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Vegan Chocolate Brownies

Surprise your family or someone you love with these thick and fudgy Vegan Chocolate Brownies that are super easy to make and downright indulgent! It’s a decadent treat for chocolate lovers as these vegan brownies are irresistibly fudgy in the center, with a slightly cakey texture along the edges.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 9
Calories: 272kcal
Author: Ruchi

Ingredients

DRY INGREDIENTS

WET INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoon superfine Sugar
  • ½ cup Oil
  • 1 cup Aquafaba (Non-vegan option - 2 eggs. 1 egg = 2 Tbsp aquafaba)
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
  • 2 teaspoons Vinegar
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Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F. Spray an 8×8-inch baking pan with cooking spray, then line it with parchment paper. Allow the parchment paper to overhang on each side as it makes it easy to lift our baked brownies. Set aside.
    Grease a baking pan
  • Combine oil, vinegar, and essences in a bowl. Whisk until blended. Set aside.
    Combine wet ingredients together
  • In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, Instant coffee, and salt.
    Sift dry ingredients togther
  • Set aside
  • Add aquafaba to a bowl.
  • Using the balloon attachment of your stand mixer, beat aquafaba for 4-5 minutes on medium-high speed until frothy.
    Whisk aquafaba until frothy
  • Test by holding the whisk blade upside down. Aquafaba should hold its shape and not fall off the blade. Time to proceed further.
  • Keep the stand mixer running and slowly add sugar to it.
    Add sugar to aquafaba
  • Keep whisking until it turns into a thick and shiny fluff.
    Add sugar and beat until it resembles a fluff
  • Pour in oil mixture. Fold the mix until it is well blended with aquafaba.
    Add oil mixture
  • Spoon the dry sifted ingredients into this mix. Fold in gently.
    Add dry ingredients
  • Fold and mix until it forms a smooth and lump-free batter.
    Combine until it forms a batter
  • Pour the batter into the greased pan.
    Pour batter
  • Tap the pan to release the trapped air. Sprinkle some extra chocolate chips on top.
    Pour batter in a greased pan
  • Bake for 20 - 22 minutes or until the toothpick comes out with a few crumbs attached.
    Bake the aquafaba brownie
  • Allow the baked brownie to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes. Then lift the brownie from the parchment paper and remove it from its pan.
    Bake the aquafaba brownie
  • Set it on a wire rack to cool completely.
    Freshly baked aquafaba brownies
  • Cut the brownie into 9 equal parts.
    Aquafaba vegan brownies
  • Enjoy topped with your favorite ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate.
    Vegan aquafaba brownies stacked with ice cream

Notes

 
Other ingredients that I can add to these vegan chocolate brownies?
These aquafaba brownies are not limited to chocolate chip topping; you can jazz them up with whatever you like. Some tested add-ins are - 
  • Dry nuts - walnuts, pecans, almonds, hazelnuts, etc. I would add 1/2 a cup of chopped nuts to the brownie batter. 
  • Raisins and any candied fruits. 
  • Shredded coconut
  • Marshmallows
  • Toffee bites
  • M&M's
  • Butterscotch chips. The list is endless!

 

Can I use the liquid from other beans? 
Some of my followers have used the legume liquid from cannellini beans, white northern beans, and other beans to cook these brownies, but honestly, I love chickpea brine, and I have always experimented with that. 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 854mg | Potassium: 91mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1.5mg