These low calorie brownies are super fudgy, super decadent, and full of chocolate deliciousness. And they're so good you won't believe these healthy brownies only have 80 calories each!
THE BEST LOW CALORIE BROWNIES
Brownies are one of the most classic desserts you can make, and they are delicious any time of year.
But unfortunately, brownies aren't the healthiest thing you can eat, and they tend to be high in calories and sugar.
Don't you just wish you could enjoy brownies in a guilt-free and healthy way? Well, with this recipe, you can!
These low calorie healthy brownies are just as rich, fudgy, and sweet as "regular" brownies, but without all the calories, sugar, and dairy! Yep, these are dairy free brownies too.
And, honestly, when you taste 'em, you'd never know that each one has under 80 calories.
Plus, not only is the taste legit, but the texture is too - they're dense, chewy, and have a perfectly crispy edge. Also, this low calorie brownie recipe is not only super easy to make, but it uses simple ingredients too! They're easily one of my favorite low calorie desserts, and I think you'll be obsessed with them too!
INGREDIENTS
As I just mentioned, this recipe uses simple, natural ingredients.
And I can almost guarantee you have everything you need to make them in your kitchen already.
Here's what you'll need:
- ½ Cup (60g) white whole wheat flour
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ⅓ Cup (30g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- Just less than ½ Cup (168g) of honey
- ½ Cup (121g) unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 Tbsps (28g) coconut oil, melted
- ½ Tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup sugar free chocolate chips
Pretty common stuff, right?!
By the way, if you have some extra ingredients laying around after making these healthy brownies, you can put them to good use by making this 1-minute low calorie mug cake, these healthy chocolate chip cookies, these protein brownies, or this healthy hot chocolate recipe.
HOW TO MAKE BROWNIES LOW CALORIE & HEALTHY
The process of making these low calorie brownies is super simple.
And if you've ever made brownies before, this recipe will be a breeze. Honestly, it's almost as easy as making storebought boxed brownies. And that's not an exaggeration.
So gather your ingredients, and let's get baking!
STEP 1: MIXING THE INGREDIENTS
First things first, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180°C) and take out an 8x8 inch baking tray.
Next, add the honey to a microwave-safe bowl and microwave it for about 30-45 seconds until it becomes liquidy.
Then add the cocoa powder to the bowl of honey, mix them until combined, and set the bowl aside.
After that, take out a large bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and give the ingredients a whisk to combine.
Then, add the apple sauce, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, egg to the bowl of honey-cocoa mixture and mix everything until smooth and combined.
Finally, pour the wet ingredient mixture into the large bowl of dry ingredients, mix them until a smooth batter forms, and then mix in the chocolate chips.
STEP 2: BAKING
By now, the oven should be heated and ready to go.
First, coat the 8x8 baking tray with baking spray and pour your brownie batter into the tray.
Then bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the brownies.
Let them cool in the tray for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
STORING THE BROWNIES
This recipe will make 16 healthy brownies - of course, if you want to make them bigger and make 9 out of them you can do that too.
Fair warning though, if your family is around after you bake these, they might be all gone!
If you have some leftovers, you can store your brownies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
And if you want to keep them for longer, you can freeze them for up to 3 months!
WRAPPING IT ALL UP
Low calorie brownies don't get any better than these! They are incredibly rich, decadent, fudgy, and just have the best brownie texture.
Make them for an after-dinner treat, holiday dessert, or a party. Everyone is sure to love them, and no one will be able to tell that they are healthy brownies with just 80 calories each.
Well, I hope you enjoy this low calorie brownie recipe as much as I do. If you make it, leave a comment below and let me know what you think! Oh, by the way, if you want to enjoy these brownies with a glass of wine - I know it sounds like a weird combination, but it's delish - I put together a list of the best low calorie wines you can buy right now. So, check that out if ya love some vino.
Other Healthy Low Calorie Recipes To Try
If you liked today's healthy fudge brownie recipe, I have a ton of other low calorie recipes on the blog that you might like to try as well!
