Are you in the frosted or unfrosted brownies camp?  Me, well I’ll take brownies any which way they’re given to me!  But having posted another brownie recipe just the other week I wanted to try something a little different this time.  I’m also not much of a brownie purist.  Sure there are few things better than an unadulterated ooey gooey brownie.  But Phil and I  love our ‘superfoods’.  We also love Doisy & Dam and their truly super range of superfood infused chocolate.  They’re also a pretty cool bunch of people.

Now these brownies aren’t for the faint hearted.  We’re talking seriously chocolatey, gooey, rich and truly decadent.  There’s a little bit of healthy goodness in there – no refined sugar  and cholesterol free nut milk.

Traditionally, brownies can be made with either chocolate or cocoa or both.  I prefer both and more specifically raw cacao powder rather than cocoa powder.  It has SUCH an intense chocolate flavour, slightly bitter as there’s no added fats or sugars but gives incredible richness to anything it’s added to.  There are very few days I’m not adding it into something – muffins, smoothies, chia pudding, pancakes, baked oats, granola, cookies!  Mix it with a little bit of coconut oil and maple syrup and you have a soft set chocolate impersonator that makes a great topping for home-made bars or warm it up for a drippy chocolate sauce!

As for the frosting for these ridiculously delicious brownies – just 4 ingredients and zero faff.  More of the amazing Doisy & Dam chocolate, more rich raw cacao powder, vegan spread (I used Vitalite – it’s soft, creamy and has quite the buttery flavour) and a dash of maple syrup to sweeten things up a little ?

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