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Chocolate Fudge Brownie Bites
10 min
Snack
One-bowl / one-pot
Freezer-friendly
No cook
10 ingredients or less
brownie bites
Total
10 minPrep
10 minContains
tree nut
Free from
soy
peanut
sesame
gluten
Ingredients
Brownie balls
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1 cup (88 g)raw walnuts
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½ cup (65 g)raw cashews
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⅛ tspsalt
Optional coating
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unsweetened shredded coconut
Directions
- Add the dates, walnuts, cashews, cocoa powder, and salt to a food processor and blend until combined. Careful to not over-process as this can result in an oily texture.
- Then add the chocolate to the food processor and pulse a few times to coarsely chop and incorporate the chocolate.
- Using your hands, form balls with the dough. If desired, roll in a decorative coating and enjoy!
Notes
- †If hard, soak the dates in warm water for 10 minutes and drain.
Storage
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
- Store in the freezer for up to 2 months.
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Low on the sweet side but perfect. Great texture
This has been my favorite sweet recipe from you for years, I absolutely love making these, so easy and tasty! Also I sometimes change the nuts a little depending on what I have and it's always delicious, it's crazy how chocolate-like it taste when you know how little actual chocolate there is in it!! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome recipe, I used to make it for school snacks, and now I still happily eat them during work breaks ^^
Hi team Pick Up Limes!
What a delicious treat.
I don’t have a food processor, so instead of 1 cup of dates, I used 1/2 cup of date-syrup (which is very sweet) and 1/2 cup of tahini.
It was easy (but a bit messy) and worked great!
And instead of the recommended nuts I used 1,5 cup of mixed nuts.
So good!
Simple and so yummy, should of doubled the recipe 😋
I've been making a version of these for ages. They are definitely a family favorite. You can also swap out the just with oats and almond meal. Also peppermint oil is a great addition. So delicious!
The best snack ever! I was low on cashews, so used sunflower seeds instead.
I'm looking for a sweet snack. Loved your recipes ever since the Vegan Yakisoba (my new go-to), and now I want a sweet snack. A lot of these have nuts, and I have a nut allergy. Can you make more delicious recipes that aren't so nut based?
Didn't have walnuts so I used almonds instead. They are amazing😍
Coated it with crunchy almond pieces.
Thanks for the amazing recipe!
This delicious snack helps me during my sweet pregnancy cravings <3 If you find your mixture to be to dry. It helps to blend it a little longer so the oil can escape from the nuts! After that I had no problem forming the balls.
I can’t get over with this easy snack having it for months, my family very fond of this. Thank you PICK UP LIMES❤️…….so excited to try all of your other recipes.
Yum yum yum yum yum!
I’m a nursing student and these are what I live for!! They are so easy to make during study breaks. They taste like dessert but I’m so happy they’re not. On the hard days I don’t have to feel guilty for indulging in 3 or 4 of them. These curb my chocolate cravings, keep me energized, and happy😊 Thank you PUL!!🥰
I am fructose intolerant so most of vegan dessert recipes are not for me.. is there anyway I can substitute the dates for something else?
I make a single serve post meal dessert version of this recipe with some alterations most nights. I use my mortar and pestle to quickly bring everything together rather than a blender so there is no cleaning as well ;)
I've now made these for my colleagues, parents and in-laws and let me tell you, everyone is a fan! My colleague basically steals these from my lunch box now 😋😋😋
These taste so much like brownies I’m in danger of eating them all in one sitting. They were easy and fast to make, too. Wow…
I made this today and it was delicious and calmed that awful chocolate craving I always get. The best thing it that I do not feel miserable after eating it! Thank you! I am going to make these again.
I like dipping these in yogurt mmmm. Sorry, I know my greediness it out of control!
Loved these so much! I saved some of the mix as a crumb, melted some vegan choc chips with a hint of coconut oil, dipped the balls into the melted choc and the crumb. So good!
So easy and delicious!!! Ate it by the spoonful as soon as it was done!
They taste amazing and so easy to make
They were delicious . If you could make other sweet recipes without too much sugar that would be great thank you
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I loved it and ate them all in 24h 😅
Too delicious !
I exchanged the walnuts by almonds, but then had more cashew (and less almonds). It is fab !
However, when making it : my cacao powder went everywhere in my blender (and the other two bowls) and I had to clean them all. If you have any trick to avoid that, please let me know !
Delicious 😍😍😍
I've been making these every single week for the last 2-3 years and I'm yet to get bored!! I'll be making these for the rest of my life😇😇😇
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We did them with my older son and he absolutely loves them!! Thank you!
so, so gooood!!
I‘ve used pecans instead of walnuts and cashews (I had them at hand) and the „dough“ wouldn‘t bind, so I added a table spoon of peanutbutter - it worked like a charm!
