Frosted Avocado Brownies | V & GF

Mary Draper
2 days ago
2 min read

If you have one avocado you need these small batch avocado brownies in your life - we put half the avocado in the batter which ends up so rich and decadent and delicious. I could eat it by the spoonful and there’s no ingredient in it that says you can’t (I didn’t lick all the spatulas clean…).

Then after it’s cooled, we use the other half of the avocado to make avocado frosting, which is essentially chocolate avocado mousse on top of your fudgy, avocado brownies. And they’re fudgey in the best way - a legit chewy fudgy brownie way. How can you go wrong? With cocao, almond flour, and avocado, this is basically a salad ;) so dig in & enjoy!

If you have two avocados, double the batch bake it in an 8x8 pan and your food processor will thank you (the half batch was a little small and barely reached my blades)

Small Batch Brownies

1/2 ripe avocado
3 tbsp almond butter,
2 tbsp almond milk
2 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup chocolate chips

Chocolate Avocado Frosting

1/2 ripe avocado
2 tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp cocoa powder

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350F and line a 4x8 loaf pan with parchment
Add avocado half, almond butter, almond milk, maple syrup and vanilla to a food processor and blend until smooth
Add almond flour, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and sea salt, and mix until combined
Fold in chocolate chips, transfer to loaf pan
Bake at 350F for 24-26 minutes, then let cool
Prepare frosting: add avocado, maple syrup and vanilla to food processor and blend until smooth, then add cocoa and blend again until mixed well.
Spread over cooled brownies, then chill for an hour to set the texture
Slice & enjoy!!