When I want a brownie, I want thick, rich, fudgy, dense, and decadent.
I don’t want healthy. Unless it’s accidentally healthy, and I’d never know it from the taste.
And that’s exactly what these are. They don’t taste healthy, and they don’t taste like avocado.
You truly cannot tell there’s avocado in them and you cannot taste it.
And in person, they don’t come off as blue as they’re translating on the screen. They’re just incredibly dark.
I think avocado is quite flavor-neutral and takes on the flavors of what it’s seasoned or mixed with.
In the brownies, it serves to add moisture, density, and richness, without imparting flavor.
They’re healthier than most brownies because they’re nearly butter-free. I replaced all but 1/4 cup butter with avocado.
Two tablespoons of butter has 200 calories, 23 grams of total fat, with 15 grams of saturated fat.
Compared to 2 tablespoons of avocado which has 50 calories, 4.5 grams of total fat, and only .5 gram of saturated fat.
Talk about a fat and calorie savings, which translates into having 2 or 3 of these brownies compared to 1 traditional.
If you’re a stats person, I entered the significant ingredients here using the closest comparable ingredients the site lists as options.
The brownies are gluten-free. I replaced all but 1/4 cup flour with dark cocoa powder, which is full of iron and fiber and ounce for ounce, has less than half the calories of flour. You can use regular unsweetened natural cocoa powder, but I like using the Hershey’s Special Dark for the ultra-dark color and taste.
For the small amount of flour, to keep them gluten-free use your favorite gluten-free blend, or regular all-purpose if gluten isn’t a concern.
There’s a splash of coffee and some espresso granules included; both are optional and don’t make the brownies taste like coffee, but enhance the chocolate intensity.
Making brownies healthier so that I can have seconds – and thirds – is only a good idea if the taste is amazing. I’d rather have nothing than have something that tastes like health food masquerading as a dessert.
And these deliver. If you want to be a sneaky chef and trick people, or trick yourself, you definitely can with this recipe. Just make sure to mash the avocado very, very well so no stray little green blobs give you away.
The batter comes together in one bowl with a whisk, no mixer needed. They’re as easy as boxed brownies, but taste so much more amazing.
They’ll likely be some of the fudgiest, gooeyest, moistest brownies you’ve ever had. No cakeiness whatsoever. All fudge.
Even transferring the batter from the mixing bowl to the baking pan, is a dense, fudgy, spatula-clinging experience.
They’re sweet enough, but not too sweet. They’re the type of brownie you’ll need to wash down with a glass of milk. Or with a Creamy Boozy Iced Coffee or some Homemade Baileys Irish Cream.
I served them to my family without saying a word about the ingredients to see if they noticed anything usual. Nope.
When I say you cannot taste the avocado and it only serves to make the brownies moister, denser, and fudgier, I mean it.
It makes me wonder why I haven’t always been making brownies this way.
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Healthy Dark Fudgy Avocado Brownies
These are some of the richest, densest, and fudgiest brownies you’ll ever have. You cannot taste the avocado, and it only serves to make the brownies moister, denser, and fudgier. If you want to be a sneaky chef and replace nearly all the butter with avocado and fool everyone – including yourself – this is the recipe. They don’t taste healthy at all, even though the recipe is gluten-free and nearly butter-free. The brownies are dark, decadent, intense, and very chocolaty. Perfect for choclaholics who are trying to lighten things up a bit, but you’d never know it. Makes me wonder why I haven’t always been making brownies this way.
Ingredients
- flesh from 1 average-sized ripe to very ripe Hass avocado, very well mashed
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter (half of one stick), melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons coffee or water (coffee leftover from the morning brew is fine)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder or unsweetened natural cocoa powder or (I used Hershey’s Special Dark
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso granules (make sure it’s instant so it dissolves), optional but recommended
- 1/4 cup gluten-free flour or all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 8-by-8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil leaving overhang, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the avocado and mash very well with a fork. Really break it up and the riper the avocado is, the easier it’ll be to smooth it out.
- Add the melted butter, egg, sugars, coffee, vanilla, and whisk to combine. Continue to whisk out any green streaks or lumps.
- Add the cocoa powder, instant espresso, and whisk until incorporated and free from lumps; it could take a few minutes if your cocoa powder is lumpy.
- Add the flour and stir until it’s just incorporated; don’t overmix.
- Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula. Bake for about 35 minutes, or until top has just set, isn’t jiggly in the center, and the edges have firmed up and are set. A toothpick inserted in the center will not come out clean and there will be very moist and fudgy crumbs clinging to it, but no wet batter. They’re meant to be gooey and fudgy; don’t overbake. Allow brownies to cool completely in pan on top of wire rack.
- After brownies have cooled for at least 1 hour, lift out with foil overhang and slice. Brownie crumbs will cling heavily to your knife; wipe it with a paper towel in between slices. However, I prefer the brownies chilled and refrigerate them for at least 2 hours, or overnight, before slicing. Brownies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator, or for up to 6 months in the freezer. I highly recommend storing them in the refrigerator because having a slight chill to brownies this rich and fudgy is almost imperative, and it will make slicing easier.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 214Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 11mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 2gSugar: 24gProtein: 3g
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What’s your favorite way to use avocado? Favorite brownie recipe?
I also have lots of avocado recipes, including savory options, linked in this post.
I had an avocado on hand and made these–I’m not a huge fan of avocado and you are right, I can’t taste it in this recipe. I think the coffee granules go a long way toward masking the avocado flavor and bringing out the chocolatey-ness. It’s funny that you used the same proportion of fat that I use when trying to slim down a recipe–I frequently tweak recipes, especially muffin recipes, to reduce the overall fat. Most of the time 1/4 cup of oil or butter per 12 servings seems to be about the right amount to me–the product doesn’t taste rubbery but is still “lighter”–and I substitute a fruit puree to make up for the rest of the fat. These are great and I don’t think anyone would know that they are “light”.
Of all recipes for you to try, had no idea these were on your radar screen but glad you tried them, enjoyed them, and that you agree about the coffee granules and that you couldn’t taste the avo AND doesn’t sound like you’re a fan so would be pretty sensitive to and aware of it! Well I am thrilled to hear you tried these! And great minds think alike with the fat reduction ratios :)
Hey Averie, I was super eager to try your recipe as I have wanted to use avocado for baking for a really long time now! I was not disappointed! I made a couple adjustments to the recipe, using 1/2 cup of white sugar instead of a full cup and also using whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose! They are deliciously cocoa-y, fudge-tastically chewy, and just a bit cake-y (which is what I like in a brownie)! I chose to chill them based on your advice and I feel like that’s the best way to have them (though I am not opposed to making a second batch to see what they taste like warm haha).
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Glad they worked out great for you! These weren’t cakey at all for me but I think your using whole wheat flour and halving the sugar probably made the batter different but glad you still got the results you wanted!
These have been on my list to make for the past couple of weeks. Well, I whipped up a batch today and I am truly amazed ..I would compare it to eating chocolate silk, incredible!.
First, they are super easy to make as they mix in one bowl and the ingredients come together quickly. Second, I dare anyone to try and tell there is an avocado in there!
When I had just the avocado, butter, egg, coffee, sugar and vanilla in the bowl I ate a small spoonful. Just that part of the recipe was good too. Lol
I told all the employees I supervise to get me out early tonight because these brownies were waiting on me.
Everything thing you said about these brownies was right on point, even down to chilling them to slice them easier. I can’t wait to try your other recipes.
I am so glad you loved the brownies! I agree about the chocolate silk part for sure and that the batter itself is so good! Glad you found everything I said to be right on point and thanks for trying the recipe! LMK if you make anything else!
Oh. my. goodness. I’m in need of slimming down (somehow all my clothes shrunk in the past couple of months… weird) and am looking for some health-ified dessert recipes… avocados in brownies?! Mind is blown! Thanks for the great looking recipe!
They’re SUPER good. The photos do not do them justice, at all. At all. Enjoy them!
Made these last night and they are delicious!! It makes me want to try other recipes that substitute avocado for butter or oil…
That’s awesome to hear that, Stephanie.
These blueberry muffins are my fave BB muffin recipe EVER, with or without avo, healthy or otherwise, love them!
https://www.averiecooks.com/2013/07/the-best-vegan-blueberry-muffins.html
I didn’t realize you had more baking with avo recipes on here! Making those muffins next, thank you!! LOVE your blog!
Yes tons of baking/avo recipes. Love baking with it. Glad you love my blog!
