Hello, chocolate! Skinny Brownie Mug Cake is a decadently chocolatey single-serving cake topped with avocado chocolate frosting. Yum!
Chocolate cravings! We’ve all been there. The day is going along normally, and then – BAM – you’re hit with an intense chocolate craving. Sure, you can ignore it, but like a boomerang, it just keeps coming back. You just need a taste, a nibble, or a whole mini cake of chocolate.
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Skinny Brownie Mug Cake is a triple chocolate treat. Each bite is jam-packed with melt-in-your-mouth chocolatey goodness. With lightly sweetened chocolate batter, ooey-gooey chocolate chips, and a rich chocolate frosting, this is one slam-dunk way to feed a chocolate craving.
Indulge in Chocolate
The combination of cocoa powder, brown sugar, maple syrup, Greek yogurt, and milk creates a perfectly creamy, lightly sweetened batter, full of heavenly chocolatey flavor. The chocolate chips amplify the chocolate-flavored batter, creating a truly perfect bite.
The frosting is also a healthier treat. Made with avocado, cocoa powder, and maple syrup, you can feel good as you devour or savor this sweet chocolate treat. With or without the frosting, Skinny Brownie Mug Cake is a tasty way to beat any chocolate craving.
What Makes this Chocolate Mug Cake Skinny?
Not only is this brownie single-serving, but it is truly guilt-free. Skinny Brownie Mug Cake is low fat and lower sugar than most brownie recipes. Most of the sugar is replaced with maple syrup, which is lower in calories and has less sugar per gram than refined sugars. Real maple syrup is perfectly sweet, you won’t taste the difference.
How to Make Skinny Brownie Mug Cake
There’s nothing like making a dessert that you can prepare, cook, and eat in the same dish. That’s what makes mug cakes so perfect. Every little step only uses one dish and that dish is dishwasher safe. So, there is virtually no cleanup.
Let’s get to it! Find your favorite mug because it is about to be filled with your favorite mini cake. Add flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir it all together before adding in the rest of the ingredients. Finally, add maple syrup, yogurt, milk, and vanilla. You can mix it all together and watch the batter come together. Since it’s made without egg, you can lick the spoon or fork clean. I always do!
Before popping it in the microwave, whip up the icing on this mini cake. The chocolate frosting is so worth adding. It gives it an added dose of chocolate. Plus, with only three ingredients, it’s really easy to make. Combine half an avocado with cocoa powder and maple syrup. You’ll want to make sure your avocado is ripe, so you can mash it smoothly into the cocoa powder.
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If you haven’t used avocado in icing before, don’t worry. It will not taste like guacamole. You won’t even taste the avocado. It perfectly combines with the cocoa powder and maple syrup to create a rich and creamy icing.
Now that you’re icing and batter is ready, you can cook the mug cake in your microwave. In less than 2 minutes it will be ready. As soon as it finishes cooking, top the Skinny Brownie Mug Cake with chocolate frosting. Now, it’s ready to eat!
What are you waiting for? I think I hear chocolate calling your name! It’s definitely calling mine.
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Skinny Brownie Mug Cake
Deliciously creamy chocolate treat that’s ready in less than 5 minutes. Enjoy the triple dose of chocolate flavor that’s so easy to make, you can bake it in your microwave.
- Prep Time: 3
- Cook Time: 2
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
BROWNIE INGREDIENTS
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons plain fat free Greek yogurt
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips
CHOCOLATE FROSTING INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 avocado mashed
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- In a microwave-safe mug, add flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add maple syrup, yogurt, milk, and vanilla. Mix with a fork or a small whisk.
- Add chocolate chips and mix to combine.
- Microwave on high for 1 minute. Continue to cook for 10-second intervals until finished. You will know it’s cooked when the top is firm and a toothpick comes out clean.
- To make the frosting, combine avocado with cocoa powder and maple syrup. Mix until smooth and there are no more avocado clumps.
- Let the brownie cool for a few minutes before eating. Top with chocolate frosting and some berries.
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Fina Zarzar
Can I use greek yogurt, applesauce or banana and how much?
Fina Zarzar
How much banana, greek yogurt, or applesauce would I use in cups?
Fina Zarzar
How much banana, greek yogurt, or applesauce would I use in cups? This is in place of the avocado.
annabelletroy
I have retweeted this, looks delicious. Happy holidays!
Jessica
Thanks Anna belle! Happy holidays to you too! ?