These decadent chocolate fudge brownies are loaded with dark chocolate chunks and made using rich cold brew coffee. Made gluten-free, refined sugar-free and vegan; these brownies are so healthy you can have them for breakfast!
One of my greatest loves in the world is coffee! I never go a morning without it. I always have a pot (okay, more like 2-3 cups) of hot black coffee in the morning and if I feel myself crashing in the afternoon (probably from all the coffee in the morning) I have a cold brew pick-me-up… So adding coffee to my brownies was a no brainer. I’ve made espresso brownies dozens of times but adding cold brew concentrate is a game changer.
I used 2 scoops of PEScience Select Protein in this recipe. For vegan use their plant based proteins and use just 1 scoop and reduce pumpkin puree to 1/3 cup. You can get 30% OFF PEScience products by using my affiliate code PBCHOCO at checkout on their website www.pescience.com
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Healthy Cold Brew Chocolate Chunk Brownies (gf/vegan)
Notes
*Oat flour can be subbed for gluten-free flour or brown rice flour.
Ingredients
- 1 c gluten-free oat flour*
- 1 c almond flour
- 64g chocolate protein* PEScience 30% OFF code PBCHOCO
- 1/2 c unsweetened cocao powder
- 1/2 c pumpkin puree
- 4 tbsp ground flax
- 7 tbsp cold brew concentrate
- 1 sugar-free chocolate bar, 100g
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F and prepare a 9x9 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, stir together the cold brew and ground flax. Set aside for 5 minutes.
- In the mean time, cut the chocolate bar into small chunks. Melt 2 tbsp of the chocolate chunks and set aside.
- In a stand alone mixer, mix together the flours, cocao powder, baking soda, baking powder and protein powder. Add in the pumpkin puree and flax/cold brew mix and melted chocolate. Mix until a dough forms.
- Press the dough evenly into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with chocolate chunks and press them into the dough. Bake 7-8 minutes. Don't over bake.
- Let cool at room temperature for one hour or speed up the process by placing in the freezer for 15-20 minutes. Cut into 12 bars and enjoy.
- *VEGAN - use just 2 scoops (don't measure by grams) of a plant based protein and reduce pumpkin puree to 1/3 cup and add stevia to taste. If dough is too dry, add more pumpkin until you reach a dough like consistency.
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Cold Brew Chocolate Chunk Brownies (gf/vegan)
Serves: 12
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Amount Per Serving: 1 Brownie
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| Calories | 178 | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 9g | 13.8% | |
| Saturated Fat | 0 | |
| Trans Fat | ||
| Cholesterol | 0 | |
| Sodium | 0 | |
| Total Carbohydrate 16g, 13g net | 5.3% | |
| Dietary Fiber 3g | 12% | |
| Sugars 0g | ||
| Protein 10g | ||
| Vitamin A | Vitamin C | |
| Calcium | Iron | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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