No butter.
No eggs. No flour.
No shoes, no shirt, no service.
And yet… These secretly-healthier cookie dough truffles are scarfed down by everyone who’s ever tried them. Even without butter, eggs, and flour, they taste just as sinfully delicious as traditional cookie dough truffles.
Don’t worry if you’re bored of all my Healthy Recipes with Beans.
This is probably the last of my famous bean-dessert recipes you’ll be seeing for quite a while. There are about a billion new dessert recipes I want to post this year, and they all have absolutely nothing to do with beans. But when I remembered beans are considered a lucky food to eat on New Year’s Eve, I *had* to make–and blog about–this one last bean recipe.
I really regret not making a bigger batch.
Eggless Cookie Dough Truffles
(Makes 18-20 truffles)
- 1/2 can chickpeas or white beans, drained and rinsed (125g after being drained)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- scant 1/8 tsp salt
- scant 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp nut butter or oil (If you use peanut butter, they’ll have a slight “pb cookie dough” taste.)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar (For a sugar-free option, see the very last link of this post.)
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips, or more if desired
- 1-2 tbsp rolled oats or quick oats (or flaxmeal, almond flour, etc.)
- optional: 1 bag chocolate chips, or Healthy Chocolate Sauce
- optional: milk of choice if needed, to thin it out
Add all ingredients (except chocolate chips) to a food processor, and blend until very smooth. Then mix in the chocolate chips and form balls. (I used a melon baller.) You can eat these plain, but if you wish to cover them in chocolate, proceed thusly: Allow to chill in the fridge. Once chilled, make up the healthy chocolate sauce (linked above) OR melt chocolate chips with 2 tsp coconut oil (or shortening). Take the balls from the fridge and cover in chocolate, then return them to the fridge to harden. Stored in the fridge, I imagine these will keep for 3-4 days. But I can’t be entirely sure, since my truffles were completely gone in closer to 3-4 minutes!
I found this sequined shirt hiding in the back of my closet with the tags still on! It was actually warm enough on New Year’s Eve to wear a sleeveless shirt (70 degrees). Of course, the next morning was 27 degrees. That’s quintessential Dallas weather. If you don’t like it at any given moment, wait five minutes; it’ll probably change.
For 100% sugar-free truffles:
Use the following recipe: Sugar-Free Cookie Dough Truffles.
Ali @ Peaches and Football says
3rd January 2012 at 3:09 pmI always liked cookie dough ice cream but I never seem to buy that flavor. Most of the time I get vanilla because I’m serving it alongside something else – like cake or with fresh fruit. But it’s yummy stuff. Then again, I love ice cream in general. 🙂
Claire @ Live and Love to Eat says
3rd January 2012 at 3:10 pmI am all about your bean desserts – no need to stop now! 😉 Happy New Year, love the top!
Shannon Roche says
3rd January 2012 at 3:10 pmI love everything cookie dough. This weekend I ate a chocolate chip cookie dough & peanut butter milkshake at Chicago Diner! Best thing I have ever eaten.
Grace says
3rd January 2012 at 4:28 pmAgreed!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 6:27 pmI am so jealous! Chicago Diner is on my list of places I REALLY want to go! Their shakes are legendary!
(Spiral Diner, in Dallas, makes a pretty good chocolate shake, though…)
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says
3rd January 2012 at 3:12 pmI make something super similar to this! I always have them in the freezer ready for any moment! ….I put sprinkles on mine to add some fun!! 🙂
Lauren says
3rd January 2012 at 3:18 pmYou are gorgeous! I want your hair!
And those cookie dough truffles look delish!
Karen says
3rd January 2012 at 3:38 pmI love having dessert recipes with beans in them!
Tricia says
3rd January 2012 at 3:40 pmI just made a batch of unhealthy ones and was wondering how I could tweak them to be healthy. I believe I will start here when I make them again. The unhealthy ones were sinfully good…I would imagine these will be also.
Ashley @ My Food 'N' Fitness Diaries says
3rd January 2012 at 3:41 pmoh my, these look dangerously delicious!! cookie dough is one of my favorite things of all time… including in ice cream! yum!
Sar says
3rd January 2012 at 3:43 pmOnly 40 calories each?!?
Only you could figure out a way to put a healthy spin on cookie dough truffles! I only wish I’d seen these at Christmastime. My family (and myself) would have EATEN them up! My boyfriend is gonna love these. Oh heck, I will too ;).
