Healthy Mint Brownies

Healthy Mint Brownies

  Ready in : 45 mins

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Healthy Mint Brownies a try. This recipe serves 12. For $1.03 per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 265 calories, 5g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe from Foodista requires oil, pink salt, coconut sugar, and baking powder. A few people really liked this American dish. 24 people have made this recipe and would make it again. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 39%, this dish is not so tremendous.

Ingredients

almond milk

almond milk

0.33333334 cup

applesauce

applesauce

1 Tablespoon

avocado

avocado

0.25 cup

baking powder

baking powder

1 teaspoon

baking soda

baking soda

0.25 teaspoon

blueberries

blueberries

0.5 cup

natural butter extract

natural butter extract

0.5 teaspoon

black beans

black beans

15 ounce

chocolate chunks

chocolate chunks

0.5 cup

cocoa powder

cocoa powder

0.75 cup

coconut sugar

coconut sugar

0.75 cup

chocolate

chocolate

5 ounces

drop natural food coloring

drop natural food coloring

1

grape seed oil

grape seed oil

1 Tablespoon

ground flax

ground flax

3 Tablespoons

heavy cream

heavy cream

1 Tablespoon

oil

oil

1 teaspoon

jar pear

jar pear

2 halves

peppermint extract

peppermint extract

0.75 teaspoon

pink salt

pink salt

0.5 teaspoon

rice flour

rice flour

3 Tablespoons

spelt flour

spelt flour

2 Tablespoons

vanilla extract

vanilla extract

1 teaspoon

powdered xylitol

powdered xylitol

0.5 cup

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Combine the flax, applesauce and almond milk together in a small bowl. Set aside to allow to thicken. In a food processor, combine the blueberries, pear, black beans and oil. Pulse until the mixture become very smooth. Next, add the extracts and process until fully combined.

    almond milk

    almond milk

    black beans

    black beans

    blueberries

    blueberries

    applesauce

    applesauce

    flaxseed

    flaxseed

    pear

    pear

    cooking oil

    cooking oil

    food processor
    food processor
    bowl
    bowl
  2. 2
    Remove the contents from processor into a medium sized mixing bowl.

    mixing bowl
    mixing bowl
  3. 3
    Add the coconut sugar, cocoa, baking powder, soda, and salt and mix.

    baking powder

    baking powder

    coconut sugar

    coconut sugar

    cocoa powder

    cocoa powder

    salt

    salt

  4. 4
    Add the flour with the chocolate chips and mix until just combined.

    chocolate chips

    chocolate chips

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

  5. 5
    Pour the batter into your prepared dish and bake at 350 for 44-45 minutes.

    oven
    oven
  6. 6
    Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least 50 minutes. If you would like, place the brownies in the fridge for 20 or 30 minutes to speed up cooling time. While the brownies cool, start on your mint filling.In a small bowl, combine the soft avocado with full fat coconut milk or heavy cream. Beat on high for about 5 minutes until the mixture is fluffy and smooth.

    coconut milk

    coconut milk

    heavy cream

    heavy cream

    avocado

    avocado

    mint

    mint

    bowl
    bowl
    oven
    oven
  7. 7
    Add the powdered xylitol and mix well.

    xylitol

    xylitol

  8. 8
    Add peppermint extract and coloring if desired, and beat until all incorporated. Once the mixture is perfectly fluffy and creamy, add the flour and mix until just combined. The mixture should be thick and smooth but still easy to spread.

    peppermint extract

    peppermint extract

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

  9. 9
    Spread the mixture evenly over the cooled brownies and place in the fridge for 10 minutes, until the mint filling has firmed.Next, melt the chocolate.

    chocolate

    chocolate

    mint

    mint

  10. 10
    Add the oil to the melted chocolate and stir to combine.

    chocolate

    chocolate

    cooking oil

    cooking oil

  11. 11
    Remove the brownies from the fridge and pour the melted chocolate over the brownies, gently and quickly spread the chocolate evenly over the brownies. The mint filling should be cold so the warm chocolate doesnt melt the mint filling, but the chocolate will cool quickly once it touches the cold mint. Make sure to work quickly so the chocolate layer will be even. Return the brownies to the fridge to cool for another 5 minutes until the chocolate is set.

    chocolate

    chocolate

    mint

    mint

  12. 12
    Cut the brownies after the 5 minutes with a sharp knife.

    knife
    knife
  13. 13
    Serve brownies chilled or at room temperature. Store any left overs in an airtight container in the refrigerator.NOTE: Once the chocolate layer has firmed, be sure to cut all the brownies immediately with a sharp knife. I cut some of the brownies when they were really, really cold, and they didnt cut clean and pretty.*For those who are not concerned with gluten content, wheat or white flour would work okay as well. For wheat, decrease the amount by 1 tablespoon. For the filling, be sure to use a white color flour to keep the mint filling a bright pretty green color.**You can use any kind of chocolate you like, but dark chocolate gives a wonderful flavor to the peppermint and sugar free dark chocolate is the easiest to find.

    dark chocolate

    dark chocolate

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    peppermint

    peppermint

    chocolate

    chocolate

    sugar

    sugar

    mint

    mint

    knife
    knife