Chocolate Date Brownies
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 16
 
Tasty, chocolate-y goodness loaded with nutrients! Winning!
Ingredients
  • ¾ c. coconut oil
  • ¼ c. + 1 T. honey
  • 5 T. cacao powder
  • 2+ c. raw pecans
  • 40 medjool dates or 66 deglet noor dates
  • ½ c. + 3 T. cacao powder
Instructions
  1. To make the frosting, combine the coconut oil, honey, and 5 T. cacao powder in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth. Remove to a bowl. (No need to clean out the food processor before continuing!)
  2. To make the brownies, grind the pecans in the food processor. You should have about 1½ cups of ground pecans when you are finished. It does not need to be finely ground.
  3. Add the dates and cacao powder to the ground pecans and combine until it makes a fig newton type consistency and almost starts to ball up.
  4. Press the brownie mixture into an 8x8in. pan, cover with wax or parchment paper, and use a mug to press it down.
  5. Top with the frosting and refrigerate until the frosting is hardened.
  6. Cut into squares and enjoy!
Recipe by sprinting spoon at https://www.sprintingspoon.com/chocolate-date-brownies/