These are the most delicious brownies I have ever made/tasted. Thank you SO MUCH for this recipe!
The most delicious – well that’s quite a compliment and I am so glad you love them! Thanks for telling me!
Made these today with a T of coconut flour instead of GF flour, a little coconut milk, an extra egg and some stevia extract instead of any sugar and they were amazing!!!! Thanks for the inspiration! Such a versatile recipe!!!!
Thanks for telling me you kept them GF by way of coconut flour and also sugar free by way of stevia. I have a friend who cooks like this and am going to send this to her, too! So happy you’re pleased with the brownies & thanks for LMK what you did – it helps others who are GF!
These are so fudgy and dark–really yummy! I love the brown sugar and espresso in your version, and special dark cocoa is all I ever buy anymore. I think all 3 help mask any avocado flavor…I didn’t notice any. I must say, this is a “forgiving” recipe. I made these before replenishing some of my baking supplies so barely had 3 TBS of butter and only a heaping TBS of flour (it was actually spelt flour). I am loving baking with avocado–I also remember that wonderful avocado bread recipe of yours that was so good!
Thanks for trying these and the detailed report and that you think all 3 named ingredients help to mask the avo – I do too. Good to hear you didnt notice any; nor did I. Only 3 tbsp of butter and 1 heaping tbsp of flour (spelt flour at that) – and they STILL workout out perfectly – that’s awesome. I wish I could say I ever dwindled down my baking supplies like that – you would die if you knew how much butter I kept on hand. I get nervous with anything under 2 lbs. :)
Wait a minute. There are plenty of healthy, fudgy, you-can’t-tell-they’re-healthy brownies out there! Just saying. ;)
Anyway, these look awesome! So fudgy and perfect. Love the ingredients list!
I know there are lots of ways to make brownies healthier but this was my first attempt with avo and I was so pleased with the huge fudge-factor! :)
Hello Averie, I’m making three of your recipes today! :) I just made these and, what can I say, they are sooo fudgy, chewy, rich and yet they feel so light!!! I actually ate them when they were still warm, as I couldn’t wait to try them! :) Now I’m off to bake the vegan blueberry muffins and the cream cheese and herbs savoury donuts. I will surely let you know how they will turn out! :) Thanks again for your amazing recipes!!
I love that you’re making THREE of my recipes today! And so glad to hear you made these are enjoyed them right away.
The vegan blueberry muffins are my fave muffins ever! Keep me posted! I hope you love them as much as I do!
And they donuts are a savory twist on regular sweet donuts which is a nice change.
Wow, these look so dark and delicious!
I like my brownies super fudgy too! I have been wanting to try avocados in a dessert recipe but my avocados never seem to make it that long. I gobble them up too quickly!
I am super pumped to try these!
I also have a bucket load of strawberries i need to use up so i might add them in
#themoreyouknow
Please LMK how it goes! Readers who have used natural cocoa powder ‘taste’ to avo more it seems like than those who use Special Dark. Lmk what you try!
This may be the only way I make brownies from now on, Averie. I love baking with avocado and I totally believe you when you say you can’t tell they’re in here. These look so wickedly rich, fudgy and decadent – everything a perfect brownie should be but these are healthier! I NEED to get my hands on Hershey’s Dark Cocoa.
I think that Special Dark is key, too! Definitely use that if you try these!
wow, i’m amazed they appear so blue in the picture, but they’re really just dark. amazing! so cool.
I just made these this morning. All I have on hand is TJ cocoa powder. Unfortunately, not so great. The avo leaves an aftertaste so def use Special Dark when making these. I put them in the fridge to see if that helps. I’m thinking I will add some melted dark chocolate to the tops to help. Don’t get me wrong, I WILL eat these. :) But I may be the only one around here.
I think the melted choc on the top would probably help matters and I think that using Special Dark is probably the best call for these. It’s so dark that it really masks other flavors. Also, the type of avocado. Mine were really ‘clean’ tasting that I got locally here in San Diego; but like anything natural, huge variance, i.e. some bananas are more banana-ey than others. Thanks for trying them & if you re-try with Special Dark, LMK!
Making these again today. I am using Special Dark cocoa powder this time and some TJ 72% pound plus squares (chunks). I tried the dough and I can tell you already these are going to be divine! I KNOW the kids will love them.
