Vegan Double Dark Chocolate Brownies; deeply dark and velvety plant-based brownies studded with chocolate pieces.

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A real misconception around vegan chocolate is that it must always be worse than regular chocolate. Not only is this a common opinion, but an irritating one.

Obviously, there are always brands that ruin things for everyone. Multinational conglomerates will launch a bland vegan bar on the side that is clearly nothing more than a cash grab. On the other end of the spectrum, tiny health brands will sling out grainy joyless products focused more on nutrition than taste or texture.

Dairy free chocolate is so much bigger and so much better than that, but it isn’t obvious to everyone at first.

Any chocolate bar that contains 60% cocoa solids or more is usually vegan, just incidentally. This is because these bars provide the true flavour of chocolate and of the cocoa that South America and parts of Africa are famed for.

These dark chocolate bars aren’t all horribly bitter and dry like some last-minute dark chocolate offerings from big name brands. Some are as wonderfully smooth, melting, and creamy as your favourite milk chocolates, without the need for any milk. I’d give a particularly loud shoutout to Choctree and Omnom for such delicious examples!

The Vegan Double Dark Chocolate Brownies in today’s post follow this ideology. In the same way that vegan chocolate is snubbed, vegan baking is often the same, as I discussed in sharing these lovely Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes.

Vegan brownies across the internet can be found to be cakey, dry, or (heaven forbid) made with mashed black beans. While I completely appreciate that switching out butter and eggs can be a challenge, some vegan brownies clearly sell themselves as “health foods” more than just what they are, brownies.

These Vegan Double Dark Chocolate Brownies aren’t trying to be anything they’re not. They won’t promise you all the nutritional benefits of a salad, or the fibre content of a bowl of porridge. They are simply bloody good brownies. Rich, dense, fudgy, and bold in their cocoa flavour. Just like a brownie should be.

Have you seen their appearance in my latest Veganuary Vlog?

Cocoa Runners’ dark chocolate is my favourite choice for this recipe, their 63% dark cooking chocolate and their cocoa powder provide incredibly deep and delicious chocolate flavour. (You can even use code MaverickBaking10 for 10% off their whole cooking chocolate range!)

While this recipe will take a little while to bake and cool before you can stuff your gob, it’s truly worth it. Chocoholic or not, vegan or not, these Vegan Double Dark Chocolate Brownies should be next on your to-bake list.

As always, they are customisable too! Swirl in some Biscoff or peanut butter. Throw some dairy-free white chocolate buttons on top. Stir through some dark espresso powder, or a drop of mint extract. Have fun with them!

I hope you enjoy these Vegan Double Dark Chocolate Brownies as much as we have this #veganuary – and don’t forget to follow along on the Veganuary adventures and recipe testing on my YouTube channel.

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To make these Vegan Double Dark Chocolate Brownies, simply follow the recipe below: