Healthy Fudgy Brownie Bites – These bites are rich, dense, ultra fudgy, and taste like they’re made with eggs, butter, flour, and sugar, but don’t include any of those ingredients.
Sometimes you need to get your chocolate fix on without getting your gluttony on.
And these are just the little bites to do it.
There’s NO added white or brown sugar, NO butter or dairy, and NO flour used.
They’re vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free and you’d never guess they’re healthy.
They’re a revamp of my 2009 Raw Vegan Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls and are made in minutes. Noteworthy changes include increasing the ratio of cocoa powder and adding a dash of agave. The net result is bites that taste even more like real brownies. Rich, supremely fudgy, and satisfying. And are made entirely from plants.
The new batch size is slightly larger, but still yields just 2 dozen small bites, about 3/4-inch to 1-inch in diameter. If you roll them larger, approaching golf ball size, one dozen is a realistic yield.
I used cashews and highly recommend you do the same. Cashews are the vegan, plant-based equivalent of butter. They’re softer, richer, and creamier than other nuts. They blend smoother and are more flavor-neutral.
I prefer cashew to almonds because almonds are chalkier, harder, coarser, don’t blend as easily, impart more nutty-flavor rather than buttery-flavor, and aren’t what I’d reach for. If my choice was almonds or peanuts, I’d go with peanuts. At least that way the finished bites would taste peanut buttery.
This is a wet-ish dough, but it shouldn’t be sloppy wet, nor bordering on Chocolate Cashew Butter. If it is, you need to dry it out. Add more cocoa powder or nuts, one tablespoon at a time. In this batch size, one tablespoon makes a difference, so add slowly. If the dough is too dry and is sandy, moisten it either with an additional squirt of agave or another date or two.
Because natural ingredients vary so widely; just how creamy or dry your cashews are, how soft and moist the dates are, and just how finely your food processor can pulverize, are all variables to account for. Use my recipe as a guideline, adding a pinch of this or squirt of that as necessary to get the dough to combine into a big softball that slaps around the interior of the food processor canister. If you have the choice of a food processor and a Vita-Mix, I prefer a food processor.
Remove the dough, put it on a large plate or in a bowl, cover it, and allow it to chill for a few hours, up to a week, before attempting to roll it into balls. If it’s too warm, you’ll have a sticky, tacky, chocolate sauce-like paste all over your hands. Not the worst problem in the world, but rolling will be more annoying, stickier, and more time-consuming than it needs to be. Chilled dough is much easier to work with.
Optionally, dredge the bites through sprinkles. Only good things can come from sprinkles.
I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t truly think so, but they taste like rich, fudgy, full of eggs-and-butter and melted chocolate brownies. They pack some serious fudge factor and are dense, chewy, rich, and so satisfying. They keep for weeks, months really, in the refrigerator or freezer and it’s nice to have a dozen around to snack on.
I have tupperwares full of dough balls in my fridge and freezer to be baked off or snacked on at a later date. Some is raw-vegan and some is the real thing. Unless I label it or have a clear memory of what I stashed, these healthy bites could easily get confused as the real thing.
If you’ve never made a raw vegan chocolate treat before, or something that fools everyone, this is the one to try.
The bites remind me of 2009 when my blog was full of Dessert Bites, Balls, Cookie Dough, and Truffles Recipes. Things change, life moves on and ebbs and flows, but this recipe is full of nostalgia. And chocolate.
I like to think of putting teeth marks into one of these is as guilt-free.
Get your chocolate on without getting your gluttony on.
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Healthy Fudgy Brownie Bites
These bites are rich, dense, ultra fudgy, and taste like they're made with eggs, butter, flour, and sugar, but don't include any of those ingredients. They're vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, with no sugar added and they're healthy, but sure don't taste healthy. If you've never made a raw, vegan chocolate treat before, or want to get your chocolate on without getting your gluttony on, this is the recipe for you. No-bake, easy, and ready in minutes.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup cashews (I use raw, unsalted, whole from Trader Joe's)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
- 1 cup soft, moist medjool dates, pitted and loosely packed (I used 20 medium dates)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 to 4 tablespoons agave nectar, or as necessary (maple syrup, honey, yacon, or corn syrup may be substituted but all impart more flavor than agave)
- sprinkles for dredging, optional (many brands are inherently vegan)
Instructions
- To the canister of a food processor or Vita-Mix (I prefer my food processor for this job), add the cashews, cocoa powder, and blend to pulverize into fine crumbs, about 15 seconds. Do not over-process because you will make chocolate-cashew butter very quickly.
- Add the dates, vanilla, and process until mixture begins to combine. It's likely the mixture will be sandy, coarse and not combining. As necessary to get it to combine, add agave, one tablespoon at a time, pulsing to incorporate after each addition.
- You'll know the consistency is right when the dough combines into a softball-sized mound and the mound travels around the canister in one big ball. It will still be tacky and sticky, but it shouldn't be wet and sloppy. Dough that resembles the consistency of nut butter is too runny and loose and dry ingredients must be added to help it solidify. Add a tablespoon or two more cocoa powder or cashews, as necessary, to dry out the dough. Dough that's too pebbly, dry, or sandy will benefit from anther couple dates or tablespoon of agave, as necessary, to moisten it.
- Transfer dough to a plate or bowl, cover with plasticwrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 1 week, before rolling into balls. Dough that's warm is difficult to work with; it's stickier, messier, and it leaves a chocolate paste-like layer on your hands. Wait until it's chilled before pulling off small hunks and rolling between palms until smooth. Work quickly because the warmer the dough gets, the harder it is to roll. I roll the balls about 3/4-inch in diameter, up to 1-inch.
- Optionally, dredge balls through sprinkles. This has the added benefit of absorbing some of the tackiness or stickiness of the dough.
- I prefer the bites chilled and store them in the refrigerator. Bites will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for many weeks, or in the refrigerator for many months, or in the freezer for 6+ months.
- Adapted from 5-Minute 3-Ingredient Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 64Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 25mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 1gSugar: 9gProtein: 1g
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Have you ever made no-bake bites or balls?
Making no-bake 40+ Dessert Bites, Balls, Cookie Dough, and Truffles is easy and there is no wrong way.
Combining nuts or seeds with dates, raisins, or other dried fruit; sometimes adding peanut butter, agave, maple syrup or other glue-like ingredients, and blending them is always going to result in something wonderful.
If you have favorite recipes, please share links.
Wow! I just made this because I’m going to throw a huge birthday party for my spoiled adorable cat, and I’m making refreshments for both humans and felines. I’m a tween, and this was super easy to make! In fact, I didn’t have a food processor so I used my dad’s coffee bean blender to pulverize the cashews and dates, and then put on some gloves to mix in the rest in a large bowl. It worked great!!! This is an amazing recipe and I’m sure my human guests will love it at Amber’s fifth cat birthday. Thanks for the cool recipe! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad you are having a birthday party for your cat and that your human guests will love these! Way to go for being a tween and making the most of some time off from school I assume and getting in the kitchen, and even using your dad’s coffee grinder in place of a food processor :)
Thanks for the quick reply, and the party is going to be tomorrow, so today I’m making the last recipe: your recipe of Cinnamon Oatmeal Date Bars. I will comment on it again tonight about how it went. Also, on your note about getting in the kitchen during our extended break, I like to get in the kitchen when I don’t have anything to do!
This is one of those great recipes you can happily add to your regular rotation- I’ve made it at least 5+ times so far and every batch has been delicious: chocolatey, rich, and naturally sweet. If you don’t have maple syrup/agave or don’t want to use it, I’ve added a equivalent amount of water to help the dough stick together with great results. I recommend adding a pinch of salt. I also skip rolling into balls by rolling the dough out between two layers of parchment paper and then cutting with a pizza cutter. Enjoy!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad this is a favorite of yours!
What makes you like your food processor over the vitamix for these? I tried them in my vitamix and temporarily shut the motor down. What kind of food processor do you use? Thanks!!