A few of my favorites are:
- Low Calorie Chocolate Mug Cake
- Low Calorie Pizza
- Low Calorie Granola
- Low Calorie Smoothie Recipe
- Low Calorie Pancakes
- Low Calorie Chicken Alfredo
- Low Calorie Chocolate Cake
Healthy Low Calorie Brownies
Dairy Free Brownies!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 16 Brownies
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- ½ cup (60g) white whole wheat flour
- ¼ Tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ Tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ Tsp Salt
- ⅓ cup (30g) unsweetened cocoa powder
Wet Ingredients
- Just less than ½ Cup (168g) of honey
- ½ cup (121g) unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 Tbsps (28g) coconut oil
- ½ Tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- In a microwavable safe bowl add the honey
- Microwave 30-45 sec (or until liquid-y)
- Now add in the unsweetened cocoa powder and mix until combined
- Set that bowl aside and get out a larger bowl for your dry ingredients
- Add all dry ingredients to the bowl and combine well
- Set that bowl aside and bring back your honey mixture
- Add the rest of your wet ingredients to the honey mixture and mix until smooth and chocolatey
- Now pour the wet ingredients into the dry and combine all of the ingredients until smooth
- In an 8x8 baking tray add your batter and bake at 350 degrees | 177 Celsius for around 25 minutes
- Cool in the tray for about 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Brownie
- Calories: 80
- Fat: 2
- Carbohydrates: 14
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 1
How can I find the original brownie recipe made with yogurt! I'm not scared of dairy!!!
I'll post the link below for you :)
https://www.thedietchefs.com/healthy-brownies/
Loved, loved, loved these clean eating brownies!!!
I'm gonna try these with greek yoghurt instead of Apple sauce! I've seen greek yoghurt used as an apple sauce replacement in a few recipes now
I hope you enjoy them Shannon!
Wow, this tastes like brownies out of the box, but with 0 guilt!!
Tried these out today as a snack for my low calorie lifestyle. It’s so hard to find something that will still satisfy my chocolate cravings! These were delicious! Very light and airy almost like chocolate cake really!
Just finished baking this recipe and absolutely love it. Its perfect for those sweet cravings especially when you can't have any on your diet
Could the honey be swapped with a no calorie sweetener like erythritol? And if so how much? Thanks!
Try using liquid allulose in its place.
The brownies are just incredible. They don't taste low calorie at all!!
I love how that these are low calorie and they actually taste good!!
I think I have a problem--I'm totally addicted to these brownies! I cut them into squares and freeze them individually so I can have one for dessert every night. Thank you for this recipe! It's making my diet much more civilized, and since I can't eat a lot of fat anyway, I know I'll keep making these long after I've hit my target weight.
I did use regular oil instead of coconut and spelt flour instead of white whole wheat (it's what I had on hand). I stirred in half the amount of semi-sweet mini chocolate chips. My favorite way to eat these brownies is to spray a little fat free whipped cream on top and then sprinkle with a few more mini chocolate chips. These taste so rich, and yet they aren't. Like I said, I think I have a problem... Wish all of my "diet" recipes were this good!
So damn good!!
The brownies were honestly better than boxed brownies. And being so low in calories is such a great bonus!!
Bomb brownies
Fudgy as can be.
Literally the perfect brownie.
Best ever!!
The brownies are so fudging good!! lol
Seriously cannot believe these brownies are so low calorie!!
The best brownies I have ever made including ones from a box mix.
Really good. Had to sub flour with gluten free flour and coconut oil with olive oil because that's all I had and it was still delicious. Topped with chopped walnuts and Ghirardelli caramel sauce.
Excellent taste, and best of all not zillions of calories from fat and sugar:) I substituted a bit with those pouch baby purees, it was mango. As I didn't have applesauce.
Added walnuts and used barley and chickpea flour. Absolutely delicious, and truly a better way of baking. As what you did was reinterpret/rethink old ways of baking without the fat and many eggs and sugar. From now on I'll bake most things that way.
Thank you from Canada.
Oh my goodness! These are the best brownies ever! Even my son, who is a picky eater, loved them. After I baked them, I dusted with a bit of powdered sugar and it was perfection.
Made these and they were so good! Question, however, would it be possible to sub the coconut oil for maybe yogurt or additional applesauce?
Some extra applesauce might work.
Can you explain the reasoning for the applesauce and if it’s 100% needed for this?
Love the recipe!
Helps sweeten them a bit and also helps replace oil/butter (higher cal ingredients)
The comments do NOT lie. To my surprise, these actually don't taste "healthy". They are sweet enough, they are moist and just delicious.
I halved the recipe (still added 1 whole egg + half tbs of water) and made mini cupcakes. Baked for 15 min, they are amazing. Thank you!
I just tried this recipe and it turned out amazing!! It wasn’t really fudgy but it tasted so good, I would’ve never really guessed it was a healthy recipe if I didn’t know, I also used molasses instead of honey
Wow! These are so delicious.
SERIOUSLY, I am a brownie expert. This is the FIRST low-calorie brownie that I felt lived up to the claim. It is VERY GOOD. I did use 'real' chocolate chips, but that was the only substitution. The texture, the flavor, all of it, is GOOD GOOD GOOD.
If you are skeptical from trying recipes and wasting ingredients to throw out 'healthy' brownies, give these a try!
I am thrilled; they will be part of the rotation! Yay and thank you for sharing this great recipe. (I've been trying recipes for years, pardon the excitement. :) )