Paleo Special Brownies
Marisa Chaela of MissFitandNerdy has put together a delicious brownie creation that contains the heart-healthy benefits of cacao and the adaptogenic enhancing benefits of Reishi mushroom and Ashwagandha.
This yummy treat would serve will with some grass-fed vanilla ice cream and/or coconut based ice cream depending on your preferences!
Did you know that Reishi mushroom naturally has a bitter taste to it?! This is in part due to the high triterpenes present in Reishi mushroom. This mushroom pairs beautifully in cacao themed desserts and tonic drinks. We definitely recommend adding our Reishi extract to your desserts as well as tonic drinks too! Let’s jump into the recipe below:
Paleo Special Brownies
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
-½ cup coconut oil
-½ cup + 1 tbsp cacao powder
-60 g chocolate
-20 g cacao butter
-½ cup honey
-½ cup maple syrup
-½ tsp vanilla
-3 eggs
-¼ cup + 2 tbsp coconut flour
-¼ tsp baking soda
-¼ tsp salt
-1 tbsp real mushrooms reishi 415
-1 tbsp ashwagandha
Optional: crushed pecans, cashew butter, chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees.
- Spread light layer of coconut oil over brownie baking pan.
- Add coconut oil, cacao powder, chocolate, and cacao butter to double boiler and heat until melted then remove from heat and pour into cool bowl. Allow to cool to a temperature that is safe to touch.
- Pour in honey, maple syrup, vanilla, and eggs. Mix thoroughly.
- Add in remaining ingredients and whisk to combine.
- Pour mix into 1.5-inch thick brownie trays.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through.
Marisa Chaela is an ACE-certified Personal Trainer & Fitness Nutrition Specialist. She graduated from MIT in 2017 and has since been using her platform on YouTube and Instagram to inspire thousands of people to build their own healthy lifestyles.
She is passionate about experimenting with diets and encouraging others to question diet dogma and carve their own paths to find what works best for their bodies. A former victim of diet culture, Marisa is on a mission to help women free themselves of the “1200 calorie” diet mentality and discover their inner strength with resistance training.
