White Bean Blondies

6-ingredient blondies made with white beans and dark chocolate chunks. Oil-free, gluten-free, naturally sweetened, and packed with protein.

Everyone, send help,  I can’t stop putting beans in my desserts.

If you haven’t braved making a black bean brownie yet, perhaps these White Bean Blondie will tempt you towards the dark side.

I love my Black Bean Blender Brownies  so much that I decided to lighten them up for spring in the form of a White Bean Blondie.

These too, are blender brownies, so throw everything in and blend, baby, blend.

What You Need to Make White Bean Blondies

These blondies are oh so moist, maple-y, and MUST HAVE.

Chances are that you already have all of these 6 ingredients on hand in your kitchen, and if not, there is plenty of room for substitution!

Here’s what you need:

• white kidney beans
• maple syrup
• neutral nut or seed butter
• oat flour
• vegan dark chocolate chunks
• baking powder

That’s it!

How to Make White Bean Blondies

I love whipping up my desserts with whatever I have on hand.

For these blondies, I used canned white beans, nut butter, oat flour, maple syrup, and chocolate chunks.

Preheat the oven to 350°F and line an 9 x 13 inch pan with parchment paper.

Add the white beans and maple syrup to a food processor and blend until you have a smooth caramel like consistency.

Pour the maple and bean mixture into a large mixing bowl and add the nut butter, oat flour, and baking powder.

Stir everything until it’s well combined then fold in chocolate chunks.

Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and top with more chocolate chunks, if you want!

If the spatula sticks to the batter too much, dip it in water before spreading across the brownie surface.

Bake the white bean blondies for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean and edges are lightly browned.

Cool the blondies completely before cutting and serving them. 

Swaps and Substitutions

If you don’t have white kidney beans on hand, you can substitute chickpeas or another bean for varied results (and varying color).

You can also sub out the chocolate chips for your toppings of choice, like nuts or seeds.

The nut butter can be subbed with any nut or seed butter. 

Different nut butters will yield a slightly different color and flavor; all amazing!

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days and freeze for longterm storage.

Tasting Notes

If you’re still not convinced about the whole bean in brownie thing, let me ease your mind.

Get your bloodhounds out; they won’t be able to spot (or taste) a smidge of legume.

The trick to getting the batter super smooth without a hint of “bean” is to puree the white beans and maple syrup before adding to the rest of the ingredients.

It forms this kind of caramel-y maple-y bean sauce that melts into the rest of the recipe.

Yum.

How to Serve White Bean Blondies

Enjoy these White Bean Blondies as a dessert, snack, or anytime treat.

They’re clean enough to snack on, and definitely tasty enough to satisfy your dessert cravings while packing in protein, fiber, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates.

I actually prefer to snack on these throughout the day, and they’re excellent to grab for pre/post workout fuel.

I highly recommend pairing them with a coffee or latte of choice midmorning.

The recipe below makes a large pan of brownies, so if you want to make less, halve the recipe and bake in a smaller pan.

Enjoy!

More Vegan Brownies

• Vegan Cosmic Brownies

• Sweet Potato SunButter Brownies

• SunButter & Jelly Brownies

• Pumpkin Almond Butter Brownies

• Blueberry Mousse Brownies

• No-Sugar-Added Black Bean Brownies

• Cashew Butter Buckeye Brownies

• Super Fudgy Vegan Brownies

• Matcha Dusted Raw Brownies

• Avocado SunButter Swirl Brownies

• Black Sesame Butter Brownies

• 1-Bowl Butternut Brownies

More Baking with Beans

• Black Bean Blender Brownies

• Spiced Cashew Chickpea Snookies

• Pumpkin Spice Chickpea Cookies

• Chocolate Cherry Chickpea Chewies

• Cashew Butter Chickpea Snack Cookies

• Flourless Chickpea Afghan Cookies

• Dark Chocolate Raspberry Blondies

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