Make your own soft, gooey, and secretly healthy deep dish cookie pie for dessert tonight, with melted chocolate chips in each unbelievable bite!
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Deep dish chocolate chip cookie pie
What is even better than a warm chocolate chip cookie?
If you answered, “Katie, nothing is better than a warm chocolate chip cookie,” you’ve obviously never met a chocolate chip cookie pie…
Especially not when it is topped with Almond Milk Ice Cream or Keto Ice Cream, or my personal favorite dairy free Coconut Ice Cream Recipe.
Serve the showstopping dessert for Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, graduations, birthday parties, or the Fourth of July.
And prepare to be amazed at just how much you can love a dessert.
You may also like these Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
The best party dessert of all time
I could sit here and tell you about how I was in charge of dessert for our neighborhood summer party.
I could tell you about my desire to impress the neighbors with a sinful tasting finale and then shock them by revealing the dessert was really not so sinful after all.
And I could tell you how this desire became reality when my dessert was the single biggest hit of the party, with everyone raving about it.
One guest even hired me to make a pie for her husband’s birthday in June.
But really, you don’t want to know all of this, do you? You just want the recipe!
Also try the popular Protein Cookie Dough
Deep dish cookie pie recipe video
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Healthy dessert deep dish cookie pie
In comparison to your standard cookie pie, with its plethora of butter, eggs, and white flour, the above version is a much healthier alternative, while still tasting just as temptingly decadent and delicious.
Plus, you get a full five grams fiber and over six grams of protein per slice, thanks to the whole grain oats and chickpeas.
And I promise no one can tell that these ingredients are in there.
Need proof? Just read the thousands of positive reader reviews on this recipe post!
Depending on the specific ingredients you choose, the cookie pie includes options to be dairy free, nut free, oil free, no sugar added, gluten free, and vegan.
The chocolate pie is a real crowd pleaser.
Even people who are not used to eating healthy desserts will rave about the recipe.
Imagine chocolate chip cookie dough in the form of a pie.
Side note: If you make a half recipe in an eight inch baking pan, you can have a healthy cookie cake like the ones at the Great American Cookie Co in the mall!
And if you make one fourth of the recipe, you can even put it in a mini springform pan for a baby chocolate chip cookie pie.
Extra chocolate chips? Add them to Healthy Banana Bread
Chocolate chip cookie pie ingredients
The recipe calls for chickpeas, quick oats or almond flour, pure vanilla extract, baking soda, salt, applesauce or yogurt, nut butter or oil, sweetener of choice, and of course chocolate chips.
You can use white beans, such as cannellini or great northern beans, instead of the chickpeas. Garbanzo beans are just another name for chickpeas, so they are also fine.
If you want to use dried garbanzos instead of canned, substitute about 500 grams total of cooked garbanzo beans for the two standard size cans (15 ounces each).
An equal amount of canned pumpkin, roasted sweet potato puree, or even mashed banana can be swapped for the applesauce. You may also use plain or Greek yogurt.
Rolled oats or instant oats work as swaps in place of quick oats. If you wish to use all purpose flour or spelt flour, decrease the amount to three fourths of a cup.
Add brown sugar for the most authentic Toll House chocolate chip cookie flavor. If you prefer a healthier option, I also love the results with unrefined coconut sugar.
Pure maple syrup, honey, agave, or sugar free xylitol work as well.
For a neutral flavor, go with either almond butter or cashew butter or the oil option (vegetable, sunflower, or coconut oil). Or use peanut butter if you want a chocolate chip peanut butter cookie pie.
How to make the recipe
The first step is to open and fully drain the cans of beans. Rinse them well.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
If using rolled oats, pulse them alone in a food processor. Stop when they turn into a fine flour consistency.
Add all remaining ingredients except for the chocolate chips to the food processor, and blend until the mixture is completely smooth like cookie dough.
Tip: I highly recommend going with a food processor over a blender if one is available. While some readers mention using a blender successfully, my experience is that the texture and taste of this cookie pie is far superior when prepared in a food processor.
Turn off the machine, and stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Stir in a handful of shredded coconut or chopped walnuts or pecans as well if you wish.
Spread the cookie dough batter evenly into a greased nine inch springform pan. A ten inch pan works too.
Optionally, sprinkle more chocolate chips on top or swirl Homemade Nutella into the unbaked pie with a spoon.
Bake on the center rack of the oven for thirty five minutes. Then remove the pan from the oven and let it cool for an additional ten minutes.
Take off the springform top, and serve the deep dish chocolate chip cookie cake hot, topped with ice cream or whipped cream and hot fudge sauce.
Tips for storing the deep dish cookie pie dessert
Let the pie cool fully before covering it. Make sure to leave an opening in the container or cover so that extra moisture can escape.
You may store the chocolate chip dessert at room temperature overnight or while transporting it to a party or event.
After a day, I recommend storing in an airtight container. Due to the perishable ingredients, it is best to keep the recipe refrigerated when not serving.
