Try these delicious keto brownies if you're trying to satisfy a sugar craving while sticking to your keto diet! These fudgy chocolate brownies taste like the real thing and are the perfect dessert for the chocolate lover in your life.
❤️ Why you'll love it
These fudgy keto brownies not only satisfy even the worst chocolate cravings, but they're also incredibly easy to make. They require just a few keto baking ingredients like almond flour and a sugar-free sweetener.
Make a big batch of these low carb brownies and freeze the extra for the next time those cravings hit!
🥘 Equipment Used
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To make these almond flour brownies, you will need a medium-sized mixing bowl, a small mixing bowl, an 8-inch baking pan, and parchment paper.
🧾 Ingredients Used
- Almond Flour: This is the best low-carb replacement for regular flour. It keeps the brownies rich and chocolate-friendly.
- Cocoa Powder: Go with unsweetened for pure chocolate flavor.
- Granulated Monk Fruit Sweetener: Use any granulated low-carb sweetener you like.
- Salt: Just small amount brings out the chocolate and balances the sweetness.
- Eggs: This holds the batter together and help the brownies set.
- Butter: Melted butter makes everything soft and fudgy.
- Vanilla extract: This adds a subtle warmth to the chocolate.
- Strong Brewed Espresso: You won’t taste coffee, it just makes the chocolate taste deeper.
🔪 How To Make Keto Brownies
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper.
- Add the butter to a small saucepan over low-medium heat. Once melted, cook the butter until it turns golden brown and has a nutty aroma. Whisk constantly.
- Remove the saucepan of browned butter from the heat. Removing the butter from the heat is vital as it is easy to burn the mixture on leftover heat from the burner.
- Stir the brewed espresso into the browned butter. The espresso can be hot or cold. Set the mixture aside to cool.
- In a medium bowl, combine the almond flour, cocoa powder, salt, and monk fruit. In a separate medium bowl, beat the eggs and vanilla extract together. Ensure the browned butter mixture has cooled almost completely, then add the eggs and vanilla to the cooled browned butter. Note: If the browned butter is not cooled enough, it will cook the eggs, so allow for ample cooling time.
- Pour the wet (egg and browned butter) mixture into the dry (almond flour, cocoa, salt, and monk fruit) mixture. Stir until fully combined to bring the keto brownie batter together. Pour the keto brownie batter into the previously prepared 8-inch pan.
- Bake the keto brownies for 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Note: The keto brownies are done when an inserted toothpick comes out with only a few crumbs. If the toothpick is still wet after 20 minutes, add more time in 5-minute increments.
- Once the keto brownies are done, allow them to cool completely in the pan before slicing, serving, and enjoying. Optional: top with sugar-free whipped cream or keto-friendly ice cream!
🥫 Storing and Reheating
These keto brownies can be stored at room temperature for 3-5 days in an airtight container or in the fridge for 5-7 days. I like to store some in the freezer for those late-night chocolate cravings. Just wrap them in plastic wrap and store them in a freezer-safe bag.
💭 Tips and Variations
- Mix in some sugar-free chocolate chips for a little crunch in each bite.
- Add dollops of sugar-free peanut butter to the batter for peanut butter brownies!
- Let these keto brownies cool down and rest for several hours before eating. Although it's hard to wait, the flavor and texture will develop over time.
🍽️ What can I eat this recipe with?
These sugar-free brownies are a nice little treat. Turn them into a complete dessert by whipping up a little keto cream cheese chocolate frosting or keto whipped cream and serving them with some fresh berries. This combination is so delicious and refreshing!
👩🍳 Frequently asked questions
Regular brownies are definitely not keto-friendly. The flour and sugar add so many carbs, definitely spiking your blood sugar and sending you out of ketosis. Fortunately, there are lots of healthy brownie recipes that fit within a keto or low carb diet.
Yes! Although it depends on how strictly you want to stick to your ketogenic diet, there are plenty of ways to make desserts without sugar and flour. You'll typically use a low-carb alternative like almond or coconut flour. There are lots of keto alternatives to regular sugar, including stevia, erythritol, xylitol, monk fruit, and more. You can often adapt almost anything to a low-carb recipe with these adjustments.
📚 Related Recipes
Check out these other keto desserts!
Keto Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Keto Peanut Butter Chocolate Pudding
📖 Recipe
Keto Brownies
Equipment
- 8-inch square pan
- coffee maker (of choice) for espress
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup strong brewed espresso
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup monk fruit sweetener granulated
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper.
- Add the butter to a small saucepan over low-medium heat.
- Once melted, cook the butter until it turns golden brown and has a nutty aroma. Whisk constantly.
- Remove the saucepan of browned butter from the heat. Removing the butter from the heat is vital as it is easy to burn the mixture on leftover heat from the burner.
- Stir the brewed espresso into the browned butter. The espresso can be hot or cold. Set the mixture aside to cool.
- In a medium bowl, combine the almond flour, cocoa powder, salt, and monk fruit.
- In a separate medium bowl, beat the eggs and vanilla extract together.
- Ensure the browned butter mixture has cooled almost completely, then add the eggs and vanilla to the cooled browned butter. Note: If the browned butter is not cooled enough it will cook the eggs, so allow for ample cooling time.
- Pour the wet (egg and browned butter) mixture into the dry (almond flour, cocoa, salt, and monk fruit) mixture.
- Stir until fully combined to bring the keto brownie batter together.
- Pour the keto brownie batter into the previously prepared 8-inch pan.
- Bake the keto brownies for 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Note: The keto brownies are done when an inserted toothpick comes out with only a few crumbs. If the toothpick is still wet after 20 minutes, add more time in 5 minute increments.
- Once the keto brownies are done, allow them to cool completely in the pan before slicing, serving, and enjoying.
- Optional: top with sugar free whipped cream or keto-friendly ice cream!
Notes
- Mix in some sugar-free chocolate chips for a little crunch in each bite.
- Add dollops of sugar-free peanut butter to the batter for peanut butter brownies!
- Let these keto brownies cool down and rest for several hours before eating. Although it's hard to wait, the flavor and texture will develop over time.
Nutrition
Tayo Oredola is the founder of Low Carb Africa, where she shares healthy, low carb dishes with global flavors. She is passionate about teaching people how to cook drool-worthy dishes while losing weight and living their best lives. Tayo’s recipes have been featured on MSN, Women’s Health, Parade, Yahoo News, Pure Wow, Essence, and other online publications.
Greetings, in your brownie recipe, you mentioned that the salt helps the baking powder rise the almond flour and helps draw out the sweetness, there is no baking powder in the above keto brownie recipe. Has it been forgotten or not needed??? I have not tried the recipe yet; wanted to get this clarified before I did.
Hi, that was a typo and it's been fixed. Thanks for letting me know!
I have tried them over and over and over! I also share them with non-keto friends and they love them. Thanks for all the recipes. The chicken pizza crust is the bomb. That's the only crust I make---every week! Lu-Ann
Hi Lu-Ann, thanks for the awesome feedback😊. It's so cool to hear everyone loves the brownies, and I'm thrilled that you love the chicken pizza crust!