Avocado Brownies Recipe (2024)

About the Recipe

These fudgy brownies make a yummy way to include nutritious avocado in your diet. They’re so delicious, no one will guess the secret ingredient or that they’re vegan, oil-free and gluten-free!

The creamy avocado and almond butter add healthy fats while helping achieve the texture of traditional brownies without the need for oil or butter.

Enjoy these decadent brownies any time of day for all the chocolate flavor you love without loads of butter, oil or white sugar.

For more vegan brownies, check out these healthy vegan zucchini brownies, vegan black bean brownies and vegan sweet potato brownies.

Highlights

• No added oil.
• Rich in healthy fats.
• No eggs (no flax eggs needed).
• Dairy-free (vegan recipe).
• Gluten-free.
• Fudgy texture.
• Can be nut-free.
• Can be refined sugar-free.

What You’ll Need

• Avocado: You’ll need 1 ripe avocado or about 2/3 cups mashed.
• Almond Butter: You can substitute any other nut or seed butter for the almond butter. For a nut-free brownie, use sunflower seed butter or tahini.
• Almond Milk: Use unsweetened almond milk or substitute any other plant milk.
• Oat Flour: You can use homemade or store-bought oat flour. If you’re using homemade oat flour just make sure it’s finely blended. This recipe has not been tested with coconut flour or almond flour. If you have extra oat flour, you can use it in these Vegan Oat Flour Brownies, Easy Oatmeal Cookie Bars or Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies.
• Sugar: The recipe calls for brown sugar. You may substitute coconut sugar for a refined sugar-free recipe.
• Maple Syrup: Any pure maple syrup works or you can substitute agave syrup.
• Cocoa Powder: Use natural unsweetened cocoa powder (regular, most common kind).
• Chocolate Chips: Any dairy-free mini or regular semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips or chocolate chunks such as Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips. You can also use chopped dark chocolate.

This list is not complete. Please see the recipe card at the end of the post for the complete ingredient list with measurements and detailed instructions.

Step-by-Step Instructions

If you don’t have oat flour on hand, you can make some by blending rolled oats, large flake oats or quick oats into a fine flour consistency.

Step 1: Prepare for Baking

When you’re ready to start, gather your ingredients, preheat the oven to 350˚F (177˚C) and coat an 8×8 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray or line with parchment paper.

If you use parchment paper, the brownies will be easier to remove.

Step 2: Mix Wet Ingredients & Sugar

Add the avocado, almond butter, almond milk, maple syrup and vanilla to the bowl of a food processor or high-speed blender and mix until smooth and fully combined.

Using a food processor or blender is suggested to make sure the avocado is completely smooth and blended in though.

Add the oat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and blend again until fully combined.

You may need to stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula to make sure everything is mixed in.

Recipe FAQs

Expert Tips

• Don’t skip cooling. If you slice the brownies before they’ve cooled, they’ll be a gooey mess. They’ll still taste good but they won’t be firm. I suggest cooling in the fridge for a firm, fudgy texture!
• Measure accurately. It’s important the ingredients are measured accurately for recipe success. The best way to do this is to use a kitchen scale to follow the listed amounts.
• Add ins. Feel free to mix in up to 1/2 cup walnuts, pecans or chopped almond.