PP brownies - low-calorie recipes with photos (pumpkin, chocolate, with stevia, beets)

Brownie is perhaps one of the most popular and favorite desserts. Well, who can refuse a chocolate piece of cake that just melts in your mouth! The good news is that you don’t have to give up this amazing dessert, because there are many recipes specially adapted for proper nutrition and even weight loss!

PP brownie is an excellent alternative to fatty and high-calorie desserts, because it is prepared exclusively from healthy ingredients.

PP brownies are often based on vegetable or fruit puree, which allows you to minimize the calorie content of the finished dessert. And the use of low-fat cottage cheese in the recipe also makes this dessert a source of protein, which is simply necessary if you want to lose extra pounds. You can even add protein to this dessert if you wish.

Also, instead of sugar, which has a high calorie content, our recipes use only natural sweeteners, for example, stevia, agave syrup, honey.

This diet brownie will be a real salvation for those with a sweet tooth on a diet and will decorate not only the diet table!

Pumpkin PP brownie

This dessert recipe is ideal not only for those who adhere to proper nutrition and want to lose excess weight. Due to the absence of dairy ingredients and even eggs, this dessert is ideal for vegetarians and vegans. In addition, the recipe itself is quite simple to prepare.

400 grams of pumpkin puree. We will use pumpkin as the basis for our brownie. This vegetable is ideal for weight loss as it contains a minimum of calories. There are only 25 calories in 100 grams of pumpkin. In addition, pumpkin is rich in fiber, which improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Pre-boil the pumpkin and blend it in a blender. The puree should not be liquid. Boil the pumpkin in a small amount of water.
100 grams of dates. We will use them instead of sugar and sweeteners. Don't forget to peel them and chop them. It's best to do this in a blender.
100 grams of peanuts. To add a little nutty flavor to our diet brownie, we'll use peanuts. Grind it to fine crumbs.
2 ripe bananas. Grind them to a puree.
100 grams of natural cocoa. To give the brownies a chocolate flavor, we will use only natural cocoa without adding sugar or other harmful additives.

Now just mix all the prepared ingredients in one container. Don't worry if your dough is too thick, you can always add a little water. We will bake the brownies in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Check the readiness of the dessert with a toothpick. On average you will need about 30 minutes.

Diet banana PP cheesecake

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Diet Chocolate Brownie Recipe with Banana and Pumpkin

We offer another delicious PP Brownie recipe.

Necessary ingredients for dessert (quantity indicated for 4 servings):

pumpkin puree - 200 grams;
peanuts - 50 grams;
dates (pitted) - 50 grams;
cocoa - 50 grams;
bananas - 100 grams.

PP Brownie - step by step recipe

Recipe for PP Brownie with banana step by step

1. Prepare pumpkin puree:

Peel the vegetable and cut into small cubes;
add 50 grams of water and simmer over low heat for about half an hour;
As soon as the pumpkin becomes soft, puree it in a blender.

2. Grind the peanuts in a blender until very fine crumbs.

3. Also grind the dates in a blender.

4. Mash bananas in a convenient way (using a fork or blender).

5. From the resulting ingredients, knead the dough, which should turn out thick (if necessary, add 20 grams of water).

6. Transfer the dough into a baking dish with a diameter of 20 centimeters and distribute it evenly.

7. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and place the mold with the dough in it for half an hour. Check readiness with a toothpick.

8. Without removing the dessert from the mold, let it cool and then put it in the refrigerator overnight.

9. Cut into portions and decorate the cakes as desired.

PP brownie chocolate

You can also make a diet brownie using fruit puree. In this case we will use applesauce.

200 grams of applesauce. You can prepare it yourself or buy it already prepared. Baby applesauce is ideal, especially since many manufacturers do not add sugar to it, and this is what we need. 100 grams of applesauce contains only 68 calories, so you don’t have to worry about your figure.
100 grams of flour. We will use two types of flour in this recipe - rice and flaxseed. Take 70 grams of rice flour and 30 grams of flaxseed flour. You can change these proportions if you wish. Remember that flaxseed meal is an excellent source of plant-based protein and omega 3 amino acids.
Sweetener. You can use any one you like.
25 grams of cocoa. Remember to use only natural cocoa. Then your diet brownie will taste more chocolatey and have fewer calories!
1 teaspoon baking powder.
2 eggs.

