Black Bean Brownies
These black bean brownies are moist, fudgy, and secretly healthy! This nutritious treat is vegan, flourless, gluten-free, and naturally sweetened with maple syrup.
Servings: 9 brownies
Calories: 241kcal
Ingredients
- 1 (15 oz) can black beans rinsed and drained
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- ½ cup canned pumpkin puree
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted and cooled slightly
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup maple syrup room temperature
- ½ cup old fashioned oats certified gluten free, if necessary
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cups dark chocolate chips + handful more for topping, use a vegan variety if necessary
- Maldon sea salt optional for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 inch non-stick square baking pan with cooking spray.
- Place black beans, vinegar, pumpkin, coconut oil, vanilla, maple syrup, oats, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt into a food processor.
- Process until very smooth, then stir in chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan, top with more chocolate chips, then bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with optional Maldon sea salt, then let cool in the pan for 20 minutes.
- Cut into bars, serve with vegan ice cream (if desired), and enjoy!
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Notes
The batter itself isn’t very sweet, but when combined with the chocolate chips - it’s perfect, so don’t skip the chocolate chips! :)
Nutrition
Serving: 1large brownie | Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 204mg | Potassium: 380mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 2120IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 2mg
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