If a chocolate fudge brownie fell in love with a Mounds candy bar, the result would be these healthy no bake coconut chocolate chip brownie bars!
Vegan
Egg Free
Gluten Free
Soy Free
Dairy Free
Raw + Paleo
NO Added Sugar
Fudgy chocolate brownie snack bars, with a super simple 2 ingredient coconut frosting – there’s no baking required, and you can take them on the go!
Also try these Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Just throw your ingredients into a food processor, and let it do the work.
Press the resulting crumbly dough into a pan lined with wax or parchment paper, cover with the coconut frosting, and refrigerate to set.
The recipe is adapted from my Ultimate Unbaked Brownies; and just like with the original version, these wholesome brownie snack bars can be made without an oven.
The finished brownie bars need no refrigeration and are great for packing into a lunchbox or as a healthy after-work snack.
Healthy No Bake Coconut Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 cups pitted dates (for keto, try these Keto Brownies)
- 1 1/2 cup raw walnuts or pecans
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
- coconut frosting (listed below)
Instructions
- Process all of the above ingredients—either with or without the chocolate chips—in a high-quality food processor until fine crumbles form. Stir in chocolate chips if you didn’t add them earlier. Grease an 8-inch pan or line with parchment or wax paper. Transfer the dough to the pan, and press down as firmly as you can to evenly distribute.Coconut Frosting: Stir 1/2 cup softened coconut butter with powdered sugar or stevia to taste. (Very gently heat your coconut butter to get it soft – If it’s still not softening, stir in some melted coconut oil.) Spread on top of the bars, then sprinkle on 3-4 tbsp shredded coconut if desired, and press down. Refrigerate 10 minutes or so to harden the frosting. The brownies can either be refrigerated (or frozen) or left out at room temperature. If you live in a super-hot climate, I’d recommend refrigerating so the frosting doesn’t get melty.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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Do you use dried shredded coconut or a different kind?
Yes, dried, shredded coconut.
This turned out lovely…..just as soon as I added the liquid ingredients missing from the recipe. No problem I just looked at the no cook brownies on the same page.
Oh yeah I love this. I love chocolate and coconut! I’ll have to check out that website too.
Walnuts and coconut in one treat together? I never tried that out hon. Need to check if ist good. Lovely post by the way. I Need to add more treats to my blog as well. Yours are full of them :o)
Aw thanks! I also somehow didn’t realize you had a blog! Going to check that out now 🙂
This looks great but like a lot of your no bake recipes, it contains dates, which I cant have. Is there a substitute?
Dates make up the bulk of this recipe, so you really can’t leave them out here and I’d recommend just trying a different brownie recipe altogether, such as the Chocolate Zucchini Brownies or Vegan Brownies in my previous post. Hope that helps!
Dried figs with a bit of warm water added makes a great substitute actually.
These look so good! I haven’t had nearly enough time to play in my kitchen lately, but I just ordered some goodies from Nuts.com (thanks, Katie!) and hopefully those will inspire me to make some new recipes!
I just ordered too. You kinda had me sold at the mention of banana flour. I had to see what it all was about.
These look delicious!! Would desiccated coconut work instead of the shredded coconut, or would that be too dry?
You’ll have to experiment to see how it works. If you do, let us know the result.
Yep, the desiccated coconut worked really well! They were delicious!?
I have all the ingredients at hand, and I just can’t wait to make them! I’ll try to do that on monday!
Lucie, xx
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Making these today!!!!
Looks great! The chocolate chips have sugar?
Katie has a recipe for raw chocolate chips in her cookbook. Or there are many brands at stores that are sugar-free, such as Lily’s.
I can’t wait to try these! I bought some dates and coconut (among a few other goodies…) from Nuts.com, so I’ll make them as soon as my order arrives. Thanks for the deal!
Thank you so much for the sure recommendation. I am constantly seeing recipes on your blog and many of the other healthy blogs I follow that call for ingredients I don’t have and have sometimes never even heard of, many times they’re not even available at whole foods. So thanks for the link, and the brownies also look really divine.
Sorry that should say site recommendation.
OoOh I’m going to order something!
This looks so tasty!
Do you think I can add a few cacao nibs to the mix (for nutritional value) ?
These were absolutely AMAZING! I have made quite a few of your tasty dishes, you always keep me coming back to your site. Thank you!
Hi Katie, How sweet you are to share about Nuts.com. And love the brownie recipe, you are SO good at healthy brownie recipes! And that two ingredient frosting is perfect, so creative! Thanks for sharing! Dee xx.
Hi Katie, I love the brownie recipe, you are SO Good at healthy brownie recipes! Thanks for that.