Enjoy this quick and easy recipe for 3 ingredient brownie bites. Paleo, gluten free and dairy free, a healthy and delicious snack.
You might also like these superfood fruit & nut bites!
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I love brownies. I really, really love brownies. But they don’t love me. Both the flour and the sugar bother me sometimes with stomach aches and headaches. That and the fact that I can’t eat just one. So when I’m craving a brownie-like treat, I make these yummy 3 ingredient brownie bites. It’s an easy and healthy treat that I keep in freezer.
3 ingredients for brownie bites
They are incredibly simple; almost like a chocolate Lara Bar. All you need are dates, walnuts and cacao powder and you can get them all on Amazon. However you can substitute any nut you like and use regular baking cocoa if you don’t have the cacao powder.
3 Ingredient Brownie Bites
Healthy Brownie bites recipe
First you want to take out the pits in the dates if they have them. Then add them to a bowl and pour boiling water over them and soak for 5 minutes. In the meantime take the walnuts and process them in a food processor. Then add in the cocoa powder, mix and then the dates.
This will make a sticky dough that you can then roll into your brownie bites. As you can see aboveI have kept some plain, some were rolled in the cacao powder and the rest in toasted coconut.
I make a batch and freeze them so I can grab one or two when I’m in the mood. Also in my opinion, they are as sweet as brownies so you can be quite satisfied with just a few.
Hope you enjoy these as much as I do! And for another healthy, tasty chocolate bite, try my super foods fruit & nut bites (pictured above).
Note I recently redid this recipe and got 16 out of it. So the nutritional information for 1 ball without any coating is:
160 cals / 6.1g fat / 13.4g carbs / 3.1g fiber / 3.1g protein
Adapted the recipe from Skinnyms.com.
3 Ingredient Brownie Bites (Paleo, gluten free)
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates
- 1/4 cup cacao powder can use baking cocoa powder
- 1 cup nuts I used walnuts
Instructions
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Add boiling water to the dates and let soak for 5 minutes.
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Drain the dates but reserve the water for later.
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In a food processor, chop the nuts until they are a fine crumb like mixture. I use whatever I have on hand; almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews or pecans. Walnuts seem to work the best in my opinion.
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Add cacao powder and mix through.
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Lastly add the dates and process until it forms a dough like consistency. Add a bit of the date water if it's too dry. Add just a little at a time so it doesn't get too moist.
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Take out the dough and form into little balls or press mixture into a small pan and cut into squares.
You can also roll in cacao powder or toasted coconut flakes.
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Store in the refrigerator or freezer.
Veena Azmanov
December 12, 2018 at 5:40 pmI love how simple and easy these are. I could eat them all day. Dates are my favorite and of course date and walnut is a classic combination.
Denise
December 13, 2018 at 8:17 amSometimes I eat too many! LOL
Gloria
December 11, 2018 at 8:44 amWell how can you pass up HEALTHY brownies? What a great treat to have with my afternoon latte. In fact, since they are healthy I will take 2 thanks. I know my grandkids would love to help me make some….and eat them too.
Denise
December 11, 2018 at 7:05 pmYou can’t pass them up! Well at least I can’t. 😉
Cathy
December 2, 2018 at 9:41 pmCan’t wait to make these! Do you have nutrient information? Happy holidays!
Denise
December 3, 2018 at 8:36 amHi Cathy, this is an old recipe so I need to update it! I’ve added the nutritional information is about the recipe card. Hope you like them! I actually forgot about this recipe and now I want to make them again. 🙂
Rachelle
September 23, 2017 at 11:47 pmI’m thinking that shredded coconut would be a good sub for the nuts to make this aip compliant.
Denise
September 25, 2017 at 6:14 amGreat idea Rachelle. If you try it out let me know!
Wendy
May 23, 2016 at 10:39 amThis looks amazing. I am finding all sorts of delicious things to do with dates! Thank you for posting your idea.
Denise
May 24, 2016 at 8:10 amHi Wendy,
I just got back from vacation so sorry I didn’t get back to your sooner. I too am loving dates. It’s something my
dad used to love growing up and I thought they were gross. Now I can’t get enough of them. Thanks for stopping
by and leaving a comment… I truly appreciate it!