So delicious and helps my cravings!!
A stable at our home. So good!
Very easy to make and very tasty!
I accidentally added more cacao powder, and to compensate, I put 3 spoons of sugar, and they turned out great!!
Brought these on vacation with us so the kids could have a healthy (and delicious!) snack when needed. My kids loved them!
Loved it
Love love love, so quick and easy to make
Perfect!
I love these snack size nutritive balls!!
Doesn’t even take much time to make!
Thank you Sadia and team.
So yummy!
Easy, healthy treat!!
This is my absolute favorite energy ball for long hikes, drives or just snack. I’ve had it at hand for years.
I'm not vegan...Yet. I Love the Recipes. Thank you for making it easy to understand, and it's Delicious!!
Super easy and super tasty 😋. Thank you so much!
Had been a while since I have made a Pick Up Limes recipe, so I'm happy to come back, and it made me tell myself that I should make more 😌 Let's be clear, even though the remaining of my comment will be me complaining a bit, these were really tasty! I enjoyed this recipe but I had a "problem" texture-wise, but I guess it's a me problem... It was powdery so it was really tedious to make the balls. I wonder if it's because I didn't soak the dates – didn't because thought were soft enough – or if I didn't process enough, afraid from over-processing. I wish better luck next time🤞 However it was delicious 😋 😍
I have been making these balls for as long as I can remember. Over and over. A moment that I will never forget is this: my husband grew up in Mumbai and he ate this chocolate fudge all his life ( there is apparently a line that you would have to wait hours to get it). One fine day during Covid times, I made these fudge balls according your recipe and after taking one bite, he literally had tears in his eyes and told me that these balls legit brought his memory back and I will never forget this moment. I want to say THANK YOU for doing what you do.
These are perfectly delicious little treats!
Love the recipe."
I add shredded coconut to mine. So good and easy to make!
Amazing! I had neither walnuts nor cashews, so I used raw unsalted peanuts and almonds and added one tbsp of homemade almond butter. I believe the result to be a thicker texture, but the taste is incredible. I didn't add the coconut. We ate them as is or with fresh unsweetened Raspberries or grapefruit. Thank you so much for this delicious treat.
Made these tonight exactly how the recipe was written…WOW! So tasty and so easy…thank you! ❤️
What a wonderful, quick and easy dessert! Just the right size after dinner or to take to a gathering!
Absolutely love this recipe and I come back to it again and again! I've recently made these for all my family and my partner and they all loved them. I can't think of an easier tastier snack involving such few ingredients. 😍😍
Quick, easy and tasty. I think this is the first recipe I made from Pick Up Limes and I have not stopped since. Highly recommend this one!
I love this recipe! I make it all the time. The brownie bites stay soft when frozen so I keep them in my freezer and eat them straight out of there.
Delicious! Great healthy snacks to have on hand and satisfy my serious chocolate sweet tooth. I also add coconut, vanilla, cinnamon, and a little maple syrup into my mixture and roll the balls in coconut. I highly recommend freezing these and eating them straight out of the freezer - they hold together better and feel a little less oily in frozen form. I typically make this in my Vitamix which makes for a nice smooth "batter," but I decided to test it with a double batch today which it couldn't handle all at once. My cheapy food processor did surprisingly well chopping up everything remaining in small batches, so will likely use that appliance in the future instead.
Simple, easy and looks divine
This is my number one go to snack of all times! I have been making it for years and I never get tired of it. Perfect to have in the fridge, when you want a healthy snack-option<3
These are so Delicious
I want to thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! I'm able to make this easily in my food processor. We stopped buying packed snacks and make these brownie balls every weekend for over a year now. Absolutely delicious! I don't think we'll ever get bored :) :)
The texture wasn't like in the video. Probably because i used dates (no medjool), but the taste was so good! Definitely making it again with medjool dates.
Hey,
I‘ve been loving your website and tried a bunch of great recipes already.
For this one, I‘ve got some tips for folks without a food processor able to handle the sticky mixture:
Mine generally is able to handle nuts, so I first have it blend the nuts only until their somewhat powdery. Then I‘ll add the cocoa-powder, salt and a little protein powder (last ones not needed, just how I do it :)) and stir with a spoon. I take out most of the mixture at this point.
I then use a knife to roughly chop the (for me soaked) dates, and slowly add them to my food processor, making sure every layer of dates gets well covered by the nut mixture I took out bevor (so I‘m adding that back in to make sure the dates dont stick as much). I omit the chocolate, but I‘m sure one could add it at this point too.
I then blend everything together, until its sticky enough to be formed.
If my mixture (due to the protein powder or to much nuts) isnt sticky enough, I add a teaspoon of peanut butter, and mix by hand.
