Community Pick
Black Bean Brownies (Gluten Free)
"Gluten free brownies"
photo by Tinkerbell
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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9 brownies
- Serves:
- 9
ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup milk chocolate chips
directions
- Prehear oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease 8x8 square baking dish.
- Combine the black beans, eggs, oil, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and sugar in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the mixture or mix into the batter.
- Bake in a preheated oven until the top is dry and edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.
- I frost them by putting the remaining bag of chocolate chips on top of the brownies when they come out of the oven. When melted, I spread them around.
Questions & Replies
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Do you have the nutritional info for this recipe? I am interested in the protein content.
Reviews
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I was skeptical, but these were very good! I will definitely make them again. I drained and rinsed the beans really really well, then threw everything in the food processor and let it whirl a while. It worked out great. Thank you! -
WOW! These brownies were DELICIOUS! Forget protein and fiber bars, these are way yummy and full of good stuff for you! I absoloutly could NOT taste the beans. Just make sure you really blend the beans well until they are totally smooth. I blended them first for a long time becuause I was worried I would taste them, and then I added the other ingredients. My picky kids were shocked when mom said they could have one for breakfast. They said they were sooo good! Thanks for posting this one EJC12! Its a keeper. -
These came out so good. I also was a little skeptical. I've looked at a few different recipes and some say they can taste the beans. I used my Vitamix and pureed the beans with the liquid ingredients first to make sure they were pulverized. I used eggbeaters and subbed applesauce for the oil, and dark chocolate chips. They came out very rich. I thought it seemed like a lot of sugar and considered reducing it but I'm glad I didn't. They are not sweet at all but if I cut back the sugar, I think I might taste the beans. Next time I will try cacao powder and nibs. I cut them into 16 servings and with the applesauce, it really cut back on the fat and calories. I will be making these often. Thanks for the recipe! -
EASY!!!! These were yummy. I made these for a lunch I catered that had to be gluten free. I only changed one thing. After the dough was mixed in the blender, I added the chocolate chips and ground them up a bit as well. These took longer than 30 minutes to cook, but they did not burn. I frosted these using 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips and 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream, warm chocolate and cream over low heat until well blended. Let cool before frosting browning. When it has set up you can cut the brownies. ALSO, I cut these into 16 squares as they are rich!! My daughter and I ate them warm, we are letting some cool to taste later.. Thank you!<br/>UPDATE: Drain and rinse your beans!!!! This cuts down the beany flavor.
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Love it! Made as directed, but used 1/2 c. egg beaters and walnut oil, and only put Nestle milk chocolate chips on top after baking, put back in "turned off oven" to melt and then spread! We will make again and again! Thank you!
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Tweaks
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OMG, sooooooooo good! I substituted Stevia for the sugar and left out the chic chips. Whipped cream w/Stevia as well. Not only a keeper, a favorite. WOW. You won't believe it!
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I rinsed and drained the beans, then blended them alone in the food processor. Once they were mush, I added all the other ingredients and mixed them at that time. I also substituted real honey for the sugar to make it cleaner (just not quite 3/4 cup), and only used a tiny bit of healthy chips on top for extra kick. I really thought they were excellent, but my husband thought the texture wasn't great (since they weren't like the sugary brownies). To me, considering it's a fairly clean recipe when honey is substituted, it was great to me! Very rich on the palate.
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After reading the reviews, decided to try these. They turned out FABULOUS! We loved them! Will now experiment with the recipe to substitute stevia for the sugar & use applesauce in place of the oil to make them even healthier. I used a few dark choc. chips in the recipe, but next time will use more chips. I also put chopped walnuts in the recipe & on top. Don't let the black bean ingredient scare you...you don't taste them at all! These brownies were also very moist. Will make these again & again!
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These came out so good. I also was a little skeptical. I've looked at a few different recipes and some say they can taste the beans. I used my Vitamix and pureed the beans with the liquid ingredients first to make sure they were pulverized. I used eggbeaters and subbed applesauce for the oil, and dark chocolate chips. They came out very rich. I thought it seemed like a lot of sugar and considered reducing it but I'm glad I didn't. They are not sweet at all but if I cut back the sugar, I think I might taste the beans. Next time I will try cacao powder and nibs. I cut them into 16 servings and with the applesauce, it really cut back on the fat and calories. I will be making these often. Thanks for the recipe!
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