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No-Sugar-Added Black Bean Brownies

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Easy and nutritious brownies made with black beans and SunButter that are oil-free, gluten-free, and naturally sweetened with only bananas and dates.

No-Sugar-Added Black Bean Brownies by Flora & Vino

Who else has been baking up a quarantined storm lately?

Actually, it was literally thunder-storming as I recipe tested this recipe this past week.

April showers bring May brownies, that’s how it goes, right?

If you’ve been following me for a while you know that I’m not a *huge* dessert person.

I’m the kind of girl whose idea of dessert is haphazardly dunking dark chocolate chunks (the darker the better!) into tubs of SunButter when the mood strikes.

I know, I’m fancy.

But when I do DO dessert, I like to do it right!

Since we’re all home, I set out to create something chocolatey that is allergen-free, nutritious, and super tasty.

Can we talk about this epic No-Sugar-Added Black Bean Brownie stack?

Actually, forget the talk, let’s MAKE them.

You need a blender, a can of black beans, and some spotty bananas!

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Banana Chia Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Banana chia chocolate chip muffins made with oatmeal and chia seeds. Gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and packed with protein.

Banana Chia Chocolate Chip Muffins served on parchment lined wooden board with chocolate chips scattered

We go through a lot of bananas a week.

Like a lot.

I’m talking three bunches of bananas at the check out line with zero shame a lot.

Usually I get 1 really green bunch, 1 slightly underripe bunch, and one perfectly ripe bunch for eating right away.

This way the bananas ripen throughout the week and we use them in shakes and stuff as they come into their prime.

I periodically check throughout the week, freezing any super bruised and brown bananas for smoothies and leaving their better looking buddies on the counter.

Sometimes during a particularly hectic week I forget to do a freezing sweep and I’m stuck with a bunch of ugly bananas on Saturday/Sunday.

That’s when I take a hint from the universe that it’s time to make some Banana Chia Chocolate Chip Muffins.

I’ve been talking for a while about recreating a family recipe for Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip muffins that my mom used to make when I was a kid.

I even highlight these muffins in my About Me section, they’re that good.

My mom timed it perfectly so they’d emerge from the oven right as my sister and I walked into the door after hopping off the school bus.

I’d sit at the kitchen table, talking about homework and school cliques between mouthfuls of banana goodness with chocolate covered fingertips.

Let’s recreate that scene in adult life, shall we?

Minus the homework, please.

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