No sugar added, gluten free, vegan cookie dough dip made with chickpeas and dates
I have this thing with cookie dough. It's basically the greatest thing on earth. Unfortunately, it's not the greatest thing for your body.
Have you eaten a large amount of cookie dough recently? It doesn't usually make you feel all that great. But this cookie dough dip doesn't have those negative qualities.
I started making cookie dough dip a few years ago but used powdered sugar, brown sugar and cream cheese. It was delish, but I knew I could make it a little bit more nourishing.
Over the past few years and countless batches of cookie dough dip (sugar cookie, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin), I've found a way to make the cookie dough dip without any added sugar other than the sugar naturally found in dates and raisins.
Every single time I buy a can of chickpeas for a recipe, I buy an extra just so I can make cookie dough dip.
Why chickpeas? Well, they're the base of this cookie dough dip. Chickpeas. Not flour, butter, or sugar. Chickpeas.
Pretty cool, huh? Chickpeas boast great health benefits like fiber, protein, and vitamins and minerals. Flour, sugar, and/or butter don't offer those.
People go crazy over this cookie dough dip and with good reason.
I usually withhold the fact that it's made with chickpeas because I don't want any biased opinions on this delicious dip before they taste how amazing it is.
Personally, I like to serve it with sliced apples, and enjoy it as a snack, dessert, and even breakfast.
You can get fancy and make cinnamon sugar pita chips if ya want.
Or I just eat it with a spoon (my preferred way of enjoying this cookie dough dip).
So grab a can of chickpeas, some dates, a few oats, and a handful of chocolate chips and make yourself a nourishing treat that you can feel good eating.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
Ingredients
- 15 ounce can chickpeas rinsed and drained
- 3/4 cup dates
- 2 TBSP nut butter almond butter, sunflower seed butter, peanut butter, cashew butter all work
- 2 TBSP warm water
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add the chickpeas, dates, nut butter, warm water, vanilla extract, and almond extract to a food processor.
- Blend until completely smooth.
- Add in oats, baking powder, and salt, and process until combined. Transfer to a bowl.
- Best if refrigerated for at least 1 hour before serving. Keeps up to 5 days refrigerated.
Notes
Meme
This post was originally published on July 17, 2015.
Sonali- The Foodie Physician says
I've never made cookie dough dip but this definitely looks like the recipe to go with it! Using chickpeas is brilliant 🙂
Meme says
Thanks Sonali!! You need to -- it's SO good 🙂
Rachel @ athletic avocado says
this looks like absolute heaven! Can't go wrong with chocolate chip cookie anything 🙂
Meme says
haha I know right?! It's the best!
Jessica @ Nutritioulicious says
You know I loved your recipe for sugar cookie dough dip. Still need to make it, but I think I may go with this one first!!
Meme says
Yes!! You should! I love that sugar cookie one, but this was my first cookie dough dip love 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says
You could totally eat this in a bowl for breakfast too 😉
Meme says
Oh you better believe I did 😉 It's the best way to start your day!
Melanie says
I think I'm going to surprise my husband with this and not let him know it's made of chickpeas! He's always a little skeptical of healthy recipes, but this sounds like a home run! 🙂
Meme says
Yes, totally! That is what I always do with this dip, and then I tell everyone after they've eaten it all haha 😉