Healthy Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip

Everything you make looks insanely delicious- I hate my cooking being on hiatus due to exams! My friends and I are planning on having a CCK based celebration picnic after our exams; this dip is definitely added to the list of recipes 🙂
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Oooooh.. tasty! My personality depends on who I’m with– when with people I;m comfortable with, I can be sort of chattery, like low-key high energy (does that make sense?), and crack lots of jokes. Other times I can have a total diplomatic conversation with someone, like at an event I’m hosting.

Frankly I don’t even know my personality that well! It feels like the person I’m naturally inclined to be goes in and out sometimes!

Wow, this looks DELICIOUS. As soon as I get a chance, I’m stocking up on chickpeas. All the recipes you’ve been posting lately are calling my name!

Katie, I’ll make this tonight or tomorrow for my boyfriend. He’s about as anti-healthy food as they come. I’ll let you know the verdict! I know *I* will like it though 😉

Oh man, you’re a genius!… Are you really from planet earth? 😉

I’m the quiet type of person. But am therefore very happy when I’m in a group with chatterboxes, makes everything more lively.

I’m a huge natural chatterbox. I guess that’s good, seeing as I write for a living! I’ve definitely bookmarked this – cookie dough is one of my favorite things ever, so a healthy version? Count me in!

Katie, you want to know if “normal” people like your recipes? Enter, my mother. Not a particularly daring or adventurous cook. Not one to try new things. Not vegan or vegetarian. She eats a fairly “healthy” diet, but is generally suspicious of things specifically labeled “healthy.” You get the picture.

Well, this weekend, I went to visit said mother and brought with me my jar of flax seed (which I had taken from her cabinet a while ago because she NEVER used it). I wanted to try your blondies. Mother couldn’t figure out why the weird flax seed stuff was in the house again but I explained that I wanted to try this recipe I saw. Ok, says she. Then, she saw the recipe. Chickpeas? Flax seed? No flour? What?!?!

Well, we made it. And after the blondies came out of the oven, she just kept moving the tray around and did not even try one of them (she usually “tests” everything she makes almost immediately). Well, my curiousity got the better of me and I tasted them. They were delicious. I gave her a piece. And she loved them. Like really, really loved them. Like, as soon as we finished dinner she wanted her dessert. No waiting for a mother with blondies on the mind.

This morning when I went to pack my flax seed, the container seemed suspiciously light. I looked in the refrigerator, and there was a plastic storage container filled with flax seed that she had purloined from my jar. When questioned, she said, “Well, you know I have to make those blondies again!”

So, yes, Katie, “normal” people like your recipes! Thanks for another great one! (And sorry this is so long!)

I’m loving this recipe just from the looks! I’ve never thought to use chickpeas for a sweet recipe. I seriously can’t wait to make this!

YUM!!!! I HAVE GOT TO TRY THIS 🙂
You’re a genius 😉

O.M.G. I’m making this! Will let you know how it turns out 🙂

I’ve been seeing quite a few dessert hummuses floating around the blogging community for a while now…I think it’s time I give one of them a try! I love garbanzo beans. I wouldn’t underestimate them in ANY recipe, sweet OR savory, therefore I think this usage of my favorite bean sounds delicious.

Yum, I made this with banana butter and no sweetener 🙂 It’s chilling in the fridge right now. I think I’ll have some of it later with a toasted mini whole wheat pita sprinkled with cinnamon 😀 I bet if I had used peanut butter and a sweetener it would be even better but I’ll save that for another time!

I imagine myself eating this with a spoon. I’ve seen similar variations of this on many blogs, i really need to try it! I’m a introverted person and I used to be very shy. I can talk a lot when I want but mostly I like to listen

I’m lovin’ this recipe! I have that same problem with not knowing if people are going to like my healthy recipes that I think taste sooo delicious!

I love this recipe. I made one similiar a few weeks back from a HEAB post. 🙂 I serve mine with ghram crackers.

I am Not so much a chatterbox… only when I am nervous I suppose!

I love how you brought this recipe and did not tell anyone what was in it! I do that all the time to prove a point. hehe!

