Healthy Treat for Today: Chocolate Chip Brownies
By Laura on Mar 3, 2008 in Natural Sugar Treats, Recipes
Do you like rich chocolate like I do?
For me…the richer the better…
And this is one wealthy brownie. Loaded. Rollin’ in it. It’s got bank.
These babies require a glass of milk.
A tall one.
After you have these, a brownie from a box just won’t do anymore. You won’t even be able to call those boxed things brownies anymore. They’ll just be a brown square of blah-ness.
Nope, now these…these are real brownies.
And, guess what?! I experimented a little with the chocolate chips to see if I could make them with butter instead of coconut oil.
Oh yeah!!
You SO can!
The chips are a little softer when made with butter, but they still worked just fine.
And they definately taste good.
And make great Chocolate Chip Brownies!
Chocolate Chip Brownies
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup rapadura
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 egg
1 t. vanilla
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup homemade chocolate chips (chunks)
Stir together butter, rapadura and cocoa. Mix in egg and vanilla. Stir in flour and mix until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
Pour into a 8×8 baking stone or pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
I had to double this recipe today…because I’m taking a few to some friends tonight…and because…YUM!
Get yourself a tall glass of milk…and sit down and enjoy one of these rich treats!
And then, get up and jog a few laps…
Cause even though these are on the healthier side of things…
They aren’t carrot sticks.
MMM! I can’t wait to try these!! How much butter did you use for the chocolate chunks instead of the oil???
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Suezque | Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
thanks for stopping by my blog today. I actually do really well with my meals- I eat pretty simply and watch for added sugars in any of the packaged things we get- I’m just in a bad habit of eating ice cream with fudge and nuts every night- so I am trying to figure something out for that- back to measuring portions I guess…or back to having hubby make homemade ice cream for me- so I can control the sweetener used and the amount used. we’re also experimenting making our own fudge sauce, so we’ll see how that turns out. I found a GREAT website that I think you’ll enjoy on your no sugar plunge. She uses natural sugars in all her recipes- let me know what you think. And brownies are my favorite baked good- so I will have to try these- they look divine! Here’s the link
http://www.sweetsavvy.com/
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Erin | Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
Great post, thanks for stopping by CFO Moms!
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Elizabeth Sue | Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
I substituted the exact amount of butter for the oil that it called for…one cup I believe.
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Laura | Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
What is rapadura?
I will have to remember the homemade chocolate chips recipe! 
We have used cocoa/sugar/oil in place of chocolate in recipes, but not for chocolate chips… 
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Tammy L | Mar 3, 2008 | Reply
We made this over the weekend, they were very good. But, I did notice that there wasn’t any baking powder or salt in the recipe. I was wondering if this is intentional or just a mistake in typing. I did add both of these to my batch and they turned out great!
Thanks again for the great recipes and ideas. I have really been enjoying your site.
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Marnie | Apr 15, 2008 | Reply
Have you ever tried adding cayenne pepper, cinnamon and ginger to your brownies to make Mexican brownies? It’s really fantastic! I don’t know if ginger should really be in there, but I add ginger to almost anything I think I can, so that’s what I do.
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Kathy | Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
Oh my these were soooo very good and sooo very simple to make! Thank you for sharing another excellent recipe. It took alot of control to only eat one brownie.
I made the chocolate chunks too and was a little disappointed, but that was my fault, I used salted butter and I thought they were too salty. I think I will try the coconut oil next time.
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Cara | Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
i LOVE you!!!!! I am such a sucker for brownines. When I came across your recipe i jumped up and made them on the spot (: I used sucanat because that is what I had but I think it is pretty much the same as rapadura. Anyways, they absolutely ROCK!!! Thank you so much for sharing….
Jeni
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Jeni | Jan 12, 2009 | Reply