Satisfyingly sweet, slightly salty, cold and crunchy chocolatey snack-attack goodness could be lurking in your freezer right now.
COULD be.
Maybe.
If you were the lucky type.
OR…
Ha!…yep that’s right, because I just blitzed up a batch of these babies, and I am not for one second exaggerating when I tell you that I’m pretty excited about it.
Raw brownies, people! As in no-bake, chewy chocolate goodness, chock full of protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals galore, all decked out in a bombastic blanket of chocolatey ganache decadent enough to mimic a classic butter-cream (no lie).
Raw brownies, people. As in no-bake, chewy chocolate goodness, but with NO white flour. NO eggs. NO butter. Very, very little sugar. So really…..nothing anywhere close to what you might be used to if the brownies in your world equal perhaps ….. Betty Crocker’s. Or your mom’s. Or these beauties (which look AMAZING, btw).
HOWEVER:
These moist and squidgy squares of phenomenally fudgy fun are super easy, super yummy and super good for you! Containing not one, not two, but three particularly pumped players, these bulked up brownies will give you a whole lot more nutritional bang for your buck than say…..the regular baked-goods you can buy at the grocery store (no bueno). Consider the lineup:
Take an old school ice cream sandwich, cut it in half, insert a handle, drizzle it with chocolate, pelt it with copious amounts of confetti colored sprinkles….and you will end up with one stupid cute, completely irresistible…
PARTY ON A STICK!
(hey, I don’t make the rules…….I’m just here to spread the good word)
These adorable orb shaped edibles are a power packin’ super snack. Bursting with health happy hardware like protein, fiber, vitamins B1, B6, Iron, potassium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, copper and zinc, these little cuties are almost too good for you – to be so dang GOOD!
Loaded with lignans, flax-seed is the #1 source of this all important compound in the human diet and as boring as that may sound…lignan lore is worth a listen!
You may be able to relate to what I’m talking about.
I was recently having a seemingly uncontrollable hankering for something sweet to nibble on. It wasn’t like I was particularly hungry, I mean, I certainly had plenty of actual food-food that I could have stuffed into my face…I just wanted something a little bad, ya know? Maybe a little creamy? Maybe a little chocolatey? oooooh yeah, and a little salty? Yes! THAT! Whatever that might be, that’s what I wanted.
I posted these such a way long time ago that I had forgotten about what a delightful little yummy they are, so let me bring you up to speed on this gem of a treat. What I am particularly partial to about these guys is that you can satisfy your sweet tooth, reel in some chocolate love and still get a substantial kick of fiber and protein, all wrapped up in a crave busting square of goodness.
Got an issue with gluten? Trying to cut back on the processed carbs? Then these will make you happy. Now I won’t make any claims that these are HEALTH FOOD per say, and no, you won’t find them on the menu of any detox diet plan……but hey! I know I need a goodie every once in a while, and these fit the bill without wrecking too much havoc. Works for me!
Having a chocolate emergency? I totally get you.
If you have a bag of chocolate chips on hand…..well, there’s your remedy right there. Grab a handful and dispense them, epi-Pen style (but far less expensive – wait, that’s not even funny), and you should be good to go. Don’t you think? Not so much?
Still feeling that emergency but you’d like something with a little more, say….heft? Textural interest? A bit of crunch? Sweet, tart, maybe even a sophisticated hit of salt? ANd you want this right NOW?
Take half of a sticky date, with all of its natural dark-brown-sugar, caramel-candy-like sweetness…
Stuff it with as much gooey rich almond butter as you can possibly manage…
Dip this drupe dumpling into a decadent pool of melty dark chocolate…
Liberally coat the whole thing-a-ma-whats-it in a shower of crunchy, salty, finely chopped nuts….
and you just may fall prey to what’s known on the streets over here in my hood as the “crack turd“. I mean, seriously, these little logs of luscious are nothing short of amazement IN YOUR MOUTH, but they are not going to win any prizes in the best-looking category any time soon.
So yeh, they sorta look like a turd, okay? True as that may be they are like culinary crack and that is all you need to know. Your new addiction awaits.