If you’ve never tried the combination of dark chocolate with tahini, then prepare to be enlightened. It’s one of the most amazing flavor combinations I’ve ever experienced. I love this combination so much that I dreamed up these Dark Chocolate Brownies With Tahini Drizzle just to satisfy my own cravings.

These babies are actually quite simple to make. They’re made with just six ingredients (well, seven if you count the sea salt) but even better, you don’t have to bake them. All you need is a food processor to whiz all the ingredients together, then you just spread them out into a pan and pop them in the freezer while you watch an episode of Dance Moms with your kids. (That might just be me. You’re welcome to do whatever else you want to do while they set up.)

Note: you should be able to find all of these ingredients at your local grocery store and not necessarily a specialty or health food grocer. Almond flour can be found with other gluten-free flours in the baking aisle. Cacao powder and pure cocoa powder can be used interchangeably (cacao powder is a little less processed). Cacao nibs can definitely be found at a health food grocer, but you can substitute dark chocolate chips for cacao nibs if you’d like although the cacao nibs will add a crunchier texture to your brownies. Tahini is ground sesame seeds and will be found in the nut aisle with the other peanut and almond butters but I will say, I’m a hard go on the 365 Everyday Value brand tahini from Whole Foods because it’s so easy to drizzle, so it’s worth it to go hunt that down if you’re ready to take your new tahini obsession seriously. 

Dark Chocolate Brownies With Tahini Drizzle {No Bake, Dairy Free, Vegan}

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Servings 16 brownies

Equipment

• Food processor

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups medjool dates, pits removed
• 1 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup almond butter
• 3/4 cup cacao powder
• 1/4 cup cacao nibs
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut (unsweetened)
• Pinch of sea salt
• 2 tbsp tahini (my favorite is 365 Everyday Value brand from Whole Foods)

Instructions

 

• Place the almond flour, almond butter, cacao powder, and pinch of sea salt in the food processor and process until well combined (it doesn’t have to be completely smooth, just well combined.)
• Add the dates to the food processor and process well until the dates are incorporated with the other ingredients (again, doesn’t have to be smooth, just well combined).
• Add the cacao nibs and shredded coconut and pulse in quick spurts, just until they are well incorporated with the other ingredients. The batter should be chunky but all ingredients well combined.
• Spread the batter into a parchment paper-lined 8x8 baking pan. Using your hands, press the batter into the pan evenly and compactly. Take care to press into the corners and edges of the pan and all around, smoothing it out and pressing all the ingredients together tightly. This is an important step so that the brownies don’t fall apart when you’re cutting them. Place the pan of brownies in the freezer for 15 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the freezer and drizzle the tahini all over the top of the brownies. Place the pan back in the freezer for 15 more minutes.
• Remove the pan from the freezer and carefully lift the parchment paper lining with the brownies out of the pan and onto a safe cutting surface. Carefully cut the brownies into 16 evenly-sized pieces, and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to a month.

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