Vegan Brownie Bites

It’s no secret…I am obsessed with my mini-muffin pan. See here and here as evidence. So one day I sat around dreaming up ways to make my own recipe for a sort-of brownie, sort-of muffin concoction, and then it clicked — brownie mini-muffin bites! If I could make the perfect near 100-calorie brownie bite that satisfied my sweet tooth without adversely affecting my health (think about the loads of sat. fat in typical brownies; or the 600-calories in those huge Costco double-chocolate muffins!) and without threatening my already snug jeans, I figured I’d retire early, give up school, and travel the world as a gypsy proselytizing the chocolate heaven I’d created.

Well…I did create a bite-sized bit o’ chocolate heaven, but, yea, I’ll save those gypsy days for another time. These bites are very dense due to the whole-wheat flour and oats, so there’s a lot o’ brownie in one lil’ bite!

Cranky Brownie Bits and Bites of Chocolate Heaven
16 one-bite servings; Little prep time & ingredients you most likely have already!


Ingredients

• 1 cup white whole-wheat flour
• 1 cup oats
• 3/4 cup brown sugar (I use Trader Joe’s brand of turbinado sugar)
• 2 tbsp. Earth Balance, softened
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup, unsweetened original almond milk (I use Almond Breeze)
• Optional: Top each bite with an almond
• Nutritional info. per bite: 130 calories, 5g fat, 31mg sodium, 3g fiber, 3g protein (estimate based on Sparkpeople recipe calculator here)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; spray mini-muffin tray with cooking spray.
• Mix all ingredients and spread evenly amongst 16 mini-muffin cups. Top each bite with an almond if you’d like.
• Cook about 15 minutes or until tops are no longer wet.

Enjoy!

In other news – Holy Razzle McSnazzle! I’m going to be hosting an awesome give-away tomorrow — stay tuned!

What is your favorite muffin flavor? Outside of chocolate, it’s gotta be poppy seed for me!

<3,

The Cranky One

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