I can’t get my 9 year old to eat my healthy snacks at all. I was so pleasantly surprised when I made this Easy Kid Friendly Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip and she couldn’t wait to dig in! She had no idea it was laden with protein-rich chickpeas. AND a bonus is that she is always asking to eat cookie dough and I never allow her to because of the eggs – there are NO eggs in this recipe!
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Easy Kid Friendly Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip
Even if you are a chickpea skeptic, you have to try this chickpea cookie dough recipe. When I made my delicious chickpea oatmeal cookies, my sister-in-law thought I was nuts. But having a grain-free and protein-rich snack made me so excited and I love being able to create and share other chickpea recipes!
This chickpea cookie dough dip is so yummy with graham crackers or animal crackers! My kids are always complaining about always having the same snacks. This is one way to give them something new while only spending mere minutes preparing it!
It definitely gets the kids excited to eat it and makes mama happy knowing they are having a healthy snack.
Here are some health benefits of chickpeas
Chickpeas are so healthy and super good for the following:
- Helps Control Blood Sugar Levels
- Increases Satiety and Helps with Weight Loss
- Improves Digestion Thanks to a High Fiber Content
- Helps Protect Against Heart Disease and Cancer
- Provides Essential Vitamins and Minerals
- Great Source of Plant-Based Protein
As little as 3/4 cup of garbanzos per day can help lower our LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, and triglycerides in a one-month period of time.
While the recipe calls for agave syrup, you can use whichever sweetener you like – honey, maple syrup, steevia, etc.
Easy Kid Friendly Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip
- 1 cup chickpeas (skins removed, patted dry)
- 1/3 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
- Combine chickpeas, peanut butter, vanilla extract, and agave in a blender or food processor.
- Blend until it’s a fine puree.
- Remove cookie dough mixture from blender, and place in a large bowl.
- Add chocolate chips on top or mix together.
Protein Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup chickpeas skins removed, patted dry
- 1/3 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine chickpeas, peanut butter, vanilla extract, and agave in a blender or food processor.
- Blend until it’s a fine puree.
- Remove cookie dough mixture from blender, and place in a large bowl.
- Add chocolate chips on top or mix together.
- Sit down and eat and enjoy this amazing healthy snack!
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I have a can of chickpeas in the pantry. This looks like a great recipe to use them up!
I am in love with this recipe! I LOVE cookie dough and can’t wait to try this healthy version. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
This sounds fabulous – I’m making it today! We love bean brownies and blondies, so I bet we’ll love this, too!
YUM! Edible cookie dough is one of my favorite treats! What a cool twist on this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
This is so cool! I never would have thought to use chick peas!
Very cool! And obviously a great success with your daughter 🙂
Thank you for joining us at Fiesta Friday!
Oh yum! I love chickpeas (actually made tomato garlic hummus today) but I never made a sweet “hummus” like that before! Great idea 🙂
*Maisy
Can I bake these into cookies like right now? Or maybe the dough will disappear before it makes it into the oven. Looks oh so yummy!
I love sneaking healthy foods into the things my kids will eat! Thank you for linking up to last weeks Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesday. Don’t forget to link up this week, if you haven’t already!
you have me so interested now wondering what chic peas will taste like in these
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I have to admit I’m not a chickpea fan but maybe in a cookie dough I might change my mind. Amazing the ingredients one can use to make a “healthier” cookie. Thanks for coming to the party and sharing with Fiesta Friday.
I love cookie dough and chickpeas. This looks delicious!
No way–I can’t believe how simple the ingredients are. This sounds so intriguing! Pinning! 🙂
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Your Cookie Dough looks great! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
This looks really delicious and healthy! Can’t wait to try it, especially when I saw that chickpea can help control blood sugar levels. I have gestational diabetes so I’m cutting down on rice, sweet stuff, and bread. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I love sweets and it’s is nice to add new ingredients like chickpeas because of its health benefits. I will try this with dark chocolates chips as I found out that dark chocolates good for lowering cholesterol and risk of diabetes.
Nice use of the chickpea. My kid will love this for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness! SO good!
I do however have a question. What is the serving size and nutrition information?