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Flourless Chocolate “Santa Hat” Brownies with Christa Orecchio on Fox 5 San Diego

What a week it has been! We were so excited to be invited onto Christa Orecchio’s “Food As Medicine” show on Fox 5 San Diego this past week! Christa is a clinical and holistic nutritionist, best-selling author and TV host, and we’re also blessed to call her a friend. She asked us to make these Flourless Chocolate Santa Hat Brownies with her and we had so much fun!

We were a little nervous, because this was our first time on live TV, and a little distracted…..did you know you can watch yourself on lots of screens behind the cameraman WHILE you’re in front of the camera on TV?!? That’s pretty cool….and mesmerizing!

We had a blast! The anchors and crew were so nice to us and gave us a tour. Tia loves learning about the weather, so when they let us play in front of the green screen it felt like a Christmas dream came true!

We got to sit at the anchor desk and they even asked us to be with them during the closing of the show. It was such a fun day and an amazing experience. We are very grateful to both Christa and Fox 5 San Diego!

We hope that you enjoy making these delicious Santa Hat Brownies with your family over the holidays. The whole crew loved them and we hope that you will too. They are filled with protein (to help you grow strong) because we made them with black beans instead of flour. (Shhh…Christa likes to keep that a secret, so don’t tell!) And they are sure filled with a whole lot of love! Enjoy!

If you like recipes like these, please check out Christa’s Whole Journey website. Also, we’d love to have you join us weekly by subscribing to our channel! Thank you for all of your support. Hope you are enjoying this joyous season. Merry Everything!!! xo

Flourless Chocolate "Santa Hat" Brownies
Yields 16
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Total Time
45 min
Total Time
45 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed
  2. 3 large organic eggs
  3. 1/3 cup melted organic butter (or ghee or melted coconut oil for vegan), more for the baking dish
  4. 1/4 cup raw cacao powder
  5. 1/8 teaspoon salt
  6. 2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract
  7. 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
  8. 1/2 cup stevia-sweetened chocolate chips
  9. 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
  10. Lots of Love
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch baking pan. Place the black beans, eggs, melted butter or ghee, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla extract, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth. Remove the blade and gently stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Transfer mixture to the prepared pan. Bake the brownies for 30 to 35 minutes or until just set in the center. Cool before cutting into squares.
  2. Coat each square with SoDelicious Coconut “Cool Whip” (found in the frozen section at Whole Foods), top with an organic strawberry dipped in the cool whip and enjoy your Santa Hat!
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