Peanut Butter Chickpea Blondies
These healthy peanut butter chickpea blondies are gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar free and vegan friendly! Made with chickpeas but you’d never know it, they're a delicious healthy dessert recipe.
Servings: 9 blondies
Cost: $6
Ingredients
- 15 ounces chickpeas (rinsed and drained, or 1 ¼ cups cooked chickpeas)
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup honey (or maple syrup)
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 1 Tablespoon milk (almond, coconut, whole)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius). Grease an 8" or 9" glass baking pan and set aside.
- Put all ingredients except for chocolate chips into the container high-powered blender or food processor fitted with the "S" blade.
- Blend, starting on low speed and increasing to high, until smooth and creamy. You may need to use the tamper to push the ingredients into the blades.
- Once smooth, stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
- Evenly spread the batter into the prepared baking dihs.
- Sprinkle ¼ cup chocolate chips on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until the top is set and the edges are just lightly golden brown.
- Remove from the oven, and sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
- Let cool for at least 30 minutes, then cut and enjoy.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. You can eat them cold or warm in the microwave for 15 seconds to regain the fresh-from-the-oven deliciousness!
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Notes
Ingredient Substitutions
- Chickpeas. Great Northern Beans (white beans, Cannellini beans) also work well in this recipe.
- Peanut butter. use any nut or seed butter in place of peanut butter including almond butter, cashew butter, etc.
- Honey. maple syrup is a great choice if you want vegan chickpea blondies.
- Coconut sugar. you can use light brown sugar or granulated sugar in place of coconut sugar.
- Almond milk. Any non-dairy or regular dairy-full milk can be used in this recipe. I have also used non-dairy creamer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1blondie | Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 24.9g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 2.6g | Sugar: 14.2g