Truly healthy chocolate recipes for those that love to indulge

[PaulaJoAnne]

Nutrition breakdown of the cake and pudding recipes.

For deserts, these have excellent ratios as far as fat, protein and carbs are concerned.
Pre industrialization ratios for an average meal, consisted of 70-80% of calories from fat, with a moderate protein and a low carb intake to finish out the rest of the calories.
And would'nt you know, they had low rates of heart issues?
Yes, there were some, but not like today, where the more processed foods we eat, the higher the rates of heart disease, cancer and tooth decay rise.


The cake will serve 9.
Each serving contains the following.
250 calories
1.4 grams of fat
61.2 grams of Carbs
22.9 grams of Protein

44 % Fat
46% Carbs
10% Protein
(remember that beans have way more carbs then protein in them, and the fat is from real foods that are nourishing, rather then refined and fake foods)

Pots De Creme

Serves 2
413 calories
31 grams of fat
33 grams of carbs
14 grams of protein

65% Fat
24% Carbs
11% Protein

 

[Kim_NC]

This info may be helpful to some:
I plugged the Black Bean Chocolate Cake recipe into Weight Watchers. For 9 servings, it's 5 pts per serving.

PaulaJoAnne, what's the oven temperature for baking the cake? I couldn't find that.

I'm excited about trying this! Chocolate cake without guilt!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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350

 

[charmed one]

This is a recipe a friend gave me last year from weight watchers. It sure fixed my chocolate craving and it is only 1 point!

Brownies


3 cups All Bran cereal
2 1/2 cups water
1 pkg Always Save brownie mix or (comparable cheapie mix!)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla


Soak All Bran in water for 5 mins. Mix in all other ingredients and bake in 9x13 in 350 degree oven for 30 to 35 mins. Cut in 24 squares.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Except, its made with fake processed foods....

No real nourishment.

 

[charmed one]

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Except, its made with fake processed foods....

No real nourishment.

I wasn't worried about nourishment! This is just a chocolate fix we're talking about! LOL!!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Except, its made with fake processed foods....

No real nourishment.

I wasn't worried about nourishment! This is just a chocolate fix we're talking about! LOL!!

Ah, then you do need to try on of the recipes I posted

They offer such a rich flavor without consequences to ones health.
Real fats are nourishing and do not cause trouble.

 

[Sallyschickens]

PaulaJoAnne, I hope you don't mind, but I shared the recipe with my pals over at sufficientself with a link to your blog.

We see the oven temp is supposed to be 350, but how long do you think it takes? Approx. time?

Thank you so much for sharing, I have my black beans lacto-fermenting as we speak!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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ummmm, till its done? LOL! I honestly have no idea!
Reason being, my oven has not worked in some time, so, we have been "baking: in our smoker/grill.
The process is a bit dicey, to say the least, but I do get a wonderful product ever time! That is, if I remember to place the cookie sheet on the next rack down, to disperse the heat better, LOL!

The key with this cake, is to make sure and almost underbake it. It over bakes very easily, due to the beans.

 

[Kim_NC]

I baked it in a 9" square glass pan at 350* for 30 min. I used a cake tester to test for doneness - a toothpick would have done the same.

Also...I used canned black beans, rinsed ....no gas issues