Vegan Chickpea Cookie Dough - A healthy and eggless no bake cookie filled with protein and Fiber!
I love chickpeas. I don’t have that many recipes that call for chickpeas so when I found a healthy and eggless no bake cookie recipe, filled with protein, fiber and chickpeas as the main ingredient, I couldn’t wait to try it. I love cookie dough too so Vegan Chickpea Cookie Dough sounded perfect and you can just toss all the ingredients in blender or food processor and you have a treat in 5 minutes.
Gluten free, Refined Sugar Free and Dairy Free. Can you believe it?
Ingredients:
1 can of chickpeas, drain and rinse them
½ cup of peanut butter
2 tsp of vanilla extract (make your own, see a previous post of mine)
2 ½ Tbsp maple syrup
½ tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp ground chia seeds (use coffee bean grinder or mortar and pestle)
⅓ cup 60% cacao chocolate chips
Instructions:
Place the rinsed chickpeas in a paper towel to dry off. I rubbed them around in the paper towel to loosen the skins. Remove any of the skins you see that are falling off and discard. You do not have to remove all the skins but removing just some of them will help make the consistency more smooth, otherwise it can be a tad gritty.
Add the chickpeas, peanut butter, vanilla extract, maple syrup and cinnamon to your blender or food processor. Blend until creamy and smooth.
Next drop in the ground chia seeds and mix.
Add the cookie dough mixture to a bowl and fold in the chocolate chips.
This is ready to be served immediately. You can roll it in balls for energy bites or just dip a spoon in when you want a bite. Keep any leftovers covered and in the fridge for up to 4 days. This really does help satisfy my sweet tooth (most of the time).
Save the drained chickpea juice and freeze. It is called Aquafaba. You can use it as an egg white substitute and it makes a heavenly chocolate mousse. I will post that recipe one day :)
You could spread the cookie dough in a pan and make small bars too. This is very rich, so hopefully a little goes a long way for you.
I hope to try adding this cookie dough to home made ice cream this summer.
This is as good as real cookie dough said No One Ever, but they are so good they might help curb your cravings.
I am going to experiment with rolling dough balls in grated coconut next time.
Yummy, maybe add walnuts or pecans? Possibilities are endless!
I hope you enjoy!
Kimberly Q
All my point and clicks are from the cookie dough making.
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It looks like a nice snack, I do like peanut butter, chocolate chips, and garbanzo beans, so looks like something to try. I found you via @iexplore 's featuring your post in Pay It Forward.
I was sold on healthy cookie batter 😁 I appreciate you checking out my post and I am so thankful for the feature!
Oh la la! Def gonna give this a try! May I link this article in the recipe section of the next WHN? Please let me know! Thanks!
Absolutely! Thank you very much! I am excited to try more variations. I love cookie dough :)
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This is awesome! Thank you so very much! I am on my way to check it out now :)
What are great and interesting recipe! I am always looking for new and creative ways to use different ingredients. I will have to try this out. It reminds me of a black bean brownie my wife used to make.
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ohhhhhhhhhh my, this is naughty!!! I cannot imagine how good this would be in ice cream. May just have to try this with nice cream! Great recipe Kimberly! Thanks for sharing.
You are so funny! I love it. Yes! Excited to try in ice cream soon. Thank you for your support!
Yum! Ive made this many times but never thought to put chia seeds in!
I just made it for the first time and I am a big fan! Glad to here you dig it too :)
Wow! I would have never out chickpeas in a sweet dish. So nuch to learn.
It sounds very strange but I really enjoy it. I have so much to learn too! This is a great platform for that. Thank you for stopping by!
Once again a great post with clear instructions - thanks for sharing :)
Thank you! I appreciate you so much!