Tuesday, March 22, 2011

what's cooking wednesday - black bean brownies

So word on the street is that delicious brownie I had a WholeFoods was a black bean brownie. So with that in mind I went searching the internet and found this recipe....

Ingredients

  • 1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon instant coffee (optional)
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 square baking dish.
  2. Combine the black beans, eggs, oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, sugar, and instant coffee in a blender; blend until smooth; pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the mixture.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.
There is no picture because these went into the garbage lickety split. They were the complete opposite of delicious. Such a waste of baking cocoa. Poor Abby even tried them twice, so determined was she to love them, but they were not loveable.

Has anybody actually made black bean brownies that taste good? And is it true are the Wholefood brownies black bean?




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4 comments:

PERMANENT POSIES said...

We tried a black bean brownie when my daughter first found out that she is a Celiac. It wasn't our favorite recipe. Yours looks different and good so, we will try it. I would love it if you would share it on my blog party:
http://permanentposies.com/2011/03/mango-pico-de-gallo-and-fajitas/

Melissa said...

I've never tried black bean brownies...I have to admit they don't sound too appealing to me. I hope you find a good recipe though!

Angie said...

I posted my Black bean brownie recipe...we love them!

Lynn said...

Wish I could have stopped you - I've tried these twice and they were awful, just awful. It's to the point where I'm convinced someone is circulating this recipe on the internet as a hoax. YUCK.