Vegan Brownies!
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Easy, delicious and chocolatey vegan brownies with chocolate chunks, perfect with a scoop of ice cream
Brownies
We all know how much I adore brownies, right?! I have an ever so slight obsession and I cannot contain it. I just want to bake brownies every day, and I do not get bored of them in the slightest. They are thick, they are chocolatey, and how can I not just want to eat more?!
I have endless amounts of brownies recipes published now, including the iconic triple chocolate brownies, but I wanted to make an equally as iconic vegan brownie recipe because I have had endless amount of requests for it… so here you go.
Vegan baking
Oh my days… another vegan recipe within not that long amount of time?! The shock.. the horror. I’m kidding, but seriously, these are delicious. I’m not trying to blow my own trumpet there, but damn they’re good.
After posting my vegan vanilla cupcakes at the beginning of the month to fit in with Veganuary, I thought I should post another one. I didn’t want to post my vegan chocolate cupcake recipe quite yet, as two in a row seemed a bit lame… so chose these bad boys. Honestly? Insane. You don’t miss the eggs
Recipe experimentation
These beauties came about after I was baking some cakes for my taste testers, and as someone new was going to be tasting them, and they had an egg allergy, I didn’t want to disappoint. Out of most bakes goods that are out there, traybakes seem to be the biggest hit amongst the most people, and brownies are definitely high up there.
After the experimentation with the vegan vanilla cupcakes, I knew that vegetable oil seemed to be a good way of creating a moist bake without making it too heavy or using too many weird ingredients. Sometimes I read a new recipe and haven’t a clue what half the things are!
I will always say in a post like this that I am not the most experienced vegan baker, because personally I am not vegan, but as I’ve always said its something I want to understand… and as these are so delicious I am willing to go there!
Dairy free milk
The lucky thing about a bake like this, is that most dairy free milks such as oat, almond or soya work – so you’re not restricted there. If you have a preference, you can use it. I know everyone has one that they prefer.
I wouldn’t advise coconut milk (as that is completely different and tends to use a thickening agent to create the texture of the milk). I tend to have either oat or almond in my fridge, because I adore an almond hot chocolate every now and again, so thats what I used for these
Chocolate and cocoa powder
As for the dark chocolate, before anyone comes for and accuses me of trying to poison people – side note, this HAS happened – you MUST check the dark chocolate you are using first has no dairy in! Along with the other ingredients such as the cocoa powder.
However, if its true dark chocolate, and true cocoa powder, it shouldn’t have dairy in. The reason dark chocolate is seen as the healthiest of them all, is because it usually has the least ingredients, the highest cocoa content, and the least dairy. Also, it’s damn delicious!
All in all, dark chocolate is a delicious thing to include in a vegan bake, and I have no shame of shoving in as much as I can. I fold through some chunks in this as well, which you can see in the pictures and it just looks so good!
Personally, I just use supermarket own dark chocolate because its the cheapest! I believe most Lindt chocolates do have dairy in, but most others don’t. If I bulk buy, I use Callebaut, and the dark chocolate doesn’t have dairy in and its just the most wonderful and smooth chocolate. Incredible basically.
Tips & Tricks
- I use any vegan milk chocolate or flavoured chunks of chocolate for my chocolate chunks inside the brownies, so you can pick what you want!
- These beauties are brilliant served with some vegan ice cream, or a drizzle of extra chocolate, or even warmed up and served with fruit.
- These brownies will last for 4-5+ days at room temperature or in the fridge
- These brownies will freeze for 3+ months
- I use this 9″ square tin in my recipe
- I use this cocoa powder
- I use this dark chocolate
Ingredients
- 250 g dark chocolate
- 100 ml vegetable oil
- 200 ml almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 175 g plain flour **
- 50 g cocoa powder
- 150 g light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 200 g dark chocolate (chopped)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan, and line a 9x9" square tin with parchment paper!
