These Flourless Avocado Brownies are keto and paleo friendly! Made with wholesome ingredients, this blender (or food processor) batter comes together in minutes. This recipe is also Vegan friendly! See notes.
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About The Recipe
In the recipe, I say 1 Hass avocado. I use a whole one, I consider these medium-sized, about the size of my fist. If you have massive (I’m looking at you Florida) avocados, use half of one, or your best judgment.
The sweetener…. again, I just like to repeat this so I don’t get yelled at. I am currently on the Lakanto train because it’s working for me. Use what works for you, be that coconut palm sugar or cane sugar. It’s your body loves. You know it best.
Ingredients
These flourless brownies are made up of nut or seed butter and avocado. This is what makes the batter. You can’t skip either ingredient. Then if course cacao powder to make it chocolatey. Your sweetener of choice and the usual things like eggs, vanilla, baking soda, and love! Don’t skip the chocolate chips on top either.
- For the fat, I recommend lard or coconut oil to keep them dairy-free, but butter works too.
- My nut butter of choice are unsweetened, unsalted almond butter or cashew butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut-free)
- I find that Lakanto (erythritol+ monk fruit) works best for this recipe!
- You can use cocoa but I prefer cacao powder
- This is vanilla extract I use.
- For egg-free, sub the eggs with Bobs Red Mill Egg Replacer
Frequently Asked Questions for My Famous Avocado Brownies!
Make sure your avocado is medium-large and ripe!. When you scoop it out, measure it in a measuring cup. 3/4 -1 cup of avocado gently pressed down.
You over-mixed it. DO NOT OVER MIX! This will result in cakey brownies. If you need to stop the blender or food processor and continue mixing/mashing the avocado by hand to get it to fully incorporate.
Or seed butter, YES. No Coconut butter won’t work, and you can’t replace it with ghee or regular butter. Don’t skimp on the nut or seed butter.
Yes! My palate isn’t used to really sweet stuff anymore. If you still eat “regular” sweets then you’ll probably want to add more sweetener. About 2 tbsp more.
These bake best in a metal loaf pan.
Yes, but I like them better with it in.
You can, but why? It’s so much better with it. I like using an 85% dark cacao bar that melts into a mess on top. Takes these avocado brownies to the next level.
Thank You!
Thank you! All of you who make and share this recipe! I love seeing your posts on Instagram! Yeay Team Flourless Avocado Brownies. This recipe, my first viral one, even made it into my book: Made Whole! If you want a more traditional brownie experience check out my KETO FUDGE BROWNIE (dairy and nut-free).
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Flourless Avocado Brownies
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 40
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Keto
Description
Fudgy keto flourless brownies! READ FAQs before making these!
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs (or Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer)
- 1 medium, ripe, hass avocado (3/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup melted ghee (lard, coconut oil, or butter substitute)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened, unsalted almond butter, cashew butter (or sunflower seed butter for nut-free)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup Lakanto or preferred granulated sweetener
- 1/3 cup cacao powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons gelatin (optional, makes them chewy)
- 1/2 cup low-carb chocolate chips or chopped-up chocolate
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F.
- Line a small baking dish, like a loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of your food processor combine the avocado, eggs, fat and nut butter and blend until smooth. Then add the remaining ingredients.
- Blend on medium, low power until just smooth. No more than 30 seconds. If you overmix the batter they will be cakey. You can use a spatula to scrape down the mix and then fold it together, mashing up any chunks of avocado left.
- Use the spatula to transfer the batter to the baking dish and smooth it out evenly.
- Top with fun things. I’m partial to chocolate chips!
- Bake for 25 minutes. Until the edges begin to separate from the sides.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool for 15 minutes before handling.
- Pick it up, carefully, by the parchment paper and set it on a cutting board.
- Cut into 8 squares! Enjoy! Store leftovers in Tupperware in the fridge for up to a week.
Recipe Notes:
- Don’t over-mix.
- Don’t skimp on the nut or seed butter.
- If you’re not using Lakanto, you might want to add 1-2 tbsp more sweetener.
- For the egg free version, just mix up the egg replacer first and add to food processor.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 152
- Sugar: (alcohols) 4.5g
- Fat: 13.8g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1.73
- Protein: 3.9g
Bethany says
I just made this, not near as difficult as I believed! I was using baking chocolate powder so it is a bit bitter. I like dark chocolate though, and even my kids seem to like it. And the texture is suuuper light, I love it! It smells amazing, my mother in law and daughter had two each. I didn’t use gelatin, but still turned out great.
Cristina says
Yeay!
Bethany says
I just made this, not near as difficult as I believed! I was using baking chocolate powder so it is a bit bitter. I like dark chocolate though, and even my kids seem to like it. And the texture is suuuper light!
