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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Hmmm… tempted to make these for valentine’s day. My boyfriend isn’t paleo and although I’m pretty sure he’ll eat anything, he might be a little less ecstatic than me to eat brownies with figs in them!
How do these compare to classic non-paleo brownies? Are they fruity?
OMCG! oh my chocolatey goodness! I didn’t have any enjoy life chocolate chips, so I used 100% cocoa powder and coconut oil to make the equivalent amount of baker’s chocolate (1/2 c. of EL chocolate chips is approximately 3 oz). I, like others, used dates instead of figs, and I was pleased the dates were sweet enough to off-set the bitterness of the baker’s chocolate without needing to use any honey to sweeten the chocolate. 🙂
Holy crap- these are amazing! Made them with dates instead (’cause I had them!). These are now officially a staple in my house.
Hi! I have recently joined the Paleo bandwagon and love your blog! Thanks so much! I’ve tried several things already! I just made these for a diabetic co-worker and myself tonight (I’m a night nurse), so I’m looking forward to tasting them! The only substitution I made was I used Almond flour b/c I didn’t have coconut flour and I only used a cup of figs b/c that’s all I bought without realizing it wasn’t enough :/ Just in case anyone else wants to know… The total calories=2090, total fat grams=106, total sugar grams=137.5. If you cut the brownies into 13 squares (I baked them in a round 9in glass dish), each brownie is 160cal, 10g fat & 8g of sugar 🙂 nice little dessert!
Just made these………they are yummy!! Thank you for making it possible to eat really yummy food without it tasting healthy!!!
Oh, and I used a mini muffin tin and Medjool dates that werent dried. All worked out great!!!
This is my first ever gluten-free baked good that I’ve made!! Baking is a passion of mine and it’s been difficult to not bake while switching to a healthier diet. I am excited to try new things that will taste much better than all the processed junk!
These came out a little too “cakey” for my liking but it is no fault to the recipe. It’s because I had to use a combo of quinoa/almond flour as I didn’t have any coconut flour. Will be curious to see how it turns out with the latter! 🙂 Thank you!!
Forgot to add that this recipes yields 24 mini cupcake brownies and I baked them for 12 minutes.
OK, so for us folks stuck out in odd places of the world where Enjoy Life chocolate chips are unfortunately unavailable (not even through the good ol’ web, as far as I know) — any tips on how we could substitute? Like with plain cocoa powder, for instance?
And can I just say — fig-based brownies????! So excited! I’ve done a batch of raw date-based ones (from Judita Wagnall’s Going Raw recipe book) that were phenomenal, too. **drooling at memory**
Can you get ahold of dark chocolate chips? That would work!
Hi Juli, what could I sub for the figs? Thankyou, Sarah
dried dates!
Mmmmm death by chocolate. I made these and they are delicious! I’ve become a huge fan. I love your recipes, you’re hilarious and more laid back than the super strict Paleo peeps. I tried their ways for a while and turned into Chris Farley BACK OFF ME I’M STARVING!!
Is it possible to use fresh figs?
I’ve never tried