Tag: avocado

Fudge. Brownies. Put them together and it’s blissful heaven. One common misconception about the KETO diet is that you can’t have sweets. WRONG! You can have them, you just have to know how to make them. No using regular white/wheat flour, sugar, honey, maple syrup. Once you learn what you can and can’t have, it gets a lot easier.

Well, my KETO diet buddy decided he was hungry for some nice chocolately brownies, so like I normally do, I scoured the internet trying to find some KETO friendly recipes that sounded good (I’m not a HUGE almond flour fan, so I tend to shy away from recipes that call for a lot of it – not that I WON’T make recipes with it). I found one that was semi-KETO, then modified it to make it KETO friendly.

The end results was a super fudgey, not overly sweet decadent dessert. This recipe will make a full 9 x 13-Inch Pan or you can divide it into two 8 x 8 in pans.

For starters, get all your ingredients together:

First think you need to do is get the avocado out and put it in a food processor. I HIGHLY recommend the Ninja Kitchen system if you don’t already have a food processor. I’ve had mine for YEARS and it’s never let me down. It comes with the food processor, blender, and single serve blender cup (2). It’s a great multi-use gadget that is worth every penny.

If you’ve never used avocado before, you have to cut it lengthwise, cutting around the pit. Twist the halves apart. If you ‘chop’ into the pit, you can twist the knife and it’ll pull right out – don’t throw it away though, there are lots of uses for the pit which I’ll get in to in a future blog. Use a spoon to scoop the meat of the avocado out of the shell into the food processor.

Now that you’ve got the avocado in, process until it’s as smooth as you can get it.

In a microwave safe bowl, put the chocolate broken into smaller pieces and the coconut oil. Microwave until melted.

Add the chocolate and oil mixture into the avocado and blend again. Then add the water, eggs and vanilla, blending until mixed.

Once that’s done, get another bowl and mix the dry ingredients.

Add the dry ingredients to the food processor, half at a time and blend. Once all dry ingredients are incorporated, either put mixture into 9 x 13-Inch Pan or divide amongst two 8 x 8 in pans. The batter is VERY thick. Try not to curse at it when you are spreading it in the pan. It has a mind of it’s own and needs to be tamed like a wild child.

Bake at 350 for 30 mins (may take a few minutes longer if using a 9 x 13-Inch Pan or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

They don’t rise much, they stay very thick, fudge, and creamy. I figured out the nutrition for twelve servings from this batch to give you a decent size brownie. If you don’t like it that big, your dessert is even less carbs 🙂

PRINTABLE RECIPE

Ingredients:

6 oz 100% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate
3 tbsp Coconut Oil
3 avocados, peeled and pitted
3 eggs
1/2 cup Powdered Lakanto sweetener
1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 tbsp Coconut Flour
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp water

Preheat oven to 350.
Put avocados in food processor and process until smooth.
Put chocolate and coconut oil in microwave safe bowl and microwave on low for approx 1 minute, stirring ever 15 seconds – or until fully melted. Pour on top of avocado and blend.
Add in eggs, vanilla, and water to food processor and blend until mixed.
Put dry ingredients in separate bowl and whisk until mixed.
Add dry ingredients, half at a time, to avocado mixture, mixing well between each addition. Once mixed, put batter into a 9 x 13-Inch Pan or divide between two 8 x 8 in pans. Bake approx 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool, top with whipped cream and enjoy!

I highly recommend dividing up and freezing these so you don’t eat the whole pan in one sitting! These Meal Prep Containers are my absolute favorite. I use these for just about everything. They are microwave, freezer, and dishwasher safe.

Comment below if you make them! Feel free to adjust sweetener as desired!

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*Disclaimer: I am NOT a certified nutritionist and your nutritional information may vary depending on exact ingredients you use. I highly recommend you calculate your own and just use this as a guideline. The links for products are affiliate links so I may earn a very small commission if you purchase through them – but it doesn’t cost you anything additional!