Caramel Iced Raw Brownie

INGREDIENTS

BROWNIE

1 CUP DATES, SOAKED 30MINS IN HOT WATER

1 CUP WALNUTS

1/2 CUP RAW CACAO POWDER

3 TBS COCONUT WATER

PINCH OF SEA SALT

CARAMEL ICING

1 & 1/2 TBS TAHINI

1 & 1/2 TBS PURE MAPLE SYRUP

2 TBS COCONUT OIL

1/2 TBS MESQUITE POWDER*

PINCH OF SEA SALT

 

METHOD

• PROCESS WALNUTS UNTIL A CHUNKY MEAL IS FORMED, ADD IN CACAO AND PULSE UNTIL MIXED THROUGH

• ADD IN DATES, WATER AND SALT AND PROCESS UNTIL A CHUNKY DOUGH FORMS

• PRESS INTO A LINED LOAF TIN & SPREAD OUT EVENLY

• MIX CARAMEL INGREDIENTS IN A SMALL BOWL UNTIL SMOOTH, SPREAD OVER BROWNIE AND POP INTO THE FREEZER AND SLICE ONCE SET 

NOTES

*YOU CAN OMIT THE MESQUITE WITHOUT SUBSTITUTING WITH ANYTHING ELSE

– YOU CAN USE THE WATER THAT THE DATES WERE SOAKED IN INSTEAD OF THE COCONUT WATER

– TO MAKE THIS RECIPE NUT FREE, YOU COULD USE PEPITAS/SUNFLOWER SEEDS OR OATS ETC INSTEAD OF WALNUTS

– YOU COULD ADD CHOPPED NUTS/CACAO NIBS/ETC INTO THE BROWNIE MIXTURE FOR TEXTURE/ADDED NUTRIENTS