Or for an almost instant cookie pie whenever you are craving soft homemade chocolate chip cookies, slice and freeze leftovers. Thaw in the microwave or in a warm oven or toaster oven before serving.
However, once you taste this incredible deep dish chocolate chip cookie treat, it is highly unlikely you will have any leftovers!
Deep Dish Cookie Pie
Ingredients
- 2 cans white beans or garbanzo beans (500g total, once drained)
- 1 cup quick oats or almond flour
- 1/4 cup applesauce or yogurt
- 3 tbsp oil or 1/4 cup nut butter
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar or unrefined sugar (click for a Sugar Free Cookie Pie)
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Drain and rinse beans very well. Blend everything except the chocolate chips very well in a food processor. Mix in chips, and pour the batter into a greased pan. I normally use either a 10 or 9-inch springform pan. Cook at 350 F for 35 minutes. Let stand at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan. Serve hot, or let cool. Storage tips are included above.*Some commenters have had success using a blender, but I feel that the texture comes out much better when using a food processor.View Nutrition Facts
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I’m allergic to all legumes. Is there a way to omit or get around the chickpeas or beans you use in a lot of your desserts?
Sorry, I don’t really know. Maybe sweet potato??
So I agree with everyone else, this looked amazing but I think im the only one that it didnt turn out well for.I dont know what I did wrong But i followed the recipe to a T,used Northern beans and it tasted very bean-like LOL….I couldnt get past the first bite becasue all i tasted were beans..plus even after 45 minutes it was still really goopy inside, what did I do wrong??I know its not the recipe but I so badly want to perfect this recipe so please help me 🙂
Hmmm… it’s hard to know what someone did wrong when I wasn’t there to see. 😕 Can you try to give me as many specifics as possible? Did you drain the beans and rinse well? And what food processor did you use? And nut butter?
Okay well after I wrote this I decided to try again, used Navy beans and my better food processor and cooked for 10 extra minutes and it turned out fantastic, Im not sure what I did on the first run but it more than made up for it the second time around…Thanks so much for such a great recipe!
Okay, I’ve had your cookie dough and pumpkin dips, and those are delicious, but this one tops them all. It hasn’t even gone in the oven yet, but the batter is awesome! Can’t wait to taste the finished product! For the record, I am non-vegan and have a major sweet tooth, and want to tell everyone not to be scared of using chick peas! Thanks for a fabulous recipe!
Ok, so I just had to try this dessert out the day I found it, because I have an insatiable sweet tooth and I’m constantly searching for healthier ways to get my sweets fix. This recipe is INCREDIBLE! It’s so gooey and delicious, and it tastes rich and is filling (thanks to the protein and fiber in the beans), so even after a small portion of something that tastes sinfully decadent, I’m completely satisfied. I can’t get over how amazing it is. This recipe is a life changer.
The only sad part is, I was so thrilled with this delicious recipe that I had to share it with everyone I know, so I brought it in to work (everyone loved it there, too!), and now there’s hardly any left for me…I guess I’ll just have to make it again soon!
Okay, it’s incredible. Wow.
Found this via Pinterest. My kids are loving it as we speak. But…the 35 minutes wasn’t nearly enough. It’s more like cookie dough and only got browned on the edges. How do you know it’s done? Should it be jiggly at all in the center?
Hmmm… maybe our ovens are very different! It shouldn’t be jiggly in the center. Mine is always the same texture throughout; kinda like… yikes I’m having trouble thinking of something to compare it to! But it definitely should be cooked throughout. 😕
I saw this on facebook. I had my daughter send me your link. I am so making this for our office Christmas party on thed 22nd. I will tell them what is in it after I make it. My daughter said it was a hit at the girl scout gathering last nite. I will try some dates it it as well, as I love dates. Put half chocolate chips/and half chopped dates. Thanks for posting such healther recipes.
You just saved my life! I have Vegan Gluten free friends for Christmas, and I am sooooo happy to have found your blog!!!!
I’m making these right now and it’s my first chick-pea recipe! I used butter beans/chickpeas. I’m sooo nervous about how they’re going to turn out because everything wasn’t blending so i kept adding milk (angrily) and it finally mixed. I’m worried I added too much though :-(. I also did 1/2 cup Splenda baking blend and a cup of Stevia. I hope it isn’t going to make it too sweet but I think I should have kept it to 1/4 cup of the Splenda brown sugar! Oof.
Did you use a food processor? I had a hard time blending when I tried to do it in a blender, but it works so well in a fp! 🙂
I made this last night and i think its DELICIOUS!! My only problem was I only have a small food processor so that got a lil messy, and its probably smart to boil or soften the beans first… so the pie has some bigger chunks of beans but its still fabulous. a girl at work who doesnt like “healthy” stuff didnt like it but ppl like me who like the taste of a lil healthier versions of treats think its just that.. a TREAT!
I definitely think the recipe is WAY better if you can blend the beans completely. LOL but I’m glad you still liked the chunky beans!