Mini Gluten Free/Sugar Free Black Bean Cupcakes

These little cupcakes contain no sugar, are gluten free and vegan, and are super tasty! They have a great texture, just like a "normal" chocolate cupcake, and they have a great chocolate-y taste, as well. 

Bake up these cupcakes, and no one will guess the ingredients that make them secretly healthy!

If you want to make these cupcakes extra tasty, try adding some of my Sugar Free Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting on top.

Mini Sugar Free Black Bean Cupcakes

• 9 Tablespoons Water
• 3 Tablespoons Flaxseed Meal
• 2 Cups Black Beans
• 2 Tablespoon NuStevia Cocoa Syrup
• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Vinegar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put the water and flaxseed meal in the bowl of your blender and pulse a couple of times. Let sit a few minutes.
3. Add all of the rest of the ingredients besides the baking soda and vinegar and blend until very smooth.
4. Move batter into a medium size bowl and sprinkle baking soda over the top. Add the vinegar and fold in just until combined.
5. Scoop into a greased 24 cup mini muffin tin. Bake for about 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

-Bethany

Sugar Free Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting

This recipe is super simple, sugar free, and completely delicious. All that you need to make this sugar free frosting is some Nustevia Cocoa Syrup, cocoa powder and heavy whipping cream. When those three ingredients are put together, you will create something completely delicious. Use it to frost my Sugar Free Chocolate Black Bean Cake, and you will have a dessert that no one will guess is healthy.

Here is the recipe. See how easy it is? I challenge you to try it today! I know you'll be happy if you do. :)


Sugar Free Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting

• 1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
• 2 teaspoons Nustevia Cocoa Syrup

1. Put the heavy whipping cream in the bowl of your mixer and whip until soft peaks form.
2. Sift in the cocoa powder, add the Nustevia Cocoa Syrup and beat until stiff peaks form.
3. Frost cake and keep refrigerated.

Enjoy!

-Bethany

Although NuNaturals sent me the products, all of the opinions and the recipe are by me.

Sugar Free/Gluten Free/Vegan Black Bean Cake

If you have always been too afraid to try black beans in a dessert before, then now is the perfect time for you to get over that fear. This sugar free black bean cake tastes just like a "normal" chocolate cake without all of the bad-for-you ingredients. The black beans substitute for the flour and NuStevia Simple Syrup is put in place of the sugar.

The cake is healthy, moist and tasty. I dare you to give it a try!

Sugar Free Black Bean Cake

• 9 Tablespoons Water
• 3 Tablespoons Flaxseed Meal
• 2 Cups Black Beans
• 2 Tablespoon NuStevia Simple Syrup
• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Vinegar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put the water and flaxseed meal in the bowl of your blender and pulse a couple of times. Let sit a few minutes.
3. Add all of the rest of the ingredients besides the baking soda and vinegar and blend until very smooth.
4. Move batter into a medium size bowl and sprinkle baking soda over the top. Add the vinegar and fold in just until combined.
5. Dump into a greased 8x8 inch pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

-Bethany

Although NuNaturals sent me the products, all of the opinions and the recipe are by me.

Fudgy Chocolate Black Bean Cookies

What could be better than a fudgy chocolate cookie?

Chocolate cookies are an indulgence. They are something that most of us feel like eating when we are stressed or when we just want to allow ourselves to have a treat.

So, what if I told you that these cookies are not only fudgy and decadent, but that they are also good for you? Would that make you happy?

I have really gotten into cooking with black beans, chickpeas and NuStevia lately. When I combine the zero calorie sweetener with beans I know that I will be able to create something that will not only be healthy, but that will also be very tasty. And that makes me happy.

These cookies are the perfect, decadent treat. They will satisfy a craving for chocolate and sweets without making you compromise in any way.

So, go ahead and make these cookies the next time that you are craving something sweet and don't want to feel bad about what you are eating. They will be sure to leave you feeling satisfied!

Fudgy Chocolate Black Bean Cookies

• 2 Cups Black Beans, drained
• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• 2 Tablespoons NuStevia Cocoa Syrup
• 2 Tablespoons Water
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• Dark chocolate, chopped into pieces (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In the bowl of your food processor combine all ingredients besides dark chocolate. Puree until free of lumps.
3. Scoop small portions onto parchment lined baking sheet and flatten slightly.
4. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

I hope you enjoy them just as much as I did!
-Bethany

Although NuNaturals sent me the products, all of the opinions and the recipe are by me.

p.s. Make sure to check out the NuNaturals GIVEAWAY that I have going on right now!

