1 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup cashews
2 1/4 cup dates
1/2 cup raw cacao
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Reserve: 1/4 cup goji berries (or raw cacao nibs or other chunky superfood substitute)
Reserve: 1/4 cup hemp hearts (or chia seeds in a pinch)
Directions
1. Place sunflower seeds in food processor. Process into a fine meal, might be slightly grainy.
2. Add cashews and continue to process into a fine meal.
3. Add dates a few at a time and continue processing until the dates are well processed and the mixture resembles a coarse cookie dough. You should barely be able to recognize the dates or seeds/nuts, everything should look small and crumbly.
4. Add the cacao, coconut, coconut oil, vanilla extract, sea salt, and the tiny dash of cayenne pepper. Process again until everything is well distributed and fine. The cacao should have made everything look dark chocolatey color, and the mixture should still resemble slightly crumbly cookie dough and should stick together when you pinch it between your fingers.
5. Dump mixture into a big mixing bowl. Add the goji berries, hemp hearts. Mix with a spoon until superfoods are well distributed. Taste test. Not sweet enough? Add optional sweetener and mix again with your spoon.
6. Dump superfood brownie mixture into two square glass pans or pie plates or brownie dishes.
7. With clean hands. press mixture down into pans so that mixture will stick together and will resemble brownies or squares. You should be able to cut this with a knife and they stick together very nicely. Eat right away and store leftovers in refrigerator.
Enjoy these raw superfood brownies!
The Rawtarian's Thoughts
This raw recipe is my regular simple raw brownie recipe on steroids superfoods!
I don't really believe in the crazy power of superfoods and I don't use them very often--mostly because they are so expensive. But it is fun to add some variety to recipes by adding some extraordinary ingredients like hemp hearts and goji berries on occasion. The below raw brownie recipe does call for some exotic (AKA expensive!) ingredients. If you're on a budget or don't have them in the house, you can omit the goji berries and the hemp hearts, and the recipe will still come out fine but it just won't be a superfoody :)
This is a pretty easy raw superfood brownie recipe. Just process most of the ingredients in a food processor, then mix in the goji berries, hemp hearts (and optional additional sweetener) by hand. Then press into two glass brownie dishes and refrigerate.
Also, if you're feeling extra enthused you can whip up an icing to go on top (raw chocolate icing or raw vanilla icing). (However, icing is definitely not necessary.)
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Naama
Sep 02, 2011
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Looks gooood!
Thanks :-)
The Rawtarian
Sep 02, 2011
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Hi Naama :) Hope your summer is going well. :)
kenda Browne
Nov 29, 2011
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If you dehydrate the brownies, do you do it in the glass pan?
The Rawtarian
Dec 01, 2011
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No, chill in glass pan first. Then once very chilled and firm you can slice, remove and then place each individual brownie in your D on parchment paper
The Rawtarian
Dec 30, 2011
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Jessie
Jan 31, 2012
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I am super-happy to have found your site! Every recipe I've tried so far has been good; but this is, hands down, my favorite. I've tried these with and without the super foods and with and without the dehydrator. My preference is yay to the super foods, nay to the dehydrator. Even my sugary milk chocolate loving husband loves these! Thanks so much for all of your amazing recipes!
The Rawtarian
Feb 06, 2012
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Awesome Jessie! I am glad you like :)
Carissa
Apr 14, 2012
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These are very tasty! The directions are not at all too complicated. I love your site for the ease of understanding the recipes. I didn't add any extra sweetener, and forgot to stir in the superfoods, so I added a few hemp harts on top. Delish!
The Rawtarian
Apr 23, 2012
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Glad you like Carissa :)
Stella
May 14, 2012
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Oooohhhhh gosh they are soooo delicious!!!!! Can't wait till I have a dehydrator but for now the chilled one went down a treat. The only question I have is how long does it keep in the fridge as I am currently doing a green smoothie challenge for 7 days
The Rawtarian
May 21, 2012
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probably 5 days tops
Diane
Jun 19, 2012
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Hi! I just came across your website tonight and lots of things look so great. I do notice thought that many of your delish recipes need coconut or coconut oil. I was just wondering since my kids are sensitive to coconut, what could I use instead that might work in many of your recipes.
Thanks
Diane
The Rawtarian
Nov 02, 2012
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Hi Diane, coconut oil is used because it hardens when cold. Unfortunately, I do not know of any good substitute at this time :(
shannon wedel
Jan 30, 2013
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If they are not sensitive to sesame tahini oil can work. red palm oil is strong in flavor[extremely high in tocotrienols and tocophenols] or palm fruit oil,not from the seed though [not as healthy] but could be masked with the other ingredients such as vanilla and hint of citrus.If you mix cacao butter[shave] and melt with olive oil.
Maddi
Oct 29, 2012
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I live in Hong Kong - haven't seen hemp hearts. Are they the same as (or substitutable for) hemp seeds?
The Rawtarian
Nov 02, 2012
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hempseed hearts are simply the insides of hemp seeds.
hempseed hearts look like this and they are really small and oily to the touch
Mary
Mar 07, 2013
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I'm going to try these tomorrow. Unfortunately we can't get anything hemp in New Zealand except the Hemp oil and hemp meal. Though the latter has to be sold as animal fodder. Stupid I know. Is there anything else that resembles them in taste and looks? Thank you.
The Rawtarian
Mar 09, 2013
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Hi Mary, instead of hempseed hearts you can use chia seeds or dried shredded coconut instead. Hope this helps!
