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You would use too much, since refried beans is an uncountable noun. You have to add a unit to it to make it countable.
You would say "there's too much refried beans on my plate, and too many cans of refried beans in the pantry."
By adding "cans" to the noun phrase, you've made the refried beans countable, you may now use "too many."
Beans are countable. We're talking about refried beans though. It's a paste. You cant count paste.
It's like saying "oil."
You have to give a unit.
What? That is not at all how that works. Beans is the plural of bean, therefore, many is the only correct option.
Talking "refried beans" as a noun phrase, not beans.
Refried beans does not have a plural noun form. You have to give it a unit. "twenty plates of refried beans," "pounds of refried beans," etc.
It like oil. You don't say "top up my car with oils." If you add more than you're supposed to, you put in too much, not too many.