Glorious Double Chocolate & Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies ( Vegan Obvs)

Ola Rabbits!

To celebrate my one year of veganism I made some pretty sweetass chocolate brownies with peanut butter swirls.I had to experiment a bit with the 'moist' part to get that classic brownie texture right. 

There are a bunch of vegan alternatives to binding and moistening agents when it comes to baking. That list includes chia seeds, flax seeds, mashed banana, or vinegar. I read another blog that tried using a bit of corn starch to get the gummy thing going. I didn't want to use banana this time and risk it complicating the taste. So what I did was use chia-seeds and corn starch. The result was that it was chocolaty, moist, but very crumbly. All in all a win. 

Here's what you need

2 cups whole wheat flour  (or regular)

3/4th cup unsweetened pure cocoa powder

1 cup brown sugar 

2 teaspoons vanilla

80-100 grams of vegan dark chocolate ( I used a little more than half a bar of Amul's Bitter Chocolate 150 grams bar)

1 cup water 

1/4th cup plant based mylk (  I used almond)

2 tablespoons chia seeds soaked in 6 tablespoons water

1/2 cup olive oil (or regular sunflower will do too)

1.5 teaspoon each of baking soda, salt, and corn starch

1.5 teaspoon of vinegar

1 cup of peanut butter

How to Make

Grab two bowls. Now in one large bowl add all your dry ingredients: flour, starch, cocoa powder, chocolate chunks (break up the bar into hearty chunks), salt, sugar and baking soda. Mix well.

In another bowl add all your wet ingredients: water, plant-based mylk, olive oil, vinegar, chia seed water jelly, and vanilla. Don't do anything with your peanut butter just yet.

Wet & Dry

Now mix your wet mixture and simply dump it into your dry ingredient bowl. Mix into a thick gooey brownie batter. Grease a pan or a cake tin ( I didn't have a brownie tray, boo)

Scoop in your batter and level it wth a spoon. Now get messy. Grab lumps of peanut butter and plop it all over the top of the brownie. Use your fingers to make messy swirls in it. That's it!

Pop it in a preheated oven at 180c for about 30 min. Let it cool for at least 20 min. Cut up and enjoy. It may be crumbly, but it tastes like epic sweetness.

Till next time!