Black Bean Chocolate Sauce

Black Bean Chocolate Sauce

The other day we were making fajitas. The meat was venison Todd had harvested, the onions and green peppers were frozen from the garden, the taco sauce was home canned, and since we didn't have any refried beans I grabbed a jar of home canned black beans. I was rinsing the beans in the sink and wondered if I could just blend up the black beans as a sort of mock refried beans. I figured the worse that could happen is I would turn them into black bean brownies if nobody liked it. As it turns out, pureed black beans make an excellent substitute for refried beans on fajitas or fajitas salads. There was about 3/4 of a jar of beans left after the meal. After staring at them for a bit, I thought it looked a bit like pudding. Then, a light bulb moment. Why couldn't it be pudding??
So I whipped out some chocolate powder and the stevia and began experimenting.  Well it turned out delicious. I gave it to the kids with some sliced apples that night. They ate it all. The next day I think it tasted even better. The chocolate mellowed into the beans more and was a deeper chocolate color.
The next day the kids ate it on toast and loved it.  What a great way and natural way to help my 6 year old with her constipation issues!

15 oz Can of Black Beans, drained and rinsed
1/3 cup of Milk or Almond Milk (can substitute some of this with Heavy Cream for richer flavor, but adds calories, but less carbs depending on your eating style)
1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
Stevia - powder or drops will work. The measurement is really to personal taste. This particular batch did have 1/3 cup of powder.  I normally prefer the drops as they to have better flavor, but didn't have enough.

Blend until smooth in a standard blender or with an immersion blender. I used the ole regular mason jar with the blender bottom attached to it trick so I didn't have to dirty another dish. Tastes best if you refrigerate it for several hours before serving.

Eat it straight up as a pudding, dip fruit in it, or slather on whole wheat toast.