These keto blondies are gooey and chewy, and everything you want in a low carb dessert bar. Made with brown butter and chocolate chips, they practically melt in your mouth!
When it comes to dessert, I don’t discriminate. I really love it all, and my vast archive of keto dessert recipes proves this beyond a doubt. I love fudgy Keto Brownies, tender Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies, and creamy Keto Custard.
But these Keto Blondies have a special place in my heart. They check all the boxes for a mouthwatering dessert. A wonderful texture, rich, sweet flavor, and they take only 35 minutes to make.
This is the recipe I whip up whenever I need a sweet treat I can share with non-keto folk. They always please!
Brown butter is the secret sauce
Keto blondies with chocolate chips are pretty tasty as it is, but the addition of brown butter takes them up a few notches.
If you’ve never tried brown butter, you need to run to your kitchen right now, plop a stick of butter in a pan and turn the heat to medium. Don’t walk away, don’t go anywhere, stand nearby and stir frequently. Four or five minutes later, you will have an amber liquid with a nutty, almost caramel-like flavor.
Brown butter is amazing in both sweet and savory recipes. One of my family’s favorite dinners is Brown Butter Chicken with Sage and Prosciutto. It’s fabulous as a sauce on Air Fryer Pork Chops, and it’s the secret to my delicious Keto Mushroom Soup.
Add brown butter into any sweet recipe and you get unparalleled flavor. Cookies, blondies, and cake can all get a boost from browned butter. These keto blondies are more tender and rich than they would be with regular butter.
Reader reviews
“These are delicious! Best keto blondies for sure and I’ve tried several different recipes over the last few months. Soooo good!!!” — Kim
“I’ve made this recipe a dozen times or more, and it always comes out perfectly. It’s one of my husband’s favorite treats to put in his lunch box.” — Rae Ann
“I don’t know if you’re a wizard or if I’ve sold my soul to the devil, but these are the most amazing things that have ever happened to me. I could barely stop eating the raw dough to bake it. My house smells amazing and I’m about to close the curtains, lock the doors and devour these. Thank you for your amazing work and recipes!” — Kate
Ingredients you need
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- Butter: Since the browned butter is the star of this recipe, choose a high quality butter. I like to use salted butter but you can use unsalted if you don’t like salty-sweet flavors.
- Almond flour: These keto blondies work best with finely ground, blanched almond flour.
- Brown sugar substitute: The flavor of this recipe is enhanced with a brown sugar substitute like Swerve or PureCane. The new Swerve formula works just as well as the old here.
- Collagen: The addition of some collagen protein (aka collagen peptides) makes the bars more gooey and tender. See the Expert Tips section for substitutes.
- Eggs: A whole egg plus an egg yolks also helps the consistency.
- Sugar-free chocolate chips: Either Lily’s or ChocZero work well here.
- Pantry staples: Baking powder, vanilla extract, and salt.
Step-by-step directions
1. Brown the butter: Place the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until the butter becomes a deep amber, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove and let cool.
2. Whisk the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, sweetener, collagen protein, baking powder, and salt.
3. Stir in the wet ingredients: Stir in the egg, egg yolk, browned butter, and vanilla extract until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, saving a few for the top of the blondies.
4. Bake the blondies: Press the dough evenly into a greased 8×8 inch square pan and top with the remaining chocolate chips. Bake 15 to 20 minutes at 325ºF, until just set and golden brown. Let cool and cut into squares.
Expert tips
Make the brown butter first. It needs to cool for a before you add it to the keto blondies. If it goes in to warm, it can cook the eggs and melt the chocolate chips.
Watch that brown butter carefully! Depending on how much you’re making, it can take only a few short minutes. It will foam quite a bit so you may need to push aside some of the foam to see the color.
Don’t want to use collagen? Simply use another 1/4 cup of almond flour instead.
Feel free to add in some other fun ingredients like chopped pecans or white chocolate chips. I used some of the new keto candies from Max Sweets on them recently, and the kids went nuts for them!
