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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Oh so yummy! Its like Fig Newtons and brownies had a love child.
I’m actually surprised no one mentioned that how on earth do you expect me to still have these the next day! It’s impossible cause it’s so good that letting it cool was a challenge big enough for a day. Leaving some for the next day has to be a different batch’s challenge. The best brownies ever!
Ps. I made them with dates though and raw cocoa powder+coconut oil instead of chocolate chips. Dried dates are sweet enough, extra sweetening is not neccessary.
Hi
these are what I need. Is there anything you can suggest replacing the figs with? I don’t like fruit & chocolate…
🙂
Im paleo newbie
you can’t really taste the dried figs in this recipe, so it doesn’t taste like fruit!
I couldn’t find figs, so I bought some Medjool Dates and being the novice date eater that I am didn’t realize that they weren’t pitted or that dates even had pits (don’t make fun of me now) :/ So don’t forget to pit your dates! I had to wade through the batter with my fingers to find all 15 pits lol! Not that I minded having to lick my fingers clean 🙂 I licked all the bowls completely clean waiting for these to get out of the oven. Even the batter is OMG delicious! These brownies are SO EFFING DELICIOUS!!!! Even my husband who imagines that paleo food should taste like health food garbage was shocked when I told him what he had just eaten. He told me that if paleo food tastes like that then I need to be cooking paleo more often lol! Btw, I baked for 23 minutes in a 9×7 dish and then drizzled 4T melted Enjoy Life chips and approx 1 1/2 T cashew butter over the brownies in the dish. These are better, WAY better than any brownie I have EVER eaten period! You rock!
How have I never had dried figs before now? Amazing! I know this is an older recipe but it rocks. Super easy and delicious. Definitely like a love child of Fig Newtons and brownies which is always ok in my book.
I’m having a love affair with these brownies. When I started paleo a few months ago, these made the hard days totally worth it!! And I agree, they really are better the next day, which is hard to believe since they are so amazing to begin with. Typing this as I have a batch mixing in my food processor, so pumped!!! Definitely a recipe I have to stop myself from making 3 times a week! Love that I found your blog so I can follow and attempt to be awesome at paleo. Thanks, Juli!
Just made these, but I’m not sure I grinded up the figs well enough. The seeds in them are very noticeable, although the flavour is great.
These are straight up insane! I made these with chopped dates simply because I had them on hand. I will say they tasted like German Chocolate Cake! Totally. Loved them. Only problem, gone too quick! Yeah, guess that was all me.
Didn’t have enough dates – used a cup and a half cup of warm water to rehydrate for easier blending plus a TBSP almond butter for extra ? to compensate for using water and not enough dates… don’t know why exactly but IT WORKED! Also added pumpkin seeds and let it sit for a bit while waiting for oven to come up to temp which thickened it up some. Maybe not as fudgy as they are meant to be but they are great! Moist and chocolatey and by far the best and easiest paleo / gf brownies I’ve ever made… and I’ve tried loads of recipes. Thank you!!!!
Holy cow! These are so good! I just made them into mini muffins to take into work tonight. (The night shift always gets shafted with treats, and we have a new guy starting tonight). More to go around if they’re mini! They are amazing, I did use dates, as that’s what I had on hand, and good butter instead of coconut oil as I wasn’t sure if they would be a bit too coconutty, and I’m not sure everyone likes coconut. But they are seriously good, gonna have to try them the way the recipe is written next time, I’m sure they’ll be just as good! They were super quick to make also!