Cheesecake swirl brownies
6
Points®
Total time: 35 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 25 min • Serves: 16 • Difficulty: Easy
Black beans in a brownie?! We know. Hear us out. With the rich, deep flavor of double chocolate, puréed black beans fade into the background (visually and flavor-wise) and create a dense, moist texture without a lot of butter or oil.


Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Egg
3 item(s), large
Canned black beans
15 oz
Sugar
¾ cup(s)
Unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup(s)
Vegetable oil
¼ cup(s)
Kosher salt
½ tsp
Baking powder
½ tsp
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
Espresso, instant powder
¼ tsp
All-purpose flour
⅓ cup(s)
Semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup(s)
Reduced fat cream cheese
¼ cup(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
2
In a small bowl, add 2 eggs. Into a medium bowl, separate the white from the third egg. Add the yolk to the bowl with the first 2 eggs. Reserve the egg white.
3
In a food processor, combine the beans, 2 eggs plus yolk, ½ cup sugar, cocoa powder, oil, salt, baking powder, ½ tsp vanilla, and espresso powder and process, stopping several times to scrape down the sides of the bowl, until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the flour and chocolate and pulse just to combine.
4
In the bowl with the egg white, add the cream cheese, and remaining ¼ cup sugar and ½ tsp vanilla. Using an electric mixer, beat until fluffy. Pour the brownie batter into the prepared pan. Spoon the cream cheese on top in 16 spoonfuls, 4 down by 4 across. Using a sharp knife or toothpick, lightly drag the cream cheese through the batter to create swirl patterns.
5
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack. Let cool completely in the pan.
6
Serving size: 1/16 of pan
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