Oh wow, adding some 72% TJ’s PP squares sounds divine! Enjoy them and wish I was having what you’re having! :) Thanks for LMK you’re making them again!
Made these last night – So Fudgey!! They were delicious and I couldn’t taste the avocado. They were different than a normal brownie… I can’t put my finger on what but something was a little different… regardless they were good! And I really like them cold like you said. Thanks for the recipe!
Glad to hear you tried them and loved them and thanks for sharing you couldn’t detect the avo. I think what’s different is that the texture is so super dense and fudgy and there’s almost no flour – just 1/4 cup. However, I have had nearly flourless brownies in the past and these are somehow more fudgy than those were! And chilling them – perfect on hot summer nights (or days) :)
Ok so this was my first baking experience with avocado, which I love anyway. This recipe has the perfect texture nailed, they are super dense and fudgy, just the way I like brownies. The flavor – well I’d be lying if I said it tasted exactly like regular brownies with butter, because they don’t, but they don’t taste like avocados either. I could tell there’s something different about them, but maybe others won’t if they didn’t know. Maybe that was because I used regular unsweetened cocoa powder (Trader Joe’s) instead of the dark? Next time I will either get the dark, or bump up the amount of espresso powder. Either way, I do like them, as I’m eating my third after just finishing them an hour ago! Thanks Averie!
Thanks for trying them and for the detailed report. The flavor – I honestly think the cocoa powder is key to really provide that extra, deep, choclaty taste. For most cookies and such, or chocolate cakes, I like TJs cocoa powder. No complaints. But for something like these, I do think the Hershey’s Special Dark is really nice and masks the avo flavor because honestly, we tasted NONE. My husband isn’t really a big fan of avo and he had NO IDEA and he eats a ton of stuff and normally knows when I’m trying to pull a fast one :) But he had no clue. I think your idea to add more espresso powder OR get the Special Dark will do the trick. If you remake them with the Special Dark, LMK how you think they compare!
That’s funny that you fooled your husband! lol… Just like I suspected, I should’ve gone with the dark. Thanks for the tips, I will be sure to let you know when I make them again! :-)
I have been dying to perfect an avocado brownie (WW approved) for my husband. This gives me a great idea Averie! :) He’s not a fudgy brownie person, so I’ll have to make two trays, one for him and one for me.
Yeah, he’s weird. I really don’t know how we stay married. {Kidding}
LOL
Okay these are SUPER fudgy. Not even sure if you can make them less fudgy. Maybe some WW flour rather than AP would sort of dry them out a bit? The avo adds so much density and moisture & they are so thick, rich, and…fudgy! I have another avo recipe coming this week, too. I am loving baking with it!
As IF I needed another excuse to eat brownies!!! These are awesome!!! I’ve used avocado in so much of my experimental baking– I mean it really is like a wonder food. I’m talking about a RICH chocolate chip cookie! And all the other ingredients don’t have to get all crazy health-food-storeish and hard to find to make up the difference! Totally trying these soon Averie!
I hate healthy-ish recipes that send you trekking out to health food stores or for online-only ingredients. No.way. I need to keep it real. And for my readers who live in BFE and don’t have access. I have a Whole Foods 4 blocks away and a million co-ops, etc within 2 miles but not everyone lives here!
There is seriously nothing better than a DENSE fudgy brownie. I want to eat 10 of these right now!
They are so you :)
love the color of these!
Wow! These brownies look so fudgey and decadent but they are kind of healthy. I will have to give them a try with carob since you raved about them so much.
Oh boy :)
OH MY GOD. So I saw these and immediately made them (they’re coming to the blog in a couple weeks). THEY ARE SO FUDGEY IT’S INSANE. You are a genius. Although the only thing is that I can taste the avocado, but that doesn’t bother me. They’re so fudgey and delicious, I can’t wait to photograph them!
I totally agree that they are ridic fudgy. Off the charts. The photos I took in no way, shape, or form do this recipe justice. I am glad you made them and discovered what I was talking about :) Thank you for trying the recipe and so glad you’re so EXCITED and loving them! And that’s funny you could taste the avo. I used a super ripe Hass avo and no one in my family or a friend could taste the avo, at all. I have heard that Florida avos have more ‘taste’ as well as some of the other types (there’s like 200-300 diff kinds I’ve read). Anyway, so glad you love them!
