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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More Healthy Chickpea Desserts
Flourless Banana Blender Muffins
I just made these. Oh my YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi there katie! do you grind your own flax seeds or do you get them already ground? i have flax seeds in my supermarket but they’re the whole ones.
Hey Joanne!
I bought flaxmeal (so it’s already ground). I got a big bag for $3. But I don’t see why you can’t grind your own!! 🙂
thanks! they don’t sell flaxmeal here (aww) so i think i’ll grind my own <33
Oh, i totally agree with the blonde thing, I know a couple of blonde cheerleaders who are in pre-ap classes, but they act sooo stupid. And i want to say “youre not cute you’re just STUPID!”
i absolutely love chickpeas, and i’ve been drooling over these since you first posted the recipe. i just now got around to making them, and i thought they were a little too gooey and sweet… then i realized i forgot to add the ground flax. but i’ll definitely try again tomorrow. thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Also, if you don’t have flax, another reader said they work with crushed oats… and two have used protein powder!
Ok, I am almost the 200th person to tell you, but you’re a genius! My whole family loved these, and we’re not even vegans!
Thanks CCK!!! 🙂
AMAZING!! I’m a true blonde and truly addicted!
I made them with a little less than a 1/4 cup brown sugar and then 2 tsp. stevia powder. Sweet and didn’t take like chemicals 😉 Also, instead of straight peanut butter, I used my own “Almond Butter Whip” (1 part almond butter to 1 part unsweetened vanilla almond milk whipped up in a food processor. 1/2 the fat and calories and simply glorious in anything you use it in!).
Next I’ll be trying the Snickerdoodle Blondies 🙂 Thanks for the amazing idea!
-Hawai’i Leah
Mmm your almond butter sounds yummy!
Just made these. They are INCEDIBLE!!!! I’m bringing them to a party tomorrow, but I’ve already eaten so much that now I have to make another batch!
Just made these and they smell amazing. In case you have anybody trying your recipes as part of a weight loss plan, I figured out the Weight Watchers points – an 8×8 pan if cut into 9 pieces are 6 points each and 4 points if you go small and cut into 12.
Next time I may try the almond butter idea, that sounds super yummy.
Thanks for what seems to be another amazing recipe.
Ooo I hope you like the taste as much as the smell hehe!
I actually think they are very tasty. My husband on the other hand used the word “weird” to describe the taste. I’ll be making them again, but they will be mine all mine.
Haha I have so many recipes like that… my friends don’t want any, so I get it all for myself. Muahahahaha :).
Hi Katie! I made your blondies tonight. I used 1/4 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup maple syrup for the rest. They were great and had a wonderful maple flavor. My post with the full recap should be up tomorrow 😀 Thanks for the wonderful recipe! Would it be alright with you if this was my featured post?
Aww yes ma’am, I’d be honored if it was your feature! So excited to see your post tomorrow! 🙂
Ohmygosh!!!!! These are INCREDIBLE!!!!!! Katie, you are absolutely amazing! 🙂
Finally got to try these blondies and all I can say is Yum Yum. I’m totally addicted, super-happy their healthy and even my kids are liking them. And yes, I did tell them what they were made of…. after they tried them first. These are going to be a permanent addition to my treat recipes. Keep ’em coming, Katie.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Once I’m home I am dying to make these…you’ve done it again Katie!
Made them in individual casserole dishes and the husband loved them. They didn’t cook as well in the dishes, so he named them blondie pudding. He was SHOCKED when I said there were chickpeas in them 😉
Blondie pudding sounds incredible! Ahh I want some! 😉
I would be curious to hear what you used for the stevia version! I kinda would rather use stevia instead of 3/4 cup brown sugar. What measurements did you use?
I’m not going to list the amount I used because it’s a lot less than many people would find tasty, and I don’t want to mislead anyone. You’ll have to experiment to find an amount that tastes good to YOU ;).
These look amazing! I just put a tray of them in the oven! Only changes I made was adding a small handful of oats and subbing the brown sugar for coconut sugar!
They are for a 5yo birthday party, will update on how the kids like em!
(the chickpea’s are going to be my lil secret! 😉 )
Aww! 🙂
They kids politely didn’t like them, but that was fine because the Dad and I scoffed them!
They had a slightly unusual texture, but I suspect it was my fault, so I will definately be trying these babies again!
🙂
I’m making these right now for the first time! I’m just subbing chia for the flax because my flax seeds are whole and they won’t grind in my processor!
Ooh let me know how it works with the chia… I know another girl said it worked well for her… I really want to try it!