Best Black Bean Brownies Recipes

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Place the beans, 1/4 cup chocolate chips and oil in a food processor; cover and process until blended. Add eggs, brown sugar, cocoa, vanilla, baking powder and salt; cover and process until smooth., Transfer to a parchment-lined 8-in. square baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together in a blender/food processor until pureed.
• Pour into a greased 8x8 cake pan.
• Stir in some chocolate chips and nuts, or leave plain.
• Bake at 350 F for approximately 30 minutes.
• Let cool completely before cutting.

BROWNIE MIX-BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Blend black beans and water together in a blender until smooth; pour into a bowl. Stir brownie mix into black bean mixture until batter is smooth; fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted 2 inches from the side of the pan comes out clean, 25 to 27 minutes. Cool brownies completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

SUGAR-FREE BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square glass pan with cooking spray.
• Place black beans and coconut oil in a saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until the beans are warmed through and the coconut oil is melted, about 5 minutes. Mix in eggs, maple syrup, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder.
• Transfer black bean mixture to a blender. Cover and blend into a smooth batter, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour into greased pan and sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until batter pulls away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting, about 30 minutes.

THE BEST BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (FLOURLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Butter an 8-inch baking pan.
• Place the black beans, eggs, melted butter, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Remove the blade and carefully stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Transfer mixture to the prepared pan.
• Bake the brownies for 30 to 35 minutes, or until just set in the center.
• Cool before cutting into squares.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 9-inch square baking pan.
• In a blender, puree the beans with the oil. Add the eggs, cocoa, sugar, coffee, and vanilla. Melt half the chocolate chips and add to the blender. Blend on medium-high until smooth. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the blender and pulse until just incorporated. Stir in the remaining chocolate chips. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake until the surface looks somewhat matte around the edges and still a bit shiny in the middle, about 20 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes before cutting and removing from the pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (LOW-CARB, LOW GI, GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Combine the first seven ingredients (beans through baking powder) in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Stir in the egg, chocolate chips, and walnuts (if desired).
• Pour into muffin tin, bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
• ** to make Vegan brownies, replace the egg with a flax egg, and chocolate chips with Vegan chocolate chips.

GLUTEN-FREE BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and move a rack to the middle of the oven. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine 1/2 cup water and the beans in a blender or food processor and blend until the mixture resembles the consistency of a grainy chocolate pudding. Add the cocoa powder, sugar, oil, vanilla, salt and eggs, and blend until smooth. Scrape out the batter into a large mixing bowl.
• Use a double boiler to melt 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips or place the chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute, stirring halfway through. Stir the melted chocolate into the black bean mixture and add the remaining chocolate chips. Mix until well combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the edges separate from the pan slightly, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes, then sift the confectioners' sugar over the top and cut into sixteen 2-inch squares to serve.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (LOW-SAT FAT, LOW-SUGAR, LOW-CARB)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray an 8x8 square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Combine the black beans, egg substitute, canola oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, Splenda and instant coffee granules (if using) in a blender; blend until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish. At this point, you can also sprinkle chocolate chips over the top of the mixture, if you're not watching your calories.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges start to pull away from the side of the pan, about 30 minutes.
• I've also noticed that the texture gets better after being refrigerated.

MY BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (LOW FAT, LOW SUGAR)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Pour beans into a colander and rinse very, very, very well.
• Place drained beans in the large cup of the NutriBullet (or use a blender or food processor).
• Add eggs, almond milk, vanilla and stevia.
• Whiz in NutriBullet, blender, etc. until beans are pureed and mixture is smoothly blended.
• Pour into a mixing bowl.
• Add dry ingredients, mix.
• Add agave, mix, taste and add more if desired.
• Pour into a greased 8 inch square baking pan.
• Bake about 18 to 20 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. (Adjust baking time if using a different size pan.
• Immediately place the pan in the freezer to cool quickly (about 10-15 minutes - do not try this with a glass baking pan - only metal is safe for this). Alternatively you can just let them cool in the pan on a rack, but this will take much longer.
• Cut into squares. Can refrigerate remaining brownies by covering them with plastic wrap.

WEIGHT WATCHERS BLACK BEAN BROWNIES 1.5 WW POINTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F; coat a 9 x 13-inch pan with nonstick spray.
• Blend drained beans and 2 egg whites or 1/3 of 1/2 cup egg substitute) in food processor or blender until smooth. Set aside.
• Place chocolate and lite butter in small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 60-90 seconds. Stir every 30 seconds until smooth. Set aside.
• Combine bean puree, sugar, flour, coffee powder and remaining egg whites or egg substitute in a mixing bowl. Beat until well combined. Blend in melted chocolate, pour mix into pan, sprinkle with walnuts. Bake 30-35 minutes.
• Makes 30 at 1.5 WW points.
• Very chewy and chocolaty!

