These Sweet Potato Avocado Brownie Bites are the answer to your chocolate craving prayers.
Today we’re sharing our favorite ooey-gooey, fudgy, chocolatey brownie bite recipe! Best of all, this recipe includes some true power foods that aren’t typically found in brownies: avocado and sweet potato (or pumpkin).
These grain-free Sweet Potato Avocado Brownie Bites make the perfect ending to your or your child’s packed lunch once or twice week. We say once or twice a week because even though these are a healthier treat….they’re still a treat – so moderation is important because we wouldn’t want you to develop a habit of having a treat after every.single.meal. This is a freezer-friendly recipe, so we recommend portioning out two or three brownie bites and freeze them in individual snack baggies for easy grab-and-go lunch box additions.
These Grain-free Sweet Potato Avocado Brownie Bites are low in sugar and oh so chocolatey. Click To Tweet
As The Real Food RDs we do enjoy treats every once in awhile. In fact, we encourage them as long as you exercise some self-control and practice portion control. We never want you to feel restricted though, as that can lead to a poor relationship with food. In addition, we like to take a sugar-loaded dessert made with unhealthy oils and refined flours and re-create them so that they are nourishing and provide the body with some good too, while still tasting delicious. You’re going to love these brownie bites!
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Sweet Potato Avocado Brownie Bites
An ooey-gooey fudgy brownie bite filled with healthy fats and chocolaty goodness. Need we say more? You’ll never know this recipe includes avocado and sweet potato!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 24 mini-muffins
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- ½ cup sweet potato puree (~1 small sweet potato) or pumpkin puree
- 1 small avocado
- 2 whole eggs
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
- 3 Tbsp. coconut flour
- 1/3 cup raw cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- 1/3 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
- ¼ cup walnuts, chopped* (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line a mini-muffin tin with liners (silicon liners work great) or grease with oil.
- Combine all of the ingredients in a blender, mixer or food processor, except for the chocolate chips.
- Blend the ingredients just until smooth.
- Fold in ¼ cup chocolate chips and optional walnuts.
- Fill each muffin well with batter. Top with remaining mini-chocolate chips.
- Bake in oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to finish cooling before enjoying.
Notes
*Omit walnuts for Nut-free
**Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or package 2-3 together and store in the freezer.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini-muffin
- Calories: 70
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 115mg
- Fat: 4g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
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It doesn’t get better than this brownie bites made with real food — sweet potatoes and avocado…GENIUS!
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Haha…I know, right?! Enjoy!
These are amazing! Made my 3rd batch in 3 weeks 😀 … my husband goes gaga over them. QUESTION; Is the Fat content per brownie bite really 71 GRAMS of FAT? That doesn’t make any sense, since a tablespoon of coconut oil is only 117 calories and 14 Grams of Fat. That is a scary number!
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Hi Nina! Happy to hear your love the brownie bites! The calories are 71 and the grams of fat per serving is 4 g. 71 g of fat would be one high-fat bite of brownie! 🙂
It’s all good fats though.
Omg, I love this idea. These look amazing, i’m definitely going to try them.
Awesome, you’re going to love them! Be sure to report back! Happy baking 🙂
Stacie, these are amazing!!! My two sons, 14 & 10 love them as well. They are deff going to be a regularly made thing on our home. Thx so much for posting. Would love more recipes like this!!
So so great to hear you all loved them! 🙂 Here is a link to more of our favorite sweets-and-treats recipes. https://therealfoodrds.com/recipes-2/?fwp_course=snacks-treats
Enjoy!
Thx so much!!
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You’re very welcome!
I tried the link but it didn’t work. I even copy and pasted it and it still didn’t work. Any suggestions?
Thank you
Hi Michelle, I have updated the link! here you go: https://therealfoodrds.com/recipes-2/?fwp_course=snacks-treats
Do you think this recipe would work out okay using egg replacer for the eggs?
Hi Sarah! While we haven’t tried them without eggs, I feel like they would be just as delicious if you replace the eggs with 2 Tbsp. chia or flaxseeds made into a gel by letting them soak for 5 minutes in 6 Tbsp. of water + 1 extra Tbsp. of coconut flour. I’m inspired to give this a try now too! Let us know if you try them without eggs. Happy Baking!
Can you tell me if I could use an 8-8 pan size instead
Hi Julie – We haven’t tried it but typically a recipe that makes 12 muffin tins worth of goodness will work just fine in an 8×8-inch pan. Give it a try and let us know how it works.
Enjoy!
