Matcha White Chocolate Brownies (Gluten-Free & Vegan)

Name: Matcha White Chocolate Brownies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: spray oil (to prevent the magic matcha bars from sticking to pan or use parchment paper to line the pan for even easier removal. ); 3 bananas (medium frozen bananas - keep frozen until ready to make the brownie batter. ); 1 cup almond butter (creamy); 3 tbsp matcha (green tea) powder; 1/2 cup white chocolate chips ((We used vegan white chocolate chips)); 2-3 whole strawberries ( sliced thinly for garnish (optional))

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Matcha White Chocolate Brownies are healthy flourless chewy protein bars made with bananas, almond butter, vegan white chocolate chips and Fraser Tea Imperial Organic Matcha Green Tea.

Matcha White Chocolate brownies with Fraser Tea organic matcha green tea.

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Guilt Free Brownies
Simple Ingredients
Brownie vs Blondies
What is Matcha?
Ceremonial vs Culinary Grade Matcha
Favorite Fraser Tea Signature Blends
How to make Green Tea Brownies
Best Baking Hacks
Celebrate Hanami
Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
More Delicious Matcha Recipes

Many matcha brownies laid out on a white plate topped with strawberries.

Guilt Free Brownies

Flourless and gluten-free
Fast and Easy - Ready in 30 minutes
Super easy brownie mix made in the food processor or blender
Naturally sweetened with bananas just like our Mocha Banana Ice Cream
Boost of antioxidants with organic matcha
Dairy free and made with vegan white chocolate chips
Super chewy and fudgy
Only 5 ingredients
No added refined sugar, except the addition of vegan white chocolate chips
Oil free and butter free
Healthy snack on the go and almost healthy enough to eat for breakfast.
Perfect teatime accompaniment for Hanami (the Japanese celebration of the blooming of the Sakura flowers)

Our healthy matcha brownies are subtly sweet. Each bar has a nice balance of the naturally sweet bananas, the earthy flavor of the matcha green tea, the nutty flavor of almond, and a bite of fresh strawberry.

Simple Ingredients

Ingredients to make brownies laid out on a wooden board.

It’s hard to believe that mixing 3 healthy ingredients in a food processor could create such a delicious fudgy chewy brownie bar. It’s simply magical. We leave out the flour, eggs, and butter entirely.

Bananas – Fresh or frozen. If using frozen, keep them frozen until ready to use in your batter. If they do unthaw, you want to drain off the extra moisture to prevent a change in the batter consistency.
Almond Butter – mild flavor to allow the flavor of the Matcha to shine through
Matcha – 3 heaping tablespoons

To keep green tea brownie recipe dairy free, we stirred in vegan white chocolate chips just like in our recipe for Chocolate Matcha Crispy Truffles. You might prefer regular white chocolate chips or even semi-sweet chocolate chips added to the brownie batter.

Luckily strawberries are in season. Matcha and strawberries go together are like a match made in heaven. We like to garnish the Matcha White Chocolate Brownies with a few slices. However, this is totally optional.

Brownie vs Blondies

The difference between a brownie and a blondie is the ingredients used. A brownie usually has chocolate, and a blondie is usually made with brown butter and sugar. As our Matcha White Chocolate Brownies contain white chocolate and do not have brown butter, they probably fall more closely to the brownie category.

Feel free to call these Matcha Blondies or Matcha Brownies – entirely up to you. All we know is that they disappear fast.

Jar of Fraser Tea Imperial Organic matcha green tea.

What is Matcha?

Have you tried matcha before? Matcha is stone ground Japanese green tea. The difference between matcha and green tea is that matcha is covered up during the last part of the growing season (usually in March or April) allowing it to increase it antioxidants and obtain that vibrant green color.

The best ceremonial grade matcha are picked by hand once a year, usually in May. Only the youngest and smallest leaves at the top are picked. Did you know that just one cup of matcha tea is equivalent to the antioxidants of drinking 10 cups of regular green tea? According to Forrester and Lambert, consumption of green tea may provide protection against chronic diseases, including cancer.

Matcha brownies with Fraser Matcha tea canisters with a little matcha latte.

