Chocolate Avocado Brownie Recipe

Hello, lovelies! TGIF! As I am attempting to stay healthy this summer, I have also been continuously craving chocolate. Brownies sounded like the perfect solution! As I write this, they are in the oven now, and they smell amazing! 

The best part about these brownies is that they contain much healthier ingredients than traditional brownies. I will admit, they are high in calories, so it's still considered just a treat, but they are dairy free (depending on what chocolate you use), gluten free, and made with healthy fats. 

People tend to turn their heads when introduced to coconut oil because it is high in saturated fat, but it's a special type of saturated fat that is good for you! Nutritionists also recommend consuming some in the morning with a cup of coffee or before a work out.

Avocado is another healthy fat that people will be skeptical about using in a chocolatey dessert recipe. I use it in this recipe because of its creamy texture; consider it a replacement for butter. 

The coconut sugar works the same as conventional sugar, but it's unrefined and won't spike your blood sugar levels. 

Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 1/4 cup dark chocolate, preferably dairy free
2 cups coconut sugar
1 cup ground almonds or almond flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 avocado, mashed
3 eggs
Cap full of vanilla extract 
Pinch of salt

Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F, and line a tin with parchment paper.

Put a large saucepan on low heat. Stir in coconut oil and dark chocolate.

Once that's melted, turn off heat. Add coconut sugar, ground almonds, baking powder, avocado, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt into the saucepan. I would recommend mashing the avocado and mixing the eggs together before putting them in the mixture.

Then just pour the mixture from the saucepan into the tin, and pop in the oven for 25 minutes. Bake longer if they are not baked on top, but still nice and soft.

Let cool for 15-20 minutes (if you can wait that long)! 

Serve with frozen yogurt or fruit!

I hope you enjoy this recipe and feel good about eating something so tasty and so healthy too! Let me know what healthy desserts you've been eating!

xx Amanda

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