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
Above, watch the step by step recipe video
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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This sounds delicious! I dont have a food processor, would a blender work? And could you use the splenda brownsugar instead?
I only tried it in a blender once, and the chickpeas wouldn’t blend… so if you must, I’d recommend at least trying it in multiple batches (i.e. don’t blend all the chickpeas together). I have never used splenda sugar, but I know other readers have used all sorts of different sugars for this pie. Read the comment section to see some ideas… I think some people have used part splