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Vegan Triple Chocolate Salted Caramel Brownies, you guys! Fudgy, bittersweet, salty, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.. and just what I need. There are some things for which you just have to let go of the calorie count and make them the way you love and the way you can win over more friends;)
These insanely chocolatey vegan brownies are one of them. It is one of those days when I am tongue-tied. I have no clue what to blab about on the post. So I will let these beauties speak for themselves.
If these pictures don’t convince you then.. hmmm … maybe make some vegan triple chocolate brownies and try them 😉
Grab a bite and then try to explain to hubbs through full mouth mumbled jumbled words and moans about what he is missing. He is going through a not a big chocolate fan phase. Good for me! I need that coconut milk to down another one.
Ingredients for Vegan Triple Chocolate Salted Caramel Brownies:
- Spelt flour adds some extra nutrients and fiber to these fudge brownies, and you wouldn’t even know it.
- Cashew flour makes these extra moist and helps with the perfect fudgy texture. You really have to bite into them to find all that fudgy meltiness that’s going on!
- The vegan salted caramel sauce is made with coconut cream. Coconut cream is the really thick cream that separates when a full-fat coconut milk can is chilled. It makes for great whipped cream too.
Tips and Variations for Vegan Salted Caramel Brownies:
- If using different flour than spelt, start with 3/4 cup and add more only if the dough is wet.
- You can use 1,5 cups of AP flour instead of cashew and spelt. Add a couple of tbsps more if needed.
- Should you be interested in only substituting the cashew flour with flour or other ground nuts, add 2-3 Tablespoons more oil to the mixture.
- If using store-bought caramel, use about 1/3 cup.
- You can omit the molasses or sub it with maple.
- Keep the brownie dough on the softer side and underbake for the best results.
- If they end up dry for any reason, warm them up in the microwave before serving.
- You can add warmed up caramel sauce on top. That will keep the brownies softer as well.
- Double this recipe for an 8 by 8 or 9 by 9 pan.
How to make Triple Chocolate Salted Caramel Brownies – Step by Step:
- Mix all ingredients for the caramel and bring to a bubbly boil.
2. Add coconut cream slowly and switch off the heat once it starts to boil.
3. Add the triple treat of chocolate, oil and sugar and mix until homogeneous.
4. You can now lick this mixture or let it cool and solidify to a fudge 😉
or make brownies
5. Mix all the dry ingredients.
6. Add dry mix to warm chocolate and mix until well distributed. The key to vegan brownies not falling in the center is to make a really stiff doughy batter. The chocolate melts while baking. That means that the batter will become too viscous/high moisture causing the center to not hold during baking. If using melted chocolate in the batter, keep the batter like a dough and not a flowy cake batter.
7. Press the mixture into a pan.
8. Bake the vegan salted caramel brownies until almost done. A little longer for sturdy brownies and less for more gooey brownies. Try to keep some for others.
Can these be made gluten-free?
For a glutenfree version see Laura’s Salted Caramel Brownies here.
Do these vegan chocolate brownies taste like coconut?
No – there is so much chocolate in them, that you can only taste chocolate.
More vegan chocolate dessert recipes like this:
- Vegan Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Ganache
- Strawberry Brownies ( Vegan & GF)
- Vegan Chocolate Chip Cake
- No-Bake Vegan Hazelnut Brownies
Triple Chocolate Salted Caramel Brownies
Makes a 9 by 5 inch pan. Double this for a 8 by 8 or 9 by 9 pan
Ingredients
Quick Salted Caramel: or use warm vegan salted caramel of choice
- 1/2 cup ground raw sugar
- 1 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 Tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon dark molasses
- 1/2 cup coconut cream
- sea salt to taste, I used 1/2 teaspoon. Use a 1/4 for less salty.
Brownie: Dry
- 1 cup spelt flour
- 1/2 cup cashew flour, ground raw cashew
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- scant 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup ground raw sugar, 1/3 cup for sweeter
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup dark 85% cacao chocolate
Brownies Wet:
- 1 Tablespoons flax meal
- 3 Tablespoons warm water
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup oil, I used 2 Tablespoons vegan butter + 2 Tablespoon organic canola oil. Melted Cocoa butter would be amazing.
Variations:
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chunks or chocolate chips, added to the batter
Instructions
Caramel:
- In a medium pan, mix the sugar, maple, molasses, and water and mix on medium-high heat.
- Stir occasionally till the mixture comes to a bubbling boil. Add coconut cream slowly and mix well. Add sea salt, mix and take off the heat as the mixtures comes to a boil.
- (For Coconut cream, refrigerate a can of full-fat coconut milk for a few hours, then open the can and scoop out the thick cream on top)
Brownie:
- Add cocoa powder, chocolate chips, dark chocolate, sugar, oil, and mix into the hot caramel until melted. Mix flax meal in water and vinegar and let sit for a few minutes.
- Add that to the caramel and mix. In a bowl, combine all the remaining dry ingredients and add to the warm caramel. (The caramel mixture will keep thickening as it cools. So add the dry when still warm to make it easier to mix)
- Mix to combine well. It will be a stiff dry-ish mixture. Mix by picking up the melted chocolate mixture and folding and pressing until well combined. Add chopped walnuts if using and mix in.
- Drop it into a parchment-lined or greased pan. Press and even it using a spatula or hands.
- Bake 30-32 minutes at 365 degrees Bake till the toothpick an inch from the edge comes out with a few crumbs. do not over bake as the brownie gets hard quickly.
- Once out, sprinkle about 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top, return the brownie to the warm oven for 2-3 minutes then spread the melting chocolate chips for a quick ganache.
- Let cool for 15 minutes before slicing and finishing it up.( If using parchment). Let cool completely if using a greased pan.
Notes
- If using a different flour, start with 3/4 cup and add more only if the dough is wet.
- If you are substituting the cashew flour with flour or other nuts, add 2-3 Tablespoons more Oil to the mixture.
- Keep the dough on the softer side and under bake for best results.
- If they end up dry for any reason, warm them up in the microwave before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in April 2013 and has been updated in October 2019 for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
These brownies are being shared linked up virtually 😉 at Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays, Allergy Free Wednesdays Rickis wellness weekends.
Do you think you could top these with caramel sauce rather than the chocolate chips or would that make it too sweet? Jeremy’s birthday is on the 7th and he LOVES caramel, but I’ve never made this so not sure if it would be to much.
you can add warmed up caramel sauce on top. that will keep the brownies softer as well. sorry for the later reply. i hope jeremy loved them!
Do you have the nutritional information available by chance??
Hi,
What can I use instead of cashew flour?
Thank you 🙂
you can use ground up alomds or walnuts or pistachios. or use regular flour and add 2-3 Tablespoons more oil in the recipe.
Is coconut cream the same as coconut milk from a can (like Thai Kitchen etc.)?
Coconut cream is the cream that accumulates on the top of the can of coconut milk. Refrigerate the milk for a few hours and you will see the separated cream that you can scoop out.
Hi,
Made these today but they did not turn out. They were really dry and crumbly. I used Chia seeds in place of flax as that was all I had. I did not even bake them that long as I could see they were drying out quickly. However they still taste quite good:) not sure what the problem was. Will give them another try perhaps. Thank you for following your heart and providing us with such amazing recipes. The planet needs more people like you. Thanks!
Hi, they are crumbly because of the cashew flour but should generally be moist when you take a bite. I am going to re-work the recipe in the next few days to be very moist, so a change here and there will not affect it. Glad you like the taste. thanks for trying them out!
You can try add more chocolate chips and a bit more oil, if you are planning to make these again. 🙂
I was a little disappointed with these brownies. I didn’t use spelt flour, but I did you all purpose flour which I didn’t think would dry them out too much. They were a bit dry for my taste, buuuuut delicious when drizzled with a little bit of almond milk:)
with all purpose flour the baking time will be a bit shorter. Maybe the caramel got too thick? What if you warm them a bit in the microwave or oven, do they still stay dry? I dont use all purpose flour in baking anymore, so it will hard to guess what else you can change. There is a good amount of fat and chocolate in these to keep them from drying out. i’ll try these with white flour and update the recipe.