Trying out the Paleo lifestyle? Well you have probably realized that your love of baking makes things HARD. Instead of going cold turkey, try these yummy paleo avocado brownies.
You see, I tried paleo for a while and it was hard mostly because I love to bake. Unfortunately wheat is the building block of baking. It makes me sad. It really does. However, having my stomach hurt and my joints ache makes me sadder still. So, I’ve decided to try out a few alternatives for my favorite foods. I won’t be doing a TON of that, though, because I don’t want to replace gluten (wheat) with a bunch of artificial junk that is just as unhealthy. So you won’t see me buying loaves of gluten free bread instead of regular bread, I just quit eating sandwiches and toast.
I saw this recipe and it intrigued me. Mostly because there aren’t any “weird” ingredients. No xanthan gum or other things I can’t pronounce. I did have to buy coconut flour but it seems to be used quite frequently in gluten/carb free recipes. Overall, the brownies were very good and very chocolatey. I will bake them a bit longer next time (the recipe shows the longer time) because they were quite moist, especially the next day. Evan said they weren’t as good as regular brownies but that he still like them. I think they would be delicious with vanilla ice cream (though that kind of negates the whole non-dairy thing doesn’t it….oh well, dairy doesn’t bother me so ice cream it is!). Melding a superfood like avocados in to a choclatey treat…how can you go wrong?
Paleo Avocado Brownies
Looking for chocolatey brownies made with REAL ingredients as well as grain free, dairy free and paleo? These fudgey paleo avocado brownies are great!
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips/dark chocolate/bittersweet chocolate/etc
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 cup avocado puree ~2 very large avocados or up to 4 small ones
- 1 Tbsp coconut flour
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 tsp gluten free baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease an 8X8 square baking pan.
- Melt chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave. Stir every 30 seconds until melted (usually about 1 1/2 minutes).
Fold together melted chocolate and avocado puree in a large bowl (make sure your avocado puree is very smooth or you will have chunks in your brownies).
- Mix in remaining ingredients, mixing well.
Pour in to prepared pan and bake for 35 - 45 minutes. Don't over bake but realize that the brownies will get more moist as they cool.[img
Looking for other great Paleo recipes? Try these!
Paleo Breakfast – Messy Egg, Bacon and Veggie Scramble
Paleo Coconut Lime Shrimp Curry
Paleo Huevos Divorciados (Divorced Eggs)
Kristina says
Going to try this tonight! Thanks Merry!
Merry says
Let me know if you like them!
smothermother says
having been GF for almost 4 years now i’m always on the look out for good baking recipes. i’ve got lots of muffins, but no brownies. next time i see super ripe avocados at the grocery store i’ll give these a try.
Merry says
Another great blogger to follow is Home to Heather. She is gluten free as well. She posted a yummy looking recipe for cookies the other day – http://hometoheather.com/2014/02/paleo-gluten-free-brownie-cookies/
Heather says
Thanks so much Merry!!
smothermother says
thanks! i’ll check her out.
Heather says
These look really fantastic! I’ve come across recipes with avocado in them before but was a little scared to try them. Thanks for testing the waters on this one!
Kayla Seah says
Avocado + brownies — I couldn’t think of two better words to combine if I tried. Great recipe!
nancy p says
I made them today. Very good. Light chocolate flavor, more spongy texture, not rich and chewy like some may be use to. But an acceptable, enjoyable substitute.
Chloe says
how is this dairy free if you put chocolate chips in it? would want to make these but have dairy/whey protein…
Rose says
Chloe –
Enjoy Life Dark Chocolate Morsels are 69% cacao, and are dairy, nut and soy free. Also, non gmo.
And they taste wonderful!
Chloe says
allergy so can’t do this sadly
NatPatBen says
I made these last night with a few tweaks: Used 1 TBSP honey instead of 1/2 cup. Added 1/2 ripe banana and a few apple juice-infused dried cranberries. Also added some pecan pieces, but they were way too small and barely noticeable. Next time, I’ll use bigger nut pieces. For the chocolate, I used 100% cacao baker’s chocolate (4 pieces of the bar, which looked like ~1/2 cup).
They were really good. My 4 yr old ate them. My aunt felt like they could’ve used more honey, but my intention is to get my taste buds used to less sweetener.
In the past few weeks, I made sweet potato brownies (yum!), beet brownies (yuck), and these. I really enjoyed these and the sweet potato brownies and next will look for a recipe that combines the two.
Shannon says
I was a bit skeptical about this recipe, but these are the best brownies I’ve ever had! I now have a delicious, yet healthy treat to serve my kids. Thank you for sharing!
Merry Kuchle says
Thanks Shannon!
Karen says
I made these today! Husband and grandson loved them. My husband has had to go paleo for medical reasons. So mice to have a fix for his sweet tooth.
Merry Kuchle says
Yay! They really are tasty!
SK says
Can the coconut flour and gluten free baking powder be replaced 1:1 with normal/whole wheat flour and regular baking powder?
Merry Kuchle says
I haven’t tried it so I’m not really sure.