Try these super easy Fudgy Vegan Brownies, they are delicious and require only 5 ingredients!
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As my birthday is coming up this weekend (september 6th 🥳 ) I felt like publishing a new (gluten free) dessert recipe: fudgy vegan brownies!
⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
- Only 5 ingredients.
- Easy to make.
- These fudgy brownies are gluten free, coconut free, vegan, paleo and AIP compliant.
📖 Ingredient notes
- Sweet potato purée. To make this sweet potato purée you will need to use orange sweet potatoes (do NOT use white or purple sweet potatoes). See below for more explanations on how to make sweet potato puree.
- Oil of your choice. Personally, I like to use coconut oil which makes the brownies even more fudgy especially once they have been stored in the fridge. But you can also use extra virgin olive oil or any other kind.
- Maple syrup. Make sure to use pure maple syrup.
- Carob powder. It is an AIP compliant cacao powder alternative. It is made from dried, roasted carob tree pods. It has a lighter flavor than cacao powder. It tastes a little bit like caramel. If you are not on AIP, you can use cacao powder.
- Tigernut flour (or almond flour for those who are not on AIP nor nut free). If you don't know what tigernut flour is and want to learn all about it, you can read my post What is tigernut flour.
If you are on AIP and still in the elimination phase, you have to use tigernut flour (because almond flour is not AIP compliant). Those who are not on AIP nor allergic to nuts can use almond flour instead of tigernut flour.
For the complete list of ingredients and quantities for these fudgy vegan brownies, please see the recipe card below.
🥣 How to make sweet potato puree
To make sweet potato puree, you can either :
- use a steamer (my personal favorite) : peel and slice the sweet potatoes. Put them in your steamer and cook for about 20-25 minutes or until they are soft.
- use an oven : use a fork to pierce several holes into the sweet potatoes, then place them on a baking dish and cook in the oven for about 1 hour at 400°F (205°C) or until they are soft. Then slice them down the middle and scoop out the flesh, discarding the skin.
- use a microwave-oven : use the same process as with the oven, then place them on a microwave-oven safe dish and cook for about 10 minutes or until they are soft.
Whichever way you decide to cook your sweet potatoes, once they are cooked and cooled down, just add them to your blender with the other ingredients of this recipe.
👩🏻🍳 Top tip
To make this recipe easier, you can prepare a big batch of sweet potato puree that you will use for different recipes. You can make Mashed sweet potatoes (AIP, paleo, whole30) or Chicken muffins or Sweet potato breakfast bowl (AIP, paleo, vegan).
💬 Can I freeze these fudgy brownies?
With all the dessert recipes that I publish, you are probably thinking that I’m eating way too much desserts. But don’t worry, if no one is around me to share it with, the biggest part of what I’m baking ends up in the freezer so I can eat it later.
Best thing about this is, whenever someone comes visit me (well, obviously it hasn’t happened since the beginning of March due to the pandemic) I always have a little homemade treat ready to go with a nice cup of tea (or coffee if my guest prefers coffee). So convenient! So yes you can store these in the freezer.
🍪 Other treat recipes you might like
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📋 Recipe / Recette
Fudgy Vegan Brownies (gluten free, AIP, paleo)
Ingredients
- 75 grams (⅔ cup + 1 tsp) tigernut flour (if you are not on AIP nor nut intolerant, you can use almond flour instead of tigernut flour)
- 330 grams (1.5 cups) sweet potato puree (use orange sweet potatoes)
- 90 millilitres (¼ cup + 2 Tbsp) oil of your choice (see notes)
- 3 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 75 grams (¾ cup) carob powder (or cocoa powder if you are not following AIP)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 360° F (180° C)
- In a blender combine the maple syrup, sweet potato puree and oil. Blend until combined.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the tigernut flour and carob powder. Stir.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until well combined.
- Line or lightly oil a 7x7 inches (18x18 cm) cake pan.
- Bake for about 10 minutes. And voilà! Serve when they are at room temperature. Store in the fridge if you have leftovers. They are even more fudgy straight out of the fridge.Bon appétit !
Notes
Nutrition facts per serving
This Fudgy brownies recipe has been selected as one of the featured recipes in the “reader favorite” category from Phoenix Helix Paleo AIP Recipe #335!! 🤩 Thank you!!!
Jeralyn
These were so decadently delicious!! After a major brownie flop a few weeks ago with another recipe, I was skeptical, but these lived up to their name! I did make substitutions. First, I didn't have sweet potatoes on hand, so I substituted canned pumpkin. Second, I am in the reintroduction phase of my AIP journey and have been able to successfully add cocoa in, so I used that instead of carob. And then third, cocoa can be more drying than carob, and even though I was using the pumpkin which is wetter than sweet potato, I also added about 1/4 c of applesauce just to be sure. They were delicious warm, but absolutely divine and fudgy straight from the fridge!
Linda
These look wonderful! I was wondering, can you use pumpkin in place of sweet potato?
Thank you for your delicious recipes, can't wait to try this one!
Bea C.
Bonjour Linda. Thank you for your nice comment!! I haven't tried to make these fudgy brownies with pumpkin. But unfortunately I'm afraid pumpkin purée would be too liquid compared to sweet potato purée. this would result in a different texture. I don't know what your dietary restrictions are but if you are not on AIP nor paleo, you might want to try my Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Fondant Cake.
Sarah
Does the coconut oil need to be melted or solid?
Bea C.
If you're using coconut oil, melt it first before adding it to your blender.
Julia
Can you use raw honey instead of the maple syrup??
Bea C.
Bonjour Julia. If your honey is as liquid as maple syrup, yes you can use it.
Jenna
Great recipe! I made 3 variations: as written, with an equal volume of shredded coconut in place of the tigernut flour, and substituting cassava flour for tigernut flour (by weight, although I did need to increase the sweet potato puree/coconut oil by a bit so it wasn’t too dry). All were delicious! Cassava was my favorite, it was the smoothest and very much like fudge. The shredded coconut was delicious but didn’t hold its form as well- I think I’d add a bit of starch to get it to hold the next time. Tigernut was good, especially cold, but I personally don’t like the slight grittiness from tigernut flour. I’m not AIP but I bake for friends who are, but me and my partner LOVED these and I will absolutely make these over regular brownies.
Bea C.
Bonjour Jenna. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a nice comment!❤️ I'm glad to hear that you and your partner love this recipe.🥰 Great variations by the way! And I wish I had a friend like you who is not on AIP but makes AIP compliant baked goods!
Angela
Hi! I’m so confused, is 10 minute cook time accurate? Tried making these, followed the recipe to a tee, and at 10 mins they are straight batter - not remotely cooked.
Bea
It does not bake in 10 minutes! I baked it for 30 minutes to a gooey consistency in the middle. Also the coconut taste is very strong, and I like coconut.
Irena
This is heavenly. Thank you so much for a delicious and easy recipe.
I did a minor adjustment, left them in the oven for another about 7 min after I turned the oven off (but I think, it will depend on a oven).
Bea C.
Bonjour Irena. Thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I'm thrilled to hear that you love this recipe. ❤️❤️❤️
Marisa
Can you use cassava flour in place of tigernut flour?
Bea C.
Bonjour Marisa. No I wouldn't use cassava flour in place of tigernut flour because those 2 flours have extremely different textures.
Shanade
Hi, would it be possible to use Coconut flour for this?
Thank you!