It’s rhubarb season in Vermont and it is coming in strong. If you’ve never had rhubarb, or don’t know what to do with it, this recipe is a good place to start. The sourness of the rhubarb is completely masked by the sweetness of the brownie and you are left with just the delicious fruitiness mixed with the chocolate – a winning combo. Rhubarb isn’t just for pie and doesn’t always need to be with strawberries!!
Fudgy Rhubarb Brownies
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Fudgy Rhubarb Brownies (makes 16)
Jenny Dunklee | The Lazy Vegan Baker: Jenny Dunklee
Serves: 16
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup non-dairy milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup rhubarb, cut in small pieces
- ⅓ cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Line an 8x8 square pan with parchment paper or foil or spray pan lightly with oil.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, flax seed, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, mix the sugar, maple syrup, oil, non-dairy milk, and vanilla.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until all combined.
- Stir in the rhubarb and chocolate chips. Batter will be thick.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out almost clean. It is always better to underbake brownies than to overbake them; they
- Let cool completely in pan, then cut into squares to serve.
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I LOVE the sound of these! I don’t think I’ve ever had rhubarb with chocolate before but I’ve no idea why, it sounds dreamy 🙂
Thanks! I’ve been trying to think of more ways to have rhubarb besides pie and it just dawned on me one day, everything tastes good with chocolate, right?!?
I love rhubarb in cake but have never paired it with chocolate – this looks like a great recipe to try!
Thanks! The chocolate covers any sourness from the rhubarb and just tastes fruity, it’s kinda similar to adding raspberries to chocolate I think, which is another awesome combo 🙂
Rhubarb brownies? I never thought of that, but what a great way to work a spring veggie into dessert! I’ll have to try a GF version sometime. Thanks for posting this, it looks delicious!!
Thanks! I’ve been kinda obsessed with rhubarb and chocolate recently. It’s an awesome combo! Let me know if you ever try a gf one…I’d love to hear how it goes.
Made these today and they turned out great! Fudgy and with a nice texture. Rhubarb goes well with chocolate 🙂