Mary
Mar 20, 2013
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Thank you! I tried them with the chia seeds and they are really nice. Kinda crunchy. I love your slices. Have you any new ones? I think I've worked my way through them all.
Lianna
Dec 09, 2012
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Are these any good?
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Mary
Mar 31, 2013
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Yes, they are amazing :)
The Rawtarian
Dec 09, 2012
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Yep, they're pretty good Lianna :) If you haven't tried the regular brownies yet, you could start with those cause they've got fewer ingredients so are a bit simpler: http://www.therawtarian.com/raw-brownie-recipe
Bob
Dec 09, 2012
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Yum!!!
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The Rawtarian
Dec 11, 2012
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Thanks Bob! I hope you are enjoying the app :)
Eden
Jan 06, 2013
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This is my first recipe I have tried from your collection and I am VERY impressed. Delicious. Husband loves it. Great flavour great texture and now I can't wait to try your plain raw brownie, all though I do enjoy everything the superfoods add!
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Rawbie
Jan 26, 2013
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I have made this recipe many time. Thank you Rawtarian
The Rawtarian
Jan 26, 2013
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You are welcome Rawbie :)
Debra G
Feb 17, 2013
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I was wondering just in case chia or hempseeds aren't available, can flaxseeds be used?
The Rawtarian
Feb 20, 2013
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Hi Debra! For this recipe I would not use flax seeds, since I am not a huge fan of their flavor. Instead of the chia/hemphearts use more dried coconut instead :)
Lorene
Feb 18, 2013
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Delicious Thank you laura
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The Rawtarian
Feb 20, 2013
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You are welcome Lorene!
Anna
Feb 23, 2013
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I made these last week with cacao nibs and black chia seeds they were fantastic!! Not to sweet and the crunch of the cacao nibs made them. Even friends and colleagues at work tried them and raved. I am new to raw cooking and am loving your recipes. Thank you!
The Rawtarian
Feb 23, 2013
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Hi Anna, Glad to have you here and that you are spreading the raw word :)
Rosalie
Mar 03, 2013
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Hi Laura
Delicious recipe!
Why do you say that these last only 5 days in the fridge? Considering the ingredients I would've thought they'd last longer. I'm concerned as I've made a double batch and there's only me to eat them!!! I made the simple raw brownie the other day and it didn't make enough, hence doubling up...
Thanks for all you do.
Rosalie
Mar 03, 2013
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I guess I could freeze them?
The Rawtarian
Mar 09, 2013
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Hi Rosalie, if you freeze you will probably want to thaw out a bit before freezing since they get rock hard in freezer. Hope this helps!
Mel
Mar 30, 2013
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DELICIOUS!
First recipe I tried from your site and love it. Made a few substitutions (did ½ sunflower seeds and ½ pepitas soaked overnight and then dehydrated to dry a bit). Did a ¼ of shredded coconut and a ¼ hemp seeds to bump up the Superfood side of things. Plus swapped goji berries (which I don’t like at all) with Bee pollen. Biggest challenge was getting them into a pan as I was gobbling right out of the mixing bowl. My new breakfast bar! Thank you!!!
The Rawtarian
Mar 30, 2013
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Awesome Mel! Glad to have you here, and you chose a delicious recipe to start with! Nice subs.
Emma
Apr 20, 2013
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Loved the sound of these but was told to soak dates before, so I did this and followed the recipie but if course was bit sloppy, but rolled in extra cacao and coconut makes wonderful individual truffles, loving looking through all the recipies by the way
The Rawtarian
Apr 28, 2013
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Sounds like you fixed the problem perfectly, Emma :) Well done and thanks for sharing.
Janet
Apr 23, 2013
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I didn't know where to post this so I picked this spot. I was told that a great substitute for coconut oil would be cacao butter. I looked over a few of your recipes and didn't see it used anywhere. Now, that being said, how would I use it in say a truffle? It comes in chunks - can you only melt it and then use it in a brownie recipe such as this where you would spread and chill?
The Rawtarian
Apr 28, 2013
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Hi Janet, I must admit that I have never used cacao butter, which is why you never see it included in my recipes. (I am not against it, just haven't tried it!) If it solidifies when cooled (which it sounds like it does) and liquifies when warm, then I would assume that it would be a good substitute. Perhaps you can warm it a bit to test. For example, fill a large dish with warm water. Place a small bowl inside the dish, like this... Then, if your water is warm enough, it should melt and become liquidy from the heat of the hot water... hopefully!
juice
May 16, 2013
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i have a superbad nut allergy is there any advice on how to substatute nuts in these raw recipies?
The Rawtarian
May 16, 2013
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Hi Juice,
Can you eat seeds? (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc)
1. You may find this podcast helpful: https://www.therawtarian.com/rfp05-nut-substitutions (you can download it in iTunes - look for "raw food podcast" - episode 5)
2. Generally, these groups of nuts can be substituted for one another:
Juice
May 18, 2013
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Yes seeds are okay its just all nuts. The podcast was helpful thanks for the tips. Do you think garbanzo beans would work?
The Rawtarian
May 19, 2013
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Hi Juice, glad it helps! Garbanzo beans are not considered raw.
Gillian Peacock
Jun 11, 2013
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Hello!
excited to try this recipe. it says to add the goji and hemp into the mixture, however in the picture they are sprinkled on top of the brownies. did you just add extra on top?
thank you so much:)
The Rawtarian
Jun 16, 2013
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Hi Gillian, yes - you are exactly right. I just sprinkled more on top to make it look a little fancier :) but yes, the amount called for should be mixed into the mixture
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