Ceremonial vs Culinary Grade Matcha

Did you know there are different grades of matcha tea? The spectrum runs the gamut from the most expensive of the ceremonial grades, down to the much less costly culinary grades. Ceremonial grade matcha is vibrant green in color and has a mellow earthy flavor with vegetal grassy notes. Culinary grade generally has a less vibrant color and the flavor is slightly more bitter. When used in baking or smoothies, the culinary grade is delicious.

Ceremonial grade matcha is usually consumed as a drink and prepared by whisking with hot water. We like to go outside the box and use the ceremonial grade in our quick and easy no bake treat: Matcha Red Bean Energy Balls.

In this recipe we used Japanese ceremonial grade Fraser Tea Imperial Organic Matcha Green Tea for our Matcha White Chocolate Brownies recipe. This matcha is brilliant green and has a very smooth earthy flavor. Fraser Tea is family-owned business with a dedication to make delicious hand crafted healthy organic tea blends in both loose leaf and non-GMO pyramidal tea bags.

We also use plenty of culinary grade matcha, and find its perfectly designed for use in baked goods like our Baked Matcha Lemon Glazed Donuts, smoothies, Matcha Chocolate Chia Parfait, lattes, Sakura Shortbread Cookies, and much more.

In a pinch, you can also use a culinary grade of matcha for this recipe as well. Cinnamon Swirl Matcha Organic Green Tea from Fraser Tea works beautifully in this recipe.

Favorite Fraser Tea Signature Blends

Turmeric Ginger Organic Green Tea

Vanilla Rooibos Organic Tea

Hot Spicy Cinnamon Made With Organic Black Tea

How to make Green Tea Brownies

Best Baking Hacks

It is best to use parchment paper to prevent sticking to the pan. In addition, if you keep your parchment paper long enough you can pull it directly out of the baking dish. We were fresh out of parchment paper, so we made do with oil spray.
Almond butter has a mellow nutty flavor that allows the matcha flavor to shine through. In addition, it has a bit of a thinner consistency compared to other nut butters. Please note that each type of nut butter has a different consistency. This recipe has only been tested with almond butter.
Over ripe bananas work best as they are sweeter. When our bananas are getting overly ripe and do not have time to make our Gluten Free Cardamom Banana Pancakes, we peel them and throw them in a bag and freeze. Then, when you or the kids need a quick snack you can make Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothies or matcha brownies.
We have the best luck with FROZEN bananas for this recipe. We keep them frozen until ready to make the batter. Then, we chop the bananas and pulse in the food processor or high-powered blender. If for some reason your frozen bananas become slightly thawed, make sure to drain out any extra liquid as this will change the consistency of the batter.
Be sure to allow your matcha brownie recipe to cool completely and then refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting to serve.
Either ceremonial or culinary grade matcha can be used in this recipe. We like to dust the brownies with a little matcha powder before serving.
You can store our matcha white chocolate brownies in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for us to 2 months in a freezer safe container-- like they are actually going to last that long! (smiling)
Make 2 batches as these healthy vegan snacks go quick.

Celebrate Hanami

Happy Hanami! Beautiful sakura (cherry blossom) trees are in full bloom in Japan. There is no better way to celebrate the season than with a few Matcha White Chocolate Brownies and tea at your favorite park with family and friends. Hanami is the Japanese celebration of viewing the Sakura blossoms. The season is really short, so it is a good thing that these matcha bars are so easy to make.

Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

What flavors work well with matcha?

Strawberries and matcha are a match made in heaven. Fresh strawberry slices are a nice garnish for our matcha white chocolate brownies. White chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate pair very well with matcha. The earthy vegetal flavor of matcha compliments the sweet chocolate in one delicious bite. Matcha, strawberries and white chocolate are the 3 flavors that remind us of spring in Japan.

Can you bake with Matcha?

Absolutely! Matcha adds a delicious earthy flavor and bright green color to baked goods. Natural way to add a burst of green color to baked goods without artificial dyes.

Do Matcha Brownies have caffeine?

One slice of our healthy matcha brownies has about 67 mg of caffeine. However, unlike coffee, matcha does not give you the caffeine jitters and is actually promotes a euphoric feeling upon consumption.

Wishing everyone a happy Hanami and a beautiful healthy spring!

More Delicious Matcha Recipes

Healthy Vegan Matcha Pancakes

Matcha Chocolate Chia Parfait

Matcha Red Bean Energy Balls

Baked Matcha Lemon Glazed Donuts

Matcha Banana Strawberry Ice Cream Cups

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