I don’t want to say it, but I’m going to. I have officially made the best paleo brownies I’ve ever tasted. I know that’s bold, I know that’s conceited, I know I know, but it’s just the truth so…sorryfornotbeingsorry. I made these the other night out of desperation. This is how it always happens. I stay at home on a Saturday night, watching The Notebook, thinking about how love isn’t real and no man is ever going to love me like that, then I get bored, then I start wandering around the kitchen, then random ingredients start piling out onto the counter, then I somehow mix these ingredients together, bake them, and a new recipe is suddenly created. If I had planned this out, been emotionally stable, and actually thought more about the ingredients I was incorporating into my dessert, it would have turned out like crap. You can thank my emotional sh*tshow last week for rewarding you with this delicious recipe. You’re welcome.
So the whole reason I was even able to make these amazing little treats is pretty cool. I walked into the house on Saturday, welcomed by 2 packages. Not two dudes, sadly. But FedEx style boxes. Omg was I stoked. You know exactly what I’m talking about…when a package comes to your door and even though you know what it is, you’re still smiling like a school child. Ugh, children. That’s how I felt though. Pissing myself with joy. BUT I had no idea what the packages were. So here is what went down.
- I opened the first package and BOOM…The New Primal sent me some delicious Pocket Paleos!!!! WICCCCKED. I opened one of the packages right on the spot with pineapple in it and dug in. Really good. Nuts, jerky, and dried fruit. How the hell could you go wrong?! Check them out. Love love loved the packs.
- Then I opened the other box. I was kind of in shock when I saw what was in the box. Six bags, six, of Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips. Like, are you kidding me?
Holy crap, that was a lot of links. I hate that. My b. It had to be done though, it had to be done.
So now I have 6 bags of chocolate and have to figure out what to do with all of them. Jesus my life is full of intense decisions. I live the hard life. Filled with gluten free, dairy free, soy free chocolate. I think that means it’s just pure sugar. But I’m very ok with that. Even more ok with that than I can explain. And once you try these brownies, you will be too.
Here is the warning, if you don’t like dried figs…you’re stupid. Straight up. I’m sorry, but figs are orgasms in your mouth. BUT, just to make sure everyone is satisfied in this relationship of ours, know that you can always substitute the figs for dates. I can’t promise you it’ll taste the same, but whatever. I don’t even care. I warned you.
Fudgy Brownies
- Yield: 6+ 1x
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup dried figs (any stems removed)
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 6 tablespoons coconut flour
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Pull out your handy dandy food processor and add your figs to it. Puree until your figs have broken down evenly.
- Add your melted coconut oil to the processor to mix with the figs.
- Next add your melted chocolate chips and eggs and mix.
- Now add your coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix together.
- So I made these in silicone muffin liners in my muffin tin, filling them up halfway and they cooked perfectly. I’m not sure what they would be like if you baked them in a normal 8×8 baking dish.
- Fill 12 liners with the THICK brownie batter. Yes, it should be that thick. That’s why my brownies look like sh*t in the picture. Totally the brownies fault.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Let cool before consuming. Seriously. They honestly taste even better the second day around!
Notes
This made 12 muffins or fudgy brownie bites-if you must
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Goodness grace!!! Just tasted it! I think I have to die! Or live! Or just scream! I go for scream!
Juli…I have so much love for you! THANK YOU FOREVER! Haha..
I used dates instead of figs and they were great. I did the mini brownie bites and although they don’t look like brownies, they taste like them! Perfect when I am craving something sweet!
This recipe is fantastic! I made them last weekend (ended up going to WF for the chips instead of using 100% cocoa), I ended up eating about ten of them 🙁
I am totally hormonal this weekend and decided to make another batch. This time I didn’t have any figs so I used raisins, and OMG! They are just as fabulous! (hopefully I won’t eat the whole batch myself oops) Thanks again!
Also, I used my mini-muffin maker @10 minutes 🙂
Actually, now that I’ve had about 4 (teehee), I’ve decided I like them with figs better! The raisins are a bit too sweet and the texture is different (mushier I think). But these are doable if you’re without fig.
I love german chocolate cake so I used this recipe and then made a topping using your date-coconut milk “caramel” mixed with toasted unsweetened coconut and crushed pecans. Delish. Thanks for your amazing food ideas! Just recently found your blog and I’m obsessed:)
Your recipes are astoundingly wonderful! I have a question, if one is out of coconut oil, consistency-wise, would it work to substitute pastured butter instead? I understand you won’t get the benefits of all the mc-fatty acids in coconut oil, but I’m just needing to make these on short notice and I have to order coconut oil over the web in my area… Thanks in advance!
I’m sure it would!! And it would probably taste even better haha!!
I agree with you, I think you have created the most fudgy, tastiest Paleo brownie in this recipe. I didn’t try it for a while because I thought “Hmm, figs? weird”. But these are SO amazing. I’m using figs in a lot more of my Paleo baking.
I love your blog, love reading your funny posts, and your recipes are awesome.
Made these tonight and they are super Yummmmmmmmmy! I made them with dates, and they were good. Next time I think I’ll try a darker chocolate. They didn’t seem “rich” enough. But sooooooo good!
And tonight I am making them into cookies, like small bite sized cookies… results to follow 🙂