The first time I‘ve tried this recipe, following the instructions more closly, it took me 2h to make this (and another to clean up), because the mixture was too sticky for my equipment. The second time, using the changed instructions, everything came together in 20mins.
Thank you for the great recipe, it tasts really good and I love the balls for snacking when preparing a meal ;)
Just the instructions needed a little altering for me.
Tastiest thing I have eaten in ages and took a total of 5 mins to make. I used pecans in place of cashews. It was slightly too crumbly, I probably could have done with an extra date. I also didn't really need the dark chocolate in it. I used a melon baller sized ice cream scoop to make little balls. I doubt they will last long as they are too tasty!
Literally the most healthy and tasty desert I have made in a while!!! I made it for my siblings, and they liked it so much that they finished eating all the 20 bites in just 1 day and they keep asking me to batch make these for every week!Thank you so much pick up limes!💗
Are we supposed to soak the nuts ?
Such an amazing recipe ! I used a mix of sunflower and pumpkin seeds instead of Cashews. And i covered them with melted dark chocolate and it was absolutely divine. I love chocolatey treats as a snack and i love that i can take this to go with me so I'll avoid eating out out of convenience
Its my go to recipe now. Its so delicious!!
I made them and they're delicious! I used almonds rather than cashews and they're amazing! I love the fact that I can get the recipe based on the amount of ingredients I have in my pantry. I love this website and all of your videos :-)
These energy balls are one of my Favoriten on the go snack, because its so simple and not many ingredients. My friends always ask me to make them. So Yeah, its a pretty good, whole some and tasty snack😍
Dear Sadia & Robin, I make this recipe at least every two months or for friends as a gift. The first time I tried it, I was amazed with the simplicity and tastiness. That's why I decided to give it to my mother to try. And now she makes it every time she climbs bigger mountains with her friends (btw. she is 55). This recipe is amazing - simple and incredibly delicious. Thank you so much for your work and creativity. I appreciate it very much.
This is such a fun dessert or snack to make with the kids. They love it and it really is easy. We love them rolled in coconut flakes best. Thank you for this recipe; it is a part of our family fun :-)
These are really yummy and make a really great desk snack :) I rolled some of mine in chocolate shavings as well and it was really nice. One thing I noticed though is some batches turn a little oily and more difficult to shape. I make small batches of 10 my first batches were perfect. I was wondering if you might know what I'm doing wrong? Oily or not they are still very tasty! :)
So yummy and sweet
I’m making them for my 39 weeks being pregnant because the jewel dates are also highly recommended to soften the cervix
So this will be a great way to incorporate dates into my diet in a not so boring way ;)
They were good in the first batch we forgot the dark chocolate but even with no dark chocolate it still tasted good really good recipe -Aiden
Delicious! Very rich in flavor, and a perfect snack! -Caitlyn
My 10 year old son made these, with my help. We had a great time together and enjoyed them very much! My little food processor, though, almost overheated, even though we soaked the dates first. Can you make these with oats and maple syrup instead of the dates?
Thought it would be a bit too sweet because of the consistency and the amount of dates but it was just the perfect. Very delicate. I coated a few with both shredded coconut and cocoa powder and it was absolutely divine ! Will definitely prepare it again !
These are so good. I'm on my second batch and I store the in the freezer, and they are delicious after being defrosted too. When rolled in cacao powder they taste like truffles.
Awesome!!!
They are delicious, sticky and chocolatey. Our food processor isn't great, so I had to blitz the dates and nuts and then do the cocoa powder.
Theses recipes are really super easy and that has changed my life drastically. I can indulge on my cravings with healthy alternatives and won’t feel guilty.
I made these for my mom for mother’s day last year. They were really easy to make and she loved them.
Thanks for the great recipe.
These are so incredibly delicious! I can't believe how easy they are to make. I am now obsessed and will be asking everyone to try them. Thank you for the recipe PUL!
Have you tried making them in a Vitamix? I own one, but not a food processor, and definitely want to give them a try!
These are amazing. I never leave reviews on anything but these bites definitely deserve a 5 star rating. I forgot to buy cashews so used almonds instead.
I have been struggling with a sugar addiction, so being able to have my chocolate and sugar cravings satisfied with just one or two of these bites is helping me combat those voices calling for a midnight snack of junk food!
Hi! I was wondering if you can use pitted dates instead of Medjool dates? I read Medjool dates are much sweeter so I'm unsure if substituting will greatly affect the flavour.
Thank you for everything you do! Your recipes provide endless inspiration for me!
Can you please make nutrition info by 100 grams, not by a ball/bite?
I've made these many times since I first tried them out. They always turn out delicious! We usually make a double batch to be able to keep some in the freezer. The adults and kids (ages 5 and 2) in our family love them. Thanks for a great recipe!
