One of my biggest weight loss struggles is finding junk food that will allow me to enjoy the food I love, but also prevent me from eating all my Weight Watcher Points in one bite. The leading issue is finding an enjoyable brownie recipe. Nothing is as delicious as a box-mix brownie. I grew up on them and their perfection. From the crispy outer edges to the still gooey middle. I have to stop now and drool over the mere thought of one.
I will now share with you what I call the Great Brownie Hunt. I need to find a better way to make the brownies I love. Something that will be better for me than the oil and egg concoction that helped make me what I am today (120 lbs over weight). Please feel free to share your experiences with the recipe's I mention or to suggest your own. I wish I could let you all taste what I make, but some of these I would not wish on my mother and she has been the one to give me many of these.
For starters, one she gave me I call the diet coke brownie. I was never able to get use to the taste of diet soda. I can't even drink diet Dr. Pepper without cringing a bit. Nothing tastes the same as the original recipe syrup or any soda. Also, most diet soda leave rancid aftertastes sitting in my mouth. So, when she gave me this recipe I hesitated to try it out of fear that this taste would be in my beloved brownie. Eventually, desperate for a healtier brownie, I caved in and made the recipe.
Here it is:
- Take one box of brownie mix (preferably just traditional brownie mix without nuts or caramel or anything like that)
- 2 bottle of diet coke (20 oz bottle, not a can or 2 liter bottle)
Mix the two together slowly as there will be fizz and brownie mix everywhere.
When they are mix together, take a miffin tin and 1/2 fill each cup.
Bake for about 20 minutes at 350.
What you will get is a pudding like substance on the bottom and a fluffy fizzed out substance on the top.
At first this may seem great. I ate two before I realized that they were beyond messy and did not firm up like normal brownies do. After that they just sat there and got moldy. Everyone who saw them gave them the same look they give mystery freezer items. It was a sad existance for those brownies.
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Betty Crocker has a fat-free mix, which I picked up in the baking isle. If you cut it into 15 pieces, it is 1 pt/piece.
Optional, mix package with 3C Bran (the powdery stuff that's usually in the baking supplies) and water (I think it's 2/3C). This makes reg size Brownie muffins at 1 pt each)
Or, (I got this off Roni's Weight Watchen last week before the site went down), Black Bean Brownie's (1 pt each). 1 Can Black Beans, 1C Unsweetened Apple Sauce, 1.5C Splenda, 1C Cocoa powder. Keep in freezer and let thaw a few minutes before eating.
I hate the black bean brownie mix. It's evil evil evil..... It tastes gross and I found bits of the skins in the brownies. I will have to look into the Betty Crocker mix. The key with any mix for me is the high fructose corn syrup. I have to make sure it's not in the mix.
I simply can't resist brownies. But sometimes I feel guilty after eating too many of them. Your recipe will surely help me to kick off that guilt feeling
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