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A Little Piece of Chocolate Heaven

What better way to start the day than with some THM approved Strawberry Chocolate Bars. Who would have known or thought that there was a secret ingredient in the base of these bars? By the looks and the taste of them, I certainly would have never guessed. Just what is that secret ingredient, black beans. My husband and my children turned up their noses as I told them that I used the draining black beans in my yummy brownies. The end result was so much better than I ever would have anticipated. This post will be quite brief. I am so excited about this new lifestyle, I can eat foods that I never would have imagined and still lose weight. So let me just get straight to the guts of this yummy treat.

For those following Trim Healthy Mama I ran the recipe past some experts in the plan. This was approved as an S and the serving size can be decreased to 9 instead of 16 and still be on plan. Personally, I find that a small serving of this is plenty.

Strawberry Chocolate Bars
Makes 16 Bars
Black Bean Bars
Printable Recipe
15 Oz. Can Black Beans, Drained and Rinsed
2 large Eggland’s Best Eggs
2/3 cup Eggland’s Best Egg Whites (Whites from @4 eggs)
4 Oz. Cream Cheese – Plain, Fat Free
1/2 cup Xylitol
4 T Cocoa Powder, Unsweetened
1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp. Baking soda
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
7-8 drops Liquid Stevia Drops
2 T Coconut Oil, Unrefined
1/2 Cup Coconut Flour

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare an 8 X 8 baking dish, by greasing it. Rinse and drain black beans. Place beans in food processor and pulsate until smooth and creamy, you may need to add a tablespoon of water if too thick. Place beans in a mixing bowl. Place cream cheese, eggs and egg whites and Xylitol in the food processor and pulsate until blended, combine with the black beans in the mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix into well incorporated. Pour into prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes. Allow to cool completely.

Strawberry Butter Cream
1/2 cup Butter - Salted
5 Strawberries - Frozen, Unsweetened or Fresh
4 Oz. Fat Free Cream Cheese
2 T Xylitol, (grind in coffee grinder for better results)

Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulsate until well combined. Refrigerate while the brownies are cooling.

Make the black bean bars per instructions, once completely cooled, spread the chilled strawberry butter cream on the top of the bars. Prepare the Chocolate Drizzle from the recipe below. I lightly swirled the drizzle on the top of the bars. Put in fridge for 15 minutes so that the chocolate drizzle firms up. Cut into 16 pieces.

 Chocolate Drizzle
1/4 cup Coconut Oil, Melted
1/8 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1.5 Packets Sweetleaf Stevia

Combine ingredients in a pourable measuring cup.
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