Our Chickpea Cookie Dough Recipe is kid-approved, created using better-for-you sweeteners, and includes all the heart-healthy nutritional benefits of legumes.

The humble chickpea. This heart-healthy legume is great for snacking, helps make the perfect accessory for soups and grain bowls, and is about to become your new favorite sweet treat.

We know what you're considering – chickpeas for dessert? But hear us out. This Edible Chickpea Cooking Dough Recipe combines nutritious chickpeas with better-for-you sweeteners like maple syrup and coconut sugar for a scoopable delight you'll reach for when you have to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Why You’ll Love This Chickpea Cookie Dough Recipe

• Simple pantry ingredients. This chickpea cookie dough recipe needs a few simple ingredients that you likely already have at home, like peanut butter, vanilla extract, and oats.
• Easy to make. You just need a mixer to blend everything up. Fold in your choc chips, and you're simply prepared to snack!
• A satisfying treat. Because of the nutrient-packed nature of beans, this treat will handle your craving for something sweet and satiate which means you don't overindulge.

Adding Beans to Desserts

Adding beans to dessert sounds like a strange idea – we're so used to enjoying beans like a savory ingredient. However, whenever you introduce sweeteners and creamy nut butters, this recipe transforms fiber-rich chickpeas right into a tasty sweet treat.Still not convinced? I tested this recipe on a few of the world's pickiest eaters – my volunteer kindergarten class, and they loved it!

Here's are a few more facts about why adding the chickpeas to this dessert is a good idea:

• Fiber. Chickpeas are known for high amounts of soluble fiber, which is important for heart health. And this particular type of fiber is particularly helpful for removing cholesterol from your blood and reducing our risk for heart disease.
• Plant Protein. Snacking on protein-rich snacks like this edible chickpea cookie dough not only fulfills your sweets craving, it may also help balance your blood sugars and keep your energy steady.
• Iron. Legumes are a great source of iron, so incorporating iron-rich foods in most meals and snacks can help you maintain optimal levels more consistently.

Edible Chickpea Cookie Dough Recipe (Serves 4)

Ingredients

• 1, 15oz. can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 1/3 cup natural peanut butter
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar or organic brown sugar
• 3 tbsp quick oats or almond flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup dairy-free chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Add rinsed and drained chickpeas to some clean kitchen towel and rub the chickpeas dry, removing any excess chickpea skins.
2. Place chickpeas and also the remaining ingredients right into a high-speed mixer and process on high until completely smooth.
3. Scoop cookie dough into a bowl, then fold in choc chips having a spatula.
4. Store chickpea cookie dough in an airtight container.
5. When ready, appreciate it by the spoonful.