Vegan Samoa Brownies (Grain-Free and Made From Dates)

Ingredients

• Dates. Dates are, of course, the star of these date brownies. You'll use them in both the brownie layer and the coconut layer to provide sweetness and binding power.
• Peanut butter. Or feel free to use any other nut or seed butter.
• Nut milk. I usually bake with unsweetened soy milk since it has such lovely richness, but whatever you have on-hand is fine.
• Cocoa powder
• Flax seed meal
• Apple cider vinegar. I know this sounds bizarre, but trust me. You can't taste it at all and it reacts with the baking soda to give these vegan brownies some loft.
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Vanilla extract
• Unsweetened shredded coconut
• Coconut oil. You'll use this both to bind the coconut together and to thin out the chocolate drizzle.
• Dark chocolate chips. Remember to choose dairy-free if needed. If you want to keep these healthy samoas entirely fruit-sweetened, opt for chocolate with no sugar added.