Diet Brownies---No Joke!!!

Last night, my husband and I were celebrating our first date 2 years ago.  We had a nice healthy dinner (because he's on board with WW now too!)  He grilled small round steak, I fixed us each a personal salad topped with either light or fatfree dressing, and steamed some potatoes and snap peas in the microwave (those Ziploc Steam Bags are AMAZING by the way.  If you don't have them, GET them.)

After such a nice dinner, we wanted something sweet to eat without ruining our entire effort.  I remembered I had blogged about Brownie Bites a LONG time ago.  I figured we didn't have a whole lot to lose, so I got in and made them.

Honestly, they were SUPER simple to put together.  They had a good chocolatey taste with a cake like texture.  I used light margarine and omitted the walnuts in my recipe -- hopefully I cut a calorie or two more with my substitutions and omission.  Also, instead of topping the brownies with powdered sugar, I added a tablespoon of Sugar Free Coolwhip when they came right out of the oven so it was like adding a small scoop of ice cream.   We both liked them and the brownies were only 2pts per brownie! Now onto the recipe with a few notes to start.

*PLEASE NOTE, in the recipe it does in fact say LOAF pan.  Do not use the standard 8x8 brownie pan.  Your brownies will be SO flat you can almost see through them.  
**ALSO PLEASE NOTE, that I have fully disclosed I am not the best cook therefore I did in face use the wrong pan. So here is a picture stolen from the sixsistersstuff blog to show you what they are actually supposed to look like.  :)


Weight Watchers Brownie Bites:

(Recipe from skinnytaste.com)

2 tbsp margarine

1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cold water
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tbsp chopped walnuts
1 tsp powdered sugar

In a small saucepan melt margarine, remove from heat. Stir in sugar, vanilla and water. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder. Mix well. Stir in chopped nuts.

Spray the bottom of a 8x4x2 inch loaf pan with nonstick spray coating. Pour batter into pan.

Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool thoroughly. Remove from pan. Cut into 8 bars. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Servings: 8 • Serving Size: 1/8th • Old Points: 2 pt • Points+: 3 pt

Calories: 103.9 • Fat: 4.3 g • Protein: 1.3 g • Carb: 15.6 g • Fiber: 0.6 g
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Tonight, I might  use the left over brownies in a new dessert!  I am going to crumble up the brownies into a Chocolate Pudding Mousse.
1 Snack Pack cup of Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding
1-2 TBSP Sugar Free Coolwhip
Remove pudding from snackpack cup, add coolwhip, and blend together.
TADA!  2 point Mousse.

Add a crumbled brownie and BOOM---a delicious, individual sized, 4 point dessert with no leftovers to tempt you to eat more. 

Happy Eating!