Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies

These healthy peanut butter brownies are fudgy, and chocolatey. Made with 8 nutritious ingredients (no flour) in less than 30 minutes, they’re an easy & gluten-free & dairy-free dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth.

This healthy peanut butter brownie recipe was born out of my love for healthy baking and the chocolate peanut butter flavor combination.

These healthy peanut butter brownies are fudgy, and chocolatey and made with 8 nutritious ingredients (no flour) in less than 30 minutes, which means they're easy to make when the craving strikes!

They’re an easy, gluten-free and dairy-free dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Healthy Peanut Butter Brownies: Ingredients & Substitutions

• Creamy peanut butter. You could substitute crunchy peanut butter if you like little bits of peanuts in your brownies. Really, any nut or seed butter should work well in this recipe.
• Honey. Maple syrup can be used in place of honey.
• Applesauce. You can replace applesauce with and equal amount of butter, coconut oil or mashed banana.
• Cocoa powder. be sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder.
• Sea salt. If using iodized salt, decrease the amount by half.
• Chocolate chips. Great subs for chocolate chips are: peanut butter chips, chopped peanut butter cups, chopped chocolate bars, etc.

How to make healthy peanut butter brownies

This recipe comes together in one bowl in 5 minutes! Don't forget to watch the video and follow the step-by-step photos!

Begin by combining the wet ingredients in a medium-sized bowl until the mixture is smooth.

Then, add the dry ingredients and stir until the batter is smooth. Next, fold in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed throughout the batter.

If you prefer a different mix-in, here are some suggestions:

• Peanut butter chips
• chopped peanut butter cups
• chopped chocolate bar
• White chocolate chips
• nuts
• dried fruit (cranberries, cherries, etc.)
• a swirl of peanut butter

Next, pour the batter into a prepared baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the top is set (it will still be shiny) and the brownies are only slightly jiggly.

Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting.

Serve

Serve these healthy peanut butter brownies slightly warm with a dollop of peanut butter (try this homemade peanut butter), a scoop of vanilla ice cream (or healthy chocolate peanut butter ice cream), or a dollop of homemade whipped cream.

Store/freeze

Let the healthy chocolate peanut butter brownies cool completely. Then, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

I suggest gently reheating them in the microwave to restore their fresh-from-the-oven, melty chocolate taste and texture.

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Healthy Peanut Butter Brownies

Laura

These healthy peanut butter brownies are fudgy, and chocolatey. Made with 8 nutritious ingredients (no flour) in less than 30 minutes, they’re an easy & gluten-free & dairy-free dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 9 brownies

Calories 187 kcal

Equipment

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  8x8" baking pan

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• ▢ ¼ cup honey
• ▢ ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
• ▢ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 egg beaten
• ▢ ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ▢ ¼ tsp fine sea salt
• ▢ ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

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Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8” baking dish, set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, mix together peanut butter, honey, applesauce, vanilla and eggs until smooth.
• Add cocoa powder and sea salt and stir to combine.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the top is set (it will still be shiny) and the brownies are only slightly jiggly.
• Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting.

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Notes

*Nutrition information calculated for this recipe making 9 brownies.

Ingredient Substitutions

• Creamy peanut butter. You could substitute crunchy peanut butter if you like little bits of peanuts in your brownies. Really, any nut or seed butter should work well in this recipe.
• Honey. Maple syrup can be used in place of honey.
• Applesauce. You can replace applesauce with and equal amount of butter, coconut oil or mashed banana.
• Cocoa powder. be sure to use unsweetened cocoa powder.
• Sea salt. If using iodized salt, decrease the amount by half.
• Chocolate chips. Great subs for chocolate chips are: peanut butter chips, chopped peanut butter cups, chopped chocolate bars, etc.

Serve

Serve these healthy peanut butter brownies slightly warm with a dollop of peanut butter (try this homemade peanut butter), a scoop of vanilla ice cream (or healthy chocolate peanut butter ice cream), or a dollop of homemade whipped cream.

Store/freeze

Let the healthy chocolate peanut butter brownies cool completely. Then, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

I suggest gently reheating them in the microwave to restore their fresh-from-the-oven, melty chocolate taste and texture.

Nutrition

Serving: 1brownieCalories: 187kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 5gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 139mgPotassium: 203mgFiber: 3gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 33IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg

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