Flourless Avocado Brownies are so gooey and fudgey that you would never guess they are healthy! Also paleo, vegan and gluten-free!
Happy “finally” summer! I love summer, right now it’s wayyyy too humid for my liking. I wouldn’t mind the humidity as much if my hair didn’t frizz. One step outside and it goes from naturally wavy to a lion mane, gotta love it! Anyways, hope you are enjoying your summer right now! Let’s dive into today’s recipe: Gooey Flourless Avocado Brownies!
You guys already know how much we love flourless recipes, especially our zucchini brownies and lemon blueberry blondies! You guys seem to love em’ too, considering that they are some of our most popular recipes. Flourless recipes have the BEST texture, which is somewhat gooey and dense.
So being that our blog name is Athletic Avocado, it is only appropriate to make avocado brownies. I know that there are lots of version of avocado brownies, but this version is unique and inspired by our zucchini brownie base.
Avocado gives these brownies an extra rich and gooey texture, without tasting like avocado. Plus, they give an extra dose of healthy fats too.
Flourless Avocado Brownie Ingredients:
avocado
banana
baking soda
Substitutions for Flourless Brownies:
Cashew Butter: You may substitute smooth, natural nut butter such as almond butter or sunflower seed butter.
Maple Syrup: You may sub in any liquid sweetener such as honey or agave.
Chocolate Glaze: You may simply omit this glaze and just use chocolate chips instead.
How to Store Flourless Avocado Brownies:
You may store these brownies in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or freeze for a few months.
How to Serve Flourless Avocado Brownies:
These brownies are delicious served warm with ice cream or whipped cream, or served cold and maybe drizzled with sugar-free chocolate sauce and/or nut butter 🙂
Other Healthy Brownie Recipes:
Strawberry Cheesecake Brownies
Dark Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
Gooey Flourless Avocado Brownies
These gooey flourless Avocado Brownies are so fudgey and delicious that you would never guess that they are paleo, vegan and gluten-free!
7 Ingredient Gooey Flourless Avocado Brownies
Ingredients
- 1/2 ripe banana
- ripe flesh of 1 avocado
- 1 cup cashew butter or almond butter make sure its natural and creamy!
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 3 tbsp dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Chocolate chips
- Glaze optional
- 1.5 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 1 tbsp dark cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- may double the glaze if you want a thicker layer!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper.
- Add banana and avocado in a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Add in cashew butter and blend.
- Add in maple syrup, dark cocoa powder and baking soda, blend.
- Add batter to a large bowl and stir in chocolate chips
- Add batter to pan and bake for 20 minutes or until done.
- Let cool and add glaze, if desired.
- For glaze, combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well, add to brownies.
- Enjoy 🙂
- ** For fodmap friendly, limit serving to 1/8 of recipe and use almond butter
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What a perfect recipe for your blog; the fudginess looks perfect gals! 🙂 <3 <3
Welp, you had me at gooey! These babies look fantastic!
Gooey is a good characteristic for brownies! Thanks Carrie 🙂
Thanks Emily!
k, I need to try baking with avocados!
You do Alyssa!
Do you two post nutritional specs for these fabulous recipes? I’m thinking sugar, carbs, protein, sodium, and fiber? I suppose I could figure it out based on the ingredients used as well, but didn’t know if they were already posted somewhere.. ty in advance!
Hey Jennifer,
We actually do not post any nutritional information, we advocate using nourishing ingredients and try to shy away from focusing on calories. However, I’m sure you could calculate it easily by plugging in the ingredients to an online tracker! 🙂
Brownies are my FAVORITE dessert by far! These look incredibly easy, and I adore easy and tasty recipes! Thanks for this gorgeous recipe!
You are so welcome Cassie 🙂
These are insanely excellent! Made them today to a house full of skeptics, and they were totally sold on one bite.
We’re not vegan, so I used honey in lieu of the maple syrup, and we actually used a whole banana, natural peanut butter with peanut pieces, and I also added a tsp of instant coffee. They were fabulous! The peanut bits really gave it some texture.
Definitely a new favorite in our house. Thanks for a great recipe!
Holy cow! These brownies are amazing! I saw the recipe in Paleo magazine and was skeptical. However, after popping them out of the oven and drizzling the glaze all over that chocolate-y goodness, I was a believer! Thank you for providing this recipe and changing my mind about a healthy alternative to regular brownies. I will never go back! Cheers!
Hi Emily,
So happy to hear that you and your family enjoyed them! We love hearing news like this 🙂
Hi Ann-Maria,
Thanks so much for the kind words! We are ecstatic to hear this! 🙂
I left mine in for 20-22 minutes and I can attest that THEY ARE DELICIOUS. They’re very satiating, plus I don’t feel like trash after I’ve eaten one. Thanks for creating delicious recipes using wholesome ingredients💕
Hi Maggie,
We LOVE to hear comments like this! So glad you enjoy them and thank you so much! <3
How many servings does this make? I’m bringing them to a birthday party and want to make sure I have enough.
It makes about 9!
So good!!!! Do you store in fridge…?
Yes, store in the fridge! Hope you enjoyed them! 🙂
Is there a substitute for the banana ? I am not a huge fan of banana and I can detect the flavor even in the slightest amounts. Thanks !
Hi Taylor! You can sub 1/2 cup applesauce, 1/2 cup pumpkin or mashed sweet potato! Let me know what you think!
Could I use peanut butter instead of cashew or almond butter?
Yes!
I am not a huge fan of bananas and I can detect the flavor even in the slightest amounts. I’m bringing them to a birthday party and want to make sure I have enough. So happy to hear that you and your family enjoyed them! We love hearing news like this.
Wow two of my favorite ingredients, chocolate and avaocados. Whats not to love?