Creamy “Power” Crunch Bowl is my new favorite low carb desert.
My family went to Dairy Queen for Blizzards last week, and I mustered up every ounce of will power I could find to not eat one. It has been at least a year since we had visited this DQ and their icecream used to be one of my favorite “foods”. I ordered a coffee latte instead, and took one sip and it was too sweet so I gave it to my teenage son. He willingly accepted. I will admit I was disappointed.
But when we got home, I got the idea to make my own creamy desert with some Greek yogurt I saw in the fridge. My husband had bought the yogurt for one of the boys who likes it as a substitute for sour cream. It was a big tub and he uses very little. I will admit that I hadn’t eaten any yogurt in a long time at this point. We usually buy the individual size sweetened yogurt (vanilla and fruit blends) each week for the younger children’s snacks, and I just skip using them partly because they are sweet, they are expensive so we get just enough for their snacks, and partly because I would rather drink a creamy coffee.
However, I made a commitment to myself last week to lower my daily carbohydrate intake. I am still trying to put together a routine that incorporates a low carb life style and avoid foods that would sabotage my goal. Power Crunch bars are a delicious treat I have used for the past six months or so as a desert when my family is enjoying a normal desert (like cookies, cakes, or pie). I really enjoy having a Power Crunch bar and a cup of coffee as a desert. So finding that big tub of Greek yogurt sitting in the refrigerator was just what I needed to create my own low carb DQ blizzard substitute.
Creamy Crunch Bowl
Ingredients:
1 cup of plain Greek yogurt
1 Power Crunch bar (flavor of choice).
(optional: sweeten with stevia or truvia to your liking)
This recipe makes 2 snack servings. But if there is no one near by to share it with, I am sure you will want to eat the whole bowl!
Directions:
Break a Power Crunch bar into pieces and stir into Greek yogurt.
Creamy Crunch Bowl
Nutritional Data:
- Calories: 190
- Carbohydrates: 9 grams
- Net Carbs: 8 grams
- Fiber: 1 gram
- Fat: 10 grams
- Protein: 16 grams
Recipe Variations:
Almost DQ Creamy Power Crunch:
Freeze for a delicious ice cream substitute, like a homemade DQ blizzard.
Pecan Creamy Crunch Bowl
Just stir in – 1/4 cup Pecans, chopped (use nuts, or nutbutter of your choice). Again, this makes two servings, so you can have one now and refrigerate one for later, or eat both servings if you wish!
Pecan Creamy Crunch Bowl
Nutritional Data:
- Calories: 284
- Carbohydrates: 11 grams
- Net Carbs: 9 grams
- Fiber: 2 gram
- Fat: 20 grams
- Protein: 18 grams
