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Sweet potato brownies

Why eat brownies when you can eat sweet potato brownies? Bump up the fibre, nutrition and the yum factor!

  • Time to make: 45 mins
  • Serving: 16 people
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 100g reduced-fat spread
  • 200g dark chocolate chips
  • 200g baked sweet potato/ kumara, mashed (orange flesh is best, 400g chopped raw sweet potato,
  • baked at 180ºC for 30 mins, will yield 200g cooked)
  • 1 cup soft brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 100g hazelnuts (or other nuts), chopped
  • 2 teaspoons icing sugar, sifted (optional)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Lightly grease a square loose-based cake tin and line with baking paper.

    2 In a microwave-proof bowl place spread and ¾ of the chocolate chips. Heat until spread is completely melted. Stir to melt chocolate completely.

    3 In a separate mixing bowl combine sweet potato and sugar. Mix until smooth. Stir in chocolate
    mixture, then add eggs and vanilla. Beat until thick.

    4 Stir in flour, baking powder, nuts and the remaining chocolate. Pour into prepared tin and
    bake for 30 minutes or until firm to touch but still slightly moist. Cool completely in the tin.

    5 Cut into 16 even-sized squares and sprinkle with icing sugar, if using.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour and baking powder and check chocolate chips and icing sugar are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    Store in a sealed container for up to four days

    One comment on Sweet potato brownies

    1. 25327293 August 10, 2025 at 7:35 pm #

      Kind of 1.75 x the recipe, except the sugar which I eyeballed and maybe put 1.25 x in. Added 1/4c of cocoa. Cooked in one large dish for 35 mins and turned out lovely, nicely fudgy but not too much. WIll make this again.

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