Sar says
3rd January 2012 at 3:44 pmP.S. You are incredibly beautiful. I love the top. Wish one of those would hide in MY closet!
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats says
3rd January 2012 at 3:43 pmI love cookie dough ice cream! and i do the same, pick out the cookie dough and then eat the ice cream
Maria @ Beautiful Busy Bee says
3rd January 2012 at 3:51 pmCookie dough, raw is one of the things I miss the most, now that I know I’m allergic to wheat. Wheat/gluten free cookie dough usually tastes kinda weird. I totes get what you’re talking about with the weather, because I live in Austin and it’s the same way, bipolar weather, but also with allergens.
Qi Ting @ A Dessert Diet says
3rd January 2012 at 3:59 pmThe last bean dessert??? Please don’t stop! I love beans!!!! Gorgeous hair you have, by the way! 😀
Sarah @ See Sarah Bake says
3rd January 2012 at 4:04 pmI made my own version of cookie dough truffles last week but they definitely weren’t healthy- plenty of butter, flour and sugar :-\ I’ll have to whip up a batch of these as they seem to be a bit more New Year Resolution friendly 😉
Emma says
3rd January 2012 at 4:07 pmOh my goodness, oh my goodness, thank you for thinking of those of us who have Celiac’s Disease! I am so excited these are gluten free! 🙂 🙂
And I agree with everyone else. You are so pretty!
Sarah @ See Sarah Bake says
3rd January 2012 at 4:07 pmI made my own version of cookie dough truffles last week but they definitely weren’t healthy. Delicious, but full of plenty of flour, butter, and sugar. I’ll have to whip up a batch of these- they’re a bit more resolutions friendly 😉
Sarah @ See Sarah Bake says
3rd January 2012 at 4:12 pmSorry for the double comment- my computer wigs out a lot 😛
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 6:29 pmHaha mine does too! Oh technology… 🙂
Catey Kay says
3rd January 2012 at 4:16 pmThat’s exactly what I do: dig out all the cookie dough in the ice cream before anyone else gets a scoop! In fact, I just recently scarfed down almost a whole quart of the stuff by myself…followed by regret 😮
Appropriately, my New Year’s resolution is to eat healthier…. and that is where your blog comes in handy! 😀
Ally says
3rd January 2012 at 4:21 pmCCK! You looked awesome for your New Year’s celebration! 🙂 I have never had the guts to sport sequins, but you did it with style! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Grace says
3rd January 2012 at 4:24 pmAs soon as I saw this post, I immediately went and made these! They didn’t even have time to get covered in chocolate before they were all eaten up!
P.S. Reduce the sugar, and this makes a DELICIOUS protein- and fiber-packed breakfast treat! 😉
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 6:29 pmWow, I can’t believe you already made them! You’re fast! 🙂 🙂
Heather @ Better With Veggies says
3rd January 2012 at 4:38 pmYum! These look delicious – I love cookie dough (and brownie batter, and cake batter, and…well, you get the point). I used to do the same thing with my ice cream as a kid – eating out the fillings was so much more fun. =)
Anna @ The Guiltless Life says
3rd January 2012 at 4:59 pmOoh I used to do the exact same thing with cookie dough ice cream – my favourite way to eat it was to pick out all the dough pieces! Haha. I didn’t care that much about the ice cream; it was all about the dough ;).
I love your bean recipes btw!
And that is a gorgeous photo – glamour shot! You looked lovely! 🙂
mags0277 says
3rd January 2012 at 5:03 pmInstead of oil can you use applesauce?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 6:30 pmI wouldn’t recommend it, but you can if you wish.
mags0277 says
3rd January 2012 at 5:06 pmcan you use applesauce instead of oil?
Erin says
3rd January 2012 at 5:22 pmI definitely think I’ll be making these once all my Christmas sweets have been eaten up. 🙂 Love your New Years shirt! Sparkles are a NYE necessity. 🙂
Hilliary @Happily Ever Healthy says
3rd January 2012 at 5:32 pmLove the sparkly top! And this recipe sounds delicious, beautiful pictures as always!
Erin says
3rd January 2012 at 5:34 pmBut, I love your desserts with beans!!! 🙁 Good thing I have a stock pile of them here to keep me happy 🙂
Kit-Kat says
3rd January 2012 at 5:37 pmOh I LOVED cookie dough ice cream! I did the opposite of you, though. I would save the cookie dough balls for last (being the best part of the ice cream, it seemed perfect to save it for last!). But then my lactose intolerance/allergy to dairy came really strong after I turned seven, so it became harder to enjoy anything with dairy. Thankfully, the switch to dairy-free ice cream saved me a lot of trouble when I turned nine! Now I can REALLY enjoy vegan cookie dough ice cream to the mak 🙂
BTW, the recipe looks divine!
