I love chocolate. I
love to have a little something sweet after dinner. This afternoon I came across a recipe on https://www.teambeachbody.com for flourless
chocolate cupcakes using chickpeas! I
was so excited to try them and decided I’d make them for dessert tonight. However, when I got home I realized I didn’t
have a can of chickpeas or any cooked chickpeas in the freezer. I did have black beans though and thought it
would work just as well.
Let me tell you, it did!
These were a little fudgy but also light and airy. If you didn’t know they had black beans in
them, you would never figure it out. I
estimate that each cup cake (without frosting or whip cream) has about 140
calories. Not bad. I really can’t believe they do not have any
flour in them either.
These are great since they are super simple to make and they
satisfy a sweet tooth. These are perfect
since they’ll satisfy adults and kids alike!
Ingredients
1 (15 oz) can of black beans
3 large eggs
½ cup pure maple syrup
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
3 Tbs coconut oil, melted
1 tsp pure vanilla
1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
I changed up the recipe and directions slightly from the one
on teambeachbody. I made it easier. If you want to use chickpeas instead, just
replace the black beans.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 12 cup muffin tin (I used coconut oil)
or line with paper muffin cups. Place
the drained and rinsed black beans and rest of ingredients into a food
processor and blend until smooth.
Really, I was being lazy and I even through the chocolate chips in but
you can fold them in later if you would rather them stay whole.
Pour the batter into the 12 muffin cups and cook for 15 to
30 minutes. I know, that is a wide
range. If you are using a muffin tin, it
will be closer to 15 minutes but I use a muffin stone so it takes longer and
took about 30 minutes before a tooth pick came out clean.
Both of my boys loved these.
I served them with a little whip cream and one son put a little bit of
chocolate sprinkles it. I actually told
my older son about the secret ingredient being black beans. He said he could taste it (I believe him
since he has quite the palate) but that it didn’t matter that they were great.
That makes a mom happy.
They are delicious and healthy!
Hi Kat - Wow, I never would have imagined beans in a cupcake, but these look great. Thanks for sharing with the Let's Get Real party. I'm pinning this to our group Pinterest board.
ReplyDeleteI know. Not what you'd think of when you think cup cakes but it works! Thanks for stopping by!
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