These are so good. The perfect little sweet taste with a cup of tea. A hit with the kids. First batch disappeared so have had to make a second batch which is always the sign of a great recipe.
Thank you for this recipe! I finally got a food processor (we live in Belgium, I got the magimix that you work with!) and this is the first recipe I made with it. So exciting!! I had enough ingredients for a double portion. Our kids helped me make them, it was a great activity during quarantine (2 of our 3 kids are covid possible for the moment, symptom-free thankfully) and now we have a healthy treat in the fridge. They can't get over the fact that there's barely any sugar in them :)
We had only walnuts (no cashews) and I didn't soak them, but I did toast them, and it all turned out great. I've been subscribed to your YouTube since years and LOVE your videos and recipes. All the best!
Hi Sadia! I wanted to make these with some friends but they’re allergic to cashews. Would it be possible to sub them for another nut like almonds or pecans? Thanks!
Hi Sadia, can I add protein powder in these?
I love all your recipes and this one was quick and easy!!! Delicious!! Made it with my mom I am 7.
Very delicious! I put some tahini in, its 😋
Love these! Thank you for this recipe. I have made them several times already. This week my boyfriend took a whole batch to his family, who also loved them.
quick question : could i possibly swap out the mejool dates for peanut butter? i am not a huge fan of the flavor of dates D:
Hey Sadia,
Will these be a good idea to send in my kids lunchbox? Or just good to enjoy at home. I am looking to make snacks for his box and would really really appreciate suggestions; esp since the few I checked out in your all suggest refrigerator...thank you.
P.S love love love your blog and have tried many recipes. Will be adding reviews in the days to come
These were delicious! I made a few substitutions: I swapped the cocoa powder with vegan chocolate protein powder, and the raw cashews with raw almonds. The result was a chocolatey fudge goodness nonetheless! They are healthy but definitely don’t taste like it, which is just what I like haha. I’ll definitely be making these again.
I've made this recipe several times, occasionally subbing the walnuts for almonds depending on what I have in my cupboard. Delicious and fudgy, these are a go-to for me. I would definitely recommend.
This looks so good! I was wondering if you've tried a different combination of nuts? The reason I ask is that there is a nut allergy in our family specifically to walnuts and cashews. Would hazelnuts and almonds work? Or maybe pecans and Brazil nuts? I'm really looking forward to trying this (modified) recipe.
I've made these multiple times now! Love 'em! So easy, so yummy and healthy!
My boyfriend, who does not really like dates, loves these too. <3
So easy to make and incredibly delicious!
So good! These are my go to, to satisfy that chocolate cravings.
Love them! My boyfriend and friends love them too! I followed the recipe, maybe 1-2 dates less, and they turned out perfect! I wanted to freeze some, but didn’t get the chance to :)) I also like that they are really quick and easy to do (I am usually slow when cooking.. :) )
Love these as a dessert, snack or a little energy boost on the trails! Always make these when going camping! Love the portability of them! I also love pulsing in some cacao nibs at the end to give them a little crunch! Just another great way to mix up and already delicious snack! Also, rolling in coconut is highly recommended!
I always have a batch of these in the freezer and when I feel like having something sweet I have one of them (sometimes even two!). Just remember to make the balls as soon as the mixture is ready. I once left it on the counter for a few hours and the oils from the nuts separated from the mixture. Totally recommend!!!
Amazing taste and easy healthy recipe 🤩 love it!
These ones are a must! The texture is great and the flavour is just unreal!! My favorite ones are the ones with cocoa powder so yummy
Another great recipe that keeps in the fridge forever and is always there to satisfy the sweet tooth!
I made these for Mother’s Day and they were delicious! My mom loved them! Thank you so much for this great recipe. :)
These are delicious. I have made these several times. Since the dates I use is hard, I soak them first. For the first two tries, the texture became very mushy. So I started to soak and then dry them. It helped with the texture. Also, the texture is better when taken out from fridge/freezer.
Thank you for this recipe! And your new website is amazing. I love the recipe scaling feature.
Made these brownie bites they are delicious will difently do them again and my daughter loves them. Thank you for the recipe.
Gave this recipe a try, it is amazing, the taste and the texture, all of it <3 Definitely a recipe to go with for substituting chocolate sweets.
Gonna grab them for today's hike, thank you so much for the recipe! You make vegan so delicious and fun!
I really liked the idea behind this recipe, and the ingredients were really easy to find! However for some reason the texture was really off? I made sure to use the right proportions and all but it seemed very moussey and liquid, not very fudge/brownie like. Do you know what went wrong?
Lola
I love these chocolate bites!!
Such a wonderful complement to fruits during fika!!!! I completely agree that they’re more tasty when taken out from the freezer, especially the texture.