These Gluten-Free Vegan Flourless Double Chocolate Avocado Brownies are an easy and healthy recipe made with only 9 clean, real food ingredients. This fudgy, moist plant-based dessert is made without eggs, butter or white flour!
Gluten-Free Vegan Flourless Double Chocolate Avocado Brownies
Here's why this recipe works - my top 3 reasons:
- It's vegan and gluten-free
- No flour, eggs or butter needed
- Made with clean, real food ingredients
It's Vegan And Gluten-Free
These Gluten-Free Vegan Flourless Double Chocolate Avocado Brownies are amazing and just might be your new go-to brownie recipe!
It's hard to find a good vegan and gluten-free brownie recipe but this one is perfect!
I adapted them from my Vegan Flourless Zucchini Brownies recipe, which is also delicious but uses zucchini as an ingredient instead of avocado.
If you're a fan of brownies you may want to check out some of my other clean eating brownie recipes like my Gluten-Free Vegan Walnut and Oat Brownies or Flourless Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies.
No Flour, Eggs or Butter Needed
We already know that traditional homemade brownies are made with white flour, white sugar, eggs, butter, etc.
They are also not vegan, gluten-free or paleo.
For example, here's the ingredient list for a popular mainstream store-bought boxed brownie mix:
S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) Pillsbury Brownie Classics Traditional Fudge Brownie Mix Ingredients:
Sugar, Flour Bleached Enriched (Wheat Flour, Niacin Vitamin B3, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin B1, Riboflavin Vitamin B2, Folic Acid Vitamin B9), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Cocoa, Soybeans Oil Partially Hydrogenated, Contains 2% or less of the following: (Corn Starch, Salt, Flavors Natural and Artificial, Baking Soda, Soy Lecithin)
The very first ingredient is sugar, which is refined and processed.
In addition, it also contains GMO ingredients like soy (soy lecithin) and corn (corn starch).
It may be hard to believe that you can make brownies without white flour, eggs or butter - but it's true!
I added the avocado in this recipe to give the brownies a creamy, dense and fudgy consistency...they are thick, moist, fudgy and hold well together once they've cooled off.
And used a plant-based flax egg as a substitute for regular non-vegan eggs.
Made With Clean, Real Food Ingredients
You'll love the short and simple ingredient list, and you probably already have all the ingredients on hand.
For example, avocados, almond butter, cacao powder, maple syrup, vanilla bean powder/vanilla extract, baking soda, ground flax seeds, Himalayan pink salt and semi-sweet mini chocolate chips.
My healthier version is made with clean, real food ingredients and is plant-based, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, flourless, egg-free, paleo-friendly and contains no refined sugar.
Gluten-Free Vegan Flourless Double Chocolate Avocado Brownies
{ Plant-Based | Vegan | Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free | Soy-Free | Egg-Free | Grain-Free | Flourless | Paleo-Friendly | No Refined Sugar }
Ingredients
For the brownie mixture:
- 2 organic avocados
- 1 cup organic almond butter
- ⅓ cup organic raw cacao powder
- ⅓ cup organic maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon organic ground vanilla bean powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-2 pinches Himalayan pink salt
For the add-in:
- 1 cup Enjoy Life semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
For the flax egg:
- 1 tablespoon organic ground flax seeds
- 2 tablespoons water (filtered/purified) (filtered/purified)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Prepare an 8 x 8 baking dish lined with parchment paper and set aside.
Prepare the flax egg:
- Add all ingredients for the flax egg to a small bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
Prepare the brownie mixture:
- Cut the two avocados in half, remove the pit and add the avocado flesh to a medium-size mixing bowl. Mash it with a fork until it is creamy and smooth.
- Add the remaining ingredients for the brownie mixture to the bowl of mashed avocado.
- Add the chocolate-chip add-in to the bowl with the brownie mixture.
- Re-whisk the flax egg and add it to the bowl with the brownie mixture.
- Stir everything together until it is well combined and all ingredients are evenly distributed.
Assembly:
- Transfer the brownie mixture to the prepared baking pan and spread it evenly in the pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35-45 minutes, or until it is baked all the way through.
- Allow the brownies to cool before cutting and serving or they will be crumbly.
- Store in an air-tight BPA-free container in the refrigerator or room temperature.
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information
Copyright Notice
The instructions, notes, and photographs for this recipe by Karielyn Tillman of The Healthy Family and Home™ website are copyrighted material. This copyrighted work is protected and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International License and the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and cannot be legally used without my written permission.
Want More Healthy Gluten-Free Vegan Dessert Recipes:
Check out these:
- Healthy Peanut Butter Cups
- Chewy Nut and Seed Bars
- No-Bake Brownie Bottom Turtle Cheesecake
- or my CLEAN DESSERTS Cookbook with 72 plant-based vegan + gluten-free no-bake desserts made with clean, real food ingredients just like this one that you will love!
Did You Make This Recipe?
I'd love to hear about it! Please give it a rating and leave a comment below...it would make my day! 🙂
Lisa says
It's an easy and fun and yummy recipe to make, thank you !
Karielyn Tillman says
Hi Lisa! Thank you so much for trying out my recipe and for letting me know you liked it! I sincerely appreciate it! Karielyn 🙂
Leslie McFadden says
Did I miss the calorie breakdown?
Karielyn says
Hi there Leslie! Nutritional information is included at the bottom of the recipe post and is only an estimate.
Thanks for the question 🙂