Whenever I have some extra dried lavender on hand I make these fudgy, no-bake lavender brownies.
On top of using dried lavender flowers to make the brownies, you’ll also be including other low carb ingredient options like almond flour, cacao powder, cacao nibs, sunflower seeds, unsweetened almond milk, and paleo friendly dark chocolate.
It all comes together perfectly to make deliciously decadent fudgy brownies that are even 100% gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free and paleo friendly.
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No-Bake Lavender Brownies
Whenever I have some extra dried lavender on hand I make these fudgy, no-bake lavender brownies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh dates, pitted
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- 1 ¼ cup almond flour
- ½ cup cacao powder
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp dried lavender flowers plus extra for sprinkling
- 3 tbsp cacao nibs
- 4 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
- 2 oz paleo friendly dark chocolate, melted (optional)
Instructions
- Line and 8×8 inch baking pan with parchment paper and set side.
- Place the dried lavender in a mortal and grind lightly with the pestle.
- Add the dates, sunflower seeds, almond flour, cacao powder, vanilla extract, almond milk and ground lavender to a food processor and process until well combined.
- Fold in the cacao nibs.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth the top with spatula.
- Drizzle with melted chocolate (if using) and sprinkle with extra dried lavender flowers.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Cut into 16 squares and serve.
Like this recipe?Leave a comment and review below!
Caveat: I’m allergic to chocolate so I used carob 1/1- totally unsweetened just like cocoa powder. And I LOVE carob and use it all the time, so that is not the reason for my low review.
I like the idea of lavender brownies. However, this recipe was horrendously sweet. I ended up doing less than half of a cup of dates to start, because I guessed it might be (oh and I used salted pumpkin seeds rather than sunflower). It was still WAAAY to sweet. I ended up adding 1tbs of walnut butter and 1/2 tsp of salt. It was still too sweet. So I added 3 eggs and baked it like normal brownies. Honestly, I still had to end up putting salted walnuts on top to cut that sugar. If you like really sweet stuff, maybe you’ll like this. But that amount of sweet I think ruins the delicate lavender. Great idea though, so maybe just adjust the dates to your liking. I used a total of 4 medjool dates. Maybe next time I’ll just do one. I think just changing it to my preference and the flavor would be magical- I can sense the hint of it through the sweet.
Oh forgot to mention in the end with the added salt and dilution, I liked the flavor. It was just still too sweet in the end.