Ultimate Vegan Chocolate Biscuits!!

Want the ultimate decadent chocolate biscuit that's vegan and super quick to make?! Here you go :) 

Ingredients

1/2cup / 100g cacao butter

3/4cup / 150g brown sugar

6 Tbsp aquafaba 

3/4 cup/ 75g cocoa powder

3/4cup / 50g shredded coconut

3/4 cup SR Flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup dark choc chips (optional)

Method

Preheat oven to 190 degrees celcius. Soften cacao butter until almost melted. Whisk in sugar, aquafaba and vanilla until creamed. Sift in and stir rest of ingredients. Use wet teaspoon to place teaspoons of mixture onto grease proof paper. Top with shaved Almonds if desired.

Bake for 8-10 mins. They will be soft when removed from oven so leave to cool. Makes 16. 

This recipe was adapted from one posted on the 'Vegan is the New Black' fb page in August  2015. 

Chocolate Brownie - gluten free and vegan!!

Ingredients

BASE

1.75 cups almond meal

0.5 cup cocoa powder

0.75 cup brown sugar

0.25 tspn salt 

1/3 cup coconut oil (melted)

4 TBspns Aqua faba

1 tspn vanilla extract

TOPPING

4 TBspn brown sugar

2 TBSpn Cocoa powder

2 TBSpn coconut oil 

4 TBSpn soy milk

Method for base

1. Preheat oven. Combine dry ingredients and then add wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. 

2. Put into a small cake/ slice tin that's lined with baking paper. 

3. Bake 35mins on 160 degrees Celsius.

Method for topping

1. Combine ingredients in a small saucepans til bubbling constantly while being stirred

2. Pour over base to serve. 

 

A cheat's chocolate, almond, banana and chai pudding!

What are two things I NEED in my vegan diet? Chocolate and protein!! Hehehe

Well this pudding is easy to make and meets those needs plus is quite nutritious !

2 bananas mashed

2 TBS chia seeds

Half a cup of chocolate almond milk (my fave bend is Almond Breeze) 

Combine and leave in fridge for 4hrs to allow chai seeds to swell. Serve cold. 

Serves 2

You could easily use chocolate soy milk instead if you'd prefer too. 

This gives you all the goodness of bananas (potassium, vitamin B6 & C, Manganese, fibre), chia (protein, fibre, omega 3 & 6, calcium, iron, magnesium, antioxidants, potassium, ) and almond milk (protein, phosphorus, potassium and zinc plus anything it's fortified with) but is simply DELICIOUS and super easy to make!

Of course if you weren't cheating you could use plain almond milk and add your own sweetener (optional as bananas are already sweet) and Raw Cacao which would be even healthier, with it's amazing nutritional benefits of antioxidants and more. But that would change the name of this post! XP

Raw Vegan Chocolate Brownie

INGREDIENTS

Base

• 1 C raw almonds(or sub walnuts)
• 1/2 C unsweetened shredded coconut
• 2 C packed dates
• 1/2 C unsweetened cacao powder
• 2 TBS water
• dash vanilla

Icing

• 3/4 C raw cashews (soaked for 2 hours and drained)
• 2 TBS raw cacao powder
• 2 TBS maple syrup
• dash vanilla
• water to add for consistency

METHOD

Base
Line a loaf pan with baking paper for easy removal and set aside.  Add the almonds and coconut to the food processor and process until no large pieces of almond remain.  Pour the almonds into a bowl and set aside.

Place the dates and water into the food processor and process until the dates are broken up and come together in a “dough” that looks almost like a paste.  Add the almonds and coconut and the cocoa powder, salt and vanilla and pulse until combined.  Don’t over mix, but be sure that everything is completely combined.

Place the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and press down firmly.

Icing
Food process cashews until fine. Add other ingredients and continue process until smooth adding a little water if needed to achieve the right consistency. Spread over base.

Pull the brownies out of pan and place on a cutting board and slice into 60 bite sized brownies. Store in an airtight container on the counter or in the fridge for up to a couple weeks.

References
http://fooddoodles.com/2012/05/16/raw-vegan-coconut-brownies/