Can you eat healthier during the holidays without giving up all your favorite treats? With our paleo gingerbread brownies, the answer is a resounding YES! Grab the recipe!
Let’s be honest: eating healthy during the holidays is never an easy feat. From cookies to cakes, decadent appetizers to rich soups and pasta dishes, temptation awaits around every corner. If you’re on a special diet, like the paleo diet, it’s even more challenging! Don’t worry, though, we found a way for you to still enjoy one of the season’s most iconic treat: gingerbread! Give our paleo gingerbread brownies a try when you’re craving something sweet this holiday season. They’re perfect for Christmas parties! Trust me, they’re so delicious your guests won’t even realize that they’re healthier!
Paleo Gingerbread Brownies Recipe
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Makes – 16 squares
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons of Coconut Flour
- ¼ cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon of Baking Soda
- 2 teaspoons of ground Ginger
- 1 teaspoon of ground Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of ground Cloves
- Pinch of Salt
- ¼ cup of Coconut Oil, melted
- ¾ cup Coconut Palm Sugar
- 3 tablespoons of Black-strap Molasses
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon of Pure Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease an 8×8 pan with coconut oil or line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, shift together the coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves and a pinch of salt. Keep aside.
- In a blender or food processor, combine, the eggs, melted coconut oil, coconut sugar, molasses, vinegar and the vanilla extract. Blend it on high for a minute or two
- Add the shifted dry ingredient to it and blend on high, till everything is well incorporated.
- Pour in the prepared pan and smooth it out.
- Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted in the middle, comes out clean.
- Let it cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then finish cooling completely on a wire rack
- Cut into 9 to 16 squares, depending how big or small you want each square to be.
Notes
- Add ½ cup chocolate chip or chopped nuts of choice to the brownie batter for added texture.
- Optional step, top the brownies with shredded coconut or whipped coconut cream and a light dusting of cocoa powder for a fancy festive feel.
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The Most Delicious Paleo Gingerbread Brownies You've Ever Tasted
- 3 tablespoons of Coconut Flour
- ¼ cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon of Baking Soda
- 2 teaspoons of ground Ginger
- 1 teaspoon of ground Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of ground Cloves
- Pinch of Salt
- ¼ cup of Coconut Oil (melted)
- ¾ cup Coconut Palm Sugar
- 3 tablespoons of Black-strap Molasses
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon of Pure Vanilla Extract
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease an 8×8 pan with coconut oil or line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, shift together the coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves and a pinch of salt. Keep aside.
- In a blender or food processor, combine, the eggs, melted coconut oil, coconut sugar, molasses, vinegar and the vanilla extract. Blend it on high for a minute or two
- Add the shifted dry ingredient to it and blend on high, till everything is well incorporated.
- Pour in the prepared pan and smooth it out.
- Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted in the middle, comes out clean.
- Let it cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then finish cooling completely on a wire rack
- Cut into 9 to 16 squares, depending how big or small you want each square to be.
Looking for a fun way to make these brownies more kid-friendly? Check out our Reindeer Brownies tutorial. Just use this recipe in place of that one, then follow the directions to create cute little reindeer!
For your non-paleo guests, whip up a batch of these fun Christmas tree cupcakes!
Do you have a favorite healthy Christmas treat recipe? Will you try our paleo gingerbread brownies? Share your thoughts below!
Dark, decadent, and way healthier! Would love to make these for my kids. Trying to make some better food choices.
Ummmm, I love gingerbread & brownies, this recipe sounds super yummy to me, thx very much for sharing it!
My kind of recipe. Since I am newly discovered latco intolerant this is for me. I already had so many issues with gluten but the milk/dairy thing just came out of nowhere, well I guess this bad out of nowhere.
This looks like a delicious recipe for family gatherings.
I love brownies and I love gingerbread but have never had paleo gingerbread brownies. I also really love to bake so I am always curious to try out new recipes.Healthy and delicious is perfect!
Festive times can be really hard when it comes to sticking to a special diet. I am not on a special diet like Paleo but I am a vegetarian so I get me share of times when I have to really look through to find something suitable ye filling and delicious. This recipe looks great, thanks for sharing!
I’m on a similar diet right now close to paleo and these sound soooo good right now. I never thought of mixing gingerbread and brownies before though. That sounds like heaven!
Wow! Healthy and delicious dessert for holiday? That would be an awesome idea. I will surely try this recipe as I have visitors that definitely on diet. I can be a big help with this. Thanks!
I am planning to make some brownies this week so this recipe just came in time. It would be nice to have a delicious and healthy treat once in a while. Thanks for sharing!
I so want to try this recipe; With all the spices and other healthy ingredients this is surely a great treat for the family.
See that’s what I tell my friends when they mock me about healthy eating. You can have a treat and be healthy too!
Oooh I’ve never had a gingerbread brownie before but I love that they are paleo! We use a lot of coconut oil, I bet they are delicious!
I do have coconut oil but not the other coconut ingredients. I would be interested in tasting these brownies.