Keto Blondies (Dairy Free)

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These keto blondies will be your new favorite keto dessert recipe- so soft, gooey, and slightly chewy! Made in just one bowl, they are low carb and sugar free, but you’d never tell! 3 grams net carbs. 

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When it comes to classic keto desserts, we love our fudgy brownies, flourless chocolate cake, and these keto blondies. 

I’ve been meaning to do a keto blondie recipe for a while now.

I often call these blonde brownies, as they have the same texture as brownies do- ooey, gooey, fudgy, and rich. The taste differs though, as there is no cocoa powder. They are sweet, hints of vanilla, and mouthfuls of chocolate chips in every bite!

How to make keto blondies

These gooey blondies are so quick and easy to make. Be sure that your batter is smooth when placing it in the oven, otherwise you’ll be left with dried out blondies!

The Ingredients

  • Almond Flour- Blanched almond flour, not almond meal. You want the blondies to have a light color and gooey texture. 
  • Baking Powder- To ensure the blondies are leavened and rise well. 
  • Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener- A keto sugar substitute, golden monk fruit sweetener has the taste and texture of brown sugar. 
  • Butter- Either dairy free butter or standard butter. You want the butter to be mostly melted, but still intact. 
  • Eggs OR substitute– Use 2 large eggs, or the egg replacement equivalent, like Bob’s Egg replacer. I haven’t tried with flax eggs or chia eggs. 
  • Vanilla Extract- Brings out a subtle vanilla flavor, and natural sweetness. 
  • Mix-Ins- You can use anything you like- I used keto chocolate chips in one batch and pecans in another! 

The Instructions 

In a mixing bowl, whisk together your almond flour with baking powder and set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk together your softened butter, eggs, golden monk fruit sweetener, and vanilla extract, until combined. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture, and mix until just combined. Fold through your chocolate chips and any other mix-ins and transfer to an 8 x 8-inch baking pan. Bake the blondies at 180C/350F for 20-22 minutes, or until a skewer comes out ‘just’ clean. Allow keto blondies to cool in the pan completely, before slicing. 

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Why are my low carb blondies dry? 

There are several reasons why your keto blondies turn out dry. The main one being that you’ve overbaked them. Remember, these blondies continue to cook as they are cooling down, so remove them when they are ‘just’ done. 

Also, be sure to use blanched almond flour, not almond meal. Blanched almond flour always yields a lighter texture, which in turn helps the blondies remain soft and gooey. There is a reason why I often call these almond flour brownies!

Tips and Tricks

  • Do not overbake the blondies, as they will become dry. Also, you want them to have a gooey texture. 
  • Avoid overmixing the batter, as that can affect the overall texture of the blondies. Also, it will be hard to achieve the crinkly tops.
  • Reserve some chocolate chips, pecans, or other nuts to top the blondies with, for aesthetic purposes.
  • Optional, but I recommend adding some flaky sea salt on top, for the ultimate sweet and salty experience. 
  • To make eggless blondies, replace the eggs with a pre-formulated egg substitute. Flax eggs and chia eggs do not work well. 

Storing and Freezing Tips

  • To store: Keto Chocolate Chip blondies will keep for at least a week when refrigerated in a sealed container. While the blondies can also be stored at room temperature, that is only best if you intend to enjoy them within 2-3 days. 
  • To freeze: Wrap low carb blondies individually in parchment paper and place them in a ziplock bag. Frozen blondies will keep fresh for at least 6 months.
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Keto Blondies

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Quick and easy keto blondies- The BEST keto dessert recipe made in under 20 minutes! Gooey and fudgy blondies made with almond flour and ready in 20 minutes!
Servings: 12 Blondies
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 25 minutes

Ingredients  

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line an 8 x 8-inch pan with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine your almond flour and baking powder and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together your golden monk fruit sweetener, eggs, softened butter and vanilla extract, until combined.
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  • Combine your wet and dry ingredients, and mix until just combined. Using a rubber spatula, fold through your chocolate chips and other mix ins of choice.
    blondie batter with chocolate chips
  • Transfer your blondie batter into the lined pan. Bake the keto blondies for 20-25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out just clean.
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  • Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan completely.

Notes

* Egg replacer, like Bob’s Egg Replacer. 
TO STORE: Keto blondies will keep for at least a week when refrigerated in a sealed container. While the blondies can also be stored at room temperature, that is only best if you intend to enjoy them within 2-3 days. 
TO FREEZE: Blondies are freezer friendly and can be stored in the freezer. Wrap blondies individually in parchment paper and place them in a ziplock bag. Frozen pecan blondies will keep fresh for at least 6 months.
Thaw frozen blondies at room temperature or in the fridge overnight. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1BarCalories: 190kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 5gFat: 18gSodium: 124mgPotassium: 12mgFiber: 2gVitamin A: 281IUCalcium: 69mgIron: 1mgNET CARBS: 3g
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Arman Liew
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Arman Liew

I’m a two time cookbook author, photographer, and writer, and passionate about creating easy and healthier recipes. I believe you don’t need to be experienced in the kitchen to make good food using simple ingredients that most importantly, taste delicious.

