Protein Packed Cookie Dough Brownies
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Completely no bake, gluten free, refined sugar free, and protein packed cookie dough brownies! I used my favorite fudgey date brownies, and topped with my new favorite fixation- cottage cheese cookie dough!
Blended to velvety smooth goodness, so no texture scares here! You do want to be sure you like the taste of your protein powder here!
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Why You’ll Love These Protein Packed Cookie Dough Brownies
- They’re completely no bake
- They’re loaded with protein
- They contains no refined sugars
- Both the brownie dough and the cookie dough have that texture that melts in your mouth with each and every bite
- They’re gluten free
Serves: 10
Ingredients
Brownie base
- 8 whole Medjool Dates
- 1/2 cup Almond Flour
- 4 Tbsp Chocolate Protein Powder
- 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 2 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup Cottage Cheese, 4 or 2% is fine
- 1/2 cup Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1 1/4 cup Almond Flour
- 2 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 2 Tbsp Cashew Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/3 cup Mini Chocolate Chips, Semi-Sweet
Process
- Process brownie ingredients together. If your dates are not soft you’ll want to soak them in hot water for 5 minutes first
- Press brownie dough down onto 9×5 loaf tin lined with parchment paper
- Place in the freezer
- Blend cookie dough ingredients until smooth, scraping the edges as needed. It will be thick
- Fold in chocolate chips
- Press overtop brownie layer, smooth out with a spatula sprayed with nonstick spray
- Place in the freezer for 1 hour
- Then slice into squares and indulge away!
- Keep stored in the fridge or freezer
Notes
Variations for Dietary Preferences
- Cashew butter – can replace with sunbutter or vanilla oat butter like the oat haus brand. You can also use peanut butter for a peanut butter cookie dough flavor
- Dairy free – You can use coconut cream to keep this dairy free. Also be sure to use a plant based protein powder
- You can replace the pure maple syrup with honey
- For the brownie base you can replace the chocolate protein powder for more cocoa powder
- Oat flour will probably work in place of the almond flour since it’s no bake. You may need 1-2 tbsp less since it’s a tad drier.
- For cookie dough, if you’d like to replace the protein powder you can up the almond flour to 1.5 cups and add .25 cup oat flour in place of the protein.
These are best served cold. They can be frozen, but allow about 15 minutes at room temperature before enjoying. You can make just the cottage cheese cookie dough as a spoonable snack, or let chill than roll into cookie dough balls
Ingredients
Brownie base
- 8 whole Medjool Dates
- 1/2 cup Almond Flour
- 4 Tbsp Chocolate Protein Powder
- 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 2 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup Cottage Cheese 4 or 2% is fine
- 1/2 cup Vanilla Protein Powder
- 1 1/4 cup Almond Flour
- 2 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 2 Tbsp Cashew Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/3 cup Mini Chocolate Chips Semi-Sweet
Instructions
- Process brownie ingredients together. If your dates are not soft you’ll want to soak them in hot water for 5 minutes first
- Press brownie dough down onto 9×5 loaf tin lined with parchment paper
- Place in the freezer
- Blend cookie dough ingredients until smooth, scraping the edges as needed. It will be thick
- Fold in chocolate chips
- Press overtop brownie layer, smooth out with a spatula sprayed with nonstick spray
- Place in the freezer for 1 hour
- Then slice into squares and indulge away!
- Keep stored in the fridge or freezer
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Notes
Oat flour will probably work in place of the almond flour since it’s no bake. You may need 1-2 tbsp less since it’s a tad drier. For the brownie base you can replace chocolate protein powder for more cocoa powder if you wish. For cookie dough, if you’d like to replace the protein powder you can up the almond flour to 1.5 cups and add .25 cup oat flour in place of the protein.