Char @ www.charskitchen.ca says
3rd January 2012 at 6:08 pmI am the saaame with cookie dough ice cream! So now I just make cookie dough and eat it 😀
No more bean desserts? I realize not everyone likes them, buuuut…
I LOVE them!! I have made your cookie pie at least 6 times, your pb & j blondies, your cookie dough…I can’t get enough!
Dallas (my omni boyfriend) loves them, and he can’t tell they’re made of chickpeas.
My brother, a 16 year old who eats mostly cheeseburgers, loves them!
My mom, who is suuuuper picky about the health food I feed her, loves them!
…I could go on, but seriously. Your desserts are amazing 😉
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 6:32 pmYou always make me smile, Char!
And also, every time you mention Dallas, I think of how cool it would be if you (and your bf) lived here… and then Dallas would be able to say he lived in Dallas. Might get confusing, though :).
Char @ www.charskitchen.ca says
3rd January 2012 at 10:27 pmhaha I’ve thought about that, too! I think sometimes it does confuse people 😛 and it would be EXTRA confusing if we lived there!
Lena says
3rd January 2012 at 6:11 pmOh, please don’t stop with the bean desserts! I love them – just two days ago I made the cinnamon roll deep-dish pie, and the cookie pie is one of my favorites to make. And the cookie dough dip… mmm. Seriously, by all means, keep bringing us bean desserts 🙂 And this looks sooooo goooooddddd aaahhhhhh whydowehavenochocolatechipsnooooo D:
Jennifer JCD says
3rd January 2012 at 6:17 pmHappy New Year! You look absolutely dazzling! And the recipe is guaranteed to get four thumbs up from us later tonight.
I used to love cookie dough ice cream too, but I did the same thing as you and generally made a big mess in doing so. Mums think alike, and mine started making egg-free frozen cookie dough balls for us too. Then we could add ice cream if we wanted it. 🙂
Oh, I thought of you yesterday morning when i was making boatmeal and added coloured sprinkles to it – funfetti boatmeal with melted chocolate on top – it screamed CCK. 🙂 We’re always big fans of your recipes and stories.
On that note, will you be doing any running posts this year? Do you still run in the mornings? I always love hearing about your running stories too. Have a great year and I look forward to all the wonderful things your will write about and share with us.
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 6:34 pmAww 🙂
I don’t know why sprinkles make me happy… I just like colorful things. Maybe it goes back to when I was little and my mom tried to color everything for holidays. But then again, green mashed potatoes kinda scarred me against mashed potatoes for life!
Yes, I definitely still run in the mornings, and I definitely still think of you every time it’s under 30 degrees F and I don’t want to go out the door. Have I ever thanked you for being my cold-weather running motivator? 😉
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
3rd January 2012 at 6:47 pmI’ve never made truffles before and these might make me change that!
Rachel @ The Avid Appetite says
3rd January 2012 at 7:23 pmthese are fantastic! i’ve been looking for some low-cal, low-sugar dessert options 🙂
Nicole @ Giraffelegs says
3rd January 2012 at 7:32 pmuhmmmm yesss.
Ellen says
3rd January 2012 at 8:07 pmOooh, I want to make these!
And, confession: I STILL will pick the cookie dough bits out of ice cream. Some things you never outgrow;)
Végébon says
3rd January 2012 at 8:09 pmI’m not bored with your fantastic bean recipes, you are INCREDIBLE at changing something as (supposedly) boring as beans into something as sexy as a cookie dough truffle !!
PS : You’re absolutely gorgeous in the last picture !
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 11:44 pmHaha the beans make the truffles EXTRA sexy! 😉
Shauna says
3rd January 2012 at 8:11 pmIs your NI including the chocolate coating, or is it just the cookie dough?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 11:45 pmIt’s without the optional coating, since there are two different recipes you could use (and then even two variations of the one recipe).
Shauna says
3rd January 2012 at 11:49 pmThank you!!!
Jade C says
3rd January 2012 at 3:32 pmOhh wow!! These look amazing, Katie!!
Happy New Year!! I will certainly spend some ((a lot!!)) of mine making ((and then promptly DESTROYING!!)) many new recipes!!