What makes you like your food processor over the vitamix for these? = your experience with the Vita overheating & temp shutting down! Been there, tons. For stuff like this I use my food proc.
This is my food proc. LOVE IT WORTH EVERY PENNY https://www.averiecooks.com/2012/07/magimix-by-robot-coupe-food-processor-juice-extractor-giveaway.html
Thanks for the quick reply, I’ll try my food processor next time, although mine is definitely not that fancy! :)
I made the no bake vegan balls but couldn’t get it to blend in the vitamix, and broke the dough blade in the cuisinart after switching to that, and had to throw the batch out. What’s the trick? They tasted good minus the broken shards of plastic :-(
Gosh I’ve never broken any appliances making any no-bake balls and I’ve made a lot over the last decade! Sorry you were having such trouble! I don’t have any ‘tricks’ other than to throw the ingredients into the canister and turn the power switch on!
This recipe was SOOO healthy til you got to the sprinkles part. They are full of chemical artificial colors and flavor and other nasties ! Roll in organic coconut or crushed nuts, sesame seeds, please, anything but sprinkles !
They make ‘healthy’ sprinkles; check your local WFs or similar store.
Yum, these were delicious. My son loved helping, but disappeared before the food processor came on, he hates noise! I am always so distracted with kids in the kitchen, especially with my youngest, who is just 2 and 4 months. So we accidentally piled all the ingredients in at the same time. The result was still ok, but the cashews were not as fine as I am sure they would have otherwise been.
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Your kids are adorable and yes, I can see what you have your hands full! :) Sounds like everything worked out just fine though. Next time, yes, if you pre-grind the cashews first, they’ll be finer but sounds like it wasn’t too big of a deal.
I just made these with what I had on hand. I used 2/3 cup already ground cashews, and I used Turkish apricots in place of the dates (because I couldn’t find them at Trader Joe’s) I put all ingredients in my Ninja, with a couple squirts of maple syrup. The consistency was beautiful and I did not have to refrigerate it to be able to roll the balls. They are so chocolatey. What a great non-guilty substitute for high fat, high calorie, high carb, loaded with refined sugar, brownies! Thanks for sharing!
Glad to hear they worked well for you and you’re so pleased! I love apricots and bet they’re excellent and a nice change-up from dates. And great that your Ninja did the trick! And no refrigerating needed – awesome!
Hi Averie! I really want to try this recipe and Have all the ingredients but don’t have a food processor. Could I do this in a blender? Thanks!
I would try it – you have nothing to lose! I don’t think a blender will pulverize the dates/nuts as well as a food proc would but it could still work!
Can you make these without nuts if you are allergic? Would oats work as a replacement?
You could probably try omitting the nuts and using oats. You may have to play around to get the texture how you want it and so the batter comes together but cocoa powder, dates, agave, and oats is pretty forgiving and I think you’ll have luck. LMK how it goes!
YUM! Just wanted to let you know I just made these and posted them to my blog with props and links to you. LOVE them! Perfectly simple chocolate treat! Thanks! http://www.bakingandboys.com/2013/08/healthy-fudgy-brownie-bites-grain-free.html
These sound delicious and I cannot wait to try them. I’m dying to see if they really do the trick for the brownie substitute. Thank you for the post! :-)
Please keep me posted and LMK what you think!
OMG these are insane!! I am quite new to baking and am testing a heap of your recipes. Can’t believe I can make something so tasty without anything bad in it. Am loving knowing what I am actually putting into my body. These are the best so far and so easy. Thanks a lot!
So glad you love them – me too! People tend to dismiss ‘healthy’ treats b/c they think they’ll taste healthy or be somehow inferior – but not these! Thanks for the glowing report. LMK what else you try as you make other recipes!
I love your pictures and recipes, they are mouth watering. Would love for you to share them with us at foodieportal.com. We are new but at foodieportal.com we are not photography snobs, we are just foodies.
Okay, stop! I have like a millon things to pin and now my stomach is growling!
I found you linked up at Chef in Training’s party!
