OK, I made some brownies with black beans...

ToledoDeux

Sounds gross, right?  Pureed black beans in place of eggs and oil.  But they're actually not bad - the texture is a little odd, but they're pretty fudgy, no real "bean" taste to them.

But every so often while eating one, I get a little unpureed black bean skin/husk/whatever...and it's a little disconcerting, I must say.

missfire

Why, why would you do that to defenseless brownies?!

megontoast

The skin thing would drive me crazy.

Where did you get the idea for this recipe? I've never heard of such a thing.

Damn.. now I want brownies!

Mama Jan

DS used to gobble these.  I couldn't stomach them:

https://toddlertreatsandmore.blogspot.com/2009/08/black-bean-brownies.html 

ToledoDeux

megontoast:

The skin thing would drive me crazy.

Where did you get the idea for this recipe? I've never heard of such a thing.

Damn.. now I want brownies!

It's this recipe:

https://weight-watchers-points-recipes.blogspot.com/2008/06/black-bean-brownies-2-pts.html

It's weird what being on WW does to your standards of acceptable foods.   My H won't touch them, lol.

carolinag

missfire:

Why, why would you do that to defenseless brownies?!

lololololol 

LilMissLadybug

Don't eat too many or you'll be sleeping on the couch

Have you ever tried using apple sauce instead? I've heard it's good but never tried it.

missfire

When I was on South Beach, my dessert used to be ricotta cheese mixed with cocoa powder and Splenda. It was horrid.

Now none of my jeans fit, but my dessert today sure was tasty! ;-)

ToledoDeux

missfire:

When I was on South Beach, my dessert used to be ricotta cheese mixed with cocoa powder and Splenda. It was horrid.

Now none of my jeans fit, but my dessert today sure was tasty! ;-)

Oh, the dark days of South Beach.  **shudder**  I lost 16 pounds in two weeks, and I was miserable.  That ricotta shiit was the worst.

Oh no - wait - the WORST was the pureed cauliflower masquerading as mashed potatoes.  

nooniesgal

You could be arrested for putting beans in brownies where I come from!

BugLuv

I always replace oil in baking with applesauce - for cakes and brownies... makes them fluffy and moist

mhop

I use applesauce all the time to replace the oil and brownies are the only thing where I can "tell" the difference.

LoriFalce

Ditch the black beans. Use pumpkin instead. Much easier and less messy since you don't have to puree yourself, and no weird texture issues.

 

eminbmore

I like the black bean brownies! I was surprised at how well it worked - I was very skeptical.  DH on the other hand, won't touch them.  (Actually, he ate them and liked them until I told him what was in them - now any time I make brownies he double checks, "these are NORMAL brownies right?")

I'm intrigued by the pumpkin though - might have to try that next time. 

LucyGoosey81

I made these once when I was in WW after a member swore by them.  It was yearssssss before I was able to even eat black beans again.  I didn't like them at all