Protein PACKED raw chocolate brownies
Many brownie recipes use nuts to add a little crunch and flavour, but this amazing recipe sees nuts as the star of the show.
28 Day Weight Loss Challenge member Dina Santos has sent us this recipe for Protein Packed Raw Chocolate Brownies and they look AMAZING.
Packed with cashews, pecans, almonds and peanut butter, these brownies will not only satisfy any sweet cravings, they’ll also block hunger quickly until your next meal.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups cashews chopped
- 1 cup pecans (or walnuts), chopped
- 1 cup almonds chopped
- 1 /2 cup cacao or cocoa powder
- 2 cups pitted dates
- 2 tbsp peanut butter 100% nuts
- 1 scoop Healthy Mummy Smoothie mix any flavour
- 1 tbsp almond meal
- 1 tbsp rice malt syrup
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 2 tbsp dark chocolate chips optional, to decorate
- 2 tbsp white chocolate chips optional, to decorate
- 2 tsp coconut oil melted (optional), to decorate
- 1/4 cup desiccated coconut optional, to decorate
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Instructions
- Line a baking tray and set aside.
- Mix all the nuts together in a bowl and then set aside 2 cups of the mixed nuts to use later.
- Mix the other 2 cups of nuts with the cacao, dates, peanut butter, smoothie mix, almond meal, rice malt syrup and almond milk in the Thermomix or blender.
- Mix all together until it forms a paste. Add a little more milk if needed to get the right consistency.
- Add the extra chopped nuts and pulse until it is just combined.
- Pour the mixture into the baking tray and smooth the top.
- If you want to decorate the brownies, melt the dark and white chocolate chips separately with a bit of coconut oil mixed in, and then make a pattern on top.
- Set the brownies in the fridge at least for 3 hours and once they have hardened up, slice into little squares.
- Dip the bottom into the coconut to decorate the bottom.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Recipe Notes
115 calories each.
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