Low calorie brownies
These are the BEST low calorie brownies! At just 54 calories a piece, these brownies have all the chocolaty and fudgy goodness of regular brownies without all the excess sugar and calories!
Ingredients
- 1 medium egg
- 50 g stevia or granulated sweetener*
- 80 g 0% fat Greek yogurt*
- 30 ml unsweetened almond milk*
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 50 g plain or all-purpose flour*
- 33 g unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 15 g chocolate chips*
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 175°C (350°F).
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg and stevia until light and fluffy. Then whisk in the yogurt, milk and vanilla extract.
- Fold in the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder until smooth and lump free.
- Fold in the chocolate chips then pour the batter into a prepared 8x8 inch baking tray. Bake for around 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few crumbs.
- Allow the brownies to cool before slicing and enjoy!
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Notes
* Plain or All-purpose flour - This recipe calls for plain or all-purpose flour. For a gluten free alternative, you can use gluten free flour or oat flour.
*Stevia or 0 calorie granulated sweetener - The stevia i use is a 1:2 ratio of stevia to sugar. You can use any 0 calorie granulated sweetener but be mindful of the conversion! This recipe would require 100g of regular sugar so if your sweetener is a 1:1 ratio, use 100g etc.
*0% fat greek yogurt - Greek yogurt is much thicker than regular yogurt which results in fudgier brownies. If you're using regular yogurt, use 50g rather than 80g.
*Unsweetened almond milk - Unsweetened almond milk is very low in calories! You can use any milk you would like for this recipe, but the calories will increase! (it will be such a small increase though so don't worry about it!!).
*Dark chocolate chips - To tie everything together, add in your favorite chocolate chips! Although this recipe calls for dark chocolate, feel free to use milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate or any chocolate you love!
Tips!
- Try not to over mix the batter - One thing I have found with this recipe is that it is more cake-like in texture if you over mix the batter. There is nothing wrong with that at all, they're still just as delicious! But if you're wanting more of a dense or fudgy brownie, try to mix the batter just enough so everything is combined without overdoing it!
- Give the brownies time to cool - It can be tempting to slice into these cookies straight out of the oven but it's best to give them a few minutes to firm up and cool. They'll be more dense and less likely to fall apart once slightly cooled! I find that 25-30 minutes is the perfect amount of time to allow the brownies to cool.
- Mix in some white chocolate - I love love LOVE adding white chocolate to my brownies! Add in half dark and half white chocolate chips for the ultimate, delicious low calorie brownie!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 BrownieCalories: 54kcalCarbohydrates: 7.1gProtein: 3gFat: 1.8gSaturated Fat: 0.9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 21.3mgSodium: 67mgPotassium: 21.3mgFiber: 1.4gSugar: 1.2g
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