Questify: Chocolate Dipped PROTEIN Churros!

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Guess what?! You just did your stomach a HUGE favor by clicking on this article, because today, we’re making one of the guiltiest pleasures on the planet. Only this is the Questified version — meaning we’ve removed all the guilt and replaced it with protein pride. That’s right, brace your tastebuds for protein churros!

For “homework” I hit up the top churro spots in Los Angeles in search of the most “must-have” churros (It’s a tough job, I know…but someone had to do it!). On my journey I discovered (and ate) some amazing deep fried cinnamon sticks drenched in irresistible hazelnut spread. So I took it upon myself to completely deconstruct these churros to their essence and find out what makes them so good. The obvious answer is sugar, but this is Questify, I can’t just copy and paste someone else’s recipe. I’m happy to announce that I was able to turn these ordinary churros into extraordinary churros! They’re packed and stuffed with protein so there’s no excuse to not make these your new go-to pre or post workout meal. I even paired it with homemade chocolate protein spread — which is kinda like Nutella, only…you guessed it, Questified!

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These high protein, low sugar churros are churr to make your taste buds happy.

NUTRITIONAL INFO

Yields: 22 servings  | Serving Size:  1 churro

Calories: 100 | Protein: 5g  | Fat: 7g | Net Carb: 4g (0.5g sugar)

Fiber: 2g | Total Carb: 6g  | P/CAL: 21%

Prep Time: 10 min  | Cook Time: 10 min | Total Time: 20 min

Ingredients

CHURRO

1 scoop Quest® Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder

1 Cinnamon Roll Quest Bar®

1 cup water

4 tablespoons butter

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup oat flour

¼ cup almond meal

2 eggs

2 teaspoons cinnamon

3 teaspoons zero calorie sweetener

1 cup coconut oil (for frying)

Ingredients

Chocolate Protein Spread

1 scoop Quest® Chocolate Milkshake Protein Powder

½ cup fat free greek yogurt

¼ cup light sour cream

½ cup zero calorie sweetener (powdered)

¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ cup whole milk

½ teaspoon hazelnut extract

Method

CHURRO

  1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine water, Quest Bar®, salt and butter. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
  2. In a mini blender, blend Quest Protein Powder®, oat flour and almond flour.
  3. Stir in flour mixture into pot until a ball forms.
  4. Add in eggs one at a time until mixture is smooth
  5. Place in piping bag with fitted churro tip.
  6. Heat coconut oil for frying in a deep skillet to 350°F (190 degrees C).
  7. Pipe strips of dough and fry until golden; drain on paper towels.
  8. Mix together the cinnamon and sweetener.
  9. When churros are cool enough to handle roll in the cinnamon and sweetener mixture

 

Chocolate Protein Spread

  1. Stir together all ingredients until a smooth mixture is formed.
  2. Heat in microwave in 15 second intervals to get the spread to desired temperature.