These healthy brownies are made with Greek yogurt to add protein and moisture. The brownies are studded with dark chocolate chips to add another element of delicious chocolate flavour!
I always see recipes for healthy protein brownies that have been jam packed with black beans.
But I never have black beans lying around at home so making those were never really an option for me. Plus, I try to avoid food that comes from cans as much as possible and making them with dried soaked beans is a tad too tedious of a process for lil’ ol’ impatient me.
So, I ended up making healthy protein brownies with a base of Greek yogurt instead, and they turned out absolutely divine.
When they first came out of the oven, they had a light almost cake-like texture to them. They actually reminded me a little bit of the texture from the chocolate walnut fudge cake I made a while back.
But when I had them a couple hours later when they were fully cooled, the brownies firmed up and the texture of them evolved into something that was a little more chewy and fudgey.
And I thought this was the neatest thing ever! I mean it was like a two in one brownie!
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Skinny healthy brownies
Ingredients (makes 8)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup coconut oil (or oil)
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup plain Greek yogurt (regular plain yogurt works as well or soy yogurt)
optional: 1/2 cup dried cherries
Method
- Melt the coconut oil and chocolate chips using a double boiler or microwave until smooth. Stir in the cocoa powder, coconut sugar and vanilla.
- Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until combined.
- Fold in the yogurt and dried cherries.
- Pour mixture into a 6″ x 8″ greased baking pan. Bake at 350F for 30 – 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center
Great recipe! Can you also use GF flour? 🙂
Yes you can! Its actually better with GF flour so it doesn’t get super dense and you don’t have to worry about over-mixing the batter! Sometimes I make it with coconut or almond flour.