No Bake Brownies

I have made these many times before, as well as the black bean brownies, and I like these better.  This time, I soaked the dates in boiling water about 5 mins. and melted the cacoa nibs a little before adding to the mixture.  I always have used my 11-cup food processor to make these.  I freeze about 1/4 batch, but it never lasts in the freezer more than a few weeks! They are my favorite "brownie."  I often have one for breakfast , broken into little pieces, with strawberries.

I am new to this site and made this recipe today. I did make a big mess in the kitchen but boy were they delicious! Very moist and great chocolate flavor. I did use cacao nibs. I probably should not have made these as I still have a lot of weight to lose. My sweet tooth made me make them..lol. I will definitely limit myself to one a day. I wonder if they freeze well. Has anyone done that? 

Great chocolately treat!  These have become a staple in our house.   The cocoa nibs and the walnuts on top give them great texture.  I would not try to use a blender, as I have seen in some of the comments.  

This recipe was a kitchen diaster!  Vitamix, small blender, 2 big bowls, lots of measurimg cups!  It was a mess to make and not worth that much effort.  If you think you can blend almonds, cashews, walnuts and hemp seed into a powder... I would like to know how you did it!!  It was too wet to do that...Better than this look up Kris Carr raw protein energy balls.  Easier to make and really good!

These are delicious. I had to switch from making them in the Vitamix to a small food processer that was a bit to small.

I emptied them into a bowl and stirred in a bit more PB to help make them more cohesive. 

I am hoping the grandchildren will love them as much as I do so I don't eat them all!

I thought these were fabulous as the recipe was written. I followed the example of someone else and cut up the dates and then soaked them in a little boiling water before putting them into my 5 cup Kitchenaid food processor and it did fine with the mixture. My only problem was limiting myself to one of these per day.

So, these are basically date/nut bars, no? 

I would welcome any info on how people are incorporating these into their diets: breakfast, snack, dessert? Also, who is eating them: athletes, non-dieters, etc? Thanks!

Loved these!

This is GOOD! I will be making this recipe all the time. It is so chocolately and delicious.

My notes:

I used 16 medjool dates which is less than 2 cups pitted. I didn't want it to be terribly sweet. I use the Costco medjool dates which seem to be bigger and gooier than some others I have seen.

I used 1/3 cup unsalted peanuts instead of peanut butter and left peanut chunks in my dough. Super yum.

I did not have cocoa nibs and I made no substitute for that missing ingredient.

I used a Cuisnart food processor with the s-blade, not the Vitamix, which I think you would want to do since the Vitamix would very likely create a nut butter. The texture I was going for was not fudge, but date-nut ball type of texture.

I cut my pan of brownies into 64 even pieces so I could just have a quick little bite size piece when I wanted a chocolate hit. That was perfect for me.

I highly recommend this recipe. Thank you for posting this delicious idea. No-bake is wonderful. So easy. I'm going to go make it again right now!

LOVED this!  Didn't use the cocoa nibs because we didn't have any.  Also, used half the cocoa powder (just our preference).  Usually double the recipe so we don't run out! :)

Didn't have cocoa nibs so used extra cocoa powder. With all dry ingredients, impossible to get everything pulverized, so added some almond milk. It was okay, but nothing like brownies in taste or texture.  Not a repeat.

Yes I would like to know what brand of food processor it takes to pull this off, my VitaMix was smoking, but then it's not a food processor it's a blender.

My husband and I made this for a Valentine's Day treat. It's amazing! We also had trouble with the medjool dates overheating our Vitamix. 

How do you process this in a food processor without it overheating?  I got as far as adding the dates and they stuck under the blades, so I removed them and cut them into smaller pieces but it's still overheating my (old) cuisinart.  Do I just need a more powerful machine?  I'm waiting for it to cool to see if processing half the recipe at a time works better ...

YUM! This saved me from raiding my husband's chocolate stash. It is rich and chocolatey. I didn't have enough peanut butter, so I added casher butter to make up the difference. Oh, I forgot to add the chopped nuts. Perhaps I'll add peanuts instead of walnuts. Anyway, another successful Sugar Free day when my sweet tooth was trying to take over! I won!

Are there recommended substitutions for those of us with nut allergies?  I'm allergic to walnuts and peanuts.  For the peanut butter I'd substitute sunbutter.  However, I'm uncertain of how to substitute the walnuts.  I'm looking forward to your suggestions!  Thanks in advance.

Really good. No alterations needed.