Well first off- drinking wine and baking on Christmas Eve Eve for me apparently do not work! I don’t read so well with A glass of wine in me (yes just one, Gettin’ old ) and mistaken 1/4tsp salt for 1tsp salt. Oops!! As I was dumping it in I thought to myself, “man this seems like a lot.” It was one of those slow motion NOOOOOOO! moments. “Luckily” I had enough ingredients to make a 1.5 batch (still not equal to the 4x the salt I put in). I baked them in an 8×8 pan- which no doubt took much longer (about 45 minutes I do believe) but they turned out pretty decent. Surprisingly not too salty (some bites more than others). I’m going with “sea salt chocolate brownies” haha. But overall Very moist. Very chocolatey. Super easy recipe (when you follow it). Will mark again for sure (correctly!).
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Oh, noooooo! I get that whole “slow motion thing” – absolutely momentarily paralyzing when you realize you’re just nanoseconds away from something you can’t really undo. Yikes — but….great recovery nonetheless. I’m glad you were able to salvage the batch and enjoy some chocolatey “sea salt” brownie goodness this evening. Cheers!
Finally got around to making these! One word….YUMMY!
Yes! So yummy, indeed!!
Very yummy!! Even my 10 year old boy requested them at his bday party, so jus mad a dble batch! They r sooo good!!
Thank you so much for sharing! Sweet Potato Avocado Brownie Bites will be a sure hit at the Bday party! Happy Birthday to your son!
This looks amazing! I want to make them, but when I view the recipe it is giving me a “?” instead of the measurement 🙁
•½ cup sweet potato puree (~1 small sweet potato) or pumpkin puree
•1 small avocado
•2 whole eggs
•? cup honey
•2 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
•3 Tbsp. coconut flour
•? cup raw cocoa powder
•1 ½ tsp. baking soda
•¼ tsp. sea salt
•? cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
•¼ cup walnuts, chopped* (optional)
Can you fill in the blanks 🙂 Thank you!! I can not wait to sneak the avocado and sweet potato into my kid!! 🙂
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Sorry about that! They have been updated! Thanks for letting us know.
Enjoy!
Thank you!!!
Hi,
I really like this recipe idea, but I want to replace the coconut flour and I know that these recipes with coconut have extra moisture because the flour is super dry.
What amount of almond flour or even regular flour should I use?
Hi Elle,
Unfortunately, coconut flour is a tough ingredient to replace. It’s fairly easy to sub coconut flour or almond flour but difficult to go the other way. Unless you are an experience grain-free baker, it may be best to find another recipe that does not contain coconut flour since I have no idea where you’d want to start. And if gluten (aka regular flour) is not something you avoid, then perhaps you want to start with a recipe that contains wheat flour. I’d hate to make a guess here and have you experience a major flop!
I made these yesterday and used the exact same recipe 🙂 Very happy with the results and the flavor! Thanks so much!!
For next time — I should put the cupcake fillers first and fill them up all the way because they were sticky from the bottom (even though I used so much cooking spray in my pan).
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You’re so welcome – glad you enjoyed them! Yes, some muffin pans stick more than others so using liners will prevent that from happening. Thanks for your feedback!
Just baked these for the first time – A-MAZING!!!
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Awesome! Healthy, fudgy brownies for the win! Thanks for letting us know you loved them!
I just made these over the weekend, and omg they were so good! And they’re a hit in my office too! I did use agave instead of honey (until I ran out, and went back to using honey), but it tasted amazing. Thank you for this!
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience with these brownies. I bet you’re even more popular around the office now!
Made these tonight without chocolate chips but I used 1-1.5 c tigernut flour, 1/4-1/2 c date lady chocolate date paste, and an extra egg. It was GREAT!
Nice! Great substitutions, Mindy. Who doesn’t LOVE the Date Lady chocolate date spread?! Thanks for sharing!
One word….D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! Hard to believe there is an avocado in this recipe. These little yummies are so moist, full of lovely chocolate flavor and refrigerate nicely. Ladies, thank you so much for an absolutely perfect recipe (I did not have to change a thing). Muffin liners are a must, because they are so moist….although, next batch I make, these babies will go in a regular muffin tin (I guess I’m too greedy to enjoy the tiny goodness :)). Can I use an 8 X 8? Or doubling the recipe to make a two layer cake? Thanks again for a perfect chocolate muffin!
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Hey Terry!
This is seriously the best comment – totally made my day to hear your enthusiasm for this recipe. You can definitely make them in an 8×8 inch pan – though you may need to bake them a little longer.
