You never knew you loved sweet potato this much, until now! These decadent, super chocolatey health brownies are a great alternative to their sugary, high calorie counterparts. They are table sugar free, gluten free and are also palio and vegetarian friendly! Besides being great post workout fuel, they are also a great way to get some real nutrients into those little picky eaters. Trust me, they wouldn’t even know 😉
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (260g) natural, unsweetened nut butter (I used peanut butter, but almond or cashew butter would work just fine)
- 4 Tbsp honey
- ½ cup (50g) cocoa powder
- 550g sweet potato, cooked and mashed
- 2 Tsp vanilla extract
- Coarse salt (to taste)
- *Optional - 10 sachets sucralose sweetener
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 ̊C
Melt peanut butter in the microwave (Check at 20 second intervals)
Add melted nut butter to mashed sweet potato along with the rest of you ingredients with a generous pinch of coarse salt and mix well to incorporate. The consistency should be that of cookie dough.
Here is where you want to taste your dough, don’t worry nothing is raw so it is safe. This might be sweet enough for you, but if you need to add more sweetness you can add the sucralose until the flavour suits you. The sucralose is merely to keep the sugar content to a minimum.
Add to a greased pan (square for brownies, round for a choc fudge cake or rectangular for fudge brownie bars) sprinkle a little coarse salt on top and bake for 30 minutes.
NB* refrigerate overnight (minimum 1 hour) this gives the brownies time to set and the chocolate time to infuse, they taste great when warm, but trust me they are much better served cold.
Serve & enjoy!
Nutritional value per serving:
Makes 12 servings.
Calories: 220 Kcal
Carbs: 21g (of which Sugar: 11g)
Fat: 12g
Protein: 8g
