Get the Recipe: Healthy Brownies with Frosting
These healthy brownies with frosting taste like the fudgiest, most chocolatey dessert you have ever eaten, but every ingredient is real and wholesome! Dark cocoa, ripe banana, peanut butter, and a creamy Greek yogurt chocolate frosting combine into something outrageously good and surprisingly good for you.
Ingredients
Brownies
- 2 cups ripe mashed bananas
- 1 ¼ cups creamy all natural peanut butter
- ½ cup chocolate protein powder, or dark cocoa powder
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips, optional but recommended
Frosting
- 1 cup thick Greek yogurt
- ½ cup melted dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line an 8 inch square pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas. Add in the peanut butter and chocolate protein powder. Stir together.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Transfer the batter to the lined pan. Smooth into an even layer.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with only a few moist crumbs.
- Once fully cooled, make the frosting. Add the Greek yogurt to a mixing bowl. Pour in the melted chocolate. Stir until completely creamy. For thicker frosting, add in a scoop of chocolate protein powder. It will also become thicker in the fridge.
- Once the brownies are cooled, add the frosting on top. Slice and enjoy!
Notes
- Use ripe bananas that have brown spots.
- Use peanut butter made from only peanuts and salt.
- Almond butter, cashew butter, and sunflower butter work well too.
- Bake until the brownies look set around the edges. They will still look slightly gooey in the middle.
- I like using a thicker brand of Greek yogurt, like Oikos triple zero vanilla.
- The frosting will become thicker in the fridge.
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Calories: 389kcal, Carbohydrates: 34g, Protein: 15g, Fat: 29g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 10g, Trans Fat: 0.004g, Cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 189mg, Potassium: 468mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 26IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 92mg, Iron: 3mg