- Melt your 250g dark chocolate carefully until smooth
- Pour in your oil, milk and vanilla and whisk until smooth
- In a separate bowl, whisk together your flour, cocoa powder, sugar and salt until combined
- Add the dry mix to the liquid mix, and stir until smooth. Try not to over mix - I just use a spatula - it will be very thick
- Fold through some chopped up chocolate, and then pour into the prepared tin
- Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until baked through. A little wobble is fine though, that makes them gooey
- Leave to cool fully in the tin and then set in the fridge for a couple of hours for an extra fudgey texture
Notes
- I use any vegan milk chocolate or flavoured chunks of chocolate for my chocolate chunks inside the brownies, so you can pick what you want!
- These beauties are brilliant served with some vegan ice cream, or a drizzle of extra chocolate, or even warmed up and served with fruit.
- These brownies will last for 4-5+ days at room temperature or in the fridge
- These brownies will freeze for 3+ months
- I use this 9" square tin in my recipe
- I use this cocoa powder
- I use this dark chocolate
- ** the original recipe used self raising flour. My love for dense brownies has increased so I have swapped the recipe to plain flour, but self raising flour does still work.
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Hi Jane,
Do these freeze well?
Thanks
Hiya, yes you can freeze them for 3+ months xx
Hi! I was going to bake for a family get together and then remembered 2 people are vegans 😱. I always use your regular brownie recipes and was wondering if I can use dark chocolate chips in these instead of chopped dark chocolate, will it work the same? Thanks
Hi Jane. I always make your recipes and offered to make cake for a family gathering this Friday. I then remembered 2 of the people coming over are vegans eek! Like with your regular brownie recipe, can the chopped chocolate be chocolate chips instead or does it need to be chunkier to work properly? Thanks, Lorraine 😋
Hiya! Yes chocolate chips will be fine! Have a lovely time and enjoy!xx
Jane you are a baking genius! Oh my gosh these brownies were amazing. The texture was amazing. Admittedly mine weren’t vegan as I’d didn’t have enough dark chocolate, I ended up mixing 100g of white chocolate chips in the recipe. But they were cut up and used to make knickerbocker glories twice and I managed to have a generous piece. I love your recipes and I can’t wait for your preordered recipe book to arrive!
Aww haha thank you so much! I am so happy you love them. Thank you so much for pre-ordering the book I really can’t wait for you all to get it!xx
Made these for the office last week and everyone absolutely loved them! One of the best brownie recipes I’ve tried and it was super quick and easy.
Thanks Jane!
Absolutely delicious fudgy rich brownies which go down a treat with vegan and non vegan friends alike! Most recently I used bourneville dark chocolate orange and that batch was very popular!
I love all of Jane’s recipes, so simple and absolutely delicious! Thanks Jane!
These are incredible, and so simple to make! They were quite crumbly and broke apart when cutting into them mn the first day I made them, but after leaving them in a tin overnight they hardened and became perfect!
Hiya, would I be able to swap the oil and milk out and use Vitalite butter instead? Thank you!
Hi Jane
I was wondering if this recipe would work with a different plant milk? I have unsweetened vegan milk but not almond? Wold this work?
Yes its would – I tend to find almond/soya/oat are the better types x
Totally delicious and really easy to make! I put vegan dark mint chocolate for the chopped chocolate in the middle and they were so moreish!
If I make sure the dark chocolate is vegan and dairy free will it make the whole recipe vegan and dairy free? Sorry if that’s such a simple question but I just want to be sure!
As long as every ingredient is vegan and dairy free, then yes they will be x
Hi, Jane.
I’m excited to try this recipe out, and have all the ingredients on hand, except for plain flour – I have cake flour, though. Would this recipe still be possible with just cake flour? Thank you in advance.
The risk of using a flour with a raising agent is that they will have a cakey texture, but otherwise it would work!
My daughter has a lot of allergies, she misses out on lots if things because it’s so hard to make treats like this which are safe for her. I used this recipe making sure the chocolate was also soy free and I have not seen her that excited for a long time! Seeing a 4 year old covered in gooey chocolate brownie smiling from ear to ear was amazing! She kept saying “what I can actually eat these” thank you!
Hi Jane, loving your recipes! Is it possible to bake these in and 8×8 cake tin? If so, what would I need to change? Thank you.
Thank you!! The volume difference is about 1/5 so you can reduce the recipe by about that, or bake them for longer and have the brownies deeper!
By far my favourite brownie recipe! I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve made these for vegan and non vegan friends. Janes recipes never fail me! They are always my go to.