Black Bean Brownies (Gluten Free)

A-MA-ZING! Just found out I was gluten intolerant recently, and have really been craving some chocolately pastry treat. These are without a doubt the best brownies I have ever made. Way better than anything boxed. They are not your traditional brownie consistency, more like fudge, but that's the way I like them! Make sure you use CANNED black beans. Organic with low sodium is the best way to go. Make sure to really blend the ingredients well to get the beans into really fine particles. I used a blender and it worked great. I added an extra tbs of chocolate to make them super tasty. My boyfriend was dubious and even he liked them! For the reviewers who said they tasted like beans: you must have done it wrong, because I have no idea what you are talking about. These taste great!

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Ok shocking but true we all loved these. I have made these several times and have been adding 1 1/2 teaspoons of both baking powder and baking soda to the recipe. It makes them more cake-like which I like a little better.also like other comments said. i actually push the kids to eat them now for a snack . BUT NO one knows the secret of the beans inside.

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I made these last night. I followed the advice of some of the other reviews and added 1 more TBSP of cocoa powder and 1 1/2 tsp of both baking soda and baking powder. They turned out great, very moist.

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Fabulous option even if you aren't gluten free. My food processor isn't the greatest, so I'll be adding chocolate chips in the future to mask the occasional bean chunk :) I'll probably add a little more cocoa powder next time too, not quite chocolatey enough for me. These will be a great substitute for the ridiculously expensive energy bars my husband likes to take to work.

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Love these brownies! I have gotten so many people to try them and no one believes that there's beans instead of flour. They are very moist and perfect amount of chocolate and throwing everything in the blender...what could be easier? I added 1/2 tsp each of baking powder and baking soda to make them a little more cake-like. Our new favourite brownie recipe!

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These are good but not as great as I had hoped. I could defiantly taste the bean texture and favor but I made them with dried beans and they might not be good for this recipe. Overall fine for a snack and I will probably try again with canned beans instead. Thanks for the recipe.

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My kids and I loved, loved these and Hubby really liked them as well. They were very dense and fudge-like and not too sweet. We will definitely be making them again as well as playing with the recipe some (doing things like trying with nuts, trying to make more cake-like etc).

Edited to add: I have made these several times and have been adding 1 1/2 teaspoons of both baking powder and baking soda to the recipe. It makes them more cake-like which I like a little better.

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Loved them! My husband added mint extract to them. Wow!

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Simply delicious. I made a few changes - substituted agave nectar for the sugar, added 4 ounces chopped 80% chocolate and some ground nuts to have a firmer texture. My really very picky and sweet addicted mother in law raved about them, and a friend, who runs Germany's largest praliné club and is most critical concerning chocolate items, was positively astonished. He was the only one to discover that they have to be made from something other than flour, but he didn't mind because he liked both texture and flavour. Great way to feed some proteins to chocoholics, they will be a keeper!

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Not going to star it because I changed thing. I substituted sweet n lo for the sugar and I was not a fan of these. Maybe they need real sugar but I am low carb so I can't try that. I smeared them with natural peanut butter and they were not completely inedible : / My kids ate one each but didn't want another. Thanks for the recipe. May try again some day with sugar when my diet is over or possibly try sugar-free chocolate chips as another reviewer said.

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Well, the black beans are really a different for a desert, and since there are no exotic ingredients I made this recipe for my grandkids. The brownies were very crumbly and I wished
I would have had the kids eat them outdoors. They ate every crumb except for the crumbs that fell on the chairs and floor.

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Love this recipe! Made it today and my kids loved it even after they found out what was in it! My husband says it's not quite sweet enough but he still liked it so it's definitely going to be on our preferred recipes. So easy and the fact that it is healthy is a major bonus :)

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Fabulous. Make sure you blend very well and you won't have any chunks.

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The family really loved them. I loved the texture but the flavor was not as good as a regular brownie in my opinion. I did use dried beans and made sure to cook them to very tender like a canned bean would be. Next time I will add a bit more cocoa powder to achieve that rich chocolate flavor I'm looking for. (I love dark chocolate!)

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I made these for a friend who is gluten free. I did add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1 1/2 tsp baking soda like another reviewer said and they turned out great. I topped with walnuts and still thought maybe they could use something so I added chocolate frosting recipe 268243, very good.

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I really like these! Do not expect them to have the texture or even the taste of traditional brownies, because they don't. We aren't gluten free around here, but I really appreciate a healthier treat that is tasty yet doesn't contain white flour. These brownies are dense, yet light, and not too sweet. They were really good chilled. I added 2 oz melted unsweetened chocolate and 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips to the batter, just to make sure they were chocolatey enough (YES). Baked in 8 X 8" pan for 38 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out mostly clean). Very very satisfying!

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These are really, really good. The whole family liked them. I think they were even better the next day after they had "rested" - the flavor was really smooth. I used special dark cocoa powder and added about 1/2 cup of chopped almond bark (it was the only chocolate I had). Awesome and a definite make again!

Thanks!

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This is my new go to whenever I am having a chocolate craving- Awesome and I add a pinch of Cinnamon and a little extra cocoa and wow- Delish~ will not go back to boxed brownies!

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Okay, I'm convinced. These will be my go-to brownies for forever. Maybe they're not low-low carb, but they're probably a bit healthier than regular brownies. These would be killer with any addition - nuts, chocolate chunks, white chocolate.... Wow!!!

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Black beans?? Seriously?? Yes Seriously, these were amazing, and I was not sold until I tasted them. I did add the baking powder and soda, plus a bit extra cocoa. Since I didn't have vanilla in the house I used cinnamon as the flavouring, which I've done before in brownies and I like. I fed these to my renovation contractors and they didn't even realize they were any different....

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