Thanksgiving Cook Off: Need help turning beans into dessert

The heading says most of it but it’s that time of year again when my family holds our annual Thanksgiving cook-off featuring a secret ingredient. This year… beans (legumes). The competition is fierce. There are laminated scorecards. There’s trash talk that lasts until Easter. And despite years of effort… we have never won.

This year, I’m going rogue. I’ve decided my secret weapon will be a non-traditional dessert.

Yes, beans. The same humble legume responsible for chili night and questionable campfire songs. I want to shock the judges, something that makes them say, “Wait, this has beans in it?” after they’ve already gone back for seconds.

What I’m not looking for: • Black bean brownies (been there, blended that). • Chickpea cookie dough (the judges are still in therapy).

What I am looking for: • Something genuinely good.. not just “creative.” • Dessert that could actually win a cook-off, not a science fair. • Bonus if it looks normal enough that no one suspects bean shenanigans until the end.

So, r/cooking, what’s your best bean-based dessert idea that might finally get us that trophy? My family’s honor (and my Thanksgiving invite) depend on it.