Paleo Fudgy Almond Flour Brownies – a healthier brownie made with almond flour and sweetened with coconut sugar. No flour, butter or refined sugar! Dairy free, gluten free, grain free, clean eating.
After eating so healthy in January, as soon as February comes around I’m ready to make a sweet treat or two. Especially with Valentine’s Day coming up, I love a rich, chocolate dessert. And these fudgy paleo brownies are hitting the spot.
In the past I’ve enjoyed my paleo chocolate tart (made with avocados!) or my dairy free chocolate lava cakes when I’ve needed my chocolate fix, but these paleo fudgy brownies are my new favorite.
These brownies are made with almond flour and unsweetened cacao powder, and sweetened with coconut sugar. You would never guess these brownies are so healthy! They taste like the regular brownies you’re used to.
My husband came home from work and ate one, and couldn’t believe these were paleo. Surprise! No flour or refined sugar in these brownies. He could not tell the difference. Because there is nothing worse than a healthy dessert that tastes gross. These paleo brownies are the real deal!
They’re very easy to whip up. No mixer needed. Everything is made in a bowl. I start by sifting together all the dry ingredients. Sifting is important since cacao powder and almond flour often has lumps that you want to avoid.
Then just pour in the dry ingredients which are more healthy add ins like eggs, coconut oil, coconut sugar, unsweetened almond milk and vanilla.
I like adding in Enjoy Life chocolate chips since they’re paleo, but you could also use dark chocolate chips, chopped dark chocolate or nuts instead.
Of course these brownies are best fresh out of the oven after cooling for about 20 minutes. I love them when the chocolate is still melty and gooey. But they’re great room temperature also!
I enjoy mine with a glass of my homemade almond milk.
No surprise my 2 year old loves these brownies. One day he asked for one after breakfast and I thought, “why not!?” They’re so healthy I felt a-okay giving them to him for breakfast. Paleo, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, refined sugar free and clean eating.
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Paleo Fudgy Almond Flour Brownies (Dairy Free)
Prep Time: 10 minutes- Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 16
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Pin RecipeIngredients
2 cups super fine almond flour (this brand is my favorite)
1/2 cup unsweetened cacao powder (this brand is my favorite, you can use unsweetened cocoa powder too)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled to room temperature
1 cup coconut sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup Enjoy Life chocolate chips (or dark chocolate chips), divided (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350º. Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper, then spray with coconut oil spray.
In a large mixing bowl, sift together the almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
In a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, coconut sugar, eggs, almond milk and vanilla extract.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add in 1/2 cup chocolate chips to the brownie batter and stir to combine.
Pour the brownie batter into the baking pan, and spread in an even layer. Top with the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips.
Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature. Use the parchment paper to lift the cooled brownies out of the pan, cut and serve. Delicious with some homemade almond milk.
Notes
Instead of chocolate chips, you could substitute chopped nuts such as pecans, walnuts of almonds
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These brownies look amazing!! I bet they’re super delicious. Thanks for posting!
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What can you substitute the almond flour and coconut sugar for?
OK! These are so good it blew my mind! I cna’t even believe these are paleo friendly! They taste like real deal brownies. I’m going to make them to bring to a church funciton next week!
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I am so happy to hear it Barbara! Thank you!
These were the best brownies. The ingredients kept me in line with my anti-inflammatory program. I’m glad I finally found that chocolate craving fix. I substituted coconut sugar for monk fruit sugar.
Thanks karenfcsap@
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I’m so glad you liked them Karen! I’m obsessed with them! You’d never guess they were made with almond flour. I’ve got to try monk fruit sugar next time, yum! Thanks for letting me know you liked my recipe, you made my day!
I will try this recipe and let you know how they turned out.
Hope you love them when you try them! It’s one of our FAVORITES!
I only had an 9×13 pan… I just took out of the oven after 25 minutes. They smell done! Can’t wait to try themthrm.
Good to know! Using a 9×13 will make it feel like you have way more brownies, haha! Always better! Hope you loved them. They’re our favorite! Glad you found my recipe : )
These brownies tasted so good! No crunchy top though. Are these brownies the crunchy top kind?
Sadly not the crunchy top kind. You get that from gluten flour. Glad you loved the flavor!
My batter is super dry, and the wet mix became chunky when I combined the ingredients. I’m not sure what’s happening, but I don’t think they’re going to turn out well.
It should be stiff. It’s not a crazy runny batter. Hope they turned out ok!