Chocolate Birthday Black Bean Brownies

You might associate black beans with tacos, salsas and salads pretty easily, but hopefully I’m able to persuade you to try baking with them because they make delicious desserts too.  In the past I’ve baked with black beans, kidney beans, red beans and have had yummy results so I wanted to use our black beans in a new super chocolaty brownie recipe. 

This recipe calls for 1 15 oz can of black beans which you’ll add with the rest of your ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth.  Because I wanted to use my homegrown dry beans, I did a overnight soak of my beans and then cooked them to get my 15 oz can worth. It’s a little extra work with dry beans, but it’s worth it if you want to give it a try.  If not, it’s totally ok, just make it easier for yourself by using canned beans!

I love this recipe because it’s so easy to make.  Just throw all your brownie ingredients in a blender or food processor, pulse a few times, put into a 8×8 pan and bake.  It’s that easy.   Once it comes out of the oven you can enjoy as is, or you can add frosting.  I love frosting so I had to add my favorite homemade frosting recipe on top and loads of rainbow sprinkles.   Because these brownies have a cake like texture these make a great birthday treat!

Ingredients
For the brownies

• 1 15 oz can of black beans - rinsed and drained
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup apple sauce
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

For the frosting

• 2 3/4 cups confectioners powdered sugar
• 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Additional
• Rainbow Sprinkles

Instructions

1. For the brownies
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Spray a 8x8 pan with nonstick spray.
4. Add black beans, eggs, apple sauce, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, vanilla and sugar in a food processor (or blender) and pulse until smooth. Pour mixture into 8x8 prepared pan.
5. ........................................

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