Sinless Avocado Brownies

The first time I heard about avocado brownies I thought to myself, why on earth would anyone want to mix vegetables with chocolate? Then I did some research and found that technically, avocados are fruit so it made more sense to me to mix chocolate with fruit and alas, here we are! You can try to substitute the sugar for honey or applesauce but I have not personally done this, so be careful about the consistency changes. You may have to add a bit more flour to make up for the increase of liquid. It's quite fun to make and if you accidentally make too much of the avocado mixture, get some chips and enjoy some fresh guacamole!

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 cup sugar

8 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips

½ cup cocoa powder

½ cup flour (I used white but whole-wheat or coconut flour would work)

½ tsp salt

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 ripe avocados, mashed smooth

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the eggs and sugar using an electric mixer until you've reached a foamy consistency. Melt the chocolate either in the microwave or using a glass bowl over a pan of semi-boiling water, making sure to stir frequently so as not to burn the chocolate. Slowly add the melted chocolate to the egg and sugar mixture. Stir in the cocoa, flour, salt and vanilla extract. Using either an electric mixer or food processor (heck, even a blender will work), puree the avocados until you have no chunky bits left. Pour into the chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly until you no longer see any green from the avocado. Bake in an 8 x 8 pan in the oven for 25-30 minutes and enjoy!