I Made Secret Ingredient Brownies and They Rocked It

I was going to write a very helpful post today about after school activities in Miami, but all I really want to write about today is the batch of Secret Ingredient Brownies I made on Sunday night, and how awesome they tasted, and how much fun it was to give them to people, make them guess the "secret ingredient", and then dramatically reveal that there was, in fact, an entire can of black beans in the brownies.

I'm not much of a sneaky food-hider a la Mrs. Seinfeld, but I don't have a problem with it either. And when I read about the Secret Ingredient Flourless Brownies in the Whole Foods blog that comes over my Google Reader, I knew I'd have to give it a try--I was that intrigued. Basically, you replace the flour with a can of pureed black beans. They tasted great, particularly on the second day. I wouldn't exactly call it health food, but they are at least healthier than "regular" brownies, according to the Whole Story blog post:

When you compare these brownies to more traditional ones, you’ll see that ours have fewer calories but more fiber and only 12 grams of sugar per serving versus 21 grams in a traditional brownie. And here’s some good news for people watching their carbs: Ours have 17 grams of carbs per serving, compared to 36 grams for the traditional version.

BTW, they are really easy to make--I would even call them kid-friendly baking, because you throw everything in the blender and then punch a button. The recipe is gluten-free. I couldn't find no salt black beans at Publix, but did find them at Whole Foods (go figure.) And NO, I do not get a kickback from Whole Foods for pimping their black beans;-)

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