Healthy Recipe: Flourless Black Bean Brownie Muffins

In this post I wanted to share with you guys one of my favorite recipes... flourless black bean brownie muffins! They taste literally just like dark chocolate fudge brownies and you can't even taste the black beans at all. These are one of my favorite things to eat when I'm craving something sweet, but don't want to feel guilty by eating a real brownie. In addition, they're gluten-free!

Stay Fit & Fabulous, Maddie

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

Vegetarian, Gluten free

∙ Serves 12

Produce

• 1 (15 ounce) can of Black beans

Refrigerated

• 3 Eggs

Condiments

• 1/2 cup Maple syrup, pure

Baking & Spices

• 1 tsp Baking powder

• 1/2 cup Cocoa powder, high-quality unsweetened

• 1/3 cup Dark chocolate chips

• 1/4 tsp Salt

• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Oils & Vinegars

• 2 tbsp Coconut oil

Drinks

• 1 tbsp Coffee

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with baking liners and spray the inside of each liner with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Place black beans and 1 egg in food processor and process until beans are well blended. Add two other eggs, maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla and coffee; process again until smooth. Next add in cocoa powder, baking powder and salt; process once more until smooth. Next fold in 1/3 cup of chocolate chips.

3. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips evenly among the tops of each muffin batter. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffins comes out clean. Place on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, then remove muffins from tin and transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Keep muffins for a day at room temperature, then transfer to fridge and place in an airtight container.

Notes

*Use 4 eggs instead of 3 if you'd like a more cake like consistency.

Nutrition Information

• Serving size: 1 muffin

• Calories: 159

• Fat: 7.3g

• Carbohydrates: 21.1g

• Sugar: 12.5g

• Fiber: 2.5g

• Protein: 4.8g