Sweetener Options
I think Swerve Brown is perfect in these keto blondies, as it enhances the caramel-like brown butter flavor. But you can really use any granular sweetener you like best. Do keep in mind that allulose sweeteners will make the blondies brown a little faster so keep your eye on them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Brown butter has the exact same carb count as regular butter, which is to say 0g of carbs per tablespoon. Nothing is added or taken away during the browning process. It simply caramelizes the milk solids, creating a nutty flavor and aroma.
This keto blondie recipe has 4.7g of carbs and 2.8g of fiber per serving. That comes to 1.9g net carbs per bar.
Store these blondies on the counter in an air tight container for up to four days or in the fridge for up to a week. You can also freeze them for several months.
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Brown Butter Keto Blondies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (118.29 ml) butter
- 1 3/4 cups (185 g) almond flour
- 1/2 cup (91 g) Swerve Brown
- 1/4 cup (40 g) collagen protein
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) vanilla extract
- 3 ounces (85.05 g) sugar-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Place the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until the butter becomes a deep amber, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove and let cool.
- Preheat the oven to 325ºF and grease a metal 8×8 inch square pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, sweetener, collagen protein, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir in the egg, egg yolk, browned butter, and vanilla extract until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, saving a few for the top of the blondies.
- Press the dough evenly into the prepared pan and top with the remaining chocolate chips. Bake 15 to 20, until just set and golden brown. Let cool and cut into squares.
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Nutritional Disclaimer
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
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I just made these. They haven’t cooled yet so I am unsure how they turned out but they smell and look amazing. I tasted the batter is it is so good. Can’t wait to eat them.
I love anything that uses brown butter! It just gives it that extra goodness. 🙂 Keto on! <3
These look amazing! Thanks for the recipe:)
Can I swap whey protein for the collagen proteins?
No, it’s not a good sub…. but I already provide info on how to change them if you don’t want to use the collagen. Please make sure you read the full blog post.
These are absolutely amazing! So delicious and moist… just love them. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes. I can only imagine how much time and effort you put into each one. You are very much appreciated ❤️
I am going ahead and leaving a review even though I haven’t tasted yet. They just came out of the oven and the smell is out of this world! I have a question, though, don’t we get to subtract the fiber from the total carbs? That would be less than five carbs per bar, anyway, what a wonderful recipe!
I have some brown butter and I’m eager to make these!
You are the Best!
Can you use an egg replacement?
I am sorry, I use eggs so I don’t really know.
I have to use plant eggs that I find at the grocery stores and at Target. Just Eggs are so much better than using the dry powder and adding the water. I make cakes, pies, cookies, bar cookies, and cheesecakes. There is also another liquid plant egg called Simply Eggless. I use 3 tablespoons per large egg and 2 tablespoons per egg yolk. However, I cannot make meringue-type recipes. I have made both keto and regular recipes. The plant eggs don’t seem to work for easy keto pasta recipes.
Just wondering if you have ever made sugar free hard candies like jolly ranchers?
I have tried… not quite successfully!
Will this work in a glass Pyrex 8 x 8 ?
Absolutely love these!
I didn’t have any almond flour, so I used 11\2 cups of THM baking blend and 1/2 cup coconut flour. My brownies were very crumbly. What could I have added to hold them together?
Oh Shirley… Oh I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you CANNOT use coconut flour in that way. No wonder they were crumbly!!! It works so differently. Please read this for a greater understanding of coconut flour. https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/low-carb-basics-baking-with-coconut-flour/
These brownies were super yummy! Can they be left out at room temperature or do they need refrigeration?
They are fine at room temp for 4 days or so.
Can I use ghee instead of butter in this recipe???
I think it should work.
These are delicious! Best keto blondies for sure and I’ve tried several different recipes over the last few months. Soooo good!!!
can I use powdered stevia in place of swerve and then molasses?
Made these tonight – delicious
Thanks for all the great recipes