Beth @ The First Year Blog
Thanks for finding me and for pinning! :)
These look so fudgy and rich and delicious, it’s hard to believe they’re healthy. Oh, and sprinkles! :D
Oh, Averie. I love this recipe!!!! So much. Even though I’ve never had a date…
Hold the phone. What?? It’s like a big raisin that’s 10x sweeter and thicker/pastier so it’s perfect to blend into things. Girl. Or just open one up, put a tsp of Pb inside the hole with a few choc chips – the best non-work snack ever!
These look perfect Averie – so chocolatey and delicious!
Thank you – and every bit as good as real brownies!
If they were not so expensive, I would spend my days noshing on macadamia nuts. Cashews share macs. creamy, smooth, texture – so I love ’em almost just as much! :D
With their pretty sprinkles, these brownie bites almost remind me of bon-bons! All that’s missing is the high fat content (and a jacuzzi, and a mimosa).
I actually like cashews better than mac nuts. Well, here’s the thing, un-blended, I really don’t love either. Like in white choc cookies, most people like mac nuts, not me! Or cashews in their brown sugar cookies…not for me. But blended up, cashews are my BFF :)
Okay, first of all, the sprinkles!! I LOVE IT! Secondly, I love it when chocolate goodies come in healthy packages!! :-D
In looooove!
Guilt-free treats are my favorite kind :) and the sprinkles are such a pretty touch. These looks so tasty!
Definitely a great, healthier alternative!! The sprinkles make them so fun!!
Yes. To all of it. I wouldn’t change a single thing, and I LOVE the sprinkles on top. They totally take it from a “snack” to a dessert! PS, is that marbley surface new??? I’ve been wanting one of those!
I kid you not, this morning I was making cookies (that SCREAM of Averie, flavor-wise) and I started thing about the cookie balls you used to post all the time with dates. I remember thinking, I wonder if she still makes those. Uncanny. I swear.
I also never thought I’d read a post on your blog with the word “healthy” in the title. ;)
I always have abowl of raw cookie dough balls in my freezer to snack on. I’m out of dates and peanut butter right now. I tried to make coconut butter yesterday. EPIC fail.
I love cashews in my vegan desserts. These brownie bites look awesome-I need the Easter Bunny to make me some of these :)
Wouldn’t that be nice if the bunny made them for us!
Yum! I made some cookies kind of like yours this past week, but with peanut butter! I realized I didn’t add enough sugar so they didn’t make the blog this week! Another time! I am sooooooo loving your recipe!! Using cashews is such a great idea!!
Yes sometimes you have to tweak things a few times before they’re blog-able. Don’t I know!
Really nice healthy alternative! These brownie bites looks ridiculously moist and fudgy. I’m a big fan of cashews but not dates so much but I’m guessing you don’t really taste that and it’s used more for the binding, chewy texture.
They taste nothing like dates. They taste like REAL BROWNIES!
Sort of like a Lara Bar in ball form?I like it! And my daughter will, too! I’ll be sure to make her some so she can have them after her 1/2 marathon she’s running to raise money for leukemia. I made your caramels to put on her desk for a donation to the Leukemia fund. Will let you know how they go over but my guess is they will go fast. They were heavenly!
Glad to hear you made the caramels! Thanks for LMK! And congrats to your daughter on her race and efforts and these are perfect running fuel!
I love brownie bites and healthy ones seem amazing!!
These look delicious! And dangerous ;)
YUM can’t wait to try this. Looks delish. Love the pictures.
Sprinkles. Chocolate. Brownie. Bites… I could eat it, all day :D
I want a whole bag of these to pop in my mouth right now! They look fantastic!
These look so good Averie! I especially love all of the sprinkles. I love the nut/cocoa/date trick for making raw brownie-type treats but never realized that cashews are more “butter-like” than other nuts because I’ve never used them in baking. Now I have no idea why I’ve never tried that! Thanks for teaching me something new, and for the healthy brownie inspiration!
Oh you will love working with cashews more now that you know how buttery they are compared to other nuts when blended!
Amazing! Sprinkles make me happy. Chocolate makes me happy. This snacking size makes me happy.
