I’m a huge fan of healthier brownies that turn the classic recipe into healthier ones, like my Applesauce Brownies, Healthy Brownies, or Butternut Squash Brownies. These healthy brownies with quinoa are a vegan, gluten-free brownie recipe, super easy to make in less than 30 minutes. It’s naturally:
Dairy-free Oil-free Egg-free Gluten-free Vegan Nut-free option provided
Why You’ll Love Quinoa Brownies
Quinoa brownies are healthy vegan, gluten-free brownies made from soaked quinoa to had protein to your dessert. If you’re looking for a more classic recipe, try my vegan brownies, my Yogurt Brownies, or my Black Bean Brownies. They are fudgy, flourless, and easy to make in one bowl of the food processor.
Ingredients and Substitutions
All you need to make quinoa chocolate brownies that taste amazing are:
Soaked Uncooked Quinoa – you can use white quinoa or other colors, they all work pretty well in the recipe Cocoa Powder – make sure your cocoa powder is unsweetened. Maple Syrup – you can also use other vegan liquid sweeteners such as brown rice syrup or coconut nectar. Almond Butter – or any other nut butter like peanut butter, cashew butter, or even seed butter like tahini or sunflower seed butter for nut-free options. Banana – or 1/2 cup of applesauce. Unsweetened Almond Milk – or any non-dairy milk you like. Baking Powder – to give the brownies a slight puff. Vanilla Extract – for flavor.
How To Make Quinoa Brownies
Making these brownies only takes 25 minutes, it’s really easy! Quinoa is a delicious grain full of plant-based protein but, if you don’t soak it in cold water it can be bitter. To avoid bitterness in your brownies, you must soak the quinoa for at least 30 minutes to 2 hours.
Decoration
Cut the vegan quinoa brownies into 16 squares and serve them plain with an extra drizzle of:
Melted dark chocolate Peanut butter or almond butter Coconut frosting Protein frosting
Taste And Texture
These quinoa brownies taste like chocolate banana brownies if you use the banana instead of applesauce. For no fruit flavor, try unsweetened apple sauce as a swap or sweet potato puree.
Allergy Swaps
Below I listed some options to make these brownies if you have food intolerances or allergies:
Nut-Free – swap the almond butter for sunflower seed butter. Also swap the almond milk for soy milk, coconut milk, oat milk, or any nut-free milk you love. Banana Allergy – use the same amount of unsweetened apple sauce or mashed pumpkin puree. Sugar-Free – you can swap maple syrup for a sugar-free syrup like monk fruit syrup. Pumpkin puree is a lower sugar option than mashed bananas.
Instruction Video
If you’d rather watch a video to make these brownies, watch it on our YouTube Channel!