Um yes yes and more yes?! This looks perfect in every way. I’m often way more of a fan of the dough (for pretty much anything!) than the actual baked good so this recipe has my name stamped all over it. I’ve done the dessert hummus thing before and just love it but this takes it to a new level for sure. SO excited to try it!

As for being a chatterbox, I’d say normally I’m more reserved. But I CAN definitely be a chatterbox with certain people, under certain circumstances, on certain topics. It really depends! If I’m on a tangent… I might never shut up 🙂 But I don’t talk about myself all that much so that keeps me pretty quiet in a lot of situations. I’m trying to bump it up a bit though, it can be kind of a pain shutting myself off from others.

I often have the same concerns about my recipes–I like them, but I’m a self-proclaimed health-nut who will gladly eat a bag of carrots plain. I often wonder if my recipes are only tasty to me!
I was a chatterbox child, but I became increasingly reserved with age. I’m pretty shy these days!

Oh my goodness, that cookie dough dip looks fantastic! I’m pretty sure I have most of the ingredients to make this already, so after a trip to grab some chocolate chips I should be set.

I am most definitely a chatter box. I find it difficult to limit the writing in my posts because I could talk for days! In the words of my 92 year old grandmother (to my fiance), “She sure talks a lot, doesn’t she?”

After seeing the recipe and realizing I had everything needed (which never happens), I threw this together last night and ate about half of it with a spoon before I got out the graham crackers. The boyfriend took a bite and said, “Isn’t raw cookie dough bad for you?” I took some to work this morning and gave a bite to a co-worker who said “Isn’t it too early for cookie dough?” This really is amazing!

Thanks so much for this recipe. I’ve been on a candida-free diet now for about a month and have been going crazy with cravings for sweets. I’ve been greedily poring through your blog and finally went out to seek out some liquid stevia (have not been impressed with the crystal/powders I’ve tried before) to make this. I ended up throwing in cinnamon and cloves to cover up a bit more of the chickpea taste, but I’m wondering if maple extract would too… Also, I got my mom to eat some of it too- I don’t even think the WORD vegan had crossed her lips before, muchless any vegan dish 🙂 thanks for your inspiration!

OH MY GOD! So good.

I used agave, and it was great! Thank you! This is going to be a common dessert in my life, I can tell already. totally satisfying and super easy to make.

Katie, I made the blondie batter (with banana for sweetness) and used it to top my cookie dough oatmeal this morning. OHMYGOSH so good. Thank you, Katie!!

I made this last night with cream cheese instead of nut butter, and oh my goodness its so delicious! I should have omitted or used less milk, though, because its definately more of a dip than the thick cookie dough I was looking for… oh well, I’ll just make sure to do that next time… because there WILL BE a next time! This stuff is SO good!

I wonder if you could freeze it? One of my favorite guilty pleasures is spoonfuls of frozen Tollhouse cookie dough straight from the tub… I wonder if this would take on that same texture, or just freeze like a rock?

Hi Katie – this was so yummy! I made the lower fat version too and liked it just the same. BUT is there trick to make beans less constipating? It seems no matter how i prepare them ( i do soak and sprout them too) they always stop me up. maybe there is something besides beans to use in these cookie/dip recipes? any idea’s for me 🙂

Katie!
I’ve tried three of your recipes. This “cookie dough” being the most recent. You are three for three in my book. YUM! Can I get a YUM YUM?? One word for you: Genius. Spreading the word of your awesomeness! 😛
Jillian

I have to confess, I laughed a bit at Em’s question….only because I would never have to be concerned with how long this stuff would last….It’s never around long enough for me to consider that question! Either I like this stuff WAY too much or Em has more willpower than I…perhaps both! 😛

Ok, So I have to admit that I made this recipe for two reasons: 1. I LOVE cookie dough. I never actually make the cookies, I just eat the dough and 2. I’m skeptic about healthy food. It’s the reason I have a hard time eating healthy-it all tastes so gross! So I gave it a try and before I even got to stick my finger in it, my husband came up and said “what are you making?”, tasted it, and said, “ooh, you’re making cookies!” Oh my gosh! We dipped apples in it. I now must say I have faith in healthy food, as long as I get the recipes from this site. You are a miracle worker. Thank you so much for sharing your talent.

PS please please please post the brownie recipes. The one thing I love more than cookie dough is brownies.

Thank you again and again.

Both this and the blondies taste bean-y to me. Two other tasters liked them so maybe it’s just me? I don’t know, every bite just tastes like garbanzo beans in my opinions =/ Oh well, it was nothing a little cocoa powder and half of a banana couldn’t fix! And since I didn’t use the flax, the dip is a little runny, so I guess it’s now become chocolate banana salsa?

I may or may have eaten 1/4 of this dip with an apple for my afternoon snack today 😉 Love this! And I don’t feel sick and guilty after eating multiple spoonfuls of it (unlike real cookie dough!).

Sadly, I also got a big bowl of liquid. Waaaaaah! For some reason when I added the sugar it just became a bowl of bean-flavored goo. So sad! I followed the rest of the recipe but it didn’t become the lovely thick dollop of awesome shown in the main photo. Beans were drained overnight… any ideas on what went wrong, and how I could fix this?

I know, how weird! I totally drained the beans too. But I am having better success with smaller amounts of sugar. I don’t know why beans + sugar = runny in my neck of the woods. Starting with a thicker mixture and adding sugar gradually is working much better.

This is so good

I just made this and it turned out delicious, but with one problem- mine is MUCH more liquidy than yours appears to be from the picture- thoughts?

Just ran out to the shop to get a can of chickpeas, I was so keen to try this out! It’s 9pm here and I should be winding down for the night but I wouldn’t have been able to sleep without giving this a go, heheh.

Fired it all together in my Magic Bullet and it works like a charm!

Was a bit worried that my family’s Scottish palate would protest so I didn’t tell them about the chickpea’s, but they all tried it and gave it the thumb’s up so what they don’t know won’t hurt them 😀

I used peanut butter so that it had a recognisable flavour for them and light brown sugar so it had a similar ‘grit’ to cookie dough but I left out the choc chips and it still came out great! Took about 5 mins in the Magic Bullet. Served it with sliced apples this time and will definitely be making more.

My husband is a keen cyclist so I’ve sold it to him on the merit of being high protein…and tasty too!
Thanks soooo much!

This is so delicious KT! I just made some in my dorm room (with my snazzy new blender) and now have a jar of it for whenever I need it…and yes, I can be a chatterbox…once I was on a trip with my friend’s family and she and her sister were asleep in the car, so I was talking with her mom for a while, and then there was a slight pause, in which she said, “Talk a lot, don’t you?” It was funny because before that I’d always thought I was more introverted…which is not so after all.

Wow, I am seriously shocked. It tasted good, even when I’d forgotten to add sugar (I have a sweet tooth!), after I added 1 tbsp, it tasted exactly like cookie dough.

WIN!

you’re incredible katie!! i just had to share your recipe here:
http://dollarstoremom.com/2011/09/make-healthy-cookie-dough-dip/

thanks for your amazing recipes!!!

Silly question…Is nut butter the same as peanut butter? Is that what everyone is using to make this recipe?
Thanks!!

This recipe is so amazing! I posted it on my community foodie blog, hopefully you’ll come check it out. http://www.facebook.com/thefrenchiefoodie

C

First of all, I came across your website via Pinterest. Someone had “pinned” this recipe and and I saw the words “healthy” and “chocolate chip cookie dough”. That sparked my curiosity because I wonder how it could be possible. I clicked the link for your website and that’s when I saw the question, “want to eat a BIG bowl of cookie dough?” Why yes I would! The fact that your non-vegan friends loved it made me want to try it. I am not a vegan nor could I ever be. Sometimes (please don’t take this the wrong way) I feel like vegans have these crazy concoctions and they say that they are soooo tasty, but when I see the ingredients, I want to gag.

Anyway, I decided that I wanted to try it because I was SO curious.