It all makes me happy :)
These look perfectly poppable and delicious! I love that you rolled them in sprinkles too!
Everything’s better in sprinkles!
I put these in a nutritional counter and for one bite it was 14 grams of sugar. Is this sugar necessarily BAD for me??
I personally don’t count grams of anything. I’m just not a counter. Never been my thing and for me to say this is bad and that isn’t, that’s not something I can do. Only you can. Personally, I don’t see how plants, raw/vegan anything, in moderation is bad!
Thank youuuuuu! I’m dying for some “healthy” sweet recipes. Bikini season is right around the corner and I need to feed my sweet tooth with things that will make my waistline happy. These look delicious!
These look absolutely AMAZING!! And the sprinkles make them even better :D
These bites look amazing, Averie! Love the sprinkles – so fun!
Ok, I obviously love these! And all the sprinkles. I love using dates in recipes like this – they are like a little sweetening miracle worker! And these brownie bites literally look like brownies rolled into balls. They don’t even look like they are missing butter, oil, or eggs! I love your pretty granite counter tops too. it makes the sprinkles really “pop!”
Oh and those pretzel peanut caramel pb cookie dough truffles – umm… WOW.
Thanks Sally & it’s a new marble slab I got. I am loving it! :)
These are great, Averie! I love using dates in recipes like this. You probably can’t even tell that they are good for you!
You can’t tell at all! Seriously the bites taste like REAL brownies – wouldn’t say it if they didn’t and I’m a tough critic!
I really do love reading your posts. They are so thought out and written beautifully. I feel as if I am baking with you- whilst reading! Or not baking in this case! ;) I actually bought a few bags of dates last week- I pureed them to make cc cookies. I want to be creative with dates. In my house we use dates for sticky toffee pudding and that is it. I love seeing other recipes using dates!!! :)
Thanks for the wonderful comment! I write my posts as if someone IS going to bake this and like to point out things along the way that they should be aware of. And I do take my time writing my posts to lay them out well and not just throw them together. So thank you for noticing and glad my intentions and things are working out like I hope they would!
YUM! I make these with a similar recipe and they are SO addicting! Cannot wait to try your recipe, Averie! Thank you! xo
Averie, are you sure these are healthy? Or are you just saying that? ;) Seriously, these look amazingly delicious!!!
I love everything fudgy and chocolatey. And if it can also be consider healthy, well count me in!
Healthy and chocolate!? It sounds too good to be true. I definitely have to try these. You always have beautiful pictures, great stories, and amazing recipes! I always look forward to reading your blog. :)
Thanks for the sweet comment and compliments, Tina. I appreciate it!
Oh how FUN! Healthy brownie bites rolled in sprinkles! Love it! PS: I’m swooning over your marble board background! I just ordered mine and can’t wait for it to arrive!
you’re going to love it and you’ll be shocked how HEAVY!!!!! it is. I was preparing for it to be heavy but it’s even more so!
YUM! I love a healthy way to get in some chocolate :)
You MUST be joking — those don’t have ANY flour, butter, sugar or eggs? They look identical to your typical “brownie/chocolate truffle.” It’s unbelievable that whipping up some cashews and dates produced these fudgy balls of heaven! Need.
I know, I thought they looked pretty identical too, and it’s amazing what plants can do, right!
You got the marble rolling board! It looks awesome with those gorgeous brownie bites :)
Yes I did and it was 100% the PERFECT thing to photograph these on I thought! Still haven’t used it to roll out any dough yet but that will soon change :)
Oh my goodness!!! YUM! Your photos are always gorgeous, but these are just so stunning – especially love that last one! These look positively divine and I love that they are healthy! Got to make some of these for the husband!!
Thanks, Marie, and hope you like them if you try them!
That’s really a good description for cashews. They are so versatile.
The most versatile of nuts, I agree!
Very cute. I make these often and store them in my freezer, but I’ve never thought of rolling them in sprinkles. Cute idea.