If you want a brownies that’s more cakey and less fudgy, you definitely want to check out these Sweet Potato Brownies with Walnuts too.
Thank you Jessica, can’t wait to try your Sweet Potato Brownie recipe! I appreciate all the work you and Stacie put into making wholesome recipes for the benefit of all of us who are seeking a better way to enjoy healthy recipes. Regarding the “Brownie Bites” It is extremely hard to work with coconut flour and by gosh you nailed it! And you created a little miracle of moist, chocolaty, healthy indulgence for all of us to enjoy (without detecting any of the “ingredients”). I have liked your fb page and am following you on Pinterest. I look forward to trying more of your healthy, life-giving recipes for my whole family! Hugs, Terry Carr
Thanks, Terry!! Stacie gets all the credit on these brownies – she’s a coconut flour miracle worker.
Thanks for being such a great supporter!! ❤️️
We can’t wait to make these! Have you ever tried maple syrup instead of honey? If so, 1/3 cup as well?
Hi Denise,
We haven’t tested the recipe with maple syrup so I can’t give you an exact amount but that should work fine since you’re substituting a liquid for another liquid. Please let us know how they turn out using maple syrup so we can share with other readers.
Thanks!
I made this today and even though we don’t have muffin tins, they worked beautifully as cookies. I also used ground of oats instead of coconut flour. Yummy!! Thanks for sharing!!
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Hey Kim,
I love the idea of making them as cookies and subbing ground oats for coconut flour in a pinch!
Amazing!! I made these exactly as the recipe says. I added walnuts too. These are more cake-like than brownie, however, I have no problem eating a few at a time! Thank you for a recipe I will use many times. ????
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed them.
Looking to sub out the coconut oil and flour. Any suggestions?
Hi Ellen,
You can substitute avocado oil, melted ghee or butter or even melted palm shortening for the coconut oil. The coconut flour, however, is a little tricker because the nature of coconut flour (it absorbs A LOT of moisture) is unlike any other flour. We’ve not experimented with other flours in this recipe though I have a hunch that you could use some combination of almond flour and tapioca or arrowroot starch in place of the coconut flour. How much, I couldn’t say. You’d have to eyeball it until you get a batter consistency or find an almond flour-based recipe that might give you an idea of proportions. Sorry I can’t be of more help here.
I made these this evening, but baked the batter in an 8″x8″ pan instead of muffin tins. Twenty minutes was definitely enough time, too. Used large dark chocolate chips – my favorite, those Ghirardelli – and they definitely tasted more like cake and less like brownies. Still very good, and the best part is I can make these for Passover this year!
I am still looking for an allergen free flourless cake recipe, though. It has to be dairy and nut free, but seeds are apparently allowed. Have any dietitians on this site ever experimented with pumpkin seed flour? Or seed butter?
Hi Hannah,
Your brownies sound amazing – anything with large dark chocolate chips! Neither Stacie or I have any experience with pumpkin seed flour. I do very little grain-free baking because of an anaphylactic egg allergy (I can’t taste test anything!) and when I do bake I make recipes that Stacie has created and tested. I’ll pass the word onto her about what you’re looking for – perhaps she has a lead on a recipe out there that might work for you.
My son is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, and coconut. What could I use to substitute the coconut flour and coconut oil? Would the amount differ when substituted? Also, do the brownies taste different pending sweet potatoes versus pumpkin? Thanks!
Hi Angela,
Unfortunately, there isn’t a good substitute for coconut flour because it’s a very unique flour. Perhaps these Sunbutter Brownies from Elana’s Pantry (dairy-free & Nut-free) would be a good alternative for your son.
Regarding your question about sweet potato vs. pumpkin… there’s very little difference between the two once you add the cocoa powder.
These look fantastic! Can you substitute xylitol for honey? I’m on a clean eating diet that discourages sugars even in the form of natural honey, agave, maple syrup, etc. Thanks!
Thanks, Kate!
We haven’t tested the recipe using xylitol though I imagine you’d be able to use it – though I couldn’t say now much you’d need to achieve a desirable level of sweetness. You may also need to increase the liquid a bit to compensate for the fact that honey is adding moisture in addition to sweetness.
If you try them with xylitol we’d love to hear how they turn out!
I have a question, I wanted to make these for my dad who is diabetic. Where is says Carbohydrates: 9g Sugar: 7g. Is the 9g total carbs or is it carbs + sugar. I know he can only have a couple, but this would only be a treat on Father’s day. Out would you recommend I not make them for him. He does well with his sugars, around 100 most days, it will shot up sometimes but still pretty good for 15 years as a Type 2 diabetic.
