This fudge brownie recipe is unbelievably delish! When we hear the words “clean eating”, thoughts of tasteless foods may come to mind. We now know that clean eating simply means using whole foods and foods without added preservatives, color and other unhealthy ingredients. You can find unlimited clean eating recipes at SkinnyMs.. Enjoy! This healthy brownies recipe is just one of several we offer for those who want to eat healthier and live their best life.
We love dessert as much as the next person and our healthy dessert recipes are a great alternative to high-fat, high-calorie alternatives.
We are excited to have recipe blogger, Amee, from Amee’s Savory Dish, contribute one of her many yummy creations. Amee is a southern girl, a stay-at-home mom of two, fitness enthusiast, obsessed foodie and soon-to-be published children’s author. Amee loves to write, create unique dishes and makeover her favorite recipes to adapt to a healthy lifestyle. Amee shares her passion for eating local and organic, supporting ethical farming practices, growing your own food and keeping recipes as clean as possible. However Amee believes there is room for the occasional splurge for holidays, special occasions and fun treats for kids. You can visit her blog Amee’s Savory Dish and find her on facebook here.
Yields: 8 servings | Serving size:1 brownie | Calories: 232 | Total Fat: 14 g | Saturated Fats: 3 g | Trans Fats: 0 g | Cholesterol: 22 mg | Sodium: 232 mg | Carbohydrates: 22 g | Dietary fiber: 2 g | Sugars:16 g | Protein: 5 g | SmartPoints (Freestyle): 9 |
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cooked black beans (dried beans preferred over canned), thoroughly rinsed and drained, no salt added
- 1/4 cup safflower oil
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 whole organic eggs (free range)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup coconut palm sugar or sucanat (this is a clean eating sweetener and wonderful in baked recipes)
- 2 small single serving packets of truvia or stevia
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, divided (try Enjoy Life, gluten free, vegan friendly)
- 1/3 cup oat flour (I used Bob's Mill gluten free oat flour)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup clean eating powdered sugar (recipe below) for dusting, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9x9 square baking pan with canola or olive oil.
- In a blender, puree the cooked and rinsed black beans with the safflower and olive oil. Pour into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add eggs, cocoa, sucanat, truvia or stevia and vanilla. Melt half the chocolate chips and add to mixer. Blend on medium until smooth. In a small bowl, whisk together oat flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the mixer until just incorporated. Stir in remaining chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until surface looks somewhat matte around the edges and shiny in the middle. Let cool at least 15 minutes before cutting. Deceptively scrumptious!
- To make clean eating powdered sugar, simply add Blonde Coconut Palm Sugar or sucanat, to a high powdered blender or coffee grinder. Grind until a powdered sugar consistency.
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Are the calories listed with or without the powdered sugar?
Thank you so much for the feature!! 🙂
Why is there writing on top of the recipes?
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I love these brownies, they hit the PMS sPot LOL!
I am always in need of a chocolate fix…I think these will do just fine 🙂
could you use coconut oil?
Stephanie, Coconut oil should work fine!
Don't have time to do homemade black beans. No canned because of the BPA in the cans? Could we sub if we absolutely had too? Also, egg replacers, would these work with chia eggs or the powdered egg replacer?
Tracy, Sure, I use black beans in the can when in a a hurry. The cans that are most suspect are those with tomato products since they apparently absorb the BPA because of their acidity.
buy your black beans in a can at Trader Joe's…all canned goods are BPA safe there! If you are lucky enough to have a Trader Joe's near you…
What is the purpose for adding black beans ?
Marlanne, Black beans are an excellent source of protein and are often used in clean eating desserts.