Would you believe me if I told you there was a dark chocolate cookie punctuated by cacao nibs and kissed with sea salt, but it didn’t contain any flour, butter, eggs, refined sugar, etc.? To tell you the truth, I wouldn’t have believed myself. I would have laughed in my face and said it couldn’t be done.
But I did it. Man oh man did I do it. And, I bet you will never guess what the secret ingredient in these cookies is. Actually, if you do guess, you are awesome and should win a prize because it is one of the top foods I thought I would never find anywhere near a cookie. I know the suspense is totally killing you, so I’ll go ahead and tell you that these have an entire can of black beans (!!) in them. I’ll let you compose yourself while you mull that over…Ready for some cookies now?
I was verrrry skeptical of these cookies. When I mixed them up, I thought they looked more like a side of refried black beans than cookie dough. I was prepared for the fact that these would go straight into the trash, never to be spoken of again, but then I tasted one. They are soft and chocolately, with a bit of crunch and subtle fruitiness from the cacao nibs. And of course, everything is balanced out by the sprinkling of fleur de sel. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t stand in my kitchen and eat several of these before I even took one photograph.
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