Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Bars (with squash)
These gluten-free double chocolate bars make for one delicious dessert. These gluten-free, veggie-filled, double chocolate brownies are the perfect after-dinner treat, or really, anytime treat!
You could call these double chocolate squash bars because they are packed with roasted acorn squash. These bars are made without any butter, milk, or flour.
They are a delicious gluten-free and dairy free healthy-ish treat or even breakfast!
When my daughter was younger, I used to sneak all kinds of veggies into the treats I made her. In fact, I went a little further than just sneaking stuff into her treats.
If I recall, she was around two and a half when she had her first taste of bona fide cream-and-sugar ice cream at a friend’s birthday and was totally puzzled! Mainly because I had been giving her frozen banana-strawberry-yogurt “ice cream” up until then.
Now, I had friends who didn’t support this sneaking around business; “Shashi, she needs to know what she is tasting”, they would often say!
But, it seemed to work for us – it kept things interesting and fun – and fuss-free in our house!
As the years rolled by, though, I started sharing some of the ingredients that went into making her cupcakes and cookies – but, she had grown to love them; so, she wasn’t too fazed.
Avocado in cupcakes, beets in pizza (yes, you read that right, that’s beets IN pizza), spinach in pancakes, and pumpkin in cookies – she ate them all without complaining!
However, now and then, I would throw in an ingredient I knew she detested – just to shake things up and see if she really truly disliked said ingredient.
For example, when I cook a bowl of quinoa, she claims to deplore it and won’t touch it – but, when I made her these lentil chocolate pancakes – there was no protesting as she gobbled them up!
The same happened when I made these gluten-free double chocolate bars. Or, you could call them double chocolate squash bars, or maybe even brownies, as they are not as dense as a brownie – but not as light and fluffy as a cake.
These Double Chocolate Bars are totally gluten-free and flour free.
That means absolutely no oat or almond or coconut flour at all – but you really wouldn’t know it.
And, these bars also happen to be dairy free!
Using squash with chocolate chips and cocoa and eggs, make these bars or brownies so totally decadent – perfect for dessert or even breakfast for that matter! I sure hope y’all give these bars/brownies a try!
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar Packed
- 1/2 Acorn Squash Roasted for 30 minutes
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Instant Coffee
- 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cut an acorn squash in half. Save one half for another use, and roast the second half in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. When done, set aside to come to room temperature.
- Use an electric beater or stand mixer to mix the eggs till well blended.
- Scrape out the roasted acorn squash and add it to the eggs.
- Add the brown sugar to the egg mixture and beat until well incorporated.
- Using a spatula, fold in the cocoa powder, instant coffee, and dark chocolate chips.
- Spoon into a parchment-lined 9×9 baking tray and bake for 25 minutes.
- Allow to cool, then cut into nine squares.
- Enjoy!
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You know I’m the chocolate freak so I find these utterly irresistible!
Thanks Melanie!
If it’s got chocolate in it, I’m all over it. Can’t believe this is gluten-free. Love the use of the acorn squash.
Thanks MJ – I love baking with squash – it makes everything so moist!
The texture of these is perfect, Shashi! They look decadent delicious!!
Thanks Marissa!
They look scrumptious and so tempting! Looking at them made me want to make and devour them!
Haha – thanks so much Denise!
These are so good looking. My friend Jan can’t eat anything with gluten and she’ll be over the moon with these. Thanks!
Thanks Maureen!
YES! AND THE ACORN SQUASH MAKES A RE-APPEARANCE in BAKED GOODS!!! 😀 😀 😀 I loved it in my donuts, and this – OH HECK YES!
Oh HECK yes indeed! 🙂
I will have to test these out for my gluten free girlfriend! She’s a chocoholic and will be thrilled!
I hope you and your girlfriend love these as much as my daughter and I did – might want to add a tad bit more sugar if you want your bars sweet, though.
I’m all about the sneak approach. I love testing it out on my husband to see if he can tell. Definitely need to give these a shot!
Haha – so your husband is your guinea pig er…”taste-tester” – much like my daughter is mine?! Thanks Gina!
This is seriously just insane! Acorn squash in brownies…I am skeptical but judging by the pictures and the ingredient list I am VERY intrigued! THese have been pinned and will def be satisfying my next bronwie craving 🙂 SO creative!
Thanks so much Selena – I would so love for you to try these and let me know if you happen to like them – don’t let me know if you don’t! – 🙂 Just kidding – please let me know either way…
Wow, what a great way to eat squash!
Thanks Sharon!
Awesome! I had some paleo brownies the other day and they weren’t as dense as what I would consider a brownie. Sounds like these fall into the same category, and perhaps you correctly call them bars, not brownies. The squash is pretty funky, great idea!
Thanks Chris! These are definitely not too dense – but not light and fluffy either, but, they sure are tasty! 🙂
I’m all for sneaking veggies in treats, except for beets. Because sneaking beets into well, anything is a cruel thing to do… 😉
Loving this 6-ingredient easy, super healthy bars!
Hahaha! Thanks Mike! After that comment, am thinking I might just have to go and “beetify” your cauliflower crust… 🙂
Wow, only 6 ingredients? I have to try them!
Yes – yes – please do, Beth! 🙂
Wow can’t believe there is squash in there!!! These look amazing! 🙂
Thanks so much Bethany and Rachel!
These look delicious, and would not last very long in my apartment at all (I’d give it mayyyybe a day before I finished the pan)! 😛
Haha – now Farrah that’s a record – it took my daughter and I 2 days to finish these, and I was thinking we were pigs! 🙂
Let’s just say that portion control ain’t my strong suit! :P!
You had me at the ingredient list! I love how simple and veggie-fied these are! PS. Definitely trying the quinoa pancakes too 🙂
Oh Katie – thank you! Your comment so made my day! I would love to know what you think of them – please tag me @RunninSrilankan on IG or Twitter and let me know?