- There's chocolate everywhere.
Including all over me.
Which I'm okay with.
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Hey guys, it's Candice the Edgy Veg,
and today I'm baking.
I'm going to show you how to veganize
the famous brownie recipe
from the Tasty website.
(chomps)
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Alright, if you are on
Facebook or Instagram,
chances are you've seen the video
of like, whipping chocolate
and butter together,
that Tasty's put out to
make these epic brownies.
They looked so good that
it inspired me to bake
and I hate baking.
But I love brownies.
So I'm super super
excited to veganize these.
A lot of the ingredients
were already vegan.
So that's great.
Things like flour and vanilla.
But other things were not.
So instead of butter we're
using vegan margarine.
We are using dairy-free,
what are these things called?
Chocolate chips.
That's what they're called.
Apparently that matcha has not
kicked in yet this morning.
Instead of the chopped chocolate,
we are using vegan chocolate chips.
I couldn't find espresso powder,
so we are using instant coffee instead
and just doubling it so
it's a little bit stronger.
And then instead of eggs,
we are using aquafaba.
Which you can never use
aquafaba, blah blah blah.
(beeps)
If you've never used aquafaba
it is just that liquid
that you get in a can of chickpeas.
It's amazing, it's an
incredible egg replacer.
And then everything else is vegan.
So let's get baking.
I've already added my vegan substitutions.
Oh, forgot to say that
because we're not using eggs,
I'm adding a little bit of baking soda
just to give the brownies a
little bit of like, cakey lift.
So that's the only thing
I'm adding that's different
from this recipe other than veganizing it.
So they say combine chopped chocolate,
cocoa powder and espresso powder
in a heat-proof liquid
measuring cup or medium bowl.
That's this.
Let's get started with that.
Alright let's take our chocolate chips,
stick it into this bowl.
Along with the espresso powder.
In this case it's instant coffee.
And what the coffee does,
what the espresso powder
usually does is just deepen
the flavor of the chocolate.
It makes it a lot more rich
and adds depth to the chocolate flavor.
And then we have our cocoa powder.
Apparently that's it.
The next step is they say
to cook the butter over heat
like in the saucepan.
I'm just going to microwave it.
I'm just gonna keep microwaving
it until it bubbles.
A minute.
We'll start with a
minute and go from there.
Because I'm not waiting for the stove.
You can do it in the microwave, it's fine.
It's just oil.
Alright, so I ended up
putting this in the microwave
for about two and a half minutes
just so that it's bubbling and hot
because this is what's
going to melt the chocolate.
Hopefully.
So we're going to add the
butter to our thing of...
Wow, okay.
Well I just got a butter steam facial.
Make sure we get all
the butter out of here.
There we go.
And I'm just going to
mix that until it melts.
That is, that's effective.
Never done that. (laugh)
Wow, look at this.
Oh my God, that smell of
chocolate is everything.
So I'm just going to whisk
this until it's well-combined.
There is no better smell in
the world than chocolate.
Where I grew up in Germany there
was this little chocolatier
down the street and this is what
the street smelled like is this.
This is way better than how
I've been melting chocolate
for all my life.
Alright, hopefully that's all the lumps.
I mean, if there's little
chocolate lumps in a brownie,
nobody's going to complain.
I know I won't.
Just a big chunk of chocolate.
Alright, okay, Tasty, what's next?
Thank you for teaching me something today.
Okay, we're going to combine our sugars.
So we have brown sugar,
white sugar, vanilla extract,
salt and our aquafaba.
We're gonna beat that in
our stand mixer right here.
So we have cane sugar.
We have brown sugar,
it looks a little white
and that is because I pulsed
it in my food processor
because my brown sugar was hardened.
Adding our vanilla, salt.
Seems like a lot of salt but
I didn't write this recipe
so if it's too salty I blame Tasty.
And then we have our egg
replacer, which is aquafaba today.
So it says beat with a hand mixer.
I like a stand mixer because I'm lazy.
Does the same thing, just minimal effort.
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We've just made aquafaba meringue.
Holy shit..
Like I think I could just bake this
and make actual meringues.