At the very beginning, beat the eggs with any sweetener. Then add applesauce to the egg mixture. Stir thoroughly. We have a pp brownie base. Mix flour with cocoa and baking powder in a separate container. Add the apple mixture to the flour and mix. Place the PP brownies in a silicone mold and bake for 20-30 minutes at a temperature of 170-180 degrees!

Low calorie brownie

You can prepare a dessert with a minimum of calories and maximum benefits using cottage cheese. This is the perfect recipe if you want to add as much protein to your diet as possible.

120 grams of cottage cheese. Use low-fat cottage cheese; 100 grams of this product contains only about 70 calories and 16 grams of protein! It is best to use slightly damp cottage cheese, then the dessert will be juicier. In this case, cottage cheese is the low-calorie base of our brownie.
4 tablespoons rice flour. Instead of wheat flour, it is best to use rice flour; it contains more nutrients and is ideal for baking cakes and desserts.
4 tablespoons cocoa. You can use low-fat cocoa, then you will make your brownie even less low-calorie. In any case, make sure there is no sugar in the cocoa.
2 eggs.
1 teaspoon baking powder.
Any sweetener of your choice.

The cooking process itself is extremely simple. First, beat the egg with the sweetener, then add the cottage cheese and mix thoroughly. Mix the flour with cocoa and baking powder in another container and combine with the curd mass. Bake brownies in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

PP brownies in the microwave

If you don’t have time to bake, but don’t want to disrupt your healthy diet, you can always prepare a dessert in a few minutes using a microwave recipe. Yes, yes, you heard right! Just a few minutes - and a delicious and healthy pp brownie is ready!

3 tablespoons of oatmeal. To make our dessert truly dietary, we will give up regular wheat flour and replace it with oatmeal. This way we will get more nutrients and fiber, which promotes weight loss.
1 egg
2 teaspoons cocoa. We will use low-fat cocoa to make diet brownies. Since our pp brownie is prepared without sugar, make sure that it does not contain cocoa.
3 tablespoons of milk. You can use low-fat milk.
Natural sweetener. We will use honey in this recipe, but you can choose another substitute.
1/3 teaspoon baking powder.

Simply combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. It is better to do this with a whisk for one minute. Then pour the mixture into a cup or silicone mold and put it in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. Depending on the power of your microwave oven, cooking times may vary. The main thing is not to overcook the PP brownie, otherwise it will become rubbery.

This brownie option will also be an ideal dietary breakfast for those who want to treat themselves to a healthy dessert.

Stevia banana brownie

One of the most popular sweeteners for baking is stevia. We offer you a recipe for pp brownies with stevia.

You will need:

150 ml kefir. Instead of the usual milk in this recipe we will use kefir; it is also ideal for baking pp brownies.
120 grams of rice flour. If desired, you can add another type of flour.
2 ripe bananas. You should first soften them with a fork.
30 grams of natural cocoa.
2 eggs.
Stevia. In order not to get confused about how much stevia you should put in, remember that 1 teaspoon of sugar is 6-8 drops of liquid stevia, ¼ teaspoon of stevia powder or stevioside on the tip of a knife.
½ teaspoon baking powder

The first step is to separate the yolks from the whites. Add stevia and mashed bananas to the yolks. Mix everything. In a separate container, mix flour, baking powder and cocoa. Mix flour with banana mixture. At the very end, add the whipped whites.

Place in a mold and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. PP brownie is ready!

Fruit brownie

The fruit base for the pie also demonstrates a variety of flavors.

Banana PP recipe

You will need:

bananas – 2 pcs.;
cocoa powder – 15 g;
liquid honey – 50 g;
vegetable oil (preferably coconut) – 2 tbsp. l.;
rice flour – 100 g.

Chop the peeled bananas with a knife and mix in a blender into a homogeneous mass. Do not add too much honey so that the dough does not turn out liquid. Pour the resulting mass into a greased pan and bake for 30 minutes at 180°C. Grated dark chocolate and berries, such as raspberries or strawberries, are suitable for decorating the cake.

You don't have to stick to the classic banana version, experiment.

