{"id":6175,"date":"2013-08-27T19:48:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-16T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T17:13:48","slug":"that-time-when-i-made-a-sneaky-bean-dessert-it-wasnt-gross-html-d2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/2013\/08\/27\/that-time-when-i-made-a-sneaky-bean-dessert-it-wasnt-gross-html-d2\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time When I Made a \u201cSneaky Bean\u201d Dessert & It Wasn\u2019t Gross"},"content":{"rendered":"

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     I’m sure you’ve seen tons of those recipes online in which possibly well-meaning people claim that they made the BEST EVER cookies with a can of white beans (they are so healthy and fat-free and sugar-free!), or amazing JUST LIKE THE REAL THING brownies made with a can of black beans (they are so healthy and sugar-free AND flourless AND tasteless!). <\/font>
     I’ve tried all of them. They were always disgusting. I’m sorry, but they were. Disgusting. Is there anything more upsetting than expectations of a delicious brownie dashed? Than having no dessert but some kind of bean patty that tastes more like hummus than brownie? No, I don’t think there is.<\/font>
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 Is there anything more upsetting than expectations of a delicious brownie dashed? <\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n
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    With that in mind, you can understand how upset I was when my mom, as excited as a puppy with peanut butter, came to me and exclaimed, “I found this recipe for cookies online that uses chickpeas! Let’s make them today!” I tried to tell her that it was a bad idea. That it was always <\/em>a bad idea. I knew from experience, I argued. But she wouldn’t accept it; we simply had to try.<\/font>
     <\/span>Faced with my most-feared culinary nightmare, I decided not to be a victim anymore. We were going to make chickpea-filled cookies, and by god they were going to be FANTASTIC. And guess what? They were. I attribute this to throwing out all the recipes I’ve ever seen for these monstrosities, and instead learning from my experiences and accounting for the usual problems. <\/font><\/div>\n

THE USUAL PROBLEMS WITH SNEAKY BEAN RECIPES:<\/font><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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PROBLEMS:<\/u><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n
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  • Beany (disgusting) texture<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • Bland taste<\/span>
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      • Expectations of something good<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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SOLUTIONS!<\/u><\/font>
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