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| This low-carb, sugar-free brownie mix makes a great Keto treat! |
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Living a Keto lifestyle comes with some luxurious eating. Well-marbled steaks, baked chicken thighs with extra-crispy skin, rich avocados, real whipped cream, and creamy salad dressings make Keto much less restrictive than traditional weight-loss diets.
But what about those special times when you need something sweet, rich, and gooey?
Is it possible to make a decent low-carb sugar-free brownie?
Or is that just wishful thinking?
And it can be.
If you try to convert grandma's old brownie recipe into a low-carb treat made with almond meal or coconut flour, you'll run into several obstacles.
Coconut flour takes tons of eggs and liquid to make your recipe come out correctly, and almond flour isn't something you can just swap out cup-for-cup with traditional wheat flour.
It takes lots of experimentation to get the balance right, especially since sugar substitutes won't provide the bulk you need to get a decent-sized brownie, unless you use a sugar alcohol.
And then, you'll have either stomach cramps to contend with or something called cool-down where the sugar alcohol recrystallizes and tastes like mint.
The texture won't be right either.
The easiest way to get a good low-carb brownie is to use a mix.
A low-carb brownie mix will make the process quick and simple, so you won't have to buy all of the ingredients separately. Just toss the mix with some melted butter and a few eggs, and you'll get a rich, chocolate brownie with that traditional, honest-to-goodness brownie texture you've been missing.
A sugar-free brownie mix can be a huge benefit if you're looking for a low-carb diabetic-friendly goodie that you can use for special occasions, rather than every day. And the mix I'm going to review in this post just happens to be gluten free, as well.
Diabetic Kitchen Chocolate Brownie Mix is Gluten Free
Most of you already know that hubby and I are gluten free, so most of the low-carb products on the market are not an option for us.
I am a super-sensitive celiac and hubby has Dermatitis herpetiformis, the skin form of celiac disease.
Diabetic Kitchen seems to be an exception to this.
Their products are gluten free and are also made in a gluten-free facility, so they are safe for those of us who happen to be extra-sensitive to gluten.
Hubby and I tried their Gourmet Chocolate Brownie Mix a few weeks ago. It uses a mixture of:
- isomalt
- ground sunflower seeds
- cocoa powder
- inulin
- and coconut flour
I added the 1/2 cup of optional chopped pecans because, for hubby and I, a brownie isn't a brownie without some nuts in there. I also followed the directions on the can and used parchment paper when baking them:
And then, I used a pizza cutter to cut the brownies into nicely sized squares:
This was the first time I had ever tasted sunflower seed flour, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I could barely taste any sunflower seeds in the finished product.
Diabetic Kitchen also doesn't skimp on the cocoa powder. These little brownie gems look like and taste like real fudge brownies.
In addition, these low-carb sugar-free brownies are sweetened with monk fruit extract and stevia, so if you can't do sugar alcohols, you'll be pleased to know that these brownies are still an option for you.
The monk fruit gives them a fruity taste, and the prebiotic fiber keeps them plump and moist for several days.
Just pop them into a gallon-sized zip lock baggie and you won't have to worry about freezing them. I was shocked when I saw just how long they lasted sitting on top of our microwave. Even a week later, they were still moist and decadent.
How Many Carbs are in These Sugar-Free Brownies?
This is the best part of all.
The brownie mix makes 16 good-sized brownies, and since the mix is high in fiber, they are only 2 net carbs each.
They do have 15 grams of fiber per brownie, so those doing Atkins 72 or counting total carbs will need to approach them with a bit of caution.
On Atkins 72 Induction, however, Dr. Atkins allowed 2 tablespoons of psyllium husks per day because he thought the fiber intake was important.
Those two tablespoons of psyllium husks provide about 10 grams of fiber, which is why I have included flaxmeal muffins in our Atkins 72 menu. In 1972, these other fiber products were not available to the public. Even soy flour was almost impossible to get back then.
If you've been on Atkins 72 for awhile, you'll be at a higher carb count than Induction, so you can subtract the 10 grams of fiber that Dr. Atkins allowed for Induction and calculate the brownies as 7 carbs each, instead of 2 net.
You'll have to limit yourself to just one brownie a day, of course, and skip the flaxmeal for that day, but we're talking real, fudge brownies here! If fiber isn't an issue for you, I won't tell if you want to have two!
Where Can You Buy this Low-Carb Sugar-Free Brownie Mix?
This Gourmet Chocolate Brownie Mix is available at the Diabetic Kitchen website.
They have a lot more to offer low carb dieters than just brownies, however, so you might want to look around the site a bit while you're there. They have low-carb muffins, cookies, and even hot cocoa.
You can get 10 percent off of your total order by using the discount code "NEW FRIENDS" when you check out, and shipping is free on all orders over 25 dollars.
You can also buy the low-carb brownies and other Diabetic Kitchen products at Amazon as well.
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