They’re wheat-free and use just a few dates for natural sweetness. The talented, plant-based blogger Sasha came up with these beauties and added Organic Burst Maca for flavour and a burst of energy.

Sasha, over to you:
The perfect blondie is ooey-gooey on the inside with a thin crisp crust around it. Studded with intense dark chocolate, laced with pumpkin and malty Organic Burst Maca, this blondie delivers, and makes you feel good after eating it!
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- ¼ cup oat flour
- 2 tbsp Organic Burst Maca powder
- ½ tsp gluten-free baking powder
- ¼ tsp pink himalayan salt
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (I steam pumpkin then blend and measure)
- 1 tsp vanilla powder/extract 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water left to thicken for 15 min or more)
- 5 large medjool dates
- 5 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips (or chop up a dark chocolate bar!!)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C, and grease and line a 9' x 5' bread pan with parchment.
- Sift the flours + maca + baking powder + salt in a bowl.
- Process the pumpkin puree, vanilla, thick flax egg, medjool dates, oil into a smooth and even paste/liquid.
- Make a well in the middle of the flour and pour in wet mixture and mix evenly. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour into prepared pan and even out the surface with a spatula.
- Bake for 40 minutes until nice and golden.
- Allow to cool before cutting and serving (it firms up as it cools so don't remove it as soon as it is out of the oven!)