Well I just finished making it and…

It was far better than I could have imagined! Wow. I definitely could not taste the chickpeas! This is going to be a fun one to make and surprise my friends and family. Actually, I can’t wait to have my husband come home from work because I am 100% confident that he will love it.

Thank you for this delicious and healthy recipe! I plan on trying out some of the other recipes that you have on here as well 🙂

Wow, I’m totally making this all for myself this week!! I’m wondering though….I don’t like stevia, can I use ideal instead?

Have you ever peeled the garbanzo beans….it makes them creamier albeit a chore but sometimes a nice touch

Hi there!
I found this recipe after seeing it all over on Pinterest. I was nervous at first, but after reading all the positive feedback it got from other comments, I went ahead and made it.
And made it again.
And again.
And again.

I have now made this dip FOUR times! The first time was for a neighborhood party, but the next two times I am embarrassed to say were mine, all mine! I can’t get enough. (Oh, and the fourth time was last night for another party, after it received such raves at the first. It was all people could talk about!)

This recipe is featured on my post!

Hi! I discovered your website a while ago and have been salivating at all the recipes! I found your recipe for Fudge Babies through Elana’s Pantry and LOVE them – I’ve made and devoured them a few times already. I finally tried this recipe tonight using dried chickpeas which I soaked/cooked. I used PB, a splash of unsweetened almond milk, 1/4c rapadura sugar, 3T of the oats, and 1/4 mini semi-sweet chocolate (though I prefer dark). I’m just eatin’ it by the spoonful – so good! I can definitely see myself playing around with the ingredients, but it’s great as-is.

Katie! Hi, attempting this recipe now, I’m at the store but I can’t.figure out what nut butter is or where it would be?! All I see is peanut butter almond butter or regular butter! Help?! I’m new to healthy foods 😉

Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe. I found it on Pinterest & tried it. Even my picky 4 year old was begging for more. It was so good I had to link back to your recipe in my latest blog post.
http://minasarah.blogspot.com/2011/10/kcwc-fall-2011-day-3.html

Made this tonight. I was skeptical, but it tasted great!

OMG! I miss eating cookie dough. I just bought some gluten free oatmeal so all I am missing is the chocolate chips. I can’t wait to try, sounds yummy…

I really *REALLY* wanted to like this. So much that I did everything “unhealthy” as to make sure it was awesome (I even peeled the chicpeas!). For the nut butter I used Nutella (that’s what I mean by unhealthy), and I used the 2/3 c brown sugar for sweetener. There is no denying the bean flavor. Creative and a great idea though. I don’t think that the recipe is BAD, it is a great alternative snack for those that wish to eat really healthy or have diet restrictions…but didn’t taste like cookie dough to me. I also must include that I really dislike beans. I read all the reviews and so many had said they couldn’t tell the beans were in it, so I was excited to have a way to trick myself into eating them ;). Maybe I just have realllllllllly sensitive taste buds for beany things? Maybe different brands/types of chickpeas have a less distinct flavor? I don’t have much experience with them. Any suggestions and/or substitutes? I know that kind of defeats the purpose, but I really would like to be more healthy!

Today, I had two exams. (Junior year college student). I studied for both, but one more than the other, and neither went as well as I had hoped. It was rainy and cold, and I tripped walking to one class and ripped a hole in the knees of one of my favorite pairs of jeans. I was unable to complete homework for one of my classes because of studying for the other two.

Then I came home, decided to treat myself to a bowl of cookie dough dip (which I have been waiting to make since this summer, or something like that) and some Dancing with the Stars re-runs.

Suddenly, all is well. 🙂

You are a Genius!!!! I added a couple spoons of wheat germ for a little added cookie dough texture. Its crazy because when you think of garbanzo beans you think of savory but this is quite the opposite.

This is great! And FYI for everyone like me..look at the measurments on the chickpea can or you’ll be wondering why your dip is so ‘beany’. Even though the large one LOOKS like a cup and 1/2…it’s way more. :p

Woman. I thought this was going to be a total fail and it was AWESOME! I could not believe it and have been telling people about it ALL DAY. Thanks for thinking healthy and awesome.

