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Avocado Brownies

By Erika in Desserts

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Most people don’t realize that you can do a lot more with avocados beyond guacamole. Did you know they’re delicious in baked goods?

Today, I’ll show you how to make my favorite moist Avocado Brownies.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time! this idea now...

These brownies are better for you than most because the avocados add nutritional value and take the place of some other less-than-nutritious ingredients, like vegetable oil.

Avocado Brownies are a great way to sneak in extra nutrients for kids too!

Yes, that’s right; my daughter loves these brownies and can’t resist going back for seconds!

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

This Avocado Brownie recipe doesn’t use eggs, so this is a great option if you’re egg-free. Many egg substitutes result in so-so baked goods, but this brownie recipe is delicious!

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

Avocados make exceptional substitutes for butter and even eggs in the baking recipes. Their subtle flavor is easily masked with traditional baking ingredients like cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Avocados provide all the moisture and creamy texture of fats, without the unhealthy side effects.

These creamy fruits are known as nutritional powerhouses for good reason. Each avocado is loaded with healthy fats (lower cholesterol), protein (4g), potassium, vitamins B6, B5, C, and E. To top it all off, at 11g of fiber,  they provide half of the recommended fiber intake for the day!

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

How to Make Avocado Brownies

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Combine 2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sugar*, 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, and 1 tsp salt in a mixing bowl.

*Note on the sugar: this was a guest post written a long time ago. I now use 3/4 cup coconut sugar and 1/2 cup erythritol in place of the white sugar to make this “healthier” for my family.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

You’ll need 1 cup of mashed avocado, so you may need 2 small avocados or 1 large. Mash it in a small bowl.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

With a mixer, beat together the mashed avocado, 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/3 cup water, and 1 tsp vanilla extract.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

Add the dry ingredients into the wet bowl and mix until well combined.

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Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

If you prefer walnuts, you can mix in about 1/2 cup chopped nuts now.

(My kids prefer no nuts so we left those out.)

Grease a 9×13″ baking pan and pour in your avocado brownie batter.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

These Avocado Brownies are more cake-like than chewy and so yummy!

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!

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Guilt-Free Avocado Brownies

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too and with just 10 minutes prep time and 30 minutes to bake, you can enjoy this healthier chocolate dessert in no time!
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★★★★★

4.7 from 3 reviews

  • Author: Erika Bragdon
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: 16 brownies 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (or gluten-free flour blend, like King Arthur’s cup for cup)
  • 2 cups white sugar OR 3/4 cup coconut sugar + 1/2 cup erythritol
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup mashed avocado
  • 1/2 cup milk (for dairy-free use almond milk)
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Optional: chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  2. Combine dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt) in a mixing bowl.
  3. Beat together the mashed avocado, milk, water, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Add the dry ingredients, mixing until well combined. Optional: gently combine mixed walnuts.
  4. Grease a 9×13″ baking pan, and pour in mixture.
  5. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let brownies cool completely before cutting into squares and serving. Enjoy!

Notes

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Nutrition

  • Calories: 2923
  • Sugar: 409g
  • Sodium: 2456mg
  • Fat: 36g
  • Saturated Fat: 10g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 23g
  • Carbohydrates: 650g
  • Fiber: 38g
  • Protein: 46g
  • Cholesterol: 10mg


This is a guest post recipe from Anjali Joshi at The Adventures of a New Mom.

Super-Moist Avocado Brownies are mouthwateringly delicious and so easy to make! Kids love this egg-free brownie recipe too; your whole family will enjoy this chocolate dessert. #brownies #avocado #eggfree #dessert #easyrecipe #chocolaterecipes

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    Filed Under: Desserts, Food for Kids, Recipes Tagged With: dairy-free, gluten-free optionPublished on April 9, 2014

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    Erika Bragdon is a second-generation homeschooling mom with 3 kids at home and 1 in college. She lives in the beautiful hills of New Hampshire on a small farm and loves writing, baking, nature, and sharing flower essences and more natural solutions with moms.

    Comments

    1. Single Mother Ahoy says

      April 9, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      Wowsers, these look amazing! Pinned for weekend baking!

      Reply
      • Anjali says

        April 9, 2014 at 5:13 pm

        Awesome! They are a total baking game-changer! 🙂 Enjoy

        Reply
    2. Ann says

      April 11, 2014 at 2:11 pm

      I am not a baker at all therefore know nothing about baking. Now that I have a toddler, I would like to make healthy home made food & snacks for him. This looks like a yummy & easy recipe. We’re trying to stay away from refined sugar… Can the sugar in the recipe be substituted for a natural sweetener like agave? If so, what would the conversion be? Any other suggestions on what to sub the sugar with? Thank you much!!!

      Reply
    3. Lokness @ The Missing Lokness says

      April 15, 2014 at 5:25 pm

      wow… avocado brownies! How interesting. I have seen avocado mousse and avocado ice cream. Brownie is the first! Guilt free always sounds good! 🙂

      Reply
    4. Kristen says

      May 14, 2015 at 9:58 am

      I got really excited when I saw this recipe because I have all the ingredients at home! I’ve already pinned it and will be making this evening. Quick question: you just said to grease a baking pan, but what SIZE baking pan? I have an 8×8, 9×9, 7×11, and 9×13. Which one will work best?

