SPEEDY RAW HAZELNUT BROWNIES

I absolutely love Christmas!!! It's my favourite time of the year. I love all the glitzy festive parties, cosy nights in by the fire with loved ones and most importantly – all the delicious food. Although my Christmas will be a little different this year as I will be spending it in the sun (hellooo BBQ on the beach) I’m still thoroughly enjoying the big build up to it in London!

These are the perfect festive treats to bring along to a Christmas party, I can't recommend them enough. I made these raw chocolate and hazelnut brownies for my annual girls Christmas gathering and the girls absolutely loved them! They’re completely free from gluten, dairy and refined sugar and the best thing about them is that they took me less than 10 minutes to make!

Ingredients:

2 cups of medjool dates

100g hazelnuts

¼ cup of cacao nibs - optional

3 tbsp cacao powder

1 tbsp coconut oil

70g raw Ombar coco and almond chocolate bar

Pinch of salt

Method:

Add 50g of hazelnuts into a food processor and pulse into chunks.

Add the dates into the food processor, along with the cacao powder, coconut oil, and salt. Blitz until combined.

Transfer the brownie mix into a brownie tin (or plastic tub) and sprinkle the cacao nibs in. Compact the mix in the tin using the back of a spoon.

Add the rest of the hazelnuts to into the food processor and pulse into small chunks, then place to one side.

On a very low heat, melt the Ombar chocolate. Once melted, lather over the top of the brownie base.

Sprinkle the remaining hazelnuts over the top and freeze for a minimum of 5 minutes.

Once removed from the freezer, slice up and enjoy!