Celebrating One Year With A NuNaturals Giveaway!

My blog is one year old today, and I am happy to be able to post my first giveaway today to celebrate that fact!

NuNaturals has given me the opportunity to provide four lucky readers with a prize pack of the company's great sugar free products, which is valued at $70.00. I have had a lot of fun using the NuStevia products from this brand recently, and you might have noticed my recipes for Double Chocolate Black Bean Muffins, Sugar Free Chocolate Black Bean Fudge and my older recipe of Black Bean Brownies. If you think any of those recipes look appealing, or if you would like to see what you can come up with on your own, then you are going to want to enter the giveaway to try to win these great products!

Double Chocolate Black Bean Muffins

 Sugar Free Chocolate Black Bean Fudge

My brother recently helped me to put together a video of me making my Black Bean Brownie recipe using NuNaturals NuStevia Simple Syrup. You can view it below.

So, go ahead and enter below to win some of these great sugar free products for yourself!

Four winners will each receive a prize pack.
The prize packs include: One bottle of Vanilla Stevia Liquids, a 50 pkt box of NuStevia No-Carbs Stevia Powder packets, a bottle of Sugar-Free Cocoa Syrup and a bottle of Sugar-Free Mint Cocoa Syrup. Each winner will also receive a free bonus item! Entire package is valued at $70.00 retail. 



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If you want you can also enter discount cod;  BLG1215  when ordering on NuNaturals' site and you will receive a 15% on your entire order. Code is good until December 31st 2015.

Good luck!
-Bethany

All opinions are my own. NuNaturals is responsible for giving out the prizes. Giveaway ends on November 15 2015. Winners will be notified via email.

Sugar Free/Gluten Free Chocolate Black Bean Fudge

A fudge that you won't feel guilty about consuming for breakfast or any time during the day? I think so.

This chocolate black bean fudge is super easy to throw together, and the taste is incredible. The chocolate flavor really shines through in this thick, fudgy treat. Don't let the fact that it contains beans and has no sugar fool you! This fudge is just as good as any other sweet, and it will help to satisfy a craving for chocolate.

You cannot tell that this is sugar free in the least. I am so glad that NuNaturals makes products that help make eating sugar free simple and tasty!

Sugar Free/Gluten Free Chocolate Black Bean Fudge

• 1 3/4 Cup Black beans (or 1 can, drained)
• 1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
• 1/4 Cup Greek Yogurt
• 2 to 3 Tablespoons Cocoa NuStevia or Minty Cocoa NuStevia
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1/8 teaspoon Salt

1. Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor. Blend, scraping down sides occasionally, until smooth.
2. Once it has all been blended, transfer to a bowl with a cover and stick into the fridge. Eat by the spoonful.

-Bethany 

Although NuNaturals sent me the products, all of the opinions and the recipe are by me.

Sugar/Fat/Gluten/Dairy Free Chocolate Chickpea Cookies

These cookies are sugar free, gluten free and fat free, and they are super easy to throw together, as well! Just combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of your food processor and puree until smooth. Then scoop onto parchment lined baking sheets, toss into an oven that has been preheated to 350 degrees, and bake for about twelve minutes. 

These delicious, chocolate cookies are packed with chickpeas, giving them a good source of protein and fiber. They are made sugar free with NuNaturals' NuStevia Cocoa Syrup, which provides an easy way to take the sugar out of a recipe without really noticing the difference.

NuNaturals has many different NuStevia products (in addition to other items) and I love experimenting with them in different recipes. You can look forward to me posting many more sugar free recipes in the near future!

Sugar Free Chocolate Chickpea Cookies 

• 2 cups Chickpeas (or one can)
• 1/3 Cup Cocoa Powder
• 2 to 3 Tablespoons NuStevia Cocoa Syrup
• 2 Tablespoons Applesauce
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/8 teaspoon Salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. In the bowl of a food processor, combine drained chickpeas, cocoa powder, NuStevia Cocoa Syrup, applesauce, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Puree, scraping down sides occasionally, until very smooth.
3. Scoop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet (they won't spread much at all) and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
4. Makes 12 to 18 cookies.

Enjoy!

-Bethany

Although NuNaturals sent me the products, all of the opinions and the recipe are by me.