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    I've made the famous low-cal brownie (PICS)

    Posts: 105 Member
    edited February 5 in Food and Nutrition
    I made those brownies that people keep talking about. They're delicious but they're actually 105 calories for each serving, not 60 or 88.

    Here it is.
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    • Posts: 1,669 Member
      Looks great! Do they taste like normal brownies?
    • Posts: 10,465 Member
      My mini harvest will be producing some wicked brownies, and they do taste like normal brownies, but with a warning attached.:happy:
    • Posts: 2
      48 tsp of sugar? Ouch.
    • Posts: 942 Member
      48 tsp of sugar? Ouch.

      48 tsp = 1 cup, which is a little on the sweet side for a 4 egg white (i.e. approx 2 egg) recipe, but not the worst I've ever seen. Considering there are chocolate chips in the recipe for even more sweetness, it seems like it would be safe to reduce the sugar by 1/3. Which, interestingly, would likely put the calorie count back down to the original estimate of 85 calories, no?
    • Posts: 3,979 Member
      Bumping to try tomorrow!
    • Posts: 105 Member
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      48 tsp = 1 cup, which is a little on the sweet side for a 4 egg white (i.e. approx 2 egg) recipe, but not the worst I've ever seen. Considering there are chocolate chips in the recipe for even more sweetness, it seems like it would be safe to reduce the sugar by 1/3. Which, interestingly, would likely put the calorie count back down to the original estimate of 85 calories, no?

      They don't taste extremely sweet to me but they could stand to lose a little sugar. They definitely don't taste like a diet product.
    • Posts: 105 Member
      Looks great! Do they taste like normal brownies?

      They're definitely delicious. I eat unusual things all the time so I'm not really the person to ask but my friend who only likes unhealthy fattening stuff loves them so I guess they taste like normal brownies. She can't stand anything low calorie or off-tasting.
    • Posts: 640 Member
      I'm glad you like them. Not anything I want to put in my body though.
    • Posts: 105 Member
      I'm glad you like them. Not anything I want to put in my body though.

      k..
    • Posts: 16,913 Member
      I'm glad you like them. Not anything I want to put in my body though.

      You don't want delicious brownies in your body?

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    • Posts: 32
      I'm glad you like them. Not anything I want to put in my body though.

      Great. I'll have your portion, then. But seriously, 12 servings? First of all, AHAHAHA. More like 2.
    • Posts: 307 Member
      bump! =)
    • Posts: 3,979 Member
      Made a half batch with Splenda and only a tablespoon of chocolate chips for under 300 calories...and ate the whole thing for breakfast. It's really, really good and the lack of oil didn't hurt it at all. This one is happening again.
    • Posts: 105 Member
      Made a half batch with Splenda and only a tablespoon of chocolate chips for under 300 calories...and ate the whole thing for breakfast. It's really, really good and the lack of oil didn't hurt it at all. This one is happening again.

      not a whole cup of splenda right? I might try it again one day with stevia.
    • Posts: 869 Member
      This sounds SO good. I need to get a super small pan so I can only make like 6 servings at a time though, or I'll eat like half of it in a day haha. I don't have sweets that often, but when I do... it's a wrap. I have a cookie recipe I use splenda with that's pretty healthy, and everyone I know LOVES them. I think it's in my recipes on here actually... haven't made them in way too long!
    • Posts: 3,979 Member
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      not a whole cup of splenda right? I might try it again one day with stevia.

      I made a half batch, so I used a half cup. I don't like the aftertaste of stevia in baking, personally, and I don't have an issue with artificial sweeteners.
    • Posts: 105 Member
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      I made a half batch, so I used a half cup. I don't like the aftertaste of stevia in baking, personally, and I don't have an issue with artificial sweeteners.

      oh ok. i don't like stevia either but there's a brand called sun crystals that's half sugar, half stevia. it's the only fake sugar I can tolerate. It doesn't have an aftertaste in my opinion.
    • Posts: 123 Member
      We tried them with the Truvia baking blend and they were some of the worst things that we have ever baked. I don't know what we did wrong but my hubby wouldn't have them so they were truly BAD. I don't know what we did wrong. :(
    • Posts: 105 Member
      We tried them with the Truvia baking blend and they were some of the worst things that we have ever baked. I don't know what we did wrong but my hubby wouldn't have them so they were truly BAD. I don't know what we did wrong. :(

      Well, truvia is pretty gross to be honest :/
      Mine tasted great. Maybe try using real sugar but less of it?
    • Posts: 1,190 Member
      Does it need the chocolate chips? Do you think a protein powder would sub well for the flower?
    • Posts: 242 Member
      I'd like to give these a try, where can i find the recipe you used?
    • Posts: 12,942 Member
      Oh my goodness, those are beautiful! The recipe looks very easy too. Thanks for sharing.
    • Posts: 123 Member

      Well, truvia is pretty gross to be honest :/
      Mine tasted great. Maybe try using real sugar but less of it?

      I like Truvia to sub part of my coffee sugar, but that's it. Everything else I've tried it in has been ick.

      I just realized that I was mistaken. We used the Domino light (stevia and sugar blend) and that is worse than Truvia so I should have known better. LOL Our recipe was a little different, too, I think. I tossed it since 2 tries and both were terrible. The one we used had oats instead of flour.

      Now I'll have to try one more time with this version!
    • Posts: 122 Member
      Bumping to try later.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Bump
    • Posts: 72 Member
      Could I get the rest of the recipe, ie oven temp and baking time. May want to try them sometime in the future when I may have time to bake.

      Thanks
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Bump
    • Posts: 25,022 Member
      Hmm. May try.
    • Posts: 78 Member
      Saving to try :)
    • Posts: 71 Member
      bump!!
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