      Reply
      • Erika says

        May 14, 2015 at 12:52 pm

        Good question, Kristen! I would do the 8×8 pan. You could probably try the 9×13, but the brownies would be pretty thin and who doesn’t love a nice thick brownie?
        Thanks for stopping by!

        Reply
    5. Danielle says

      March 18, 2016 at 7:48 pm

      I have made these three times and each time my family had NO idea they had avocado in them and they just ate them ALL up! The only change I made was increase the milk to 1cup as I found it was not coming together and all three times they came out fantastic. Thanks for sharing this fantastic recipe!! I will be using it for years to come.

      Reply
      • Erika says

        March 22, 2016 at 11:58 am

        I’m glad your family loved it, Danielle. Thanks for the tip about the milk!

        Reply
      • Shermeen says

        October 7, 2019 at 9:52 am

        Hello! What avocado’s did you use? Mine came out looking and smelling scrumptious but one bite and it tasted much worse than raw coffee beans! Apparently avocado’s turn bitter when cooked? Read a few articles online, plus reviews on avocado brownies whow they came out bitter, How can you prevent this?

        Reply
        • Erika says

          October 8, 2019 at 5:49 pm

          I’m guessing your avocados were not quite ripe as that can cause bitterness. I have made this several times and it was not bitter so I don’t think the temperature was a factor. Sorry it didn’t work out for you!

          Reply
    6. Kristyn Kumpfbeck says

      March 22, 2016 at 9:34 pm

      Hi, i was wondering if i should use 1% or 2% milk!?

      Reply
      • Erika says

        March 23, 2016 at 11:51 am

        Any milk is fine. 🙂

        Reply
      • Patricia says

        March 15, 2018 at 11:51 am

        I would like to know if there is a simpler breakdown on nutrition.

        Reply
    7. Nicole says

      May 27, 2016 at 11:35 am

      Do you know the calories count/health info on these brownies?

      Reply
      • Erika says

        May 27, 2016 at 12:14 pm

        Hi Nicole, I’m sorry I don’t, but there’s a few calorie calculators online you can plug the ingredients into and find out yourself.
        Thanks for stopping by!

        Reply
    8. Darien says

      June 8, 2016 at 1:38 pm

      I made these today and I’m not gonna lie, I’ve never made avocado brownies before so I was a little skeptical. But let me tell you, these are amazing! So fluffy yet so fudgy! No one will ever know about the hidden avocado? Unless they ask of course. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Erika says

        June 8, 2016 at 6:46 pm

        I’m so glad you loved them, Darien! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

        Reply
    9. Nicole says

      May 13, 2017 at 8:14 am

      Hey these look amazing 🙂 My mum recently brought a crate of GARGANTUAN avocados that are the best I’ve ever tasted(seriously, they look like dragon eggs and are about the size of my head) . I need to use them up and was wondering whether these brownies freeze well?
      Thanks 🙂 xx

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    10. Quadira says

      August 12, 2017 at 12:34 am

      What’s so healthy about these brownies if they contain 2 cups of white sugar? That’s not guilt-free to me!

      Reply
      • mylene says

        August 16, 2017 at 8:18 pm

        Agree… I’ve put 1/3 cup of maple syrup instead. I guess honey could do the job as well

        Reply
        • Erika says

          August 17, 2017 at 4:51 pm

          Good idea, Mylene. I like to use coconut sugar in my gluten-free brownies. 🙂

          Reply
      • Erika says

        August 17, 2017 at 4:47 pm

        This was a guest post from someone a long time ago; now I substitute lesser amounts of coconut sugar and/or erythritol to make it “guilt-free” for my family. Thanks for your opinion, Quadira.

        Reply
    11. Iris Caruana says

      February 16, 2018 at 10:20 am

      These will be baked today , just love the avocado for sweets.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    12. H says

      May 10, 2020 at 8:16 am

      Hi ! I can’t wait to try these ! I have to be gluten and grain free as well as almond free . Do you think tigernut flour would work instead ? Or coconut or cassava ? Thanks for any guidance 🙂

      Reply
      • Christine says

        May 16, 2020 at 12:03 am

        I have not tried the other flours with this recipe and as they are all different textures, I unfortunately can’t give you advice on how to adjust this recipe. Sorry about that!

        Reply
    13. Kelly-Anne says

      July 25, 2020 at 9:58 am

      Great way to use up avocados! At first bite I felt like they lacked richness/ flavor, but keep in mind this is a healthier alternative! I had an extra avocado, so I made a chocolate frosting to go on top- it made a WORLD of a difference. The end result tasted similar to a chocolate lava cake. Due to how easy it was to make, I will definitely make it again, but maybe add a couple tablespoons of coconut oil in the batter for richness!

      ★★★★

      Reply
      • Erika says

        July 27, 2020 at 11:45 am

        I love the idea of adding some coconut oil. 🙂

        Reply

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