No-Bake Coffee Brownies with Coffee Glaze
December 14, 2015This shop, featuring rich No-Bake Coffee Brownies, has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MakeItMerrier #CollectiveBias
The holiday season is such a wonderful time of the year. Although I enjoy the busy hustle and bustle of the season, there’s something I enjoy even more. My absolute favorite thing to do is to hang out at home with my family, enjoying yummy treats and doing a fun activity together. We’ve been making handmade ornaments for a few years now, so that’s one tradition that I truly love doing with my family. Another tradition that we all enjoy is making & tasting yummy holiday treats! Since I’ve always been a big fan of Starbucks Coffee, I decided to combine my love for coffee with my love for homemade holiday treats! So today, I’m very excited to share with you all how I made a batch of rich, thick, fudge-y No-Bake Chocolate Coffee Brownies using Starbucks House Blend coffee!
Want a sneak peek at the brownies? Here they are!
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
Making handmade ornaments is something I did as a child with my parents. And it’s totally something I’m continuing with my children. My daughters (a toddler and a preschooler) absolutely love doing arts & crafts with me, and we usually have at least one crafting session per day that involves markers, glue, sequins, glitter, and all the fun stuff that makes their little eyes light up with excitement!
Fun Seasonal Crafts with the Kids
We’ve made a number of different handmade ornaments this year. Of course, I don’t let the kids participate in certain steps, like applying the hot glue. However, the kids definitely love to help me with the kid-safe steps, like sprinkling the glitter or painting! Here are a few of the handmade ornaments we’ve made this year together as a family!
Handmade Ornaments
When we’re busy making crafts and enjoying the festivities of the season, we always need a snack! My husband and I have been long-time fans of Starbucks coffee, and since a rich chocolate brownie makes any day extraordinary, I decided to combine my two loves and make a delicious batch of Coffee Brownies. And this recipe is super special, because you don’t even need to turn the oven on! Yes, these no-bake brownies come together in mere minutes and are full of flavor and rich texture!
Here is the recipe for these brownies!
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts
- 1 cup pitted dates
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup strong coffee
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp strong coffee
- 1. Set aside several walnuts for garnish later.
- 2. Add all the ingredients to a high-powered food processor or blender. Mix until smooth and homogeneous, using a spatula to wipe down the sides of the blender as necessary.
- 3. Pack the mixture into a brownie tray or any rectangular baking dish and place in the refrigerator for a few hours to harden.
- 4. Remove from refrigerator and cut into squares.
- 5. Top with coffee glaze and garnish with the reserved walnuts.
- 1. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar and coffee until smooth.
Here are my ingredients for these brownies! I always like to measure out my ingredients at the beginning and place them in little bowls. It makes putting the recipe together so much easier.
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
When combining the ingredients in the food processor, be sure to use a spatula or spoon to scrape the sides of the food processor bowl so you ensure that the final mixture is smooth!
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
When placing the mixture into a rectangular dish, use the back of a spoon to pack the brownie mixture down into the dish. Place it into the refrigerator for a few hours to firm up. Remove from refrigerator and cut into squares.
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
The last step is to lay the brownie squares down on some parchment paper, generously drizzle the coffee glaze on top and garnish with the reserved walnuts!
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
You can really taste the rich, delicious flavor of Starbucks coffee in these brownies!
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
Not only do these brownies have Starbucks House Blend coffee in them, but they also pair really well with a nice hot mug of Starbucks coffee! Yum! I like my coffee with some sugar and a bit of milk! How do you take your coffee?!
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
These decadent brownies have such a rich texture reminiscent of chocolate fudge!
No-Bake Coffee Brownies
I picked up my pack of Starbucks House Blend K-Cups from Walmart. They were in the Coffee Aisle!
Finding Starbucks Coffee at Walmart
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Now, learn more about Starbucks Coffee and tell me: What do you enjoy your coffee with? Brownies? Cupcakes? Cookies? All of the above? Let me know!
That glaze looks amazing! Wish I had one of your brownies to go with my Starbucks coffee this morning. You’re making me hungry!
These brownies are amazing with a hot mug of Starbucks coffee!!
These look AMAZING! I can’t wait to try these. I’m headed to the grocery store and will get all the ingredients! Mmmm.
I’m so glad you will be making these!! Be sure to come back and tell me how you like them! 🙂
oh wow!! the coffee glaze sounds out of this world!! I will be trying this asap!! Maybe on the sweet rolls I was planning to make this weekend? I’m a huge starbucks fan too, so this all looks great!
The coffee glaze is sweet and rich with the flavor of Starbucks coffee! Yum!
Those brownies look so incredible! I love a good brownie. I might have to risk my terrible baking and give these a try.
Yummy!! I want to make these brownies right now! Of course, I’ll have to go pick up some dates. But as soon as I do, look out. Thank you for the recipe!
My kids love brownies and helping in the kitchen. They would enjoy making these.
These sound amazing!! I love Starbucks coffee, these would be the perfect treat for getting together with the girl friends!
A great combination of two of my husband’s favorite things: coffee and chocolate! I need to make these for him this weekend!
You had me at no bake and brownie! Yum! I love that you made a coffee glaze – that means we can eat it for breakfast, right?
That’s exactly what that means!! 😉
It is always fun to make traditions with our kids and I love idea of the homemade ornaments with the holiday treats. These no bake coffee brownies sound delicious and I will have to try this recipe for sure. We love coffee and brownies so this is a win win recipe. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
First time I’ve heard of putting coffee in baking. It looks like they turned out delicious. You learn something new every day!
Oooh my God! This looks so good. It’s like my dream come true…coffee + brownies? Off to pin it now 😀
Thanks for sharing this!!
How awesome! I had no idea that no-bake brownies where even a thing. They sound and look delish.
Oh these look so decadent and rich! What a delicious treat while making your family crafts and ornaments. #client
Yes it’s the perfect accompaniment to family crafting time!
Oh wow these brownies looks so delicious, no bake is the name of the game for me as these days I do not really have time. Thanks for the recipe
I love both brownies and coffee. My mouth is now watering just be reading this post. It looks so delicious.
These look amazing! I thought I was the only one that used those little glass bowls to get all of my ingredients together before cooking or baking. It makes life so much easier.
What a fantastic idea to use the k-cup of coffee in a glaze!! I love the tree ornament.
NO bake brownie…omg I can’t wait to try it. Very neat I am literally trying to make sure I have a blender lol. I am going to try this next week because I will need something to deal with these kids