These almond flour brownies are the best gluten-free brownie recipe I’ve tried (and I’ve tested quite a few!). You’d never know they’re made with wholesome ingredients like almond flour and coconut oil.
These are my DREAM brownies: double dark chocolate + espresso powder. This almond flour brownies recipe has become the go-to requested birthday dessert recipe in my family. For a dark chocolate lover, especially if you try to stick to a gluten-free or “whole ingredient” diet, they’re hard to beat!
Ingredients for Almond Flour Brownies
These brownies have almond flour, coconut oil, coconut sugar (can sub regular or brown sugar), dark chocolate, espresso powder, and then the rest of your standard brownie ingredients like eggs, salt, vanilla, and baking soda.
A few things make these brownies unique. First, I highly recommend and almost always use Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder for baking. This isn’t a sponsored shoutout; I just genuinely love the extra layer of chocolate flavor it gives baked goods and can’t recommend it enough.
Second, I use dark chocolate chips (or a chopped dark chocolate bar) for the brownie base and toppings.
Finally, I add espresso powder, which deepens the chocolate flavor. I left the espresso powder out of the ingredient line-up photo accidentally, but you can find it in a small shaker bottle in the coffee aisle of your grocery store. You can also easily omit it, but I love adding it to these brownies or even my favorite basic chocolate chip cookie recipe for a little something special.
How to Make These Almond Flour Brownies
Although I love one-bowl recipes, I promise having to wash three bowls is worth it here. You’ll melt the chocolate in one medium bowl, stir together the dry ingredients in a small bowl, and whisk the eggs and coconut sugar together in a final small bowl.
The eggs and sugar should look like the photo above and pass the “ribbon test,” meaning that when you lift a spoonful of the mixture, the egg/sugar mixture flows off of the spoon in a smooth “ribbon.”
You’ll whisk the egg/sugar mixture into the bowl of cooled melted chocolate. Then, stir in the dry ingredients until just barely combined.
One baking trick for keeping baked goods, especially things like brownies and muffins, from getting a tough texture is to not over-mix once the dry ingredients and liquid ingredients are in the same bowl.
Finally, before going in the oven, I almost always top baked goods with a generous extra sprinkle of chocolate chips, mostly for looks.
Ready for the oven!
You can let them cool to slice mostly cleanly, and these brownies are delicious served at room temperature.
For the most decadent celebration-worthy brownie, though, I love serving warm brownies with vanilla ice cream and even some dark chocolate sauce. 
If you try these dark chocolate almond flour brownies, feel free to let me know in a comment (with a star rating!) or take a photo and tag me @livbane on Instagram! I’d love to see!
Dark Chocolate Almond Flour Brownies
Ingredients
- 6 oz. dark or semi-sweet chocolate bar or chips, divided (6 oz. is approx. 1 cup regular-size chocolate chips)
- 2 Tbsp. coconut oil or butter
- 2/3 cup almond flour
- 2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder (I highly recommend Hershey’s Special DARK)
- 2 tsp. espresso powder (optional)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar (can sub white or brown sugar)
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Melt 4 oz. chocolate (2/3 cup chocolate chips) either by microwaving in a medium bowl in 20-second increments, stirring after each increment, or over a double boiler on the stovetop. Stir in coconut oil or butter until melted and set aside to cool.
- In a different small or medium bowl, stir together dry ingredients: almond flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Finally, in a small bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract until totally combined and able to drip evenly from a spoon
- Slowly whisk the egg/sugar mixture into the bowl of melted chocolate/oil until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Add dry ingredients and stir until just combined, adding the additional 2 oz. chopped chocolate (or 1/3 cup chocolate chips), being careful not to over-mix.
- Line an 8x8 inch baking pan with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray. Pour batter into pan and top with an extra sprinkle of chocolate chips, if desired.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the brownies are almost fully set (you can test by jiggling the pan). Err on the side of under-baking. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving warm or to serve at room temperature, cool for a couple of hours to cut cleanly.
Notes
Nutrition
Other Brownie Recipes You May Love:
Healthy No-Bake Brownies
Healthy Coconut Brownie Bites
Adapted from this recipe
These are amazing!
So glad you enjoyed these brownies!
Wow this looks like a real treat! Brownies are one of my favorites.
I think I’ll replace the cocoa with cacao for added health benefits and leave out the espresso powder (I’m not a huge fan of caffeine).
Thank you for sharing this.
Delish brownies! I melted a dark chocolate ghirardelli candy bar and I forgot to add the coconut oil.
And the brownies were still very moist and delish! Thanks
I’ve forgotten the coconut oil, too, once before! Definitely better with coconut oil, but I was also amazed that they still worked out as well as they did! So glad you enjoyed 🙂
Absolutely glorious rich dark decadent brownies! I did everything exactly as the recipe stated and no longer need to search for another brownie recipe again 🙂 I really like that these are not overwhelmingly sweet at all and made with wholesome ingredients! Thanks so much for sharing.
So glad you loved these! 😀
Pregnant and had to suddenly have brownies immediately at 9:00 at night using ingredients already in our pantry. These came out perfectly! I left out the espresso powder and I added a half cup of chopped walnuts. I love that they’re easier on the carbs/sugar but still taste so good.
I am not particularly skilled in the kitchen, but I decided to give this dish a shot for the first time, and I must say that not only was it incredibly tasty, but it also just took a few minutes to put together.
Wow, I’m blown away I made these brownies and they are so delicious 😋
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Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! Almond flour adds such a great texture to brownies, and it’s a fantastic alternative to regular flour. I’m curious, can this recipe be adapted with other nut flours, like hazelnut or cashew, for a different flavor twist?
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