Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies Gluten Free

This is my new favorite dessert recipe. I love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate. I was delighted with how delicious this recipe is, but yet it fits well into my healthy food plan. These Blondies are soft and chewy and the perfect ending to a meal. I am using the defatted peanut butter powder that is very low fat and it works beautifully. These are vegan, oil free, gluten free and free of refined sugar.

The Peanut Butter Blondies are good on their own, however you can really dress them up with a scoop of my Peanut Butter Nice Cream and a drizzle of Chocolate Sauce. It takes this dessert to a whole new level of scrumptious!

This will be my go to Birthday treat from now on. It’s so pretty on a beautiful cake platter and makes you feel special.

These Blondies freeze well too. I cut them and freeze them in a Tupperware container. You can take one out at a time and heat it up in the microwave oven and it’s just as good as freshly baked.

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These are the two brands of sugar free chocolate chips that I have used and liked. Santa Barbara Chocolate Company or Trader Joe’s. If making blondies for people who don’t eat low sugar like I do, I would use semi sweet chocolate chips and a few more dates. Otherwise it won’t be sweet enough for them. There are some no added sugar chocolate chips on Amazon but I haven’t tried them.

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I like to bake blondies in a round silicone pan and then cut them in pie shapes. They look pretty plated as a pie shape. You can also use a square pan and cut them into squares if you prefer. My favorite silicone bakeware is linked below.

Here are the ingredients used in this recipe. When purchasing peanut powder be sure to find one that doesn’t have added sugar and salt. I use Medjool dates, they are large and soft and have a caramel flavor to them. Use oven roasted sweet potatoes to bring out the natural sugars in them and allow them to be sweeter. You don’t get the same result from steamed, boiled or microwaved sweet potatoes.

We made a video so you could see how easy it is to make this amazing dessert. I explain all about the ingredients and give details to help you execute the recipe.

We also have blog posts, printable recipes and videos for the Peanut Butter Banana Nice Cream and the Vegan Chocolate Sauce.

Substitutions:

Bananas – use 1/2 cup more sweet potato – you may need to use more dates for sweetness.

Aquafaba – apple sauce

Japanese Sweet Potato – Hannah Yam or a regular sweet potato. JSP’s and Hannah Yams are sweeter than regular sweet potatoes so you may need to use more dates if you sub in regular sweet potatoes.

Unsweetened Chocolate Chips – semi sweet chocolate chips but they do have added sugar.

All dressed up and ready for a special occasion!

Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies Gluten Free

Tami Kramer Nutmeg Notebook

Soft and Chewy with a wonderful combination of peanut butter and chocolate.

5 from 1 vote

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Equipment

• Oven, silicone pan, food processor

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup Japanese Sweet Potato, oven roasted Hannah Yam, or regular sweet potato
• 1 cup garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained, reserve some aquafaba – the cooking liquid
• 2 tablespoons aquafaba, cooking liquid from the beans
• 1 cup rolled oats certified GF for those who avoid gluten
• 1/2 cup ripe mashed banana (4.5 ounces)
• 1/4 cup peanut powder, no added salt or sugar
• 4 – 6 each dates , pitted – adjust to your personal preference
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder, or vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Topping

• 1/4 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  Place all ingredients except the chocolate chips into a food processor. Process until well incorporated. You may have to stop the processor and scrape down the sides to be sure all ingredients are mixed in.
• Spoon the batter into a 9 inch silicone round or square pan.
• Sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the top of the blondies.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack before cutting.
• Serving suggestion: Top each slice with a scoop of my Peanut Butter Banana Nice Cream and Vegan Chocolate Sauce.

Notes

Substitutions:

Bananas – use 1/2 cup more sweet potato – you may need to use more dates for sweetness

Aquafaba – apple sauce

Japanese Sweet Potato – Hannah Yam or a regular sweet potato. JSP’s and Hannah Yams are sweeter than regular sweet potatoes so you may need to use more dates.

Unsweetened Chocolate Chips – semi sweet chocolate chips but they will have added sugar, be sure they are dairy free.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve with a scoop of Peanut Butter Banana Nice Cream & Chocolate Sauce

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