Sticky Chocolate & Sweet Potato Protein Brownies

Nov 4, 2014
1 min read

I fancied trying something different to bake for my birthday. I've tried quite a few protein or 'healthy', chocolate brownie recipes but none of them were quite right. This is a yummy, lower fat, higher protein, lower sugar option to most brownie recipes but without compromising on flavour or texture. It's gooey & chocolately but still relatively low fat/carb. The sweet potato may sound weird but helps give the brownie its moist texture...you can't taste it!

Ingredients

65 g 0% Total greek yoghurt
100 mL skimmed milk or almond milk
35 mL egg white
40 g light brown sugar (or a couple of teaspoons of stevia if you prefer)
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 x small roasted sweet potato
1 tsp baking powder
50 g spelt flour
30 g coconut oil (melted)
30-40 g cocoa powder
25-50 g 85% dark chocolate (optional)
4 x scoops of vanilla whey powder (I use The ProteinWorks Naked Whey)

Method

Combine all the wet ingredients together in a bowl and mash in the roasted sweet potato
Chop up half of the chocolate into small chunks
Add all the dry ingredients together in a bowl and stir until well mixed, then add the melted coconut oil, chopped chocoloate and the wet ingredients
Pour/spoon into a silicon or oil lined baking tin
Bake for 18-20 minutes at 180 ºC, overbaking will make it lose some of the gooey texture
Melt the remaining chocolate in the microwave and pour over the top
Cut into 12 slices and enjoy