Chocolate Black Bean Brownie Bites!

With no flour or eggs, these Crunchy Chocolate Black Bean Brownie Bites are a delicious homemade vegan snack or dessert you won’t want to share!

Chocolate Black Bean Brownie Bites

Do you want to quickly become the most popular person at your next party?

Just whip up a batch of these rich and decadent gooey chocolate brownie bites and watch the entire tray disappear!

The healthy brownie bites can absolutely hold their own against conventional flour-sugar brownies. Your guests will never guess the secret ingredient.

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Brownie bites that don’t taste healthy

There are definitely some healthy dessert recipes on my blog that taste healthy.

For example, no one would confuse my banana ice cream recipe with Ben & Jerry’s half-baked ice cream or call chia pudding the most decadent dessert they’ve ever tried in their life.

These Black Bean Brownie Bites taste great though 100% just as rich, crunchy, moist, chocolaty and indulgent like traditional homemade brownies.

You can easily compete against Entenmann’s famous Little Bites Fudge Brownies or store-bought brownie bites from Costco, Sam’s Club or Target.

If anything, this healthier version is even more rich, moist, chocolaty and decadent. While traditional flour brownie bites can often be dry and crumbly, the black beans in this healthy recipe keep them ultra-moist and soft without crumble.

The recipe was inspired by my Black Bean Brownies and Healthy Brownies, two other bean desserts that are a huge crowd favorite even with people who have absolutely no interest in vegan or healthy eating.

So don’t be afraid to try these out at your next event. You’ll be surprised at the overwhelmingly positive response you’ll get!

Check out the healthy brownie bite recipe video – above

Black bean brownie bite flavors

This healthy dessert is incredibly versatile. Feel free to add whatever you typically add to homemade or packaged brownies.

Stir in a handful of shredded coconut or chopped walnuts or pecans. Or add a pinch of ground cinnamon or a few drops of pure peppermint extract.

They also taste really good if you sprinkle half a teaspoon of instant coffee into the batter before baking. (I use this brand of instant coffee.)

I love using peanut butter in the recipe and tossing in some chopped peanuts or squeezing a vegan peanut butter shell into the top of each bite to turn them into chocolate peanut butter brownie bites.

Finally, if you’re feeling really lazy, you can just eat the batter without the egg with a spoon and call it a day. Not that I ever did or anything…

Healthy Ingredients for Brownie Bites

What you need: cocoa powder, oatmeal or almond flour, black beans, liquid sweetener of your choice, some salt, oil or almond butter, pure vanilla extract, baking powder and mini chocolate chips.

I know some people will be skeptical about the idea of ​​beans in desserts. But did you know that Entenmann’s Brownie Bites also contain beans?

This is true; They have soybean oil and locust bean gum. Not to mention their other ingredients, which include sugar, eggs, bleached wheat flour, corn syrup, whey protein concentrate, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, mono- and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, and artificial flavors.

In contrast, the fudgy homemade brownie bites are made with just nine ingredients, with no artificial flavors, gummies, corn syrup, or flour.

you can be gluten free, egg free, dairy free, vegan and refined sugar free.

Most importantly, they taste so intense and delicious that no one will notice that those other ingredients are missing!

substitution options

Many people have asked me over the years if they could substitute lentils or another type of bean for the black beans.

Although I haven’t tried it personally, many readers have written that they have successfully substituted kidney beans, kidney beans, lentils, or adzuki beans.

I don’t recommend steel-cut oats here. However, you can substitute a third cup of white, spelled, or oat flour in place of the oatmeal if you prefer.

How to make the healthy dessert

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a mini muffin pan.

If you don’t have a mini muffin pan, you can bake the recipe in a regular sized muffin pan. Or use an 8 inch pan and cut into small or large squares.

Process all ingredients except chocolate chips in a good quality food processor until thick and perfectly smooth.

Stir in the chocolate chips. Portion the batter into the prepared muffin pan and top with a few extra chocolate chips, if you like.

Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for ten minutes. Remove pan from oven and let cool for at least another ten minutes before running a knife around the sides of each brownie bite and placing them on a plate.

Store these healthy bite brownies the same way you would store classic brownies. Once cool, place them in a covered container with a tiny opening to allow excess moisture to escape. You can stay on the counter for a day.

After a day, I recommend placing them in an airtight container and refrigerating for freshness. The brownies should keep for about four to five days.

You can also freeze leftover brownie bites in an airtight container for up to three or four months. Thaw before serving.

If you prefer blondies instead, try these Chickpea Blondies

More healthy chocolate snacks

Mug cake with chocolate

Homemade Nutella

Homemade chocolate bars

chocolate truffle

vegan brownies