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  1. 5 stars
    Delicious recipe I did powder the golden monk fruit made the recipe it tasted fantastic but it crumbled so I don’t know if that’s because perhaps I didn’t cook it long enough or perhaps I should not have powdered the golden monk fruit. I’m in the USA with an electric oven. Either way I loved it and ordered the Golden Lakanto Monkfruit sweetener with ERYTHRITOL from Amazon.

  2. 5 stars
    Very yummy! I cut the monkfruit in 1/2 but it was too much (they weren’t quite sweet enough) They were still delicious but I think next time I will cut it by a fourth or a third instead of half. This recipe is a keeper!

  3. 5 stars
    Tasty but do half the amount of monkfruit sugar. First time we made them it was so sweet we threw them out, made them with half the sugar this time and they taste much much better 👏

  4. 5 stars
    This is the best keto dessert I have ever made. I can’t believe it tastes this good, and it’s low carb! What sorcery!

    1. 5 stars
      This is, hands down, the best keto dessert I’ve ever eaten. I’ll be making these frequently! Thank you ☺️❤️

  5. 5 stars
    Swaped the same measure of almond flour by coconut flour. Didn’t work at all… Super dry… Added milk and egg and still super dry..

    1. Hi Quentin, I’m not surprised- you can’t swap almond flour for coconut flour. Two completely different flours with different baking properties.

  6. 5 stars
    THESE ARE THE BEST. I can’t believe they are keto friendly and healthy. I’m making more today…….. that’s twice this week. They are super good frozen too. Mine turned out perfect. Gooey with the right amount of texture. I sent this recipe to several of my friends already. Highly suggest.

  7. 5 stars
    I am really surprised at how well this turned out! It tastes great! Like some else suggested, I used half the amount of sweetener (the brand suggested which was great – no weird after taste like stevia). I then tried two other variations – a lemon slice using lemon rind and a choc chip and raspberry slice. Both excellent.

  8. 5 stars
    Sooooo good but not gooey which is fine. They have a cake like texture, crumbly, delicious and satisfying. I used granulated monk fruit sweetener but cut in down to 1/4 of what was called for in the recipe because so many keto recipes over do it with the sweetness. I used Pascha dark chocolate chips, 100% cacao available on Amazon. No sugar and a bit bitter which I just love. It was still just slightly too sweet upon tasting so I may try it again with even less sugar. Thanks for a great recipe.

  9. 5 stars
    Great recipe, will make again but bake it for longer. I baked it at 350 degress in an 8×8 pan for ~28 minutes, the edges cooked but the center was raw. For me, it probably needs about 25 minutes to bake otherwise amazing!

    1. 5 stars
      I’ve made these blondies twice with great results. My one and only issue with the recipe the fact that they are so buttery that they become greasy. Is there anything that I can tweak to solve that issue?

  10. 5 stars
    Not gonna lie – I had low expectations for this (I’d just tried a mug recipe from another site that was super nasty). However, these turned out good. Consistency was good and they taste excellent. Thanks for the awesome recipe.

  11. 5 stars
    A friend shared these Blondies with me a while back. I have since made them, shared them and shared the recipe with several family members!
    Thank you for creating and sharing your recipe!

    1. 5 stars
      I have made these several times and we love them. The last two times I divided the batter into a mini muffin tin and only baked them till I could see a ring of of light golden brown around the edges. They make fantastic two bite brownies and my gang seems to prefer them that way and definitely less crumbly. And I use Swerve or Monkfruit sweetener depending on which I have at hand and it works great with either.

  12. 5 stars
    Made these last night for the first time and they are so delicious Wowee!! My first keto bake and it turned out perfect. Love love loving these so very much!! Thank you!! 🙏🫶😋

      1. 5 stars
        These are to die for. They’re too tasty to be keto…are you sure they are? lol. I used granulated erythritol instead of the golden monk fruit sweetener. I used sugar-free chocolate chips. My mixture did not look like the one in the photos. Mine was thicker like cookie dough and not runny at all. I baked at 350 for 30 minutes but they were still quite undercooked, very wobbly in the middle of the pan . I turned it up to 375 and baked for another 10 mins and they were perfect golden brown. They are VERY, very sweet, I think some would consider them over-sweet but I personally like it.

  13. 5 stars
    This recipe is so good and easy to boot! Just made them w/pecans added. We couldn’t wait for it to cool. Tasted like a warm wonderful chewy chocolate chip cookie. Had a cold glass of almond milk with it! Kicked my sweet tooth to the curb!! Will make many times I’m sure! Thanks for the recipe!😁

  14. 5 stars
    Oh my gosh! These are amazing! Even my man who “thinks” he wouldn’t like them does like them very much! Thank you for this amazing recipe.

  15. execellent! I do not like artificial sweeteners but monk fruit does not have that terrible after taste.

