Today I give you…
Fudgey chocolate brownies.
Covered in fudgey chocolate frosting…
If you couldn’t tell, the theme of today’s post is chocolate fudge.
When I think of these brownies, I think of author Judy Blume, who wrote an entire series of books about Fudge: Double Fudge, Super Fudge, and Fudge-a-Mania. I’ll never forget my excitement when my third-grade teacher announced to the class that the next book we’d be reading was called Super Fudge.
A book all about chocolate??
Alas, it was really a book about an eleven-year-old boy. Each day I read intently, waiting to get to the part about the chocolate fudge. It never came… but at some point in the series, the little boy did eat a turtle.
Yeah, not the same thing. 😕
Unlike with the books, these brownies really are all about the fudge. What you see is what you get.
Fudge!
And no turtles.
Cosmic Fudge Brownies
Brownies:
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder (40g)
- 1 cup spelt or all-purpose flour (140g) (Arrowhead Mills gf does also work.)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp instant coffee granules (optional)
- 1 cup xylitol or sugar (or coconut sugar) (190g)
- optional: 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 6 tbsp silken tofu (For soy-free, you can use my black bean brownies recipe instead.)
- 2/3 cup applesauce (160g)
- 2 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract (10g)
- 1/2 cup coconut or vegetable oil (80g)
- 2 tbsp milk of choice (30g)
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder (40g)
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup or agave (30g) (you can sub liquid stevia to taste)
- 1/2 cup liquid virgin coconut oil (75g)
Preheat oven to 325 and grease a 9×13 baking pan. In a large bowl, combine all brownie dry ingredients and stir well. In a separate bowl, combine all brownie liquid ingredients and stir well. Pour wet into dry and stir until evenly combined (but do not overmix), then transfer to prepared baking pan and cook 32-34 minutes. Allow to cool, and mix frosting ingredients together to form a sauce. Spread sauce over the brownies, then fridge or freeze 10-20 minutes and the sauce magically transforms into fudgey chocolate frosting! These brownies taste much richer the next day, after the flavors have had a chance to intensify.
Question of the Day:
Do you remember any of the books you read as a child?
I read all of Ann M. Martin’s Babysitter’s Club books, R.L. Stein’s Goosebumps books, and Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books, and was partial to series books. I hate when you start to develop a real relationship with a character only to have the book end.
P.S. Thanks to your feedback, the recipe page is now updated so that all recipes in a category appear on the same page.
angie brame says
what can I use instead of tofu
Savannah_zebaker says
Dude, I like love you for all your hard work in coming up with healthy desserts. I’m a big health nut because I realize most of the crap in the store or online is completely horrible for your body. I mean to think how often you (not speaking towards anyone in general) buy stuff that tastes so heavenly only but to find out more than half the ingredients inside are the devil in disguise by being chemicals man made. I mean our bodies weren’t made to eat chemicals but natural foods such as these that you have used to create and invest time in..You have done ze impossible!! (as a French/Italian person would say because I am strangely addicted and fascinated by them, especially their food 😉 ).
Anyways, before I rant on and on about chemicals and all that shidoodle, I am a young teen who was mostly inspired by you and your inventions! I use a mixture of your recipes which actually teach me a heck of a lot about baking just by observing the tricks you use to get a certain food output (such as taste, texture and eye appeal) and that has actually influenced me to get creative (in a healthy way)! I now have a new found obsession with cooking my own recipes (healthy, duh) and one day hopefully will open a well known healthy restaurant that serves all natural/organic foods that are home grown, since I want to own a farm and restaurant (though I’m not going to talk as if a big shot because there is as much of a possibility that this won’t happen due to the way of life). And so I guess my point in all this is to say thanks and keep up the great work!
OH! AND I have a new challenge for you! 😉
Recently I have been REALLY craving all the snack cake desserts (from little Debbie and such) from when I was little, before I knew how terrible they were for you. And since ( as above) you already have the cosmic brownie healthy recipe down I was wondering if you could recreate another one of the similar snack cakes (one that I’m sure you’ll find justtttt scrumptious) into the way healthier version, since your amazing at that and you love to do it (I’m guessing) and because I lack proper ingredients such that you seem to use all the time. Ready for it?
OKAY, SNOBALLS;
A soft CHOCOLATE pastry cake (shaped much like a lava cake) filled with some sort of heavenly(deathly) cream while perfectly and most mouth watering and taste bud dancingly cushioned with a big blob of marshmallow WHICH is so deliciously decorated with lots and lots of coconut shreds (and sometimes colored).
I’d say that sounds like your type of thing, not to mention mine and probably most other peeps!
So, the question is: Will you accept the challenge or will you have to pass it on?
If you actually do I think I would seriously die and a plus to that, if you replied back I would spawn back to life and then die again because of the major overload of disbelief, excitement, and happiness. 🙂
Love you, keep up the fantastic work! ANNNND sorry for the long comment, I figured most people read/reply to those first because that person just MUST have something more important to say!!
Livia says
I just tried it out (without the frosting) and it tastes really good 🙂 I will definitely try out another recipe soon 🙂
ham says
Thank you for having this blog ! I’m so excited to try your recipes.
Lori says
What could I use instead of the tofu or black beans if not vegan or vegetarian?
Morgan Fariñas says
do u think i can sub coconut yoghurt for the tofu?
Chocolate Covered Katie says
I haven’t tried, but you can always experiment! or make these: https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2016/08/29/vegan-brownies-recipe-best/
Amanda says
Could I use honey as a sugar substitute?