Description
Healthy edible cookie dough that’s super delicious! No eggs! Just chickpeas, almond butter, cocoa powder, and maple syrup! This recipe is EASY to make, all comes together in a food processor. Perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
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- 1/4 cup pitted dates (soaked in water for 10 mins)
- 1 15 ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 3 to 4 tablespoons maple syrup, honey, or agave nectar
- 1/4 cup natural almond butter (only ingredients should be almonds and maybe salt)
- 4.5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder or cacao powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (omit if almond butter is salted)
- (optional) 1/4 teaspoon to 1/2 teaspoon pure peppermint extract (or sub 5 to 6 drops food grade essential peppermint oil, such as doTERRA)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (use vegan/dairy free, if needed)
Instructions
- Soak dates: Soak dates in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Blend chickepeas: once the dates have soaked drain them. To a food processor add the rinsed chickpeas, drained dates, maple syrup, and almond butter. Blend until well incorperated and mostly smooth, scraping down sides as needed. Blend for about 2 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients: Add the cocoa powder, salt, peppermint extract and a tablespoon of the coconut flour. Blend until a dough ball forms, scraping down sides as needed. If the dough still seems wet and loose add in 1 more tablespoon of the coconut flour, this will depend on how you prefer the texture of your cookie dough – I scooped mine into balls so I added two tablespoons coconut flour so that it yielded a thicker dough. Taste and adjust flavors as needed, more peppermint extract or more maple syrup for sweetness.
- Stir in chocolate chips: Remove the blade of the food processor and stir in the chocolate chips using a spatula. OR transfer the dough to a mixing bowl and stir them in that way.
- Chill: You could eat the dough right away but I think it tastes best when it’s chilled for at least 1 hour. After it chills you can either transfer the dough to a serving bowl and eat it with a spoon. OR you can do what I did and use a small cookie scoop to scoop them into balls.Don’t allow to sit open to air for too long, it gets dried out the longer it sits in the open air.
- Store leftovers: store leftovers in an air tight container for up to 1 week.