  16. 5 stars
    Great recipe, Arman! I made it with vegan “butter” shortening, and it was delicious. Question: how many servings per recipe? Thanks! Susan

  17. These are in the oven right now. Should I have doubled the chocolate chips to 1 Cup since I didn’t have any other mix ins?
    Sure hope they turn out……

  18. 5 stars
    We liked the recipe. First Keto dessert we have had. The flour I used was Bob’s almond flour, so I don’t think it was meal flour.

  19. 5 stars
    Didn’t have enough almond flour so did 1 cup 1/4 of almond flour the rest I used coconut flour. Used 1/4 tsp of xantham gum and came out perfect

  20. 5 stars
    Yum! We chopped up most of a bar of lindt dark chocolate with sea salt and stirred it in – got thumbs up from all the kids too!

  21. This recipe is great with 1 cup of packed brown sugar Swerve and 1/3-1/2 cup heavy cream to thin the batter out a tad. Made this with cream cheese frosting using 8oz cream cheese, 3 tablespoons butter and about 2-2 1/2 cups powdered Swerve for an extra special treat!

  22. 5 stars
    Absolutely delicious. Made these tonight for the first time. I used Allulose (1 1/3 cup) as I haven’t used Monk Fruit sweetener before and was a bit scared to (haven’t used Allulose either but I’d spent enough on sugar free and gluten free ingredients so wasn’t buying more!). Turned out absolutely wonderful – golden, sweet but not too sweet. I wasn’t able to find sugar free chocolate chips here in time for tomorrow when I needed this recipe by, so have cheated and added a small handful of dark chocolate chips and some chopped unsalted almonds. This recipe is actually good, as I find a lot of keto (or sugar free, gluten free etc) are dull, don’t work properly etc. Thanks for the recipe and one day if I can find the right choc chips, will make it again!

  23. I don’t have the golden monk fruit yet. I have Swerve white sugar and also Swerve brown sugar on hand, which should I use?

      1. 5 stars
        These are amazing! I love all your recipes but this is my favourite. I make the vegan version and just tried it with vegan white chocolate and cherries! I’m now guarding the fridge as my daughter is trying to eat it all in one sitting! 😂

        Appreciate all the work you put into sharing your recipes. Thank you 🙏

  24. 5 stars
    Was pretty good but I think because I didn’t use eggs but flax eggs and coconut oil it changed the texture and needed to cook a bit longer. Thanks for this recipe!

  25. Hi there, I followed the recipe exactly and cooked it for 25 minutes. It’s very gooey inside but browned on top. (I’m still gonna eat it because it’s delicious!!) Could it have gone wrong because I’m at high altitude (6000 ft)?

    1. Hi Pamcakes! It sounds like that is your problem BUT you can rectify it easily 🙂 just cover the top with tin foil so it cooks but doesn’t brown the top.

  26. Would Swerve Brown substitute well for the Golden Monkfruit? I have both, but just wondering if the Swerve Brown would give it an even more gooey texture (who doesn’t love all that goo??) 🙂

  27. 5 stars
    Hello,
    While the blondes turned out great, the overall flavor was incredibly sweet. If I make them again, I would cut the monk fruit to 1/2 cup.

    1. I am out of Almond Flour 🫤 is there a sub I can use? I know coconut flour really absorbs moisture and I have Cassava, not sure if that’s Keto? Guess maybe have to get to the store…really wanted to try these…(I have a disabled hubby I cannot leave alone) your recipes just LOOK very GOOD!

  28. Awesome!! I’m on my third batch!! Using Lilly’s choc chips, I’ve made pumpkin spice, salted caramel and today..basic choc chip!!! LOVE this recipe!

  29. Does the sweetener have to be golden monkfruit? Will the taste/texture be affected if I used a monkfruit sweetener that is not golden?

  30. Any way I could have the old recipe? I didn’t think to save it since over never had an online recipe change on me. Our family prefers the original 😊

  31. The bars turned out way to sweet, used monk fruit, but when I make them again, I will use 1/2 cup instead. Will be good with vanilla keto ice cream!

  32. This recipe is great .we like them very much .You said it had 5 carbs and 2 fiber is that 3 net carbs total?

  33. This looks amazing. I see that one bar = a serving. How many bars do you get from an 8×8 pan? Thank you.

    1. 5 stars
      Super easy & delicious recipe. For the mix-in’s, I used unsweetened coconut & pecans. They really turned out great – thanks!!

  34. Hi,

    This sounds like an amazing recipe.
    Do you by any chance have the metric measurements for the recipe? A lot of the time the conversion from conversion tables/websites is inaccurate and so the recipe doesn’t turn out right.

      1. 5 stars
        I’ve tried few keto desserts but this is the first one I’ve tried that with almond flour that I couldn’t tell a difference from regular flour. I’m not sure if it’s just the way it’s cooked or the amounts of ingredients but I will definitely be adding this as a regular staple for dessert. So delicious and fills my sweet craving for baked goodness I’ve been missing. 🙂