This recipe for
Happy Herbivore's Black Bean Brownies have been sweeping the blogs and I really wanted to find out what they were all about. I mean, a brownie that is based from BEANS?! What?! Crazy! But since it seems so healthy and the ingredients are so basic - you probably have most, if not all, of them in your pantry - I decided to give it a go. They were incredibly easy to throw together and only took a few minutes. Lindsay says to bake them for about 30 minutes, but they only took half that time for me. They're beautiful, right?
A rich, fudgey consistency. They slice easily and cut right out of the pan. This is a great health dessert, but I did find that my enormous sweet tooth was not totally satisfied with the subdued taste of these brownies. Lindsay says you can use an optional 1/4 cup of sugar (in addition to the required agave) which next time I would definitely do. However...I also found another great way to eat these that satisfies my candy craving!
With a smear of
White Chocolate Wonderful peanut butter from PB and Co! Yes, I know this adds some of the fat and calories back into the intended low fat recipe, but this way you're still getting the protein, fiber and nutrients from the beans in the brownie AND some salty sweetness for dessert. It's a win-win. Overall, I would say these are definitely worth a shot. Nobody believed me when I said they were made with black beans, so it's really fun to create this unsuspecting recipe and fool people! That being said, I was the only one who went back for seconds. I think that extra sugar would do wonders for the taste of the brownie, but everyone is different! Try it both ways.
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Oh lord do those look good!! :)
I am really happy you wrote this post...I too have been noticing the recent craze over these brownies and with all the crazy tweets about how mind blowing they are, I was planning on trying them, even though I was skeptical about how good they could really be. Luckily my friend happened to see all the hoopla and whipped up a batch...she said they were alright but were obviously healthy. If something isn't going to satisfy my sweet craving it doesn't matter how healthy it is, because Im just gonna eat the healthy treat and then go digging through my pantry looking for something else to satisfy the craving. Thank you for your honest opinion of these!
Wasn't there a lady on Dr. Oz 'show very recently talking about how the secret ingredient to her brownies was black beans? Or am I just imagining things? If I'm correct, do you think that The Show is part of the hype?
Well, it doesn't really matter, I suppose--it's only trivia. But your brownies DO look good! And I'm glad you mentioned the extra sugar because I'll probably want to throw that in when I bake them! :)
Stay sexy, Andria! Thanks again for sharing! :)
those look soo good!
if you like those, check out these: raw vegan brownies. Seriously, I have never had the black bean ones but i can attest that these rock :) I cashed in my Tempt coupon today....THANK YOU!!!
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I love black bean brownies! They give it a different texture but it's still fudgy. I'll have to give HH's a try
I need to try these! Glad to hear they don't taste beany, even though I really like beans so I probably wouldn't mind. I got my tempt coupons in the mail today! Thank you so much! I'll be traveling for the next month but will of course need to restock the freezer with ice cream when I get back and can't wait!
Those brownies look amazing!
I have been wanting to try black bean brownies for awhile now. Must get on that!
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