Healthier, Lower Sugar Brownies (Gluten and Dairy Free)

Let’s make some healthy, lower sugar, gluten free brownies! You truly can eat healthy food that is still delicious and serves your health goals. These brownies are still packed with chocolate-y goodness, but without the sugar rush. Serve them with some greek yogurt and cinnamon and you’ve got a blood sugar balanced snack.

I love chopping up a bar of chocolate to add to brownies or cookies because it melts and you get that chocolate pool when you bite into a warm slice. Chocolate chips are designed to hold their shape, but adding that chopped chocolate really takes it to the next level!

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Healthier, Lower Sugar Brownies

These healthier brownies have a fraction of the sugar while still being fudgy and delicious. These gluten free, dairy free, and allergy friendly brownies will make you realize you can eat healthier versions of your favorite foods!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword dairy free, fudge, fudgy, gluten free, healthy, Low Sugar

Servings 9 brownies

Author Victoria Faling

Ingredients

• 2 eggs room temperature
• ¼ cup coconut sugar or light brown sugar
• ¼ cup melted and cooled coconut oil
• 2 tablespoon maple syrup
• ¼ cup yogurt of choice* see notes for alternatives
• ¼ cup applesauce* see notes for alternatives
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ cup 1:1 gluten free flour
• ¼ cup Tigernut flour or almond flour
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda omit if your cocoa powder is dutch processed
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate I like using a combo of Enjoy Life chocolate chips and chopped HU Kitchen chocolate

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Using a handheld mixer, whisk your eggs and sugar together for several minutes until lighter in color, fluffier, and the sugar is basically dissolved.
• Add in the oil, maple syrup, yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla and mix again until smooth.
• Add your dry ingredients (except chocolate chips) and mix on low or use a spatula to combine.
• Fold in your chocolate.
• Transfer dough to a parchment lined 8x8 baking dish and bake for 22-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean and middle is set and feels springy to the touch.
• These brownies get fudgier as you let them set. They are more cakey at first. If you can stand to, let them cool completely before cutting and enjoying!

Notes

*alternatively, you can use ½ cup of either yogurt or apple sauce or even mashed banana