SWEET POTATO PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES

By Director – Josh Ball · Last updated Friday, 16 Feb 2024 · 3 min read

SWEET POTATO PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES

If you find yourself with plenty of sweet potatoes at home, rejoice! You have everything you need to whip up these nutrient-rich, healthier, and delicious sweet potato peanut butter brownies. The perfect balance of the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes, the richness of cocoa powder, and the creaminess of peanut butter guarantees that this will become your new favourite snack.

Make this recipe more sustainable by using our perfectly imperfect sweet potatoes, rescued from being wasted due to not meeting supermarkets’ unrealistic beauty standards. Our pantries are also stacked with all the essentials you need to make this recipe: peanut butter, eggs, and olive oil!

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 40

Course Dessert

Cuisine Western

Servings 4 -5

Ingredients

1/2 cup runny peanut butter
1 cup roasted sweet potato (puréed)
2/3 cup maple Syrup (or you can use any other syrup on hand)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
1 large egg
1/2 cacao powder
pinch of salt
1 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup all purpose flour or Oat flour
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Set the oven at 180 Degrees Celsius. Line a 8x8 inch baking tray with baking paper.
To a large mixing bowl add sweet potato purée, syrup, peanut butter, vanilla extract, egg and oil. Stir until the mixture is well combined.
Follow by adding the cacao powder, baking powder and salt, mix it in then follow with the flour. Mix until you get a batter texture.
Pour the chocolate chips into the mixture and gently fold it in. Transfer the batter to your baking tray.
Bake for 30 min. Once baked, remove it from the oven and leave it in the baking tray for at least 40 min to set before removing it from the tray.
Serve with a drizzle of peanut butter or vanilla ice cream.

Notes

Sweet potato purée can be made by roasting the sweet potato in your air fryer. Remove the skin once it has been roasted and then puree.

Keyword Fudgy, Vegetable-Packed

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