Guilt-Free Black Bean Brownies

If you're like me, you have an insatiable craving for CHOCOLATE. Every kind. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, nutella, truffles, cake...yeah, I know I'm not helping. BUT this recipe will definitely help! I came across the idea online to use vegetables in chocolate cake recipes including black beans and zucchini. This is a fantastic recipe for black bean brownies! Honestly, all you taste is chocolatey goodness, no veggies!

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)

Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease an 8x8 square baking dish.

Combine the black beans, eggs, oil, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, sugar, and instant coffee in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the mixture.

Bake in the pre-heated oven until the top is dry and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, which takes about 30 minutes.

Approx. 126 Calories (Per Brownie)