Black Bean Brown[noser]ies

Sooo, I decided to do another recipe analysis for my Nutrition class…two, actually, but this post is about the chocolate.  Let’s be honest, what would life be like without chocolate?  Or Elise’s recipes, really?

 CHOCOLATE DECEPTION at its best 🙂 Serves 12

Ingredients:

• 2 Bananas (very ripe works best)
• 1 – 15oz. Can of black beans (drained and rinsed well)
• ¼ C. Whole Wheat Flour
• ¼ C. Splenda (or other calorie free sweetener)
• ¼ C. Unsweetened Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder (Hershey’s)
• 1 T. cinnamon 

  Directions:
  1- Drain and rinse black beans well.
  
  2- Combine the black beans and bananas in a food processor until well blended.

3- Add the whole wheat flour, splenda, cocoa powder, and cinnamon to the batter and process again until well blended.

4- Pour batter into an 8×8 baking dish sprayed with non-stick cooking spray

5- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

MMMMm…. Of course, I sampled one straight from the oven…you know, just to make sure they were edible…and servable…and…well, delicious.  Check, check, and checccccccccck!  🙂

Using the MyDietAnalysis Software that I get access to with my class, here are the nutritionals, FYI:

61.92 Calories

0.42g Fat

0g Saturated

0mg Cholesterol

3.1g Fiber

2.7g Sugar (naturally occurring in bananas)

2.8g Protein

XOXO