These shockingly rich and gooey chocolate chip chickpea blondies are one of the most popular recipes I’ve ever posted!
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Even readers who don’t normally like healthy desserts LOVE these blondies!
Have you tried them yet???
In the years since first coming up with the recipe, I’ve served it probably over a hundred times to both strangers and friends, always with rave reviews.
No one can ever believe the ingredients or resist the charms of the moist and fudgy secretly healthy blondies.
Also try these Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
No dairy
No butter
No eggs!
White Bean Blondies
The recipe works with either chickpeas (garbanzo beans) or white beans like cannellini (white kidney beans) or great northern beans.
I like both versions equally, but many readers say they prefer using white beans because the resulting batter is smoother.
*Sugar note: You can use regular sugar, coconut sugar or date sugar, brown sugar, evaporated cane juice, or xylitol or granulated erythritol for sugar free blondies.
I once made a batch using stevia, which I thought were delicious. But my friends informed me they tasted like bars of soap. So make that substitution at your own risk!
For refined-sugar-free blondies, try these Sweet Potato Blondies
Above, watch the chickpea blondie recipe video
How to make chickpea blondies
Start by gathering all of the required ingredients.
If using canned beans instead of cooked, be sure to rinse and drain them very well.
(The drained liquid can actually be used to make Vegan Marshmallow Fluff!)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Blend everything together except the chocolate chips until it resembles cookie dough.
I use and recommend a food processor for smoothest blending and best texture, but some readers say they’ve used a blender (making sure to stop the machine and stir the contents occasionally) with good results.
Stir the chocolate chips into the batter, and smooth into a greased or parchment-lined 8-inch pan. Add a few chocolate chips to the top if desired.
Bake 30 minutes on the oven’s center rack, then remove while they’re still a bit gooey, because they will firm up as they cool.
Chickpea Blondies
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas or white beans, or 1 1/2 cups cooked
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp each: salt and baking soda
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar of choice (Substitutions are listed above)
- 1/3 cup flour (white, oat, spelt, sorghum, or 1/2 cup almond flour)
- 1/4 cup applesauce, mashed banana, or yogurt
- 3 tbsp oil or 1/4 cup nut butter
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips, or more if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drain and rinse beans very well. Blend all ingredients (except chips) until very smooth in a good food processor (see not above about using a blender). Mix in chips, and scoop into a greased or parchment-lined 8×8 pan. Optional: you can stick some chocolate chips on top of the batter as well. Bake for 30 minutes. They'll look a little undercooked when you take them out, but they firm up as they cool.View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
More Healthy Chickpea Desserts
Flourless Banana Blender Muffins
Your blog means alot to me. I was diagnosed celiac a year and a half ago. I also ended a terrible relationship at the same time. I was never”allowed” to cook or even be in the kitchen during that time. I have rebounded and can’t go a day without baking or cooking now. Cooking and being in control of the kitchen became my calming force. I gained weight over the past year due to eating the yums I made. I’m so glad I have come across your wonderful blog. I have made multiple recipes of yours. They all are amazing and are helping me keep up the cooking and baking while still trimming down. Thank you!
I made these yesterday and they were delicious! I’ve made you’re cookie dough dip with chick peas a bunch of times, so I knew I wasn’t worried about a weird taste. But I was a little skeptical that they would actually bake up and take a bar form. They turned out perfect! And whats great is that they stayed moist. I took them to a friends house and no one could believe the ingredients. And just a side note, I used a natural sunflower butter instead of pb.
I made these with about 1/2 cup raw sugar and 1 SweetLeaf Stevia packet, with sunflower seed butter (my favorite when Almond butter isn’t on sale!), they turned out so yummy! Thanks for this awesome recipe!
My diabetic mother-in-law is staying with us for a few weeks, so I’ve been looking for healthier desserts to make for her. We tried these out last night and they were yummy! I think I could even cut down on the sugar a bit and still have them be good. I’m wary of using artificial sweeteners and/or Stevia because I can usually detect an aftertaste (and my diabetic dad is allergic to them), but I figure if I can cut down on at least one of two evils that has to be better than eating both “killers” at the same time! Thank you for the recipe!
Catering to a household with gluten-frees and vegans can be challenging when it comes to dessert time. I have one gluten-free, vegan carrot cake recipe that I’ve perfected but wanted to add another gluten-free, vegan recipe to my repertoire. These blondies are tremendous. Everyone (non-vegan and non-gluten-freers alike) who has tried them loves them. I followed the recipe (using oats), throwing all of the ingredients into my food processor at once. Thank you for a very easy and delicious dessert! I look forward to trying your other recipes. Very cute blog.
These blondies sound and look delicious! I want to try them asap! My only problem is that I do not have a food processor. I only have a Vita Mix, which is a powerful blender. I was hoping I could just use the lowest setting and maybe a quick on & off to pulse like a FP. I do not have regular blender either but I do have a hand mixer. Which do you think may work best?
These are in my oven RIGHT NOW. I wasn’t too sure I was making the right choice at first as the garbanzos have an odor reminiscent of dog food when the can is first opened, but I have to say the smell of the baking final product is AMAZING. I opened my door to let the fragrance waft into the hallway of my building to make my neighbors jealous. Can’t wait till they’re done!!
Well color me impressed. I’ve never had a bean-based dessert that didn’t just taste like a big ol’ mouth of sweet beans. Until today. I used white beans instead of chickpeas, and I subbed an equal amount of date paste (dates, blended in their soaking water) for the sugar, reduced the cooking time 10 min and it came out pretty darn good. I thought the dates lent that nice molassesy flavor that brown sugar has and the date paste kept them nice and moist. I will say, I thought it could use a touch more sweetness, which surprised me since I find normal chocolate chip cookies, and their sister the blondie, to be generally too sweet. I think next time I’ll thrown in a tablespoon or so of coconut sugar and expect I’ll have a perfect – and healthier – dessert. Thanks Katie! You are a rock star for figuring these recipes out and a saint for sharing them with all of us.
Oh and by the way – I knew a dumb blond in junior high – who wasn’t a girl and wasn’t blonde, but same scenario – super smart guy, all accelerated classes and he would act totally air heady on the playground. I don’t know if this was to fit in or because he too thought boys dug the dumb (he was gay). Either way – it made me mad. He was one of the smartest kids in school and it was insulting to us regular kids that he should pretend otherwise.
Hey there! I just found your blog and I LOVE IT! Not only for the super amazing delicious looking desserts, but the little “question of the day” part of your posts. I think that’s so super neat.
Thanks for sharing your recipes!!
Hello Katie 😀
I want to make these so bad but I only have old-fashioned oats, can I use that instead?
Also, my mom and brother don’t like peanut butter (*GASP* I know), so what other “fat source” do you recommend?
Thanks, l ADORE YOUR BLOG! 😀
how many calories are in these? I’m making them right now c:! and omg i was thinking hummus blondies too ew lol
I just wanna say thank you ! I love your page ! Today I Tried these damn delicious blondies 🙂 My Dad told my that he knews i am crazy but not so much that i`m backing with beans 😀
I just add some Bananachips for double Bananataste …they are so sweet and healthy … maybe i get addicted to these *___*
Katie you are brilliant 🙂
Waiting for new recipe to try 🙂
Best wishes
Marina
Could you sub the applesauce for mashed banana? Sorry that it’s such a silly question but I’m curious!
Yes, you definitely can! 🙂
I just found your blog and it looks amazing, I tried these last night and they were awesome. How much stevia do you use when you replace the sugar?
Did anyone try making these using a blender? I don’t have a food processor, which a lot of these recipes call for… 🙁 but I want to try them all! 🙂