10 Plant-Based Chocolate Sweet Potato Treats

Sweet Potatoes are some of the best yet underused ingredients for vegan baked goods. They are a great substitute for eggs and add a moist texture and naturally sweet flavor. Combining them with chocolate adds richness and decadence that is hard to beat! Enjoy!

1. Triple Chocolate Sweet Potato Walnut Skillet Brownie

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Love sweet potato brownies? Then you will love, love, LOVE this Triple Chocolate Sweet Potato Walnut Skillet Brownie by Gabrielle St. Claire. It’s baked in a skillet, resulting in a slightly crispy bottom and fudgy center packed with melty chocolate chips and walnuts. Then, it’s topped with sticky date caramel and even more walnuts. This decadent dessert is perfect to share with your friends, family, or special someone during movie night.

2. Sweet Potato Chocolate Cheesecake

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This vegan, grain-free, paleo Sweet Potato Chocolate Cheesecake by Mitra Shirmohammadi is quick and easy to prepare with 10 simple ingredients and no baking involved. It’s rich, creamy, wholesome, and decadent!

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3. Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes with Spiced Sweet Potato Frosting

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These Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes with Spiced Sweet Potato Frosting by Molly Patrick are healthy yet delicious. A blend of millet and buckwheat make them gluten-free, and the sweetness comes from maple syrup and apples. Give these wonderful healthy cupcakes a try!

4. Healthy Chocolate Orange Sweet Potato Fudge Cake

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This Healthy Chocolate Orange Sweet Potato Fudge Cake by Caroline Doucet has to be one of the fudgiest chocolate cakes, ever. The secret ingredient? Sweet potatoes! It’s also made with dates, olive oil, coconut and almond milk, cocoa powder, cashews, spelt flour, and orange juice. Not only is it healthy, but it’s not too complicated either! You only need a food processor, a large mixing bowl, and one or two round cake pans.

5. Sweet Potato Chocolate Pudding with Nut Crumble Topping

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This Sweet Potato Chocolate Pudding with Nut Crumble Topping by Molly Patrick is simply incredible and perfect for a healthy dessert option. It is full of flavor and nutrients (from the sweet potato) and has just the right amount of sweetness. You are going to love it!

6. Low-Carb Chocolate and Strawberry Sweet Potato Toasts

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Top your sweet potato slices with chocolate hazelnut spread, fresh banana slices, granola, and freeze-dried strawberries. Yum. These Low-Carb Chocolate and Strawberry Sweet Potato Toasts by Gina Fontana are sweet enough to pass for a super healthy dessert!

7. Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

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This Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal by Lauren Smith is perfect for breakfast on the go! The seasonal sweet potatoes combined with the chocolate and the oats make for an indulgent, dessert-like breakfast that helps you start your day with lots of healthy carbs for lasting energy.

8. No-Bake Sweet Potato Chocolate Mousse Pecan Pie

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This No-Bake Sweet Potato Chocolate Mousse Pecan Pie will be the first dish to disappear from the table. A chocolatey crust made from pecans and gooey dates is filled with a rich, decadent chocolate mousse filling made from sweet potato and sweetened naturally with dates. Not only does this pie taste delicious, but it is also made from nourishing ingredients, so that’s cause for even more celebration! Recipe created as a guest post for Sweet Simple Vegan by Yvonne’s Vegan Kitchen.

9. Sweet Potato Chocolate Tahini Fudge

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This Sweet Potato Chocolate Tahini Fudge by Taryn Fitz-Gerald is so quick and easy to make, it’s ridiculous! Steam the sweet potato, blend all ingredients, and set! It’s that simple! It’s decadent, it’s delicious, grain-free, and refined sugar-free. Sweet potato, tahini, and chocolate marry perfectly together and the fudgy result is total bliss.

10. Black Bean Fudge Brownies With Sweet Potato Caramel

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Everybody loves brownies, but brownies with caramel are by far the best. These Black Bean Caramel Brownies by Ashley Madden use a rich chocolate, black bean, and date brownie batter, and then marbles homemade sweet potato caramel throughout the dessert.

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