Mind blowing Healthy Strawberry Brownies made with fresh strawberries and protein powder – no cake mix or sugar needed! Protein strawberry brownies are low calorie, low fat, low carb, keto and added sugar free.

Okay these brownies were really mind blowing! Every bite is like eating into a piece of strawberry milk. Perfectly sweet, creamy, with strawberry flavor, but actually healthy!

I got the idea for this recipe when I saw my friend Chahinez make some strawberry brownies with cake mix. I really wanted to make a high protein version of that by using protein powder, and also wanted to make it a from-scratch recipe using real strawberries, so here we are.

Trust me you’re gonna want to try this one!

Ingredients for Healthy Strawberry Brownies:

These healthy strawberry brownies are made with fresh strawberries and protein powder – no cake mix or sugar needed! Just a few simple and healthy ingredients; Here’s what you need:

Fresh Strawberries
Vanilla Protein Powder needed for high protein blondie and also replaces most of the ‘sugar’.
I recommend part whey-casein Vanilla protein powder from Quest Nutrition.
And part whey Vanilla from Dymatize for this recipe.
Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe for a slightly lower carb higher protein blondie; Quest Nutriton Multi-purpose here.
Almond Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Almond Butter. I use the one from PB2.
Whole Wheat Pastry Flour – or a regular all purpose flour
Stevia Sweetener
Almond Milk or regular milk
Baking Soda
Vanilla Extract
Melted Butter
Red Food Color

Sugar Free White Chocolate Chips – I use the ones from Lily’s here.

How to make Protein Strawberry Brownies with Fresh Strawberries?

These protein strawberry brownies are made with fresh strawberries – no cake mix needed – and are super easy to make.

Here’s what it takes:

Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a baking pan (about 8”) with parchment paper.

Whisk all the dry ingredients in bowl – whey and whey-casein protein powders, flour, almond butter powder, baking soda and stevia sweetener.

Puree the strawberries – Blend strawberries and milk in a blender or food processor until pureed.

Add the pureed strawberries, melted butter, vanilla and food color dry mix to the wet and gently fold to combine. Just be gentle and don’t over-mix the batter. The protein powder will make it too dense.
You should have a thick batter. (Taste batter and add stevia powder if you want it sweeter)

Add in white chocolate chips and fold to combine.

Transfer the batter into pan(greased and parchment-lined), spread and bake for about 25-27 minutes.

How to know when protein strawberry brownies are ready?

Protein strawberry brownies are ready when the top is completely set and dry, and a tester (toothpick or thin sharp knife) comes out mostly dry.

For extra fudgy protein powder strawberry brownies, let some moisture be there on the tester – this should be at about 23-25minutes.

Wait until cool!

Don’t cut too soon or they will be too soft.

Tips to make Starwberry Brownies with No Cake Mix

Here’s how you make the most perfect strawberry brownies with no cake mix needed.

Use ripe strawberries so they are sweet enough and you don’t need to add much extra sweetener.

Use room temperature milk and strawberries ;
This is so the wet ingredients and dry ingredients can mix well.

Whisk dry ingredients together first so you have a smooth batter.

Use melted butter also so that it mixes well into the batter

Taste the batter and see if you need some extra sweetener. I’d recommend using stevia powder to maintain the consistency of the batter and have sugar free and healthy protein powder strawberry brownies.

Don’t over-bake or blondies might get tough; Remove when the tester/knife comes out mostly dry.
Underbaking a little is okay.

Alternate ingredients for Strawberry Brownies with Real Strawberries

For the perfect low fat but moist starwberry brownies with real strawberries, I would highly suggest using the ingredients and brands I recommended; I do have some alternatives you can try. I haven’t testing them all, so I can’t say how your recipe might turn out.

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: All purpose flour or 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour, in the same amount by weight; not cups.
Unflavored Protein Powder: 20g more Flour, but also reduce milk to 3 Tbsp (45ml)

Almond Butter Powder: Use peanut butter powder
Almond Milk: Any other milk
Stevia Sweetener: Use 2 tsp 1:1 Zero Calorie Monkfruit Sugar Replacement (like Lakanto) or regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)
Sugar Free White Chocolate Chips: Regular white chocolate chips or chopped chocolate

Want to make Straweberry Protein Powder Brownies Vegan?

You can very very easily make this strawberry protein powder brownie recipe Vegan by using a plant-based protein powder (I recommend KOS), melted coconut oil instead of butter, and dairy free white chocolate.

How to store Protein Powder Strawberry Brownies?

These protein powder strawberry brownies are so so good – and you’re definitely going to want to store these for a meal prep snack or post workout treat. Here’s what you need to do:

Room Temperature: Store fudgy strawberry protein brownies at on the countertop in an airtight container for 1-2 days.
Fridge: Place in a sealed airtight container and keep in the fridge for 5-7 days.

Freeze: To freeze fresh strawberry brownies, individually wrap in plastic wrap and place in freezer-safe zipper bags or air tight container.
Or maybe even just straight in the container. They should keep for 2-3 months.

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