Brownies

I'm not usually a big fan of Healthy desserts because most of the time it just never "hits the spot" but in this case this brownie totally had my taste buds doing somersaults! It's seriously THAT good!

Ingredients:
3/4  cup coconut nectar (or if you’re not cleansing you can use raw honey)
1/2 cup coconut oil (softened but not liquid)
1/2 cup raw cacao powder OR unsweetened cocoa powder OR carob
2 cups almond butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
4 ounces dark chocolate (I use cleanse-friendly Gnosis bars; the ones sweetened with coconut nectar), melted or better life chocolates.
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
optional: 1 cup dark chocolate (unsweetened) chips or broken up Gnosis chocolate Bars OR for a special treat, I add chopped up Gnosis truffles. Feel free to be creative by, adding nuts, coconut, dried fruit, whatever you like.

Directions:Grease a 9×12 baking pan. Preheat oven to 325.

In a small pot over medium-low heat, being careful not to scorch it, slowly melt the 4 ounces of dark chocolate until just barely melted. It helps to occasionally stir with a wooden spoon as it’s melting and remove from heat as soon as it’s creamy. Hopefully it’s timed to be done just as you’re ready to add to the other ingredients below.
In a large bowl put the cacao powder in first, then add in this order: coconut nectar, almond butter, coconut oil, vanilla, baking soda and sea salt. Mix well, making sure the coconut oil is well mashed and incorporated. Doing it this way ensures that the cacao powder doesn’t explode into a chocolate powder cloud as you’re mixing it all together! 

Then add the melted chocolate and the chocolate chips, truffles, or whatever you decided to get crazy with and combine it all together. Pour the batter in the baking dish and let it cook for 30-40 minutes. Let them cool for 20 minutes because they are so soft and gooey that cutting them will make it a little difficult. 

Enjoy!