YEEEEEES. You are a genius. These look amazing! I’m a sucker for avocado… and brownies for that matter!
Love the avocado here-yum!
Oh man! I just took my first bite…. these things are AMAZING! Fudgy beyond belief… perfectly as you described them! And I didn’t even have to add in the flour!
Yes!!
I love that you tried these already AND that you didn’t even need any flour AND that they’re amazing and exactly as I described. Thanks for LMK everything was a success!
Ok, so I’m still a little traumatized from when I attempted avocado brownies (which yielded yummy, off tasting results) buuut….I feel like I can trust you when you say you can’t tell there is avocado. Plus they look SOOOOO gooooood!
100% not off-tasting at all with these, I promise. Have already had a couple people get back to me saying they made them and they’re in love. So I promise, you’re safe with these :)
This looks amazing, especially the unusual colour.
Avocados in brownies?! How have I never done this before? I love the healthier spin on this too. My skinny jeans have been WAY too tight, although it’s been too hot to wear those anyway. Either way, I need to start slimming down soon!
Life of a food blogger – we are always around so much food, all the time, nonstop! So sometimes the lighter recipes are nice :)
And your comment reply to me re balsamic reduction – here https://www.averiecooks.com/2012/03/tempeh-and-cucumbers-on-a-stick-with-brown-sugar-balsamic-reduction-dip.html
Basically put some balsamic in a pot, add brown sugar, let it boil for 5 mins or so, turn off the heat and pour into a container. DONE. So easy. People make such a big deal of it but it’s so simple.
These are so fudgy they look black! I absolutely love to bake with avocado and it is great how the flavor does indeed take on the other flavors in the recipe. I have made chocolate pudding before for my kids and they did not have a clue that there was avocado in them. I can’t wait to try these. Avocados are such healthy fats and my boys are not crazy about them alone so slipping them into recipes is a great way for them to get it into their bodies!
As a mom, you can relate to wanting to give our kids healthy fats and sometimes slipping things in here, and there, how ever we can…is okay :) And they will LOVE these. I promise!
Nice! If you use avocados from Florida, you can probably save more fat in the recipe. They don’t taste as great (at all), but they get the job done.
Yum these are top of my list for this weekend! Do you think you could substitute the sugar for agave?
I wouldn’t use agave here because it’s a liquid and you need the solid-state sugar or these would become a soupy mess. If you don’t want to use real sugar, you could probably use a stevia baking blend or something that has the bulk/mass of real sugar. But honestly, I would probably just use real sugar because I loved them as is!
Thanks so much for the advice, I will just suck it up and use sugar!
Enjoy them & LMK what you think!
OMG…I just bought three avocados today and now I know what I’ll be reserving one of them for as soon as it becomes soft enough. ;) I was wondering if you think I could double the recipe and bake them in a 9 x 13 pan because, you know, one can never have enough decadence in their life. :) I might need to reserve 2 of those avocados now. LOL
I definitely think you could double the recipe and bake in a 9×13. I also have a sneaky chef avo recipe for 1 avo coming on Wednesday next week. So stock up :)
Thanks. Oooooohhhhhh….I can’t wait!!! Stocking up on avocados is not a problem in this household. ;) Keep these awesome recipes coming!!
I have another one coming on Wednesday – SO GOOD!!!!!
I have seen some avocado in brownies, but never have tried it. You have given the consent and I will definitely try it out. Looks really ooey goeey and yummy.
I bet you’ll love them!
What appeals to me most about these is just how dark they are – I love that they’re so dark they look almost blue on the screen!
And they are SO dark in person. Almost impossible to photograph without looking like a big puddle of darkness but they taste sinfully good :) And thanks for stopping by and saying hi!!!
These look dark and delectable, what a fun idea x
Ooo dark and fudgy brownies are my favorite kind, the richer the better and what a great bonus to be getting some avocado in there too!
I agree accidentally healthy is the best snack there is! I can’t wait to make your gluten-free version Averie!
Please LMK how they come out for you!
I love it! What a great brownie! Simply beautiful! I am loving cooking and baking with avocado! Such a versatile fruit!!
I know you have an avo/blueberry/zucchini bread that I’ve always wanted to make. I made another sneaky chef recipe with avo that I’m posting next week. I wish I could post more but I dunno if everyone is as into them as we are :)
What a unique way to use avocado! I’ve used them for mousse or smoothies but never actually IN a baked good like this. I can only imagine how amazing this is!
