Monday, March 24, 2014

No Pudge! Fudge Brownie Mix


I got this brownie mix because it sounded interesting. A brownie mix that only took adding yogurt. The Fat free part was interesting too. So well being me, it was new and interesting, so i wanted to try it. I got this at Natural Grocers, a healthy/organic type store.

After i bought the yogurt to use for this and got home, i realized i got a greek yogurt. Doesn't seem to make much difference after making it, but makes me a little interested to see a difference with using non-greek yogurt.

Now in the directions, it says that it will be thick while you mix it....I didn't think that it would be so thick.
There's the spoon not even leaning while in the bowl. My arm started to hurt so bad from trying to stir it, an electric mixer might be easier. Was alright with getting into the pan to cook in, but not as easy as normal brownie batter. Directions also said to use a metal pan, but i think i heard somewhere that you shouldn't cook things with yogurt in them in a metal pan because of chemical reaction or something that makes it taste different, so i used a glass one (also because that's our only 8x8 pan).

Made a little X design in it because my daughter wanted me to.
After cooking it, it looked like brownies. Then i tasted it, it tastes like a brownie. It's a moist brownie too. It doesn't really taste like it's a 'healthier' brownie. So you'll get a goodness of brownies just without it being as bad for you.

Here's some nutrition facts to show the difference

No pudge brownies made
Servings: 12
Calories: 119
Fats: 0g
Carbs: 29g
Fiber: 1g
Protein: 3.2g
(amounts might not be exact)

Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Brownie made (Where i got my info)
Servings: 16
Calories: 147
Fats: 4.1g
Carbs: 26g
Fiber: 1g
Protein: 1.4g
(Amounts might not be exact)

So the No pudge sounds better, slightly higher carbs though. The second one says it makes 16 servings, but both say that a serving size is the same about of mix, 32g, so i just assume that the second one makes more? Anyways, up to you to judge what you think about the nutrition facts, it does also matter of what the ingredients are of what makes something healthier. No Pudge has all natural ones. Also only about 8 ingredients in just the mix, the other has maybe at least 14? I got confused in trying to count because of how the stuff is listed. Which i guess it shows that you should be paying attention to what you are eating.


The stirring this is probably the hardest and annoying part of this product. But if you are wanting a healthier option for a boxed brownie, i say give this a try.

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