By the way, I have made there 3 or 4 times and my granddaughter goes crazy over them every time.
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Hi Tami,
The TOTAL carbs per serving is 9 grams (7 of which come from sugars or non-fiber carbs – either naturally occurring in the sweet potato or added). So for the purpose of counting carbs you’ll want to use the 9g per serving.
Hope that helps!
These are really good! I just made a second batch. They could be a little sweeter, so I added a few packets of stevia to the second batch. They could pass for the real thing. Great recipe.
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Thanks, Jessica!
How long can these be left at room temperature? I want to make them the night before my daughter’s party but don’t want to make the cold in the fridge if I don’t have to.
Hi Stacy,
You can leave them out at room temperature overnight and they’ll be fine. Enjoy!
I just finished making these but put them in a 6×9 pan instead. They seemed to take awhile to set. I baked for 40min. Do you think I did something wrong? They are very moist, but i’m not sure the middle is totally set. I’m sure my family will inhale them, but have you encountered this in a pan vs. the muffins?
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I have not tried this recipe in a 6×9 pan, only mini muffins. However, it doesn’t surprise me that it took that long to bake them. Often times grain-free baked goods require a bit more time to bake. Hope your family enjoyed them!
This is such an amazing recipe. My husband loved it … even with all of the healthy ingredients. It is so moist on the inside. Thankfully I read some posts before risking overcooking it. Before reading the posts I thought it was under cooked. I subbed maple syrup in place of honey. It worked really well. I will add this to my recipe list and may even make it for Christmas day. I can’t wait to make more of your great recipes.
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Hi Vittoria,
We love hearing this – thanks for sharing! We especially love when we hear our readers winning over family members despite the healthy ingredients inside!!
Has anyone tried this with a almond flour? My hubby bought it instead of coconut and I’m just realizing this now. Help please!
Hi Hayley,
We haven’t tested the recipe with almond flour in place of the coconut flour. My guess is that it won’t work since coconut flour has a very unique property in that it absorbs a lot of liquid and you only need a little for it to work. If you do (or did) try it with all almond flour we’d love to hear how it worked for you.
I tried it with almond flour and it works! The taste was good and the texture too.
That’s great to know! Thanks, Genevieve!
It is perfect! All the family loved it, thank you so much for this recipe. It is easy and quick to make and so moist and tasty.
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My husband and I absolutely loved ❤️this recipe! It’s a great way to eat healthy without losing flavor! You would never guess the ingredients in the recipe! Big WOW!!!! ????????????
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Yessss! We love sneaking healthy ingredients into just about everything.
Can u bake them in a 8x8pan?
Yes, you can. They may need an additional minute or two longer in the oven to ensure they’re cooked in the center.
I’ve made these brownies 3 times and my family loves them!!! Since they stick to regular, paper muffin cups pretty, badly, I used the parchment muffin liners this last time and they were perfect! Not one crumb stuck to the paper cup. They are delicious, but you’d have to love chocolate, of course. I get 13 regular-sized muffins out of 2x (doubling) the recipe. I, also, fill them quite full since these muffins don’t rise a lot. They are plenty sweet with the honey and chocolate chips.
Hi Susan,
We’re so glad you love these and that you found the parchment paper liners to be non-stick (I prefer them, too, since I’m not always keen on having all that dye from the brightly-colored liners next to my food)
Best brownies I’ve ever eaten. My friend, Marie, made them and gave me one to try. Can’t wait to make them and share with family and friends. Amazing brownies!!! Thank you.
Can I use oat flour and brown rice syrup?
Hi Karishma,
You could but I can’t say how much oat flour you’d need to replace the coconut flour – it will likely be quite a bit more than 3 Tbsp. since coconut flour is a very unique flour. As for the brown rice flour, that should be a 1:1 substitution for the honey since both a liquid sweeteners with a similar viscosity. If you try it with oat flour we’d love to hear what you did and how they turned out!
WHat count I use in place of coconut flour
Hi Tori, this recipe has not been tested any other way. So I can’t confidently give you a substitution for coconut flour.
Delicious recipe!! I ate the whole pan since they’re healthy! Thank you so much!
How much is a small avocado…1/2 cup. 3/4 cup? My OCD kicks in when I don’t have an amount.
A 1/2 cup would be a good amount.