Thanks Jen – they are the fudgiest brownies ever! We loved them!
These look so scrumptious – hard to believe they are healthy! I adore the the deep, dark color, you can definitely tell how wonderfully moist and fudgy they are!
Thanks, Tracy!
I’ve been wanting to make brownies with avocado for months now, and this was just the push I needed! Pinning and making soon!
LMK if you try them! And thanks for pinning!
Your peanut butter cheesecake brownies were the first thing I saw this morning when I open my yahoo home page. I knew they were yours before reading the article. Everyone at work was like did you see those cheesecake brownies…
These are the darkest brownies I’ve ever seen, and they certainly look the fudgiest! You might have convinced me to try the avocado idea ;).
So dark, Laura! For better or worse for the photography, they were the darkest brownies I’ve ever had – but they were so good!
I’ve always been a bit suspicious about how avocado brownies would turn out (texture- and taste-wise) but yours look so wonderful that I might be convinced to try them!
Thanks, Nora!
Yum! I’ve been wanting to experiment in the kitchen with avocado brownies. Yours looks delicious!
Thanks, Kirbie! All your treats always look so good!
avocado and chocolate are such an awesome combination. Love the nutritional info. Looking forward to feeding these to my kids:)
Yay! LMK how it goes!
I just made the brownies, they came out perfect!!!, they a re very soft and they have a strong color and taste. I din’t know the trick of using avocato instead of butter, but now that i know Im goin to try it’in more recipes!!!
Glad to hear that you already made these and with success! Thanks for trying them and LMK! And next week I have another avocado recipe that replaces butter…stay tuned :)
I love when things are accidentally healthy!!
I love how fudgy these look. now you have me craving brownies!!
Thanks, Cassie :) Hope things with your new job and settling into a routine are going well for you. Been thinking about you! :)
Brownies with avocado sounds good to me. I can’t wait to try these.
Wow. Avocado + Chocolate = Love. “Accidentally healthy” is my absolute favourite kind of healthy! ;)
Mine too!
Well guess what I’m making this afternoon…
Ok please LMK how they go!!
These look so unique…and sound so delicious. My hubby would love them!
I can’t believe how dark they are — they really do look blue :) But sooooo delicious.
They’re just so dark – my camera can’t tell the difference :)
I love that these are decadent AND healthy!
a reflection from foil or a blue color cast maybe pre or post production?
I LOVE baking with avocados! They keep things so moist, much more so than bitter or oil in my opinion, and you can’t ever taste them. Which is actually kind of a shame. :D
Although, an avocado-flavored brownie would be weird.
is it just me… or are these blue? ;) other than that, they look amazing
Wow, these look amazing! I have yet to try avocados in baked goods buy I think you just convinced me…
Thanks, Tammela!
I’ve done this before and loved the results! The recipe I had used two avocados and a little more avo flavor (like people would notice when you told them :) and this version looks amazing. They sure are dark, but I bet they are majorly fudgy. Avocados are the best!
They’re supremely fudgy! And that’s awesome you’ve baked brownies with them too – and used 2 avos! You go girl!
I love using avocados in recipes! But I’ve never baked brownies with them! I am so intrigued. These look beyond fudgy Averie! I love dark chocolate goodies. And knowing that they are slightly better for me than regular brownies puts them over the top. I’ve been dying to taste your vanilla avocado banana ice cream too. Right up my alley!
Tomorrow night, Kevin and I are going out for margaritas and guacamole with some friends. I can’t wait!!! Love avocados!
Have fun on your night out with margs & guac! I wish I was going :) And these brownies are probably the fudgiest brownies I’ve ever had – even fudgier than the recipe we’ve both made, and that recipe is fudgy for sure. The fudgier, the better!
Fudgy, soft and chewy deliciousness! These are begging to be in my belly!
They look super blue in pictures :O How come?
But other than the colour, they really look like they’re really fudgy and amazing. I think avocado adds a nice depth to a lot of baked goods :D
I’m gonna give this a try!
