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Vegan Black Forest Brownies

February 5, 2022 By Gretchen 6 Comments

 

Here’s a quick way to transform your standard brownie recipe with one simple ingredient!

Black Forest Brownies is a perfect way to may an easy last minute treat just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Vegan Black Forest Brownies

 

I’ve recently been seeing Oregon Cherries in all the shops I visit.

Vegan Black Forest Brownies

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But I thought “I’ve already done Black Forest Cake so what can I do with these amazing cherries?”

Get ready for Black Forest everything and I’m starting with these Black Forest Brownies

Vegan Black Forest Brownies

And by tomorrow I will be showing you Black Forest Cheesecake with a combination of this brownie recipe for the base and cherries swirled throughout the batter!

My favorite fudge brownie recipe is using cherry juice as the liquid!

Chopped cherries to the batter and you just made an intense cherry brownie!

Vegan Black Forest Brownies

If you are super lazy you can simply take my Boxed Brownie Hack and do the same thing!

If you go that route you will simply use cherry juice in place of the water I have hacked in that recipe.

Then add 1 cup of chopped cherries to the batter before baking!

I have step by step tutorials for each recipe on YouTube so if you need some visual instruction be sure to click through and check out each recipe and video as listed in the ingredients below

But for those who just want to get right to it, the written instructions below are easy enough!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL YOUTUBE STEP BY STEP VIDEO FOR HOW TO MAKE THE FUDGE BROWNIES!

100 Hour Brownies Veganized!

The ganache icing is completely optional but so amazing!

Vegan Black Forest Brownies

 

4.0 from 1 reviews
Vegan Black Forest Brownies
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Bake time
30 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
Prepare a ¼ sheet pan with pan grease & parchment paper liner
Preheat the oven to 350°F
Serves: 15 brownies
Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour 2 cups (250g)
  • Baking Powder ⅔ teaspoon
  • Salt ⅔ teaspoon
  • Granulated Sugar 11oz (311g) *this is about 1½ cups + 1 Tablespoon
  • Vegan Butter 12 Tablespoons (170g)
  • Molasses 4 teaspoons
  • Semi Sweet Vegan Chocolate 3 ounces
  • Cherry Juice from the canned cherries 5½ fluid ounces (162ml)
  • Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons (85g)
  • Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons (10ml)
  • Canned Cherries drained and chopped 1 cup
  • ½ Recipe Ganache for the icing *optional
Instructions
  1. Bring the vegan butter & molasses to a boil add the chocolate and whisk constantly to melt
  2. Remove from heat
  3. Add the cocoa powder and whisk smooth
  4. Add the cherry juice and then transfer to a large mixing bowl, add the vanilla extract & the sugar
  5. Whisk smooth
  6. Sift the flour, baking powder & salt into the batter and stir just to combine, do not over mix
  7. Add the chopped cherries to the batter
  8. Spread into the greased & parchment lined sheet pan.
  9. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes
  10. Cool completely in the pan then flip it out carefully onto a cutting board, remove the parchment paper and cool the rest of the way.
  11. Prepare the ganache as per the recipe instructions on that blog post and when it has cooled to spreadable consistency ice the cooled brownie then cut into 15 portions
Notes
Vegan Black Forest Brownies can stay at room temperature for one or two days, but for longer storage refrigerate loosely wrapped for up to 10 days
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Comments

  1. Gauree

    May 14, 2021 at 3:21 am

    Hi,
    Can we replace cherry juice with any other liquid? Or just with plain water

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      May 14, 2021 at 3:40 pm

      In the original recipe from where this was adapted I used coffee- so water would be a suitable replacement
      CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL RECIPE

      Reply
    • Jan Wainwright

      February 8, 2022 at 12:41 am

      Dumb question, but what size sheet pan? Normal 1/2 sheet or 1/4 sheet? Thanks, Gretchen! <3

      Reply
      • Gretchen

        February 8, 2022 at 3:20 am

        Hey! Not a dumb question at all! I specified 1/4 sheet in the recipe section, maybe it’s hard to find, I’ll have to update it to a more visible spot! Thanks!

        Reply
  2. Marya

    February 6, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    I made these and have a few comments. The recipe mentions putting chocolate chunks on top of the brownies before baking but I didn’t see a measurement for it, only the 3 oz of chocolate I added into the batter in the beginning. I didn’t add any on top.

    I used Del Monte dark sweet cherries in syrup and the amount of liquid and cherries came out to be the same as the recipe required.

    I ended up baking the brownies 45 mins total and they still came out fudgy around the edges, mostly raw in the middle.

    With all this said, they are incredibly rich and delicious fudgy cherry brownies, even sans ganache!

    Reply
    • Gretchen

      February 6, 2022 at 7:33 pm

      Hey thanks for pointing that out! I copied & pasted my brownie recipe from the One Hour Fudge Brownies recipe here which has chunks on top, but this one I forgot to omit that from the instructions since I did nit add that part here!
      Thanks for the heads up & also for your pointers on bake time and substitutions!

      Reply

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