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No-Bake Vegan Brownies Recipe

By Dr. Josh Axe

April 20, 2021

What’s better than a health-minded, homemade dessert that you don’t even need to turn on the oven to make?

Our no-bake vegan brownies not only taste great, but they’re also chock full of ingredients you can feel good about eating — including almond flour, nut butter, pumpkin, and Ancient Nutrition’s Plant Protein+ Chocolate powder.

Why include plant protein powder in brownies? Because it takes brownies from being a now-and-then treat to a feel-good-about-it snack you can indulge in regularly.

Our Plant Protein+ Chocolate flavor features a rich and creamy taste and texture, plus provides you with plant-derived protein from a blend of real, organic superseeds (including pumpkin, flax, chia, hemp, sunflower, sacha inchi and watermelon seeds). Not only that, but you’ll get botanicals, energizing adaptogens, and a touch of performance MCTs (medium chain fats) from our unique plant protein powder.

The result? Decadent brownies that are a good source of protein, fiber and performance fats, and that are relatively low in sugar and carbs, all without compromising on taste.

(Want a cooked vegan brownie? Try our coconut fudge vegan brownie.)

Nutrition Facts

• Serving Size: 1 brownie

• Calories: 226

• Total Carbohydrates: 14.7g

• Fiber: 5g

• Sugar: 5.2g

• Total Fat: 16.4g

• Unsaturated Fat: 11.4g

• Saturated Fat: 3.6g

• Protein: 7.6g

• Cholesterol: 0mg

• Potassium: 374mg (8% DV*)

• Sodium: 4mg

• Vitamin E: 5.4mg (36% DV*)

*Percentages are based on a diet of 2000 calories a day.

No-Bake Vegan Brownies Recipe

Meal Type: Desserts, Snacks

Diet Type: Gluten-Free, Paleo, Vegan

Serves: 8

Prep Time: 5 min

Freezing Time: 4 hr

Total Time: 4 hr 5 min

Ingredients:

• ½ cup almond flour

• 1 scoop Plant Protein+ Chocolate

• ½ cup creamy nut butter

• ? cup cocoa powder

• ½ cup pumpkin puree OR 1 medium mashed banana

• ½ cup dairy-free dark chocolate chips (we used Lily’s)

• (optional) other toppings of choice such as coconut flakes, walnuts or dried berries

Directions:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients first, then add nut butter and pumpkin puree. Either mix by hand or use a food processor for help.

2. Place mixture into a lined container such as a glass Pyrex and allow it to sit in the freezer for 4–8 hours to harden.

3. Cut into squares and store in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.

Recipe courtesy of Dr. Josh Axe, co-founder of Ancient Nutrition and also author of the best-selling books Keto Diet and The Collagen Diet.