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Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip

December 9, 2018 by Alexandra Daum
This easy dessert board features cookies, chocolate bark,  fruit, and nuts, rounded out with a sweet chickpea cookie dough dip.
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Cookie dough dip in a bowl on a platter with cookies and fruit.

This might look a bit complicated, but it’s the most ridiculously easy recipe. The chickpea cookie dough dip is essentially cooked chickpeas, nut butter, and a little maple syrup. Vanilla, cinnamon, and a touch of coconut oil round things out and it’s insane. I kept eating it and every time I took a bite I thought I wouldn’t like it, but kept going back. Chickpeas in sweets can be a bit strange but they’re completely invisible in this recipe.

A chickpea cookie dough is a very good sneaky way to get all the good nutrients from chickpeas in, even if you make it yourself. But I can see a version of this going over spectacularly with kids (or picky adults) as long as you don’t tell them what’s in it. It makes a great sweet spread for bread and crackers, and I can’t stress enough how truly delicious it is.

Apart from the chickpea cookie dough dip, this platter includes my raw chocolate, coconut sugar cookies, and maple roasted hazelnuts. Plus some seasonal fresh fruits, dried fruits, and a few extra squares of dark chocolate. Some orange shortbread would be nice here as well, or any kind of shortbread-like cookie.

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Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
Recipe Notes
How to Store
Expert Tips
More No-Bake Treats
Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

  • Nut butter: almond and hazelnut butter are my favourites, but peanut butter is also good if you want a PB and chocolate dip.
  • Chickpeas: very soft cooked chickpeas are ideal if you can cook them yourself (add a bit of baking soda to the soaking water for a softer cook), but canned are fine. If using canned, rinse very well.
  • Coconut oil: use a refined type to avoid any slight coconut flavour if preferred.

Recipe Notes

This can be made even with a lower-power food processor, especially if the chickpeas are soft. I have used an immersion blender for the dip too.

I’ve listed the ingredients used on the dessert board, too, but of course you can serve this however you’d like. It does make a nice communal party/holiday dessert or sweet snack with all of these additions.

How to Store

Storage: keep the cookie dough dip in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to three days. It will be a bit stiffer when chilled.

Freezing: I haven’t tried freezing this but it should be fine. If it separates after thawing, blend again briefly to combine.

Woman's hands dipping a cookie into a sweet dip.

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Expert Tips

  • Use runny nut butter: a really hard and dry remnant from the bottom of the jar won’t blend up into a perfectly smooth dough here.
  • Sweeten to taste: the maple syrup amount listed is a guideline, and you should add as much or as little as you like.
  • Change up the add-ins: if you’re using peanut butter, for example, I’d leave the cinnamon out and add some mini chocolate chips instead. You could also stir in some quick-cook oats and raisins for an oatmeal cookie flavour.

More No-Bake Treats

Coconut Panna Cotta (vegan)
Peanut Butter Banana Popsicles
Vegan Chocolate Mousse
Peanut Butter Puffed Wheat Squares

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Yield: 8

Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 10 minutes minutes
4.67 from 3 votes

Ingredients

Metric – American

Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip

  • 150 grams cooked chickpeas
  • 80 grams natural nut butter
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup to taste
  • 1 teaspoon coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Dessert Board

  • 1 batch raw chocolate
  • 1 batch maple roasted hazelnuts
  • ½ batch coconut sugar cookies
  • Mixed dried fruits
  • 1 pomegranate quartered
  • Oranges cut into wedges

Instructions

Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip

  • Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor fitted with a blade attachment. Blend on high speed until smooth. Taste for sweetness and add more maple syrup if needed, and serve, topped with extra cinnamon.
    150 grams cooked chickpeas, 80 grams natural nut butter, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 1 teaspoon coconut oil, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Dessert Board

  • On a large board or platter, arrange the chocolate, roasted hazelnuts, sugar cookies, dried fruits like apricots, dated, and figs, pomegranate, orange wedges, and dark chocolate around the cookie dough dip.
    1 batch raw chocolate, 1 batch maple roasted hazelnuts, 1/2 batch coconut sugar cookies, Mixed dried fruits, 1 pomegranate, Oranges cut into wedges
  • Add some evergreens around the board if you have them, and place the different elements scattered throughout the board instead of all clumped in one place.

Notes

• Cooked chickpeas, or canned and rinsed very well. 

* For American cup measurements, please click the pink link text above the ingredient list that says ‘American’.


Nutrition

Serving: 1 Calories: 141kcal Carbohydrates: 18g Protein: 4g Fat: 7g Saturated Fat: 2g Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g Monounsaturated Fat: 3g Sodium: 78mg Potassium: 208mg Fiber: 3g Sugar: 10g Vitamin A: 6IU Vitamin C: 4mg Calcium: 26mg Iron: 1mg

Nutrition is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate. If this information is important to you, please have it verified independently.

© Alexandra Daum
Course: Dessert, Desserts, Dips and Sauces, Pantry Recipes
Cuisine: American
Diet Vegan, Vegetarian
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  1. Heidi | The Simple Green says

    December 9, 2018 at 10:00 pm

    5 stars
    May I join you at this beautiful table *heart eyes* I can’t wait to try this!

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