With a “holiday” like Valentine’s Day coming up it just makes sense to have heart-shaped foods with chocolate and pink-something. So this time around I have made some chocolate brownie-cookies with a pink coconut frosting. Tasty, simple, easy, and sexy all at once.
Chocolate Valentine’s Hearts with Pink Frosting
Ingredients
For the cookie:
- 1 cup walnuts
- 4-5 dates, soaked and pitted
- 2 T cacao powder
- 1 T coconut oil
- 1 t vanilla
- pinch of sea salt
For the frosting:
- 1/4 cup coconut manna
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup maple syrup (not raw)
- 1-2 T beet juice
- 1 t vanilla
Instructions
For the cookie:
- Place the walnuts in a food processor and process until a flour forms.
- Add the remaining ingredients and process until a chunky dough forms.
- You can place in a baking dish to make brownies, or roll out between two plastic sheets to make cookies.
- Place in the fridge until ready to frost.
For the frosting:
- In a glass bowl and the coconut manna and coconut oil and place over a pot of warm water. As it melts, mix to incorporate.*
- Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients.
- Spread onto cookies and place in the fridge to harden.
*A Note: The frosting may be thick or it may be creamy … either is fine. I make this frosting often and it’s always a guess to how mine will turn out!
Want more inspiration to stay in and make a special Valentine’s dinner? There are SO many vegan Valentines recipes to try, so go wild!
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Ohhh these look incredibly simple and very holiday-y. I love it!
Thanks Erin! So simple, and actually I feel like I could skip the frosting and just gobble up the cookie part with chocolate drizzle 🙂
These Valentine's Cookies are just adorable Marquis! I love raw cookies. I always feel better eating more than my share when I mixed them up and know what's in them as well.
Hope your Valentine's Day is the best ♥
Thank you Angela! I always have too much, as well, that's why I love raw desserts so much .. very low guilt 🙂