Convention Brownies
Originally published June 26, 2014. Updated on 6/25/2021
These Convention Brownie were designed to pack some necessary nutrition - protein and fiber especially - into a tasty, portable snack food.
Today is day 4 of the week-long feature on convention food that I'm doing over on Facebook.
So far, we've had "Convention" Sloppy Joes, Hotel Room Smoothies, and Roasted "Convention" Chili".
So, with breakfast and entrees pretty much covered, here's a look at a favourite con dessert / snack recipe I've been making the past few years - "Convention Brownies".
Convention Brownies
With these brownies, the two main con-related nutritional deficits I decided to tackle were protein and fiber.. and these have a fair amount of both!
Don't worry, though... these don't have the taste or texture of a nutritional supplement. They're your basic wonderful gooey, fudgey chocolate brownie. All the goodness is hidden among all the fat and sugar, LOL!
Oh, and hey - if you use gluten-free oat flour, these are naturally gluten free.
That's the thing about upping the fiber and protein in something like a brownie... there's just no room for something like all purpose flour.
All-purpose flour has basically nothing to offer for nutrition... so it's the first to go when revamping a recipe!
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Gluten-Free “Convention” Brownies
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup cocoa
- ½ cup chocolate flavoured whey protein powder
- ¾ cup oat flour
- ¼ cup flax meal
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chunks
- 1 cup chopped nuts or other “stuff”
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare 9 x 13 pan with pan spray / shortening, or line with parchment or foil.
- In large mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients, whisking until everything is well incorporated.
- Add eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. Stir until dry ingredients are well incorporated and wet.
- Add chocolate chunks and nuts/etc, stir until evenly distributed in the batter.
- Spread batter into prepared pan(s), Bake for 30-35 mins.
- Brownies are done when knife inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting into squares. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
I have unflavored whey protein isolate from NOW foods, which I use in yeast breads. Could I swap that for the chocolate flavored protein powder? Would I need to play with the amount of chocolate?
You'd probably want to add a bit more chocolate, but really... like a Tbsp or so. There's not a ton of chocolate in whey protein.