Raw Banana Brownie Parfait
A vegan, gluten-free, and paleo raw chocolate and banana parfait from the book Sweetly Raw.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 hours
- Total Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: Raw
Ingredients
For the Brownie:
- 1 cup walnuts
- ⅔ cup packed dates, pitted & chopped
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tbsp maca powder
- ½ tsp vanilla bean powder
- ½ tsp water
For the Pudding:
- 1½ cups mashed banana
- ⅔ cup cashews
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tsp vanilla bean powder
- 2 tbsp melted cacao butter
For Assembly:
- 2-3 ripe bananas, diced
Instructions
- To make the brownie: combine all ingredients in a food processor until crumbly. Processing any more will cause the brownie to become oily.
- To make the pudding: blend the banana, cashews, maple syrup, cacao powder, and vanilla in a blender until completely smooth. Add the cacao butter and blend again to incorporate. Chill the pudding in the fridge for at least 5 hours.
- To assemble: arrange some of the diced bananas in a glass. Spoon a layer of pudding on top and sprinkle some brownie mixture over it. Repeat the layers one or two more times. Serve immediately.
Notes
Ok, so I did make a few changes, but they were uber minor ;) Here are a couple of things I did differently and a few notes:
- I placed the pudding mixture into the freezer for 2 hours instead of in the fridge for 5 hours just to speed up the process a little.
- I topped my pudding with some cacao nibs because cacao nibs are awesome.
- The jar you see pictured actually contains more than one serving -- it holds half the recipe's ingredients and was split between 4 people (who happily devoured it all!). The number of servings is kind of arbitrary anyways for these types of recipes -- just divide the contents as you see fit or into however servings / jar sizes you want and enjoy!
- I kept one of my jars refrigerated overnight and it was equally as pretty and delicious the next morning (see last picture above).