Amazing vegan brownies with strawberries recipe! Fudgy chocolate strawberry brownies made with fresh strawberry and topped with sea salt. Decadent and delicious!
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Hello, Rhubarbarians! Got an awesome sweet treat for you today: VEGAN FUDGY BROWNIES! You've all gone crazy (in a good way crazy) for the vegan banana bread I posted a while back, so I thought you'd love these fudgy, chocolate strawberry brownies.
These brownies are perfect for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, a potluck, or for having a sweet treat at home!
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Why you'll love these
Imagine: Biting into a fudgy, chocolate brownie with bits of fresh strawberry. It's like a chocolate covered strawberry in brownie form. The flavors are so perfect together which is why it's such a classic.
These brownies are vegan, vegetarian, and dairy free, but are rich, flavorful, fudgy, and oh so decadent with a sprinkle of sea salt on the top. YUM.
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Ingredients and equipment
Here's what you need to make these brownies at home! Full ingredients and instructions are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this article
Ingredients:
- Golden flax meal and water
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Cocoa powder
- Sugar
- Vegan butter
- Almond butter
- Non-dairy milk
- Vanilla
- Sea salt and flake salt
- Dark chocolate bar
- Fresh strawberries
- Chocolate syrup (optional)
Equipment:
- Oven
- 8 inch square baking pan
- Parchment paper or spray oil
- Measuring spoons
- Electric mixer with mixing bowl
- Fork
- Small mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Measuring cups
- Spatula or spoonula
- Knife
Step by step instructions
Here's how to make vegan brownies with fresh strawberries perfectly at home. Full instructions are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this article
- First, you will need to preheat your oven and prepare your baking dish.
- Then, make sure you get your flax egg going by mixing flax meal and water in the large bowl of your stand mixer and letting it sit for a few minutes.
- Combine your dry ingredients in a small bowl while the flax egg sets.
- Blend all the wet ingredients together with the flax egg and add more chocolate.
- Fold in the dry ingredients and the strawberries. Pour the brownie batter into your pan, top with salt, and bake.
- Let sit for 45 minutes and you have made delicious brownies!
Serving suggestions
If you're like me, NOTHING beats a freshly baked warm brownie with vanilla ice cream on top. This is my favorite way to serve these. The strawberries make them super special and flavorful.
You do have to let the brownies sit in the pan for 45 minutes so that they set before cutting into them. So, I recommend reheating a brownie just for a few seconds in the microwave right before serving.
If you've got some chocolate syrup on hand, go ahead and drizzle some of that on top of your brownie too. You won't regret it! You'll get chewy brownies with some extra chocolate on top.
Making these brownies for a crowd? Serve them cut into squares alongside fresh strawberries. Everyone will love them!
Recipe tips and substitutions
- The original recipe calls for freeze dried strawberries, but I used fresh. Feel free to use either for this strawberry brownies recipe, they are both amazing!
- You can swap out the strawberries for fresh raspberries or blueberries.
- The recipe as written will create fudgy, dense brownies. You can swap the baking soda for baking powder for more cake like brownies if you prefer.
- The chocolate drizzle in the photos is optional. It's simply Hershey's syrup drizzled over the brownies.
- You can swap chocolate chips for the dark chocolate if that's what you have. However, the brownies will not be as fudgy. They will be more cake like with chocolate chips in them.
- If you can't find golden flax meal, you can make a chia egg instead. Here's a great tutorial for making chia eggs.
Storing and freezing
Storing:
Store the baked brownies in an airtight container in a single layer. If you need to stack them, separate them with parchment paper to avoid having them stick together.
Keep them at room temperature on your counter for up to 4 days.
Freezing:
Wrap each brownie individually in plastic wrap and then freeze the brownies in an air tight freezer safe container. They will stay fresh for up to 3 months.
Defrost the brownies overnight in the refrigerator for best results.
FAQs
I recommend fresh berries because frozen berries can become mushy. If you want to use frozen berries, make sure that they are completely defrosted and not mushy before baking.
Sure thing!
Swap out the flour for your favorite 1:1 gluten free flour.
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No. The brownies won't cook the way that you want them too and will be too sweet.
This recipe comes to you courtesy of The Wicked Healthy Cookbook by Chad Sarno, Derek Sarno, and David Joachim. The dudes behind Wicked Healthy Food.
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Recipe
Vegan brownies with strawberries
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons golden flax meal
- 3 Tablespoons water
- 1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup dutch process cocoa powder
- 1 cup organic cane sugar
- ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons plant based butter (sticks, not whipped margarine), melted
- ¼ cup almond butter
- ½ cup nondairy milk
- ½ Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 4 ounces dark chocolate bar, chopped or shaved
- ½ cup finely chopped fresh strawberries
- ½ teaspoon flake salt, for finishing
- vegan chocolate syrup for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square nonstick pan with parchment paper or lightly coat with spray oil.
- Use a fork to stir the flax meal and water in the bowl of an electric mixer or in a mixing bowl, stirring well. Let sit for a few minutes so the flax can absorb the water and thicken up. The consistency will be similar to blended eggs.2 Tablespoons golden flax meal, 3 Tablespoons water
- Meanwhile, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and sugar in a small bowl.1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, ½ cup dutch process cocoa powder, 1 cup organic cane sugar
- To the mixing bowl with the flax, add the melted butter, almond butter, nondairy milk, vanilla, and salt. Mix on medium-low speed or stir by hand until thoroughly mixed. Stop the mixer, remove the bowl, and fold in the chopped chocolate. When mixed, fold in the four mixture and strawberries until the batter is smooth and thick.¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons plant based butter (sticks, not whipped margarine), melted, ¼ cup almond butter, ½ cup nondairy milk, ½ Tablespoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon fine sea salt, 4 ounces dark chocolate bar, chopped or shaved, ½ cup finely chopped fresh strawberries
- Scrape the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Tap the pan on the counter to release any air bubbles, then scatter the flake salt evenly over the top. Bake until the brownies just start to pull away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted in the center comes out mostly clean but not quite, about 25 minutes.½ teaspoon flake salt, for finishing
- Let cool for at least 45 minutes if you can. Then cut into squares and serve. Drizzle chocolate syrup over the brownies if desired.vegan chocolate syrup for serving (optional)
Notes
- The original recipe calls for freeze dried strawberries, but I used fresh. Feel free to use either, they are both amazing!
- You can swap out the strawberries for fresh raspberries or blueberries.
- The recipe as written will create fudgy, dense brownies. You can swap the baking soda for baking powder for more cake like brownies if you prefer.
- The chocolate drizzle in the photos is optional. It's simply Hershey's syrup drizzled over the brownies.
- You can swap chocolate chips for the dark chocolate if that's what you have. However, the brownies will not be as fudgy. They will be more cake like with chocolate chips in them.
- If you can't find golden flax meal, you can make a chia egg instead. Here's a great tutorial for making chia eggs.
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