Great idea Averie. I agree with you that a dessert has to taste like a dessert. It’s like when they first came out with those fat free cookies back in the 90’s, people were eating them up because they were “fat free” but they tasted like cardboard. These brownies looks super rich, fudgey (which you know is my favorite type of brownies) and chocolately. I can’t believe they’re made with an avocado ;) You’re always impressing me with your recipe inventions girl! xoxo, Jackie
I remember the FF craze of the 90s. Snackwells. But they were still full of sugar – so you’d need to eat just as many, if not more, to feel even remotely satisfied and end up being worse off, from a stats perspective. And your Roberts brownies are always on my one-day to make list :)
The texture on these brownies look amazing! I love making treats like this w/o letting the kids (or Justin) know what’s in them!
sometimes it’s okay to be the sneaky chef :)
These super dark brownies are a thing of beauty! I love avocados too and I love the idea of using them in such a delicious treat!!!
Thanks, Robyn! And thanks for being such a great pinner and always pinning so much of my stuff – just wanted to thank you :)
I am always amazed by your pictures! Every single post you do is beautiful..it really is art! These brownies look delicious! Love that you used avocados!
Well thanks and I really appreciate it because these photos aren’t really my best work – the camera sees dark colors like black brownies as any color other than what they are – but glad you like the photos :)
Avocado and chocolate are made for each other! Especially when you use dark dark chocolate like this. I can not believe how fudgey they look
Dear God yes.
I cannot get over how moist these look!! I love using avocado in just about anything, so I know I’d love these. Beautiful!
I love substituting avocado for butter in chocolate recipes- it’s hardly noticeable and is so much healthier. I love how much cocoa powder there is in these brownies too! These look so dark, rich, and fudgy.
That’s awesome you already swap avo for butter in chocolate recipes. I need to do it more!
Those are SO dark. Wow!! I made avocado cake balls a while back (horrible pictures) and they were so moist and delicious and just so good. These look better!! Insane Averie. I love everything is this dark, dark brownie!
They are so dark in person and all the camera sees is black with a blue cast and I have already gotten some comments on pinterest about blue brownies. Lord save me. Lol. But you know how good and moist avo is in recipes and I bet your little cake balls were so good. Glad you’re loving these. I was loving them more til I read some of the comments on Pinterest. Whatever :)
this is SO clever!
I might have to make these for my daughter to sneak more avocado into her diet. She loved the avocado “ice cream” (mousse) that you posted in 2009, so I’m sure she’d adore these as well!
That’s awesome that you made that recipe. I am glad to hear the oldies but goodies still see the light of day :)
Ahhhh yummm!! Great minds must think alike ;) I made avocado brownies a few days ago: http://ototheno.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/schools-out/
Cept I used all whole wheat flour (honestly couldn’t tell the difference from white) and olive oil instead of avocado. they turned out really fudge-y too and nobody was the wiser =P the addition of espresso granules in yours though looks like it would be a fantastic idea :)
Love when you can sneak in a super food to something decadent!
these look stellar! my hubby would love these! he is passionate about a dark fudgy brownie!
I love avocado in salads, spread on toast, and definitely as guacamole. But I’ve tried it in desserts, too! I have a similar recipe for cookies using avocado and it’s shocking what it does to the dough. Super moist with no avocado flavour at all. I’d love to try this super fudgy, brownie version!
Exactly: it’s shocking what it does to the dough. Super moist with no avocado flavour at all = agreed!
I made up my own batch of avocado brownies about 6 mos ago when I had half an avocado left over. It was one of my famous bread pan sized batches. I was trying to keep them as fudgy and dense as possible, so I used just an egg yolk and a spoonful of flour. It was one of my make it up as I go along experiments and it worked well. I don’t remember using brown sugar in mine so I’d love to try yours (and the coffee is the perfect finishing touch). I think avocado is great for baking (bread and brownies), and I LOVE the look of these. When it comes to brownies, I’m all about dark and fudgy!
I know you would love these, Paula! That’s so cool that you tinkered around with a yolk + half of an avo and came up with a breadsize small batch! You should be a food blogger :)
They’re blue! (Or they look blue to me haha) but these brownies sound amazing! I would have never thought you could use avocados for brownies. I want to try these some day and hopefully I can before I don’t have an oven anymore. I love chocolatey brownies :)
They’re just super dark! In person they’re just very, very dark. Hope you get to try them!
Gooey, fudgy, chocolatey…sign me up and feed me now!
I’d love to – we have way too much food around here :)