Chickpea Cookie Dough
Looking for a sweet treat that’s easy, healthy, and totally satisfying? This recipe combines chickpeas, peanut butter, and oats into a creamy, cookie-dough-like snack that’s as versatile as it is delicious. You can enjoy it as-is, straight from the bowl, or bake it into tasty cookies! With a touch of cinnamon, maple syrup, and chocolate chips, it’s a guilt-free indulgence you’ll want to make again and again.
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 15-ounce can reduced-sodium chickpeas rinsed and drained (or white beans or 1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas or cooked white beans)
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter or nut butter of choice
- ¼ cup rolled oats or quick-cooking oats
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup plus additional to taste
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips
INSTRUCTIONS
- To the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, add all of the ingredients in the
order listed, except for the chocolate chips: the chickpeas, peanut butter, oats, baking
powder, cinnamon, salt, maple syrup, and vanilla. Process until smooth, creamy, and
completely combined. Stop and scrape down the bowl several times as needed. Depending
upon your food processor, this may take several minutes and several scrape-downs. Taste the
“dough.” If you’d like it sweeter, add additional maple syrup, 1 teaspoon at a time, until it is
as sweet as you like. - Transfer the dough to a mixing bowl and fold in the chocolate chips (You also can attempt to
mix them directly in the food processor bowl, but I find using a separate bowl is easier and
more effective in the end). Enjoy immediately or transfer to an airtight container and
refrigerate until ready to serve. You can also bake the dough as cookies.
Recipe credit: wellplated.com
