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Raw Brownie Bites with Vanilla Frosting

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I was pleasantly surprised when we tried these! Yum, they were so good and very filling! My parents, who are not whole foodies (yet) approved of them as well. I don't have a food processor so I just used my blender and it worked great! Original recipe can be found here.

Brownie Bites
-1 1/2 cups pecans
-1 tablespoon almond butter
-2 tablespoons agave
-2 tablespoons cacao powder
-pinch of sea salt

For the frosting
-1 cup raw cashews
-1 teaspoons vanilla
-2 tablespoons agave
-1/2 cup water

Start with the frosting as it needs a few minutes in the fridge to set. Add cashews into the food processor/blender and process into a fine flour. Add in the vanilla, agave and half of the water. Because this frosting is going to be thick, it can be hard to get it all mixed up by the blades. Add in more and more water (no more than the 1/4 cup) to thin it out and pause every few seconds to mix things up by hand. Be careful of the temperature of the frosting, it will heat up fast. Once you have the frosting mixed up, fill up a pastry bag, (I used a sandwich baggie and cut a hole in the corner when I was ready to frost), set it in the fridge to firm up

Now for the brownies, add the pecans into your food processor/blender and process them down to a fine flour, then until it stops moving. Give it a good stir by hand and then toss in the rest of the ingredients. Continue to process until the mixture forms a solid ball. Transfer to a bowl and mix by hand until well mixed.

Grab a small amount of the dough and roll into a ball with your hands. Press the ball down with your thumb to flatten it out and make an impression in the middle. Fill up the indentation of each brownie bite with the frosting. Store in the fridge, yields about 12 bites.

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