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These delicious clean eating black bean brownies are a great source of dietary fiber with a nice protein boost without sacrificing taste.
My son hates black beans. He refuses to eat them. I love that he ate them tonight in these clean eating black bean brownies without a clue. He's ten years old, so there is not much fooling him at this age when it comes to sneaky healthy ingredients.
I've made black bean brownies in the past and wasn't thrilled with the result. They were a little too beany for me. I have found that you get better results with dried black beans instead of the canned. I also cooked my dried beans without salt for this recipe. This made a big difference in the taste. The key to success with these brownies is thoroughly rinsing your beans before adding them to the blender and blending them until they are a smooth consistency. Chunks of beans in your brownies is not exactly appetizing.
You can make this brownie recipe in the blender, but my sad little Oster blender almost died when I added all the ingredients to mix. Oh, how I wish that I had a Vitamix...Anyway, I blended the beans and oil in the blender until VERY smooth and then mixed the rest in my KitchenAid mixer. If you have a high-powered blender, just throw it all in and whip it up!
Perfect results, without screeching kitchen appliances. I cleaned up the ingredients a little bit to make them fit into my clean eating plan. The first batch was made with the coffee flavoring (in the original recipe), but we were not a fan of the flavor. So, I substituted a little more vanilla extract and left out the coffee. I also used oat flour, coconut sugar, and a small amount of Truvia instead of regular flour and refined sugar. We are really happy with the results. My whole family gobbled these up and asked for seconds and my son ate black beans. Victory!
How To Make Moist Black Bean Brownies {that taste good}
¾ cup cooked black beans (dried beans preferred over canned), thoroughly rinsed and drained, no salt added
½ cup extra virgin olive oil (you can also go with avocado oil here for a lighter flavor)
2 eggs
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
⅔ cup coconut sugar
2 small single-serving packets of Truvia ( a stevia-based natural sweetener)
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
½ cup mini chocolate chips, divided
⅓ cup oat flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ cup confectioner's sugar, for dusting ( I used WheyLow powdered sugar )
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x9 square baking pan with butter-flavored cooking spray. In a blender, puree the cooked and rinsed black beans with the olive oil. Pour into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add eggs, cocoa, coconut sugar, Truvia, and vanilla.
Melt half the chocolate chips and add to the mixer. Blend on medium until smooth. In a small bowl, whisk together oat flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the mixer until just incorporated. Stir in remaining chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until the surface looks somewhat matte around the edges and shiny in the middle. Let cool at least 15 minutes before cutting. Dust with powdered sugar and serve. Deceptively scrumptious!
Clean Eating Black Bean Brownies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cooked black beans dried beans preferred over canned, thoroughly rinsed and drained, no salt added
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅔ cup coconut sugar you can also use brown sugar
- 2 small single serving packets of Truvia or another stevia-based natural sweetener
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips divided
- ⅓ cup oat flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup confectioner's sugar for dusting the top ( I used WheyLow powdered sugar)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9x9 square baking pan with butter flavored cooking spray.
- In a blender, puree the cooked and rinsed black beans with the olive oil.
- Pour into the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Add eggs, cocoa, coconut sugar, Truvia, and vanilla.
- Melt half the chocolate chips and add to mixer.
- Blend on medium until smooth.
- In a small bowl, whisk together oat flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add to the mixer until just incorporated.
- Stir in remaining chocolate chips.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until surface looks somewhat matte around the edges and shiny in the middle.
- Let cool at least 15 minutes before cutting.
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Nutrition
Clean eating brownies for the win!
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Diana @ VeggieNextDoor
Thanks for sharing! I came across a black-bean brownie a while ago and was thinking of trying it out. I think I will give it a go, based on your success 🙂
basilmomma: Heather Tallman
Wow! This looks great! I love your 'clean' take on the recipe 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
The Harried Cook
Yummy looking brownies... 😀 Thanks for sharing!
The Better Baker
These sound wonderful Amee. So glad you shared...I love the name of these too. =)
Amee
Thank you Marsha! I can fool my kids with these! 🙂
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers
These look fantastic! I have been wanting to use black beans in brownies, but I'm still weary of it! But your recipe sounds great, I'll have to try it!
Corey @ Family Fresh Meals
Great idea sneaking those black beans in there mama! These healthy brownies look amazing Amee. I can't wait to try them 🙂
Angie {Successful2gether}
mmmmmm, just coming across these from Family Fresh Meals. YUMMMMMMMMYYYY~!
Amee
Thank you ladies! I love sneaky ingredient foods, too!! 😉