Skylar says
Could I use apple sauce instead of coconut oil? dont have any 🙁
Cristina says
I don’t think so, you can use any other saturated fat (butter, lard, tallow etc)
Luciana Gates says
What is the serving size? It says one square, but home many squares should I get for the macros?
Cristina says
8 pieces 🙂
Isabel Lopez says
I just made these brownies and they came out bitter and not sweet enough. I also added the chocolate chips on top and that was the most bitter part. Next time I’ll try sweetened chocolate. It was the unsweetened chocolate. Lol. Definitely moist. I sprinkled more SWerve on top. Helped very little. It was super easy to make so I plan on playing with it again. Thank you!
Cristina says
unsweetened chocolate is definitely bitter, especially if you’re not used to it, thats why the recipe calls for low carb chocoalte, like Lily’s 😉
Nancy Mirshah says
I was surprised but…these were delicious! My first time trying to get a low carb dessert other than baked apples. Used Lakanto monkfruit and Nativa cacao, Lots of fats though. Next time will try pumpkin, but that will increase the carbs. I’m only allowed 3.5 per meal.
Cristina says
Lovely! I do have a pumpkin version of these on the blog too!
Nia says
Curious about the Gelatin. Do I add the gelatin prepared or in its powdered form?
Thank you in advance ((-:
Cristina says
You mix it in, powdered form, adds a nice chew to the brownies, but it is optional. The video player shows this recipe if you want to watch how I make it 🙂
Kathryn Shanahan says
This is my first time trying these. Avocado was perfect & I used cashew butter, ghee and coconut sugar. I used chopped 90% dark chocolate . Texture was PERFECT!! But flavor was BLAH. Not sweet enough, a little salty … so disappointing. More sugar than 1/3cup maybe? A little maple syrup? I don’t know—anyone else find this?
Cristina says
Hi Katheryn, these brownies are lightly sweetened as it states in the recipe post, in bold letter. The recipe box also warns to READ THE TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION before making these 🙂 I created these brownies to be a truly healthy treat and for many of us who have given up sugar, our palates no longer need super sweet stuff. So for those who still are used to more sugar, I do suggest to use 1/2 a cup of sweetener.
Kathy says
I’ve been doing Paleo cooking for 18 months now—I’m not craving really sweet stuff at all. And I DID read the Trouble Shooting section before hand. I was wondering if you had any incite. I wasn’t criticizing.
Cristina says
Perhaps you would have fared better with 1/2 a cup of sweetener vs 1/3 is all. The recipe is very flexible, so you can always add more if needed.
Samantha says
I’ve tried quite a few brownie recipes and this one is the best by far. My husband was blown away and wanted to finish all of them! Thank you for sharing this scrumptious brownie recipe.
Cristina says
Thanks so much Samantha!
Sandi says
The taste was very good! Being a healthier version, they won’t be your old time brownies. To me, that’s fine as I can still enjoy those flavors! My husband came into the kitchen and asked me what I was making. After he persisted I said healthy brownies. He said desserts should not be healthy! ? He ate one after dinner and said they actually tasted good! If I can ever make something healthier, I will do it. Thank you!
Cristina says
fair enough 🙂
Jules says
Would it work to use Swerve sweetener and skip the gelatin?
Thanks!
Cristina says
Yes and yes.
Gabrielle says
So delicious!!! My husband and I both love them! Thank you for sharing your recipe 🙂
Cristina says
thank you so much Gabrielle!
Shannon says
Soooooo delicious! It I a bolder flavor thank I expected and it is super moist. Glad I am walking out the door to church or I may not have been able to resist the second piece! Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
Cristina says
Thank you so much Shannon!
Leah says
Mine turned out super bitter! What have I done wrong??? 🙁
Cristina says
What brand and type of sweetener did you use? That impacts the recipe, also, I have heard that some avocadoes just get crazy bitter when cooked. I haven’t experienced it, but have read that online.
Leah says
I used erythritol. On the 2nd try, it wasn’t bitter anymore! I really don’t know what made the super bitter taste. But so glad I made it this time 🙂 Oh so gorgeous, thanks for sharing your recipe.
Cristina says
AWesome! Thank you!
Christy says
I make these weekly and keep them in the fridge for a quick healthy snack. Everyone in the family loves them. I don’t use the gelatin or the chocolate chips and they are still delicious. I get a great deal on the 3lb bag of Lakanto on Amazon.
Cristina says
Whoot Whoot! Thanks so much Christy!
Caroline says
Oh good gawd these are amazing!!! Thought I had 2 avocados but only had one. Used regular butter instead of ghee and had no nut butters so didn’t use any. Im doing keto. This rocks! Deffo going to be in the keto rotation. Thank You soooooo much!
Cristina says
Yeahhh!!! Thank you!
Mindy says
Just popped in to give a five star ! These are excellent. Perfect texture and delicious.
Cristina says
thanks so much mindy!