Healthier You: Salted Caramel Protein Brownies

One of the most difficult parts of any fitness journey is changing your mindset around food. Cutting certain foods out and incorporating new ones into your diet can be challenging for many people, and that's okay! Here at AstroFlav, we want to help you along your fitness journey by providing you with delicious (and healthy) recipes that will keep you dedicated to your fitness journey while allowing you to enjoy what you eat.

If you're looking for a healthy, high-protein, and fudgy brownie recipe, we have one for you! Salted Caramel Protein Brownies are on the menu today and we are sure you are going to love! Highlighting our original Chocolate IsoMix to enhance the brownie flavor, this is the perfect healthy dessert!

Salted Caramel Protein Brownies

ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

Almond flour: I have not tried this recipe with a different flour; however, oat flour should work just as well.
Chocolate Protein Powder: Chocolate Isomix to make for fudgy brownie flavor.
Cocoa powder: Baking cocoa powder or cacao powder to enhance the chocolate flavor.
Almond butter: Can also sub for peanut butter or coconut oil.
Unsweetened apple sauce: Sweetens the recipe and replaces the butter in other recipes.
Light brown sugar: I used Splenda brown sugar, but can also use light brown sugar or regular.
Honey: Sweetens the brownies with only 2 TBS!
Egg: Essential to help bind all the ingredients together and gives the brownies some rise and chewy texture.
Vanilla extract
Caramel flavored chocolate chips: I used Lily's Stevia sweetened caramel chocolate chips & Tollhouse Caramel chocolate chips.

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR THIS RECIPE

Medium sized bowl
8 x 8 brownie pan

TIPS FOR CREATING PROTEIN BROWNIES

Try to not over-bake these brownies as they will continue to cook as they are cooling down.
Oven temperature is just an estimation; start checking around the 20-minute mark, then in 2-minute increments.
Chocolate PB IsoMix would also taste very good in this recipe. You can also swap almond butter with peanut butter!
You may have to add in more apple sauce or a splash of milk to make batter thick and not too dry.

Salted Caramel Protein Brownies

INGREDIENTS:

Wet Ingredients:

1/2 cup almond butter
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
2 TBS honey
1 tsp Vanilla extract

Dry ingredients:

1/2 cup almond flour
1 scoop AstroFlav Chocolate protein powder
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
Sprinkle of sea salt
1/3 cup Lily's Salted Caramel chocolate chips
1/4 cup Tollhouse Caramel chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 325° F and prepare a brownie pan (8x8 square) by lining parchment paper & non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium sized bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients.
Add in dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
Pour batter into baking dish and smooth top with spatula. Sprinkle with Tollhouse Caramel chocolate chips.
Bake in oven for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked through.
Let cool & sprinkle with sea salt.
Cut into 12 bars and enjoy!

Substitutes:

Almond flour: Can sub with oat flour
Honey: Can substitute with agave or maple syrup; may not be as sticky.
Chocolate IsoMix: Chocolate Peanut Butter IsoMix would taste just as yummy!
Egg : I have not tried with a flax egg, but should work the same.
Light brown sugar: Sub for Splenda brown sugar OR 1/3 cup of honey or maple syrup.

Nutrition: serving size: 1 (makes about 20)

Nutrition per serving

Calories = 150kcal| Carbs: 10g|Protein: 7g|Fat: 9g

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How To Use

Quick and easy two step mixing!

Pour 8-10 oz of your preferred beverage.
Add 1 serving of IsoMix to your shaker cup. (Mixes great even with a spoon)

Quick and easy smoothie!

Add 1 serving of IsoMix to a blender filled with 8-10 oz of water, nonfat milk, or your favorite beverage.
Blend for 20-30 seconds.
Add 1 or 2 ice cubes and blend for another 30 seconds.