Dark Chocolate Zucchini Protein Bars
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 144.4
- Total Fat: 6.6 g
- Cholesterol: 1.3 mg
- Sodium: 148.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 23.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.1 g
- Protein: 10.8 g
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Introduction
Inspired by Jamie Eason's chocolate protein bars recipe from bodybuilding.com.I amped up the chocolatey density in this recipe, and used zucchini for an extra moist cake consistency! Inspired by Jamie Eason's chocolate protein bars recipe from bodybuilding.com.
I amped up the chocolatey density in this recipe, and used zucchini for an extra moist cake consistency!
Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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* 1 cup Oat Flour
* 4 Egg Whites
* 2 scoops Chocolate (or vanilla) Whey Protein Powder
* ½ cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal
* ½ tsp Baking Soda
* ¼ tsp Salt
* 1 cup zucchini, finely shredded or processed
* 1/4 cup Baking Cocoa
* 4oz Water
* 2 oz. 70% cocoa dark chocolate, melted
* 2 T. chocolate chips (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients (oat flower, vanilla whey protein, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa) together in a large bowl.
3. Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, Splenda, zucchini, melted chocolate,Water) together in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
5. Spray an 8x8 cooking dish with a non stick butter spray and add batter to dish. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top, if desired.
6. Bake 20-30 minutes in oven until toothpick comes out nearly clean. Let cool before cutting into squares.
Serving Size: Makes 16 bars, serving size = 2 bars
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FIT-WHIT.
2. Mix dry ingredients (oat flower, vanilla whey protein, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa) together in a large bowl.
3. Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, Splenda, zucchini, melted chocolate,Water) together in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
5. Spray an 8x8 cooking dish with a non stick butter spray and add batter to dish. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top, if desired.
6. Bake 20-30 minutes in oven until toothpick comes out nearly clean. Let cool before cutting into squares.
Serving Size: Makes 16 bars, serving size = 2 bars
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FIT-WHIT.
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