Delicious chocolate brownies flavoured with orange. Our secret ingredient for fudgey brownies is black beans and they also add a brilliant nutritional boost too!
If you're looking to add a nutritional boost to your kids' snacks then try my Chocolate Orange Brownies.
Soft and fudgey, these brownies are flourless instead made with black beans which add a boost of fibre and iron.
How To Make Black Bean Brownies
The recipe is very easy to make, although you do need a food processor to blend up the beans. This stops you ending up with pieces of beans in the brownies which the kids would probably object to!
- Drain the tin of black beans and add to a food processor, blitzing to break them up.
- Add eggs, oil, vanilla and the zest and juice of 2 oranges and blitz again.
- Mix sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder and chocolate chips in a bowl then pour in the black bean mixture.
- Transfer to a lined brownie tin and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Once cooked, allow the brownies to cool in the tin for a few minutes before removing and cutting into 16 squares.
This is totally optional, but you can add some orange zest to the top of the brownies after cooking.
Storing & Freezing
The brownies will keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
They can also be frozen for up to 2 months and will defrost at room temperature in a couple of hours.
Substitutions
Oil - If you don't want to use oil you can swap it for melted butter.
Dairy Free - You can easily make these brownies dairy free by using dairy free chocolate chips.
Gluten Free - These brownies are naturally gluten free but be sure to double check the ingredients like cocoa powder and baking powder to ensure they are certified gluten free.
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Chocolate Orange Black Bean Brownies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: Cakes
- Cuisine: Brownies
Description
Delicious chocolate brownies flavoured with orange. Our secret ingredient for fudgey brownies is black beans and they also add a brilliant nutritional boost too!
Ingredients
- 1 tin (425g) black beans
- 2 medium eggs
- 40ml oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- zest and juice of 2 oranges
- 100g sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 30g cocoa powder
- 50g chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170c and line a brownie tin with parchment paper.
- Drain and rinse the black beans, then add to a food processor and blitz for a few seconds until they have broken up.
- Add the eggs, oil, vanilla along with the zest and juice of the oranges and blitz again until all the ingredients are well combined.
- Add the sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder and chocolate chips to a large bowl and mix with a spoon.
- Pour in the black bean mixture and mix again.
- Transfer the mixture into the lined brownie tin and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Allow the brownies to cool a little before removing from the tin and cutting into 16 squares.
Notes
These brownies will keep in an airtight tin for up to 3 days.
They can also be frozen and will defrost at room temperature in a couple of hours.
Libby says
Making these for a second time. They are great! Such a good way to get black beans into my fuss pot x
Rae says
Cab you sub the sugar for maple or agave syrup as im avoiding sugar. If yes how much would you suggest? Would love to make this as my LO is very particular and im trying to introduce new flavours and increase protein! Thanks 😊
Tanya O'Neil says
After recently spotting these eon your social media made me want to try them as chocolate and orange flavors together are always great. I was slightly worried about the black bean ingredient as I thought my couple of fussy eaters would automatically pick up on the taste and eject them like so many other things, but I was pleasantly surprised and they seemed to go down a treat, My Mum has also asked me to make a batch for her LOL.
Thanks for sharing this recipe and my family are prove that sometimes you just need to try these things.
Vicky says
This is fantastic Tanya, Thank you so much for your comment.