Zucchini Chocolate Espresso Brownies
Creamy Zucchini Chocolate Espresso Brownies with an almond butter swirl! Made with almond butter, chocolate, espresso and oats, these brownies are gluten free, vegan and low calorie. Luscious chocolate-y brownies that make healthy eating easy!
Servings: 9 brownies
Calories: 187kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups zucchini ~2 small zucchini shredded
- 1/2 cup almond butter creamy and unsweetened
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons espresso powder
- 3/4 cup Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons almond butter for swirl
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and prepare an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place gluten free oats in food processor or high-speed blender and process until ground.
- In a large bowl, mix together almond butter, applesauce, maple syrup and vanilla until smooth.
- Next add zucchini, cocoa powder, ground oats, baking soda, espresso powder and salt and mix ingredients together until well combined.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. With a toothpick swirl in the 2 tbsp of almond butter into the batter.
- Bake 25-30 minutes until a toothpick can be inserted into middle of the brownies and comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan 30 minutes prior to slicing into 12 brownies and devouring!
Notes
- My Amazon shop has more products similar to those used for this recipe and that I recommend to my nutrition clients.
- I have not tested other flours with this recipe. If you do, please comment below to help others!
Nutrition
Serving: 1brownie | Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 210mg | Potassium: 324mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 41IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 2mg