These Almond Butter Brownie Bars are the perfect mixture of deliciousness. Made with all-natural ingredients, they make an ultimate little healthy treat.
There is really nothing more fun than making a dessert that you can enjoy without feeling extra guilty. This is one of those that fools them all, (just like these Healthy Gluten Free Brownies)
I love the challenge of making desserts “healthier”. Hubby has more of a sweet tooth than I do and he rarely indulges in anything other than really dark chocolate. Needless to say, he is absolutely lovin’ when I make great little treats like this. Now if I can only get him to leave everyone else a little morsel too. 🙂
Brownie Layer
½ cup coconut sugar, honey or agave nectar
½ cup almond meal flour or whole-wheat pastry flour (regular whole wheat flour will work fine too)
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ cup unsweetened applesauce or melted butter
¼ cup liquid egg whites or 2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chocolate chips
Almond Butter Layer
1 cup almond butter
½ cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line an square baking dish with parchment paper or grease with coconut oil.
Set aside.
Brownie Layer
In a bowl, mix the sugar or other sweetener of choice), flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
Add the egg, butter and vanilla extract.
Mix together thoroughly.
Gently mix in the chocolate chips.
Spread in one even layer on the bottom of the baking dish.
Almond Butter Layer
In another bowl, mix together all of the almond butter ingredients, except the chocolate chips
Mix in the chocolate chips.
Carefully drop almond butter mixture in various spots on top of the brownie layer and spread evenly.
Bake 30 – 34 minutes or until golden brown on top
Let cool.
Lift out of the pan by the parchment paper.
Cut into squares
ENJOY!!
Almond Butter Brownie Bars
Ingredients
Brownie Layer
- ½ cup coconut sugar honey or agave nectar
- ½ cup almond meal flour or whole-wheat pastry flour regular whole wheat flour will work fine too
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce or melted butter
- ¼ cup liquid egg whites or 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Almond Butter Layer
- 1 cup almond butter
- ½ cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 egg beaten
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line an square baking dish with parchment paper or grease with coconut oil.
- Set aside.
Brownie Layer
- In a bowl, mix the sugar or other sweetener of choice), flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
- Add the egg, butter and vanilla extract.
- Mix together thoroughly.
- Gently mix in the chocolate chips.
- Spread in one even layer on the bottom of the baking dish.
Almond Butter Layer
- In another bowl, mix together all of the almond butter ingredients, except the chocolate chips
- Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Carefully drop almond butter mixture in various spots on top of the brownie layer and spread evenly.
- Bake 30 - 34 minutes or until golden brown on top
- Let cool.
- Lift out of the pan by the parchment paper.
- Cut into squares
- ENJOY!!
Notes
Nutrition
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Miz Helen
Congratulations!
Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy your new Red Plate!
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Amy
Wow…these look delicious. I love brownies and will be adding these to by recipes to try. Thanks for sharing.
Amy
Wow…these look delicious. I love brownies and will be adding these to by recipes to try. Thanks for sharing.
Amanda
Congratulations!! I chose this as one of my features on the Friday Favorites link party 🙂 Check back for your feature tomorrow night at 9pm (EST)
Sherri
Thank you so much!
Sarah R.
These sounds seriously amazing- and who doesn’t love almond butter?? Thank you so much for bringing your recipe to Snickerdoodle Sunday- hope you’ll join us again this weekend!
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Lou Lou Girls
This looks so good! I’m drooling right now. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you being a part of our party. Please stop by on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Sunday! Lou Lou Girls
The Better Baker
These bars look and sound wonderful…and oh how I love the healthy twists! Thanks much for sharing with us at Weekend Potluck.
Miz Helen
The Almond Butter Brownie Bars look fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week.
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Miz Helen
Lauren
These look AMAZING!
Lauren xx
The Lifestyle Diaries
April
These look amazing! I’m a fan of making recipes healthier too, and adding a second layer of almond butter to them just takes them over the top. I found you on Pinworthy Projects and would like to invite you to share this recipe with us at our Friday Frenzy party too. – Angels Homestead
Heather @ My Overflowing Cup
Amanda, these look incredible! I couldn’t agree with you more. I love desserts that have a health factor to them. I don’t have almond butter, but I am going to try these very soon with peanut butter (like tonight!)
Thanks for sharing. Pinning.
Heather@ My Overflowing Cup
I made my own version and linked back to this post! Thanks!
http://myoverflowingcup.com/peanut-butter-cup-brownies/
Amanda
A whole new reason to love almond butter 😉 Delicious!
Maria
These look delicious! The almond butter layer sounds like a great addition to brownies! YUM!!!