Peanut Butter Swirl Vegan Black Bean Brownies
These fudgy vegan black bean brownies are rich, chocolatey, topped with a creamy peanut butter swirl, and taste like 100% pure brownie decadence (not beans!).
Servings: 9
Calories: 190kcal
Ingredients
- 1-15 oz. can black beans drained and rinsed
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar, whatever kind you like, coconut, organic white sugar, I used turbinado
- ¼ cup canola or coconut oil
- ¼ cup unflavored soy or almond milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. creamy natural peanut butter, or more, if you like
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly oil an 8 inch x 8 inch baking pan.
- Place beans, cocoa powder, sugar, oil, milk, vanilla, baking powder and salt into a food processor bowl and blend until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl as needed.
- Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Distribute a few dollops of peanut butter on the top of batter and swirl with a knife or chopstick. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 22-24 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely before cutting.
- Cut into 9 squares and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 22.6g | Protein: 5.5g | Fat: 10.2g | Saturated Fat: 2.2g | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 324mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10.6g | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg