Easy fudgy chocolate date brownies are egg-free, ready in half an hour, fudgy, soft and high in protein. This soft chocolatey date brownie is also dairy free, gluten-free, refined sugar free.
Healthy chocolate date brownies are an easy blender brownie, ready in 20 minutes. Made with 4 wholesome ingredients, these brownies are made without eggs, and are low glycemic, high in protein and dairy free and gluten free. The combination of baking soda, milk and lemon juice replace eggs in these brownies.
These date brownies are as delicious as my chocolate peanut butter brownies, my pumpkin brownies, my oreo brownies, my vegan brookies and my chickpea brownies, my brownie date balls, and no bake brownie cups.
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Why You'll Love Date Brownies
- Easy to make in minutes.
- No oven needed
- A fudgy, caramel texture and flavor
- high in protein and fiber
- dairy free, gluten free, refined sugar free, egg free and oil free.
Date Tip: Use Medjool dates which are larger and softer and best for this recipe. They are easy to find in packages in the produce section of most supermarkets.
Ingredients Needed
- Chocolate chips. Use a quality dairy-free brand like Enjoylife or chop up your favorite chocolate bar, and melt in the microwave for 45 seconds.
- Dates. Use Medjool dates. Soak them for 2 minutes in boiled water, pit and chop in half, and the chop those halves in half.
- Peanut butter. Use a runny healthy kind with only peanuts as ingredients, no added sugar.
- Cocoa. Unsweetened cocoa or cacao powder is perfect. Dutch processed is also fine. Do not use sweetened cocoa mix.
- Almond flour. You can use oat flour, but almond flour is best to support the rich chocolate flavor as almond flour has sweet rich undertones. Do not use coconut flour.
- Pantry ingredients include vanilla, baking soda, milk, lemon juice.
Chemistry behind Egg-free Brownies. The combination of baking soda (alkaline), milk (base) and lemon juice (acid) combine to help the brownies rise the way an egg helps.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Date Brownies
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Prep: Melt chocolate chips (hold bake a few to sprinkle on top) in the microwave for 45 seconds. Soak dates for 1-2 minutes in just boiled water. Pit and add the dates to a blender. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper; allow sides to overhand the long sides of the pan. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Step 1: Add the milk to the dates in the blender.
Step 2: Blend until you have a puree, about 60 seconds with a high speed blender.
Step 3: Add the rest of the ingredients to the mixture.
Step 4: Blend until smooth, about 45 seconds.
Step 3: Pour the mixture into the parchment-lined loaf pan. Level off the batter and sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.
Step 4: Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. Remove when the top has cracks, and a toothpick comes out clean. Check at 25 minutes if your oven runs hot.
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Step 5: Cool the brownies in the pan for 10 minutes. Then remove from pan and allow the brownies to cool before slicing for a clean cut.
Storage
Refrigerated. In a sealed container, these date brownies last 2 weeks.
Frozen. In a sealed container in the freezer, your healthy date brownies will last 6 months.
Recipe Tips
Switch to a nut-free date brownies by seed butter instead of nut butter, and oat flour instead of almond flour.
Date replacement. Dried figs or deglet dates also work if medjool dates are unavailable.
Best Tools to Make Brownies
A blender is best especially with the first step, making date paste with milk. Continue with a blender, or switch to a bowl. Just add the paste and other ingredients to a bowl and mix or stir.
FAQS
Yes, leave off the baking soda and lemon juice, and freeze the brownie batter in the pan instead of bake them.
Yes, these brownies are made without eggs, dairy or gluten. They are also refined sugar free and oil free.
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Chocolate Date Brownies (egg free)
Ingredients
- 7 dates, pitted & soft
- ½ cup milk, dairy free
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup almond flour
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup chocolate chips, plus a few for sprinkling on top
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Instructions
Prep
- Melt the chocolate chips (hold back a few to sprinkle on top at the end) in microwave for one minute and stir until smooth, set aside.
- Soak dates in a pot of just boiled water for 2 minutes, pit and add to a blender.
- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper; allow sides to overhand the long sides of the pan. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Make date brownies
- Add the milk to the dates in the blender and blend until you have a puree, about 30 seconds with a high speed blender.7 dates, pitted & soft, ½ cup milk, dairy free
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the blender and blend until combined, about 30 seconds.¼ cup cocoa powder, ¼ cup peanut butter, ½ cup almond flour, 2 teaspoon vanilla, ½ tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ cup chocolate chips, plus a few for sprinkling on top
- Pour the batter into a parchment lined loaf pan, and tap on the table until the top of the batter is level.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
- Bake for 30 minutes at 350 F. Remove when the top has cracks, and a toothpick comes out clean. Check at 25 minutes if your oven runs hot.
- Remove pan from the oven.
- Cool the brownies in the pan for 10 minutes. Then remove from pan and allow the brownies to cool before slicing for a clean cut.
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TISH says
Delicious, a friend made them for me knowing that I had become dairy and wheat intolerant. Their flavor was refreshing…cake like and not too sweet.
Dee Dine says
Thank you for telling me! Your description is perfect, I agree I find them light too.
Dee Dine says
These date brownies are ready in 20 minutes! dairy free, gluten free, oil free, egg free!