With dates

This is a variation of the classic recipe. The base here is also bananas, but try to diversify the taste by adding ripe dates. You will need 200 g of fruit. Add them to the ingredients in the above recipe and bake the cake in the same way.

Recipe for PP zucchini brownies

If pumpkin is often used in the preparation of sweet desserts, then it can be difficult to imagine zucchini as the basis for pp brownies. But not in our case! Surprisingly, you can even make low-calorie brownies using zucchini!

300 grams of zucchini. In this recipe we will use the zucchini variety of squash. They are more delicate in taste, have a pleasant aroma and texture. 100 grams of zucchini contains only 16 calories! First, the zucchini should be peeled and grated on a medium grater.
½ teaspoon baking powder and the same amount of soda.
1 tablespoon natural cocoa to add chocolate flavor.
1 tablespoon coconut oil. Can be replaced with any other oil.
½ cup rice flour.
½ cup oatmeal. So we will replace the flour and add even more fiber and nutrients to our brownie. The flakes should be crushed first.
1 egg.
Any sweetener of your choice.

First, beat the egg with sweetener and butter. In a separate container, mix flour, oatmeal, cocoa, baking powder and soda. Add the egg mixture and flour to the grated zucchini. Mix everything thoroughly and put it in the mold. Bake for about 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

Recipe:

peanut butter or sesame paste - 130 gr.
banana or pumpkin puree - 120 gr.
egg, large - 1 pc.
honey or maple syrup - 120 gr.
cocoa powder - 20 gr.
vanilla extract - 2 tsp.
soda - 0.5 tsp.

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Basically, you can use any nut butter you like here.
To make pumpkin puree, I first bake pumpkin slices, brushed with vegetable oil, in the oven until soft and puree them in a blender. I also puree the banana in a blender. The net weight of the finished puree should be 120 g.

Brownie with beets

Another unusual and low-calorie brownie recipe made from beets. Quite an unusual solution, but nevertheless you will get a real dessert to your taste!

200 grams of boiled beets. Wash, peel and boil the beets until fully cooked. This ingredient is great for dietary nutrition, as it contains only 43 calories per 100 grams, but beets contain a lot of fiber and nutrients. It is good to include it in your diet if you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
3 tablespoons rice flour. If you wish, you can replace the flour with another, but baked goods with rice flour are more tender, and since this is a dessert, this flour is ideal.
Any sweetener. Add according to your taste, be sure to taste during the cooking process so that you get a really sweet dessert.
5−6 tablespoons of milk. Use low-fat milk; you can substitute any plant-based milk if desired.
3 tablespoons of natural cocoa.
½ teaspoon of any baking powder.
2 eggs

To prepare this pp brownie, you need to beat the beets, eggs and sweetener in a blender. Then add flour, cocoa, baking powder and milk. If there is not enough milk, you can add more. We put it on the form and send it to the oven! After 30 minutes, enjoy your diet brownie!

Ingredients:

2 ripe bananas (150-180 g each)
100 ml milk 2.5%
3 eggs
70 g rice flour
1 tablespoon cocoa
a teaspoon of baking powder.

For chocolate glaze:

4 tablespoons water (or milk)
20 g butter (you can use coconut, almond or ghee)
4 heaped teaspoons of cocoa
Sugar or sweetener to taste.

PP brownie with cherry

An excellent diet brownie without flour or sugar can be made with cherries. To prepare this recipe you will need the following ingredients:

100 grams of cherries. You can use either fresh or frozen cherries. 100 grams of cherries contain only 23 calories.
60 grams of bran. In this recipe, we use bran instead of flour and oatmeal. This product is rich in fiber and promotes weight loss. However, if you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, then it is better not to use bran, but replace it with oatmeal or rice flour.
3 eggs
40 grams of cocoa. It is best to use low-fat cocoa, it contains much fewer calories.
4 sachets of fitparada. Can be replaced with any other substitute.
80 ml of any milk.

Beat eggs with sweetener, add milk, bran and cocoa. Mix everything thoroughly. Place the cherries in the mold (a few berries can be added to the dough if desired) and pour the dough on top. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees.

As you can see, a cake made from beets and even zucchini is not a myth at all, but a reality! Be sure to try pp brownie recipes and share your results!