The other day on the Dr. Oz show they showed how to make a more healthier version of chocolate brownies. Now, you all know my family is all about eating healthier. I am not a big chocolate person, but I do have to say my husband and our girls definitely are! Even though, I couldn’t imagine how black beans would make brownies taste good, I decided to give it a whirl.
I grabbed a box mix of brownies (any mix will do)
1 can of 15.5 oz of Black Beans
and I blended them all together in the blender. I did want the beans to be smooth after all ;). I poured the mixture into a 13 x 9 dish that was sprayed with PAM. I placed the dish in a pre-heated oven of 325 degrees. The wait was on. My husband was giving me weird looks and saying, I know you don’t expect me to try them. Oh of course I do honey.
The time was here… let’s open up the oven door and see our creation.
Phew… they do look like brownies. That is a relief! Let’s now get down to the real stuff and taste test them. We love whip cream on our brownies, of course make sure it is the fat free kind. We are keeping it healthy you know!
M is our first person to taste test.
L is our second person to taste test.
I think we have a winner with the Black Bean Brownies. Hubby and I really enjoyed them as well and now we can eat brownies without feeling so guilty eating them. Let me know if you try them and how you like. I know.. I know… it does sound like a weird combination, but I can say you will not be disappointed!
you didn’t get Scott’s reaction to the brownies!! What did he think?? It didn’t look like Lyndsee liked it at first!! Guess i’ll try them too! Yeah Madisyn, they’re chocolate chips!! LOL
I haven’t tried doing it this way, but I have made a scratch version of black bean brownies. Gluten-free and yummy! I didn’t think the texture was so great, but my blender isn’t much good, so maybe that was why. You can find that recipe here: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/amazing-black-bean-brownies-recipe.html
And bookmark that site. One of my favorite food blogs.
You don’t think they REALLY taste like brownies though, do you?!?!? I think they taste like extremely fudge-like brownies, and I still prefer the real boxed deal (I liked boxed over homemade). Maybe I will have to try them again with whip cream?!
We have been eating the Trader Joe Brownie Mix which is very fudge-like so these did taste like them. If you like the cake-like brownies, then I agree you probably will not like these. Whip Cream does make them taste very good 🙂
sounds interesting, I want to try it now 🙂