I found that cashew butter is great to use in this because it naturally tastes very similar to cookie dough, as opposed to peanut butter! Wasn’t a fan of healthy desserts, but your recipes completely changed my mind! 🙂

Not a vegan – not even close – but this is delicious!

Oh my goodness, this stuff is amazing!! Pretzels are delicious dipped in it, too. 🙂

Just saw a link on FB to your recipe. So glad I found your blog! Thanks for sharing!!

I just made this literally 10 minutes ago, and OH MY GOD ITS AMAZING!! I was a little nervous at first since I absolutely hate the taste of chickpeas, but I decided to try it anyway. I can’t even taste them! I don’t have a food processor, and my blender didn’t like the chickpeas either, so I put the mixture in the bowl and used a potato masher. This was my test run for Christmas and I’m definitely bringing it!

Ok……I have to say…I was VERY skeptical and I really NEVER comment on recipe blogs that I read off of, but I have to say this was the best thing I have ever made that surprised me beyond belief! I am so taken back that it turned out so very good! I will admit I have tried several of your recipes…..one of them was the cookie dough pancakes which I substituted white chocolate shavings for the choco chips and it turned out to taste like vanilla cake and the kids loved it….then I was excited and tried the ranch dip (which I love ranch dip in general) and really just didn’t like the tofu taste it had. My daughter loved the dip, but no one else…..so it was 1:1 at that point…..this recipe makes you 2:1 now. I am hooked! Thanks for your posts!

I just started reading your blog and I want to make SOOO many of the recipes on here, especially this! I am salivating at the thought, hahaha. I wish I had more than one can of garbanzos in my cupboard!

I’ve made this 3 times now and LOVE it. I also added cocoa powder to make it more chocolatey. It was awesome! Thanks.

Where do you find nut butter?

I think this is something I’m going to have to “sneak” in for our office holiday party! To see everyone’s faces when I tell them it has chickpeas in it…LOL

Hi,
I really love your site! I’m trying to find a healthy way to balance my sweet tooth so this kind of site is perfect. I really wanted to try this recipe but I can’t use nut products, do you have any suggestions for a suitable substitute?
Thanks!

Omgosh! This recipe is amazing. I was so skeptical at first, but now I’m in love!!! Thank you! Love your blog!!!

WOW! I’m amazed that chickpeas can taste like cookie dough when combined with sweet stuff. It took me a while to get a decent texture…I tried to blend the chickpeas in a FP first which wasn’t working very well, so I put them in a blender. Still didn’t work very well, so I added everything else, but I couldn’t get it to blend very high up. I think I just underestimated how long I needed to blend it because I put it back in the FP and just let it go for a while and it finally started to get smoother! I think I’ll leave the oats out next time; I put 2 T in and it was just too much grit for me.

Can’t wait to try it again and hopefully perfect the texture!

Who are you?! I used to joke around, after I first learned about all of my new allergies, and after I had been baking vegan for a while, that I was the Vegan Baking Queen. I think I must step down from my title, however. I am not gonna lie, I make a mean muffin, but darn girl, you are a pro!!!!!

I had my doubts, because I have always been for flavor when it comes to dessert. Rarely do I consider health when I consider a cookie (because for heaven’s sake it is a cookie!) But then, your Blueberry Pie Pancakes were so darn good…they have become my go-to pancake recipe… that I decided that I just might try this cookie dough recipe. Honestly, I figured it would taste good, but not like cookie dough. Hot Vegan Dog! That is DELISH. The only nut butter I had around the house was Sunflower Seed butter, and so I used half that and half a butter substitute. I am sure it affected the flavor a little. BUT…. I may have already eaten half!!!!
Hats (or crown as it were) off to you, Katie!

Can this be made with a regular blender? I don’t have a food processor or magic bullet. I’m just worried that the chickpeas wouldn’t blend smooth enough.

i love this cookie dough dip! where do you find nut butter though? i had to use peanut butter but i think i would like it even more without the peanut taste

The chickpeas I used (canned organic ones) sort of smelled and tasted a little like dog food….other than that the dip was really good. Are they supposed to have this odor? Did I get the wrong ones?? aghh