Break out your Canned Pumpkin! And fish out those goggles, because it’s time to dive, head-first, into a pool of chocolate protein icing. Chocolate icing so healthy you can eat the entire bowl in one sitting.
Kind of like with the recipe for Whipped Cream in a Bowl.
(See, you want to dive in, right?)
“Fudge You!” Chocolate Protein Icing
Makes 1 bowl, to be used as icing, pudding, fudge sauce, pancake sauce, face paint… Wha?? Maybe scratch that last one…
- 1/8 cup (24g) chocolate protein powder (I used NutriBiotic)
- a bit over 1/16th tsp salt
- sweetener of choice, to taste
- 2 tbsp canned pumpkin or pumpkin puree (about 30-35 grams)
- 1/4 cup water, or other liquid (60 grams) Or more or less, depending on the thickening capabilities of the brand of protein powder you’re using
- Optional spices and extracts if desired (I used 1/4 tsp cinnamon, to go with the pumpkin theme)
- Also Optional cocoa powder, chocolate syrup, or melted chocolate, if you want it more chocolatey. And you can also always add fruit: banana, strawberries, raspberries…
Combine everything and mix very well. Eat cold. I don’t bother using a blender for this. A fork works fine. Dorm-room readers, rejoice!
Other ideas: Swirl into oatmeal, top with granola, use as a cupcake-topper, use in place of hot fudge sauce on ice cream… As usual, the possibilities are endless! A word of caution: If you don’t like the protein powder you start with, you won’t like this icing/pudding. And it’s not meant to taste like the normal hot fudge sauce you buy at the store; I don’t really know how to describe the taste, but I love it!
This sounds delicious! My favorite way to use my brown rice chocolate flavored protein powder is in my breakfast smoothie- unsweetened almond milk, frozen banana, and the powder.
I love making protein brownie batter/cookie dough (recipe courtesy of “Foods of April”).
Oh yum, that looks great!! I’m with Veggie Girl, I love April’s protein brownie batter and cookie dough!!
katie please post the recipe for the brownies now!!!! i cant wait i mean i will if i have to but i dont want to they look so yummylicious! your a genius and so sweet too! xoxoxo
You read my mind once again! I just bought protein powder and was looking for yummy things to do with it! Thanks CCV!
I never got on the protein powder bandwagon 🙁
I just haven’t found a brand I like. But that icing still looks delish!
My favorite way is foodsofapril’s protein cookie dough. Have you ever tried that?
Anonymous and others,
It’s so funny that you’d all mention her blog because I *just* started reading it yesterday!
I stumbled across it a loooong time ago thanks to a comment she left on mine, and I made a mental note to add it to my reader, but then I completely forgot about it. Protein cookie dough, didya say?? Sounds like I’ve been missing out! I’ve got some catching up to do lol ;).
I wonder if the kiddos would warm to this. Goodness knows they’d love the idea of getting to eat a bowl of icing!
We’ve been making your “whipped cream in a bowl” recipe now about every week! It really comes in handy as a vegan family.
I could definitely dive into that! The water (err chocolate) looks great 😉
Haha, your icing is just like my protein cookie dough, except mine is thicker and has nut butter!!
Oh, and mine doesn’t have pumpkin.. definitely going to try that!!
I love putting it in oatmeal!
I unintentionally created my own protein “icing” by adding too much liquid to April’s protein brownie batter.. it’s WONDERFUL!
GIMME DAT BROWNIE RECIPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please 🙂
love you!
Have you ever made protein ice cream? It’s my favorite thing to make. Just Vita-mix ice cream + protein powder :). Maybe you could add it to your chocolate-strawberry ice cream in place of the Amazing Grass?
omg, I swear we are sauce soulmates (remember the whole nut butter/banana thing) Just this past week I have been eating my natural flavored protein powder blended with carob/cocoa powder, almond milk and banana, quite the same idea no?
That is awesome – thanks so much for sharing, I cant wait to make it a I just bought soy chocolate protein powder.
Awesome! I hope that you post more protein powder recipes! I am ALWAYS open for new ideas. 🙂
and..is there are a recipe for those protein batter brownies/pancakes?
Katie,
Definitely!! Just use the regular recipe for the “brownie batter pancakes” below:
https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2009/07/14/how-to-use-brownie-batter-and-vegetable-serving-in-the-same-sentence/
But sub protein powder for the Amazing Grass :).
I’ll definitely try to post more protein powder recipes in the near future. I really want to make brownie batter muffins/cupcakes and I have a plan for vegan ho hos 🙂
Kelly Michelle,
Sounds similar–and similarly yummy!–to me 🙂