Lenny & Larry’s Triple Chocolate Muscle Brownie

Lenny & Larry’s Triple Chocolate Muscle Brownie that I picked up from Robeks in downtown Los Angeles.

The ingredients list is a bit complicated (alarms going off) but it’s basically a protein blend, natural brown sugar, non-hydrogenated margarine (!), corn syrup, chocolate chips vegetable gycerin, milk chocolate coating, cocoa processed with alkali, egg natural flavors, caparve, baking soda, salt, konjac flour and guar gum. (Yes, it’s more complicated than that if you look at the label.)

Lenny and Larry say that their caparve is made from cultured dextrose, flour and/or corn starch. The “parve” element makes me think it inhibits mold in a kosher way. Konja flour is from the Japanese konnyaku plant. I think it works as a thickener.

Allergy Information: Contains milk, wheat, egg and soy products. Manufactured in a plant that processes peanut, tree nut, wheat, soy, milk and egg products.

NUTRITION FACTS: Servings per Container: 2. Calories per Serving: 170, only 54 of which are from Fat. Total Fat 6 grams — 2 grams from Saturated Fat, none from Trans Fat. 15 milligrams of cholesterol. 160 milligrams of sodium. 19 grams of Carbohydrate — 1 gram of dietary fiber and 12 grams of sugars. 10 grams of Protein, which is 20% of Daily Values.

To summarize, this one brownie is two servings. Eating the whole two servings meant I ingested 340 calories and 20 grams of protein.