I wasn’t sure how these would taste since I absolutely think avocados are horrible tasting. These were unbelievably DELICIOUS and so moist!! Even my beyond picky eater husband loved them! They were super easy and quick to make. Thanks for sharing this surprise of a gem recipe.😊
So great to hear! Thanks for giving them a try 🙂
Could you give me an idea of what you consider a small avocado? Trader Joe’s has three different sizes now…thanks!
Hi Courtney,
A small avocado is about the size tennis ball.
This is my first year eating this way and I am not much of a baker so I was feeling really overwhelmed about coming up with something really yummy for my son’s birthday party. These are so good and easy to make!!! Thank you!
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My 4 year old was excited at how yummy these are and how the ingredients so are healthy. The ingredients are so pure that she said, “So we can just eat these all day!”…I basically agreed hahahahaha…
I will share this glorious recipe FAARRRRR and WIIIDE!
Hahahaha! That’s one smart little girl! So glad you loved these and thanks for sharing the love.
I substituted flaxseed “eggs” for the 2 eggs in the recipe and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much!
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Hi Kat,
This is sooooo great to know! I haven’t tried it with flax eggs for fear I’d have a gloopy mess but now I’m definitely going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
What were your flax egg proportions? Son has an egg allergy so I’d like to make these without them.
Made mine today and they not only looked beautiful but tasted delicious. Thank you !
Yessss!! Now that’s what we can a win-win!
This can also be prepared in a microwave brownie pan – ~4 minutes at 700W. I don’t even have to heat up the kitchen!
Brilliant! I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a microwave brownie pan.
If I’m not concerned about the recipe being grain free, could I use flour or whole wheat flour in place of the coconut flour?
Hi Hilary,
We have not tested this recipe using wheat flour so though I think you could, I can’t say how much you’d need. Coconut flour is extremely unique in that a little bit soaks up a lot of liquid. That said, I’d recommend omitting the coconut flour entirely and adding the wheat flour gradually until you achieve a brownie batter consistency. We’d love to hear how they turn out if you try it.
Is it okay to make these into regular size muffins? And can you freeze and reheat in the oven? Thanks!
Hi Sacha,
You can make them in a regular size muffin pan, however, because they are so moist you may want to fill the wells only 1/2 full (or slightly less) so they’ll be thinner and thus cook through more evenly.
My kiddos and I loved this recipe! The taste and texture are great! The only thing I did differently was to instead melt the chocolate and save it to drizzle on top after baking them. I also added a small dollop of homemade creamy mint that I found here: http://coconutsandkettlebells.com/homemade-dark-chocolate-honey-mints/ Super easy and came out great! I did put the honey mint in the freezer for a little bit before baking the muffins to make it firm. And, wow! If you like the combination of chocolate and mint you have to try it!! I am not always a huge mint person, but this was amazing!
Ooooooo sounds so good! I must try. Glad you loved this recipe 🙂
So amazing!! Thank you so much for the recipe
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I really like the idea of these and just made a batch but found 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda was too much for this recipe. It tasted very salty and I omitted the salt.
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Hi Stacie!
Do you have an exact measurement (grams or cups) for the avocado that you put in the recipe? I have left over big avocados from guacamole and would like to use them up before I buy more.
Thanks!
About a 1/2-3/4 cup will work.
These brownies are delicious! If you’re a chocolate lover, you’ll love them. The dark chocolate flavor from the raw cocoa is so rich. They are extremely filling, so if you eat them like traditional (high carb) brownies, you will be stuffed! I don’t use the mini-muffin size pan but like to use the regular size muffin pan. Be sure to use NONSTICK muffin cups or you’ll loose a lot of your brownies from sticking to the paper, and the ingredients are too expensive to waste any. Parchment muffin liners work excellent. I triple the recipe and it makes 15-16 muffins. They cooked in my oven in 23 minutes using the toothpick test. Warning, one muffin is very, very filling! I forget every time and a half a muffin works for me. I don’t like to have the “I ate-too-much” feeling after eating something delicious…it ruins it! They are delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. My son loves to eat them for pre-workout fuel.
Hi Susan,
Thanks for the glowing review and your very helpful tips!!
These look great, and I would love to make them but leave out the honey and chocolate chips, as I don’t eat any sweeteners. Do you think I could just leave them out, or should I replace the honey with something else to mimic the texture, maybe more sweet potato, or some unsweetened applesauce? Thanks for the wonderful recipe.
Hi Gina,
Since we haven’t tested the recipe without the honey we can’t be 100% sure what will work. Additional sweet potato or applesauce is probably your best bet as both will provide moisture. If you try it with either of those we’d love to hear what worked for you.