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.
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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*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.
ServeServe 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/FreezeLet 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.