That's another video.
I'm so impressed.
This is great.
Okay.
Now I'm going to take my flour.
And I'm going to take my baking soda.
I'm just gonna whisk them together
just so that the baking soda
is evenly combined with the flour.
Now, while this is stirring,
we are going to gently pour
the chocolate mixture into here.
Oh my God.
Oh my God.
This is what I go to Instagram
for, is this right here.
And I'm making it myself!
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Blend until smooth.
Okay so now I'm supposed to
gently fold with a spatula
the flour mixture into
the chocolate mixture.
I'm not doing that by hand.
That's what the paddle
and the machine is for.
Oh sweet baby Jesus.
This is going to fold it in.
Gently fold, see?
Technology.
Mm, chocolate.
Oh my God.
We are now going to pour
the batter into this pan.
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This pan seems too big.
Spread the batter, okay,
I'm allowed to spread it.
Okay.
This is the thickest
mixture I have ever seen.
This pan just seems so big.
Wow.
Okay.
Alright, that goes into the oven now.
It looks so good.
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Alright so it says to
cook it for 20 minutes.
Timer, this is the part I always forget.
Or until it's slightly puffed on top
and then we have to remove
it from the baking pan
and drop the pan on the
counter to flatten it
and crack it.
And then we're going to
sprinkle it with salt.
And I, for that salt...
So they say sprinkle,
they say to sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
I have this vanilla bean salt.
It's chocolate, chocolate and vanilla,
it goes together really well.
So I'm going to use that.
Okay, so it says to lightly
drop the pan onto a surface
one to two times.
I mean, is that doing anything?
(laughs)
I think the eggs are not
reacting the same way.
The aquafaba's not reacting
the same way that eggs would.
Maybe I'll do it one more time.
It's not cracking.
Like there's did.
Oh well.
Now we have to sprinkle flaked sea salt,
so I'm adding the vanilla salt.
Don't wanna add too much
and make it too salty.
That seem like enough?
Sure.
Well, maybe a little bit over here,
little bit there.
And then we have to put it
back in the oven for another 20 minutes.
So it should be slightly
undercooked in the center.
So it should be fudgy.
Yeah, I think that's ready,
'cause the edges are pretty cooked.
Well apparently these
guys are going to set more
as they cool, so I'm just gonna
throw them on a cooling rack
and come back to them in like 30 minutes.
So I've lifted the brownie
out of the pan that it's in.
And now let's cut it up.
So I'm thinking like, it's
a pretty thin brownie,
so maybe I'll cut it
into nice big squares.
On an angle apparently.
And smaller near the end.
Ah, whatever.
Pretty thin.
I think personally I would have used
just a little bit of a smaller pan.
Maybe a nine by nine next time.
Yeah, I think I would do
a nine by nine next time.
But, let's see how it tastes.
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Alright guys, there you have it.
My vegan version of the
famous Tasty brownie.
So things I would change.
It's pretty thin.
I would use a smaller, so
maybe a nine by nine pan
instead of a nine by 13.
And that's it.
That's all I would change I think.
Oh my God.
This is so good.
It's so like, cakey
and it's like a perfect combination
of salty and chocolatey
and then the espresso
powder, or what did we use
instead of espresso powder?
Instant coffee powder,
just gives it like that
deep, rich chocolate flavor.
Holy shit.
Yeah, this is the (mumbles).
(laughs)
I'm smitten by the brownie.
This is the best brownie I've ever had.
Wow.
You need to make this.
It's also cakey and fudgy on the inside
but crispy on the outside.
So the texture's definitely there.
Oh my God.
I could eat a tray of these.
They're so decadent and
rich and just, oh my God.
Alright, well that's
how you make the famous
Tasty best brownies you'll
ever have, but vegan.
I'm going to go make love
to this plate of chocolatey goodness.
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Bye.
I'm having a love affair
with this brownie.
- [Man] Honestly, it's so good.
- I could be single forever
if it meant that I ate this everyday.
I would be because I'd
gain like 500 pounds
and no one would love me.
But oh my God, oh my God, it's so good.
Okay, get this away from me.