Jade C.
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
3rd January 2012 at 3:38 pmHow cool! I’ve never made desserts with beans before! I need to try this 😀
Sondra says
3rd January 2012 at 8:51 pmNo more bean recipes!!! Say it ain’t so Katie! I love your bean recipes, and they’ve helped me make sure my twin girls (who are 15 months old and are at that finicky throw-food-on-the-floor stage) get adequate amounts of protein despite the fact they don’t eat meat. Your snickerdoodle blondies- they absolutely adore them in mini-muffin form. Your bean butter? I make it with carob (no caffeine for the wee ones) and they scoop the stuff right off the toast and eat it by the fingerfuls! Whats a vegan mom of twin toddlers to do without new CCK bean recipes!!!! *weeps*
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 11:45 pmAww 🙂 🙂
There will be more bean recipes sometime in the future… just maybe not for a while.
[email protected] of Sugar Free says
3rd January 2012 at 4:05 pmKatie, you look so pretty!!! Your hair is gorgeous curly 😀
And I love that idea of truffles! Will have to try with unsweetened chocolate 😀
Silvia says
3rd January 2012 at 9:19 pmOh I can’t help myself not just because of the recipe but because you look so beautiful! 🙂
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 11:49 pmAwww! Thank you!
Ashley @ Southern Purple Vegan says
3rd January 2012 at 9:35 pmI love cookie dough , I have the same problem with any ice cream that has cookie dough into. I would pick out all cookie dough piece then eat the cookie dough.
Sabrina says
3rd January 2012 at 4:54 pmWow this is an awesome recipe! I have to try this out. I love love LOVE truffles and plus chocolate, even better…now to go buy some chickpeas…
Kristen-vanillabeanvegan says
3rd January 2012 at 5:03 pmoh I love cookie dough icecream!! Will have to add these to my tub of vegan ice cream!! Thanks for the recipie hope you had a great new year!! The shirt looks very pretty on you!!
Nadiya says
3rd January 2012 at 10:13 pmI love the bean desert recipes. I cooked one of the cookie batters for a party one time and it was a huge success. No one even realized that it was made out of chickpeas other than one of my indian friends (but that doesn’t count because she makes chickpea sweets all the time).
Anna Lynn says
3rd January 2012 at 10:25 pmI adore cookie dough. Like A BUNCH. If I let myself, I could completely eat it for every meal….and these little yummy truffles looks magnificent. I’ve made them before (but with butter and other unhealthy things…) but I’d love to make this version! The last batch my roomies gobbled up in a day, I bet they’ll like this version too and not even know it’s healthy 🙂
As for cookie dough ice cream, it’s probably in my top three ice cream flavors, although it’s really only a flavor I get if I go out for ice cream. I prefer to get plain vanilla (usually fro-yo) and add my own mix-ins, if any at all. Although, like you, I much prefer the cookie dough to the ice cream 😛
-Anna Lynn
Astonished says
3rd January 2012 at 10:29 pmOMG a KZ-Inhabitant survivor… :O I thought they all dies around 1945! At least you look like one of the pplthe allies would have found ….
Kim says
3rd January 2012 at 10:34 pmHi! I’m totally brand new – to the website and to raw/vegan/healthy cooking. However, as my waistline is beginning to worry me, I decided this year I’d try some new things, in particular recipes on this website. I made these today as my first ever attempt, and while the result was certainly not the picture above, it wasn’t too bad. Actually, I stopped before even getting around to rolling the dough into balls and just started eating it straight. Now, I’ve never had a cookie dough truffle before, but at a guess, they aren’t quite like these. These are amazing, don’t get me wrong! But if you’re looking for an identical, healthier truffle, these are not the truffles you’re looking for. Then again, you’ll never find anything that tastes exactly like your favorite recipes but has no fat and no calories and no sugar, because those are what make your favorite recipes taste so darn good.
Anyway, Katie, you are awesome and I and my waistline thank you for this blog and your recipes!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 11:49 pmHi Kim!
Oh no, these should taste like normal truffles :-?. Can you tell me more about what you did, specifically? What oil/nut butter did you use? And did you use a food processor? Hopefully I can try and figure out what went wrong, because they ARE supposed to taste just like real truffles… none of my friends could tell the difference!
Thanks for the sweet comment!!