THE AMAZING BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line an 11- by 18-inch baking pan with parchment paper and lightly oil with canola oil spray.
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a glass bowl in the microwave for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on high. Stir with a spoon to melt the chocolate completely. Place the beans, 1/2 cup of the walnuts, the vanilla extract, and a couple of spoonfuls of the melted chocolate mixture into the bowl of a food processor. Blend about 2 minutes, or until smooth. The batter should be thick and the beans smooth. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the remaining 1/2 cup walnuts, remaining melted chocolate mixture, coffee substitute, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer beat the eggs until light and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the agave nectar and beat well. Set aside.
• Add the bean/chocolate mixture to the coffee/chocolate mixture. Stir until blended well. Add the egg mixture, reserving about 1/2 cup. Mix well. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Using an electric mixer, beat the remaining 1/2 cup egg mixture until light and fluffy. Drizzle over the brownie batter. Use a wooden toothpick to pull the egg mixture through the batter, creating a marbled effect. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the brownies are set. Let cool in the pan completely before cutting into squares. (They will be soft until refrigerated.)

WEIGHT WATCHERS BLACK BEAN BROWNIES - WW POINTS = 3

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9- X 13-inch pan with flour variety cooking spray; line with aluminum foil and coat foil with cooking spray.
• In a blender or mini food processor, process beans with coffee until smooth; set aside.
• In a double boiler over very low heat, melt butter and chocolate.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. With mixer on low speed, add melted chocolate to eggs; incorporate well. Add black bean mixture, vanilla and salt; mix well. Add flour; combine thoroughly on low speed.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a tester inserted in center of brownies comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove pan to a cooling rack. After 10 minutes, remove brownies from pan by pulling up on foil and placing brownies on cooling rack to cool more.

CHOCOLATE-TOFFEE-BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In blender, place beans and water. Cover; blend on high speed 30 to 60 seconds or until smooth.
• In large bowl, mix bean mixture and brownie mix until well mixed. Spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out with moist crumbs attached.
• Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on High 30 seconds; stir. Continue to microwave in 15-second increments, stirring after each, until chips can be stirred smooth. Spoon into resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut small tip from corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over top of hot brownies. Immediately sprinkle toffee chips over top.
• Let stand about 3 hours or until chocolate is set. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store covered.

HEALTHY BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Blend black beans in a blender until smooth. Add bananas and vanilla extract; blend until smooth. Gradually add dates, a few at a time, and blend until evenly incorporated.
• Whisk oat flour, cocoa powder, flax seed, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Beat bean mixture into flour mixture on low to medium speed until batter is well blended; fold in walnuts. Spoon batter into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of brownies begin to pull away from sides of dish, about 50 minutes.

BLACK BEAN AND AVOCADO BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Hand whisk eggs, mashed avocado, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Add black beans. Puree mixture with an immersion blender, until all of the black beans are mashed and batter is smooth.
• Mix brown sugar and dark cocoa powder together in a separate bowl. Add to batter and blend by hand with a wooden spoon until completely mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting and serving.

CHILLI CHOCOLATE & BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly grease a 20 x 30cm brownie tin and line with baking parchment. Blitz the beans and vanilla, 1/2 tsp salt and 2 eggs with a stick blender until completely smooth.
• Put the butter and sugar in a bowl with the cocoa and remaining eggs, and beat with an electric whisk until creamy. Start off slowly, then increase the speed as you mix (so you don't get covered with cocoa!). Beat in the baking powder, then stir in the bean mixture and fold in the chocolate chunks.
• Scrape the mixture into the tin with a spatula, level it and bake for 25 mins until firm to the touch. Leave to cool, then cut into squares. Will keep for a few days in a tin at room temperature, and 1 week in the fridge.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (MIDNIGHT BROWNIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 8x8 pan with cooking spray. In a food processor, mix all brownie ingredients (except chips) together. Chop on high, until smooth. Clean off sides and blend for another 20 seconds. Add the chips and stir well. Spread into the 8x8 baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for about 1 hour at room temperature. Frosting: 6 oz fat free cream cheese 1/4 c agave syrup 2 T vanilla extract 2 T semisweet mini chocolate chips, melted Directions for frosting: With a whisk, blend all ingredients until light and fluffy. Spread evenly over the top of the cooled brownies. In a microwave safe bowl, melt the 2 T of chips with a 2 second spray of nonstick cooking oil. Using a spoon, swirl the chocolate on top. Allow to set in the refrigerator for 20 mins.

BLACK BEAN BROWNIES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Puree the undrained black beans and their liquid in a food processor until smooth. Put the brownie mix and pureed beans in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until combined, about 2 minutes. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack and cut into squares.

MAGIC BLACK BEAN BROWNIES (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325*F, and grease a small (8x8 or 9x9) pan. Break up the unsweetened chocolate, and combine it with the fat (butter, coconut oil or shortening). Heat the mixture on low power in the microwave or in a double boiler, stirring often, until it's melted and combined.
• Meanwhile, put the black beans, agave, vanilla, espresso powder, and salt in a food processor. Add the chocolate mixture, and process 2-3 minutes - until the black beans are obliterated and the mixture is well-combined. Add almond flour (or coconut flour), flax meal, and baking soda. Process two minutes more. Fold in nuts & chocolate chips, if using.
• Pour the mixture into the greased baking pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes - until the top is set, but be careful about burning the edges. Allow to cool for at least an hour; otherwise, the brownies may be too gooey to slice.
• Store covered on the counter, or for a firmer brownie, in the refrigerator.