Choco-Loco Bites

Choco-Loco Bites

Ingredients:
applesauce, canned, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid (includes usda commodity)
water, bottled, generic
oil, olive, salad or cooking
vanilla extract
cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened
sugars, granulated
rice flour, white, unenriched
salt, table
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
spartan, real semi-sweet chocolate baking chips,

Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 350 (180C, or gas mark 4).
2.
With a mixer, beat the applesauce, water, oil vanilla, cocoa, and sugar until smooth.
Add the flour, salt, and baking powder and mix until well combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
3.
Spoon batter into greased mini muffin tins.
Do not over-fill.
4.
Bake for about 25 minutes, or until brownie is firm around the corners and leaves an indentation when poked in the middle.
Let cool completely, then remove from the tin with a small knife or spatula.
5.
Frost or dust with powdered sugar if desired.