1 package of Frosting Queens Vanilla (or a dairy-free choice)
1 tablespoon of melted chocolate chips
small paint brush
Instructions
Using a blender or Vitamix or strong blender, add beans, eggs, oil. water, and vanilla.
Blend until creamy.
Add sugar, flax, cacao, baking soda and powder until blended.
Pour ¾ high into unbleached liners in a muffin tin.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Let cool 30 min before frosting.
Notes
Cacao is raw chocolate powder and is different than cocoa butter or coco powder. Cacao is powder is made from the bean of the cacao plant and is the nutritional and flavorful source. Cacao has nutrients like iron, magnesium and dietary fiber. I like to use Lily's chocolate chips that are sweetened with stevia. After cupcakes cool, frost and paint fun faces with the melted chocolate. To set chocolate, put in the refrigerator for 10 min. You can store cupcakes in a container in the fridge for a few days; so they stay moist and yummy. I have shared these with my daughters 2nd grade class last year for the Green Day event. I explained that using coconut sugar is an unrefined alternative to processed sugar and artificial sweeteners. The coconut palm tree produces 50% more sugar per acre than cane sugar and it uses 20% less resources making it a sustainable choice. The kids were excited to tell their parents to choose coconut sugar and could not believe there were black beans in the cupcakes and no flour!
Recipe by Spoonful of Health Delicious Gluten Free Recipes, Paleo and FreeDiet approved at https://spoonfulofhealth.com/chocolaty-clean-cupcakes/