Kim says
4th January 2012 at 3:17 amWell, I think part of the problem was that I assumed that vegetable oil would work as a substitute for nut oil – it didn’t! Peanut butter resolved the consistency issues, though. I think another factor has to do with the food processor, it’s as old as dirt so there was a bit of grainy texture to the whole thing. It tastes really good, it’s just a bit off texture-wise and tastes very nutty. I did buy everything from Wal-Mart, though, so that might have something to do with it.
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
4th January 2012 at 12:45 pmI think the food processor was probably the biggest culprit… if the beans don’t get all mashed and creamy then the texture (and taste) is completely off! I tried making the dough in a regular blender once and it was AWFUL because the beans stayed kind of chunky and therefore didn’t absorb the liquid :-?. I’m glad you could at least salvage yours!
Kim says
4th January 2012 at 9:14 pmYeah, you’re probably right! It didn’t help that I used vegetable oil, of course. After refrigerating the dough overnight, though, it has a much better consistency and taste.
Do you have any recommendations for good, cheap food processors? I would like a nice one, but I don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend, unfortunately!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
3rd January 2012 at 6:25 pmWho doesn’t like cookie dough, really! Yesterday I posted about vegan peanut butter cookie dough truffles. Yours look lovely!
Anonymous says
3rd January 2012 at 11:25 pmI just found your blog, I’m going to give these a try this weekend, hopefully my first of many recipes from you.
Amber K says
3rd January 2012 at 7:34 pmCookie dough ice cream was always my favorite, although I ate it the opposite way. I would eat all of the ice cream first so that I would have a whole carton of cookie dough pieces to eat. Now I just love eating them separately since I can’t find a good gluten-free cookie dough ice cream!
Lucy says
4th January 2012 at 12:40 amHey Katie, once again you made a delicious looking dessert! I would just like to say (even though this has nothing to do with your resent post) I tried this new recipe for chocolate coconut baked oatmeal, i know you have your own recipes to try but you must try it
1/2 cup of oats
1/4 cup of almond milk
1/4 cup of apple sauce
2.5 tablespoons of unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
1.5 tablespoon of brown sugar
mix everything and bake for twenty to twenty five minutes in a 380 degree oven ENJOY!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
4th January 2012 at 3:29 pmSounds delicious! 🙂
Lourdes says
4th January 2012 at 1:27 amHello from Mexico !! !!
You are a pretty girl and I love your hair ! Do you always push your hair to the front ?
I can not wait to try your recipes!
Hace una día buena, Lourdes
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
4th January 2012 at 3:30 pmHaha no definitely not :). I read it in a magazine as a way to make your hair look fuller for photos, but I definitely wouldn’t walk around like that in real life! 😉
[email protected] Life Is Sparkling says
3rd January 2012 at 9:05 pmI used to pick the cookie dough out too 🙂 But I loooove ice cream, so I would still eat it anyway 😉
Anna @ Food Fitness Frolicking says
3rd January 2012 at 9:16 pmThese look divine, Katie!
PS What is the background out your window? It’s beautiful and looks almost like a lake..maybe not, ha.
I love your shirt and your hair is beautiful! Maybe do a post on how you curl it? 🙂
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
3rd January 2012 at 11:47 pmLOL it does look really cool, right? I love how it kinda goes with the glitter theme of the shirt. In reality it’s just a pool… and the way the light reflected of the window. I’ve actually used that window for photoshoots before. It gets pretty good light :).
Moni'sMeals says
3rd January 2012 at 9:29 pmiwillbemakingthesenowthankyouverymuch….thereisnotimetoputspacesinbetweenthismessage,blessyousomuchforthisrecipeasiknowiwillloveit..I am on it NOW! 🙂
Lexi @ A Spoonful of Sunshine says
3rd January 2012 at 9:30 pmI’m not sick of your bean recipes yet! Keep ’em coming 😀
Kelsey says
4th January 2012 at 2:34 amI just made these and they’re amazing! I did add a little salt but other than that, perfect!
Alan Kleesattel says
4th January 2012 at 4:49 amJust wandering, what category will these be put in under the recipe tab?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
4th January 2012 at 3:31 pmHmmm… probably cookies 🙂
Mai says
4th January 2012 at 6:17 amLove your recipes! I’ve made two of them so far–can’t wait to try more! Also, I didn’t realize you were from Texas! I live in Houston 🙂
emma @ emmakgray.blogspot.com says
4th January 2012 at 6:40 amMUST make these SOON!!! So easy and I’m imagining how yummy they must be! 🙂