Chocolate Chickpea Cookies
Nope, not a typo. These cookies have chickpeas in them.
A WHOLE can of chickpeas.
In fact these morsels are so damn easy to make, you’ll probably never make cookies the same way again.
I like to add a little more peanut butter than the original recipe. I added a sprinkle of sea salt flakes as chocolate, peanuts and salt are one of the best combinations ever!
Don’t let the thought of chickpeas put you off. You can’t even taste them, they do however create a beautiful texture. The batter is so good you can even eat it raw! They are soft, and gooey, and it won’t be the last time I use a tin a chickpeas to make awesome cookies. I took some to work to let a few people sample, and they also really liked them!
Chocolate Chickpea Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 400g canned chickpeas (rinsed, drained and dried)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 180g peanut butter (or nut butter)
- 40g honey
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 90g of dark chocolate chips
- 40g peanuts
- Sea salt flakes to sprinkle
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180C (or 160C fan-forced). Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
- Combine all ingredients except for chocolate chips in a food processor or blender. Blend until mixture is sticky.
- Transfer to a bowl and add in chocolate chips and peanuts.
- Form the dough into small round balls and press down slightly. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes.
- Bake in oven for 10 minutes. The balls will be very soft when you take them out of the oven, they will not set like normal cookies. Leave on tray to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week at room temperature.
Notes
Adapted from texanerin.com
milkteaxx
i thought i read something wrong! this sounds amazing, gonna bookmark and try this out!
Daisy@Nevertoosweet
Wow grain and sugar free!! Not my usual type of cookies but i’m so intrigued to try!!!! 🙂 And so much healthier hehe
Tina @ bitemeshowme
very interesting, but this isn’t the first time I’ve seen chickpeas used in a cookie! I def want to try!
Rochelle
What a fantastic idea! I’m always buying chickpeas for soup and hummus, but never for cookies. I have a new thing to use them for now. In fact, I think I’ll be making some this week when the rains start and the weather cools down, you know, baking weather 😀
cquek
That’s very detailed indeed 😛
Christie @ Fig & Cherry
Wow! Can’t wait to try these for my GF MIL 🙂
leaf (the indolent cook)
They look like balls of raw cookie dough! And, I imagine, dangerously addictive…
GourmetGetaways
What a co-incidence, my friend made these a week or two ago!!
I was planning to try and make them too, now I have two recipes to compare!! I love the addition of peanut butter as well!!
I can’t wait to try them.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Tanya
These tasted AMAZING!!!
I’m going to test them with a sugar free version and bring in for you to try… we can compare 😉
Cara @ Gourmet Chick
Never in a million years would I have thought to put chickpeas in a cookie but these look brilliant.
Sara @ bellyrumbles
Yah, chickpeas, hmmm, yup, never would of thought it. They look good, the trick would probably have been to just say they were choc chip cookies, then everyone would have been diving in initially. Then you spring on them a ‘BTW they are chckcpea cookies’.
Klaudia
Thank you! It ended up being great so easy to create.
Liz @ I Spy Plum Pie
These look delicious! I love chickpeas as it is so getting to eat them in cookie form as well is just perfect! Will have to try these but with a different nut as I’m not really a peanut fan
Heather
I’ve called these choc chickpea cookie dough treats! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Ling
OMG I want theseeee!