These balls are so darn cute and I love how you threw the colorful sprinkles on them. These would be the perfect after lunch snack that you wouldn’t feel guilty snacking on! I tend to have a bite or two of dark chocolate some afternoons and it really hits the spot! I love the addition of dates and cashews to give the chocolate some nutritional punch! Yum!
xoxo, Jackie
I think you’d love these, Jackie! They hit the spot for exactly what you’re talking about – that couple bites of dark choc that’s so needed some days :)
I Love how healthy these are! Seeing as my family east chocolate after EVER meal I think I need to make these!
For the choclaholics, these would go over super well I’d imagine :)
I’m a huge fan of your no-bake vegan dessert bites, and these sound fantastic. Totally making these for Easter…I love fooling family and friends with decadent treats that are actually healthy! Thanks for the recipe!
LMK if you give them a try!
I’ve made healthy brownies that are similar to these brownie bites. You are right – they are so, so good and rich and fudgy! You thought of something that I totally missed though… sprinkles! Duh! How could I forget those? This recipe looks wonderful, as always!
Sprinkles just make everything better and glad you’re already a fan of the nobake bites that are similar to these!
I love these things but haven’t made them in months. I got a new food processor last week and haven’t used it yet–this would be the perfect recipe to give it a test run. The fun thing about raw vegan nut bites are all the various nut and dried fruit combinations…but I’ve probably made chocolate ones most frequently (dried cherries are a tasty addition)! Ani Phyo’s raw donut holes are another favorite and work well with cashews instead of almonds.
I have all of Ani’s books and in 2009, that was what I made and tons of it! I have this post which has links to raw vegan donut holes and like 40 of my fave balls recipes http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2010/01/ball-recipes.html
Also chocolate/cherry bites, too.
Congrats on your new food proc! Woot!
This is a dangerous post to be reading before breakfast! I’m fascinated by the idea of using the cashews as butter. I’m wondering if pecans would work, too because they seem to have a similar texture. I have to get experimenting, thanks for the inspiration.
Pecans add way more flavor than cashews. It’s much more distinctive and don’t blend into as creamy of a state as cashews. Better than almonds but on par with walnuts. Nothing beats a cashew is raw/vegan ‘unbaking’! :)
Is it so wrong to say that the sprinkles are my favorite part?! They’re so bright and colorful… makes me happy :)
They’re sort of my fave part, too :)
I would LOVE to have a bag of these laying around for late night cravings (which always happen!!!). So cute and fun too with the sprinkles!
You and me both! Better these than tons of cookies, chips, or other junky snackfood which I am prone to at that hour :)
It’s so nice to have guilt-free options like this that still make you feel like you’re indulging a bit! These look just perfect! Loe the addition of cashews.
They actually feel and taste super!! indulgent, which is so nice!
I love having healthy dessert options to curb a chocolate craving. Once I get my hands on some cashews, I’ll have to give this a try. Thanks!
Enjoy and LMK how they go for you!
These are so cute! And I sure could use a balance of healthy desserts in my diet! Thanks Averie (love the sprinkles :)
May as well include sprinkles in everything I possibly can is my theory :)
The sprinkles are the perfect touch to make these extra decadent!! I need these in my life so that when that sweet craving hits at night, I can reach for these instead of a tub of ice cream!
Having a stash of these in the fridge/freezer prevents me from reaching for cookies, real brownies, or whatever else I seem to find!
I’m very tempted to make these right now! I have a question for you. I’ve tried processing dates before, and they’re super hard to work with in my sub-par food processor. Now, I could try to work with it again by chopping them up before adding them into the bowl. However, I’ve seen dates that are already processed into almost a paste at the international store. Would this be okay to use? It’s just processed dates pressed into a brick shape, but it crumbles apart fairly easily.
Just soak your existing dates in warm water for a half hour or so; and then if need be, chop them into smaller bits before adding to your food proc. If your dates end up getting VERY water logged, you may need to play with the ratios a bit but by and large, this is way easier, convenient and cost effective! than buying those pastes. I know what you’re talking about…ripoff IMO. Just soak your own dates and make your own paste :)
Thanks for the tip!
OMG, this is so healthy that I need to do it. And it’s not at all because it’s chocolate ;)
Glad you like them!