with spaghetti
Prawn and avocado salad
Jamie Oliver fish pie
Beef and mushroom stroganoff
Tomato, olive, onion and feta tart with salad

Week 2:

Sardinian pasta shells with Italian sausage and tomato ragu
Asparagus, red onion and spinach quiche with salad
Chicken arrabbiata with pancetta and red wine sauce with mashed potatoes
Lamb casserole with mushrooms and rice
Grilled prawns and sweet pepper skewers with salsa and potato wedges
Chilli Con Carne and rice
Crumbed chicken with tomato salad and bread

Week 3:

Salmon with creamy leek and mushroom sauce, potato wedges and sweet corn
Enchiladas with salad
Spanish Paella
Chicken Satay and rice
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Pork Chops with roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese and vegetables
Thai chicken curry with rice

Week 4:

Mushroom ravioli with tomato sauce
Crumbed chicken with salad
Lamb Steaks with sweet chilli tomato salsa, potato wedges and veggies
Homemade burgers with salad
Sausages with mashed potatoes and ratatouille
Chicken Pie with vegetables

Raw Vegan Brownie Bites

New Leaf Health and Wellbeing

Craving some raw cookie/brownie dough? These Raw Vegan Brownie Bites will hit the spot but are super healthy and contain a special magic ingredient.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 30

Chilling time 1

Course healthy, Snack, vegan

Cuisine British

Servings 12

Equipment

Food Processor optional
Mixing bowl
pestle and mortar optional

Ingredients

1 cup Chopped pitted dates
1 cup Canned Black Beans, rinsed (250g)
4 tbsp good quality peanut butter
1 1/2 tbsp Cocoa powder
2 tbsp maple syrup

Instructions

Soak the chopped dates in a bowl of boiling water for 10-20 minutes to soften, then drain the water off.
Then you can either place all the ingredients into a food processor and blitz until they form a smooth dough
If you don't have a food processor, you can mash the dates and beans in a pestle and mortar or just use the flat end of a rolling pin into the base of a bowl
Place dough in fridge for 10 minutes to firm, then roll into teaspoon size balls
Place back in the fridge for a further hour to chill before serving.
The dough will be slightly soft and squishy like uncooked brownie mix.
Keep brownie bites in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four days.