HUGE 40 Calorie Brownies w/photo...

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  • Butterflygirl208
    Butterflygirl208 Posts: 4 Member
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  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    If the calculation is wrong and is actually 75 cal. for a less than 3" square.....hmmm?

    Not sure what you are referring to, but if it is the sucralose (Splenda) sweetener, it doesn't count. Your body does not recognize it as fuel, therefore it does not metabolize it. (That's how it works.)

    http://www.sucralose.org/questions/

    Read "How many calories does sucralose have?"

    Other than that, when the recipe is entered into MFP it also does not count the sucralose calories and should read 37 calories, as written. That would be an 8"X8" pan cut like this #. If you look through the posts one person wanted EXACT dimensions and I posted them. :laugh:
  • sopralto02
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    YES PLEASE!! :-D
  • ericalynn104
    ericalynn104 Posts: 382 Member
    Bump.. Will have to use another sweetener though. I can't bring myself to use sucralose. Gag me with a spoon.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    Bump.. Will have to use another sweetener though. I can't bring myself to use sucralose. Gag me with a spoon.

    Whatever works for you. Make them so you like them.
  • Breezedew
    Breezedew Posts: 134 Member
    Just made these with1/2 stevia in the raw and half splenda and They are TO DIE FOR!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! great warm with cool whip lite! Yummm.
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    Yum. Bump! Thanks!!
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  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
    If the calculation is wrong and is actually 75 cal. for a less than 3" square.....hmmm?

    Not sure what you are referring to, but if it is the sucralose (Splenda) sweetener, it doesn't count. Your body does not recognize it as fuel, therefore it does not metabolize it. (That's how it works.)

    http://www.sucralose.org/questions/

    Read "How many calories does sucralose have?"

    Other than that, when the recipe is entered into MFP it also does not count the sucralose calories and should read 37 calories, as written. That would be an 8"X8" pan cut like this #. If you look through the posts one person wanted EXACT dimensions and I posted them. :laugh:
    Was just looking into this. Actually, granulated splenda is 2 calories/tsp, or ~100 calories per cup. FDA regulations allow things <5 calories per serving to be labeled as 0 calories, but the maltodextrin used as a bulking agent is a carbohydrate, and has 4 calories/gram like any other carbohydrate. That adds roughly 10 calories per serving, assuming you weren't already counting that, and ~2.5g of carbs. Still awesome, and I am going to make these for the first time this evening.

    Edit: Entered all the calorie-containing ingredients, and added 24g of maltodextrin to account for the splenda (0.5g/tsp), and came out to roughly 40 calories, so that appears to be correct.

    Included:
    24g maltodextrin
    3/4 cup liquid egg whites
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    4 oz unsweetened applesauce (50 calories)
    8 tbsp cocoa powder (1/2 cup)
    1/4 cup all purpose flour

    Note: the automatic calculations seem off here, so I did these manually:
    totals: 84g carbs, 4g fat, 31g protein = 496 calories /9 = 55 calories per serving
    496-(19*4)= 420 calories / 9 = ~47 calories per serving (if you subtract out fiber)

    Automatic calculations are significantly different from either, which makes me wonder about my other recipes. Hmm.

    OTOH, if you subtract out fiber and take into account the TEF of protein then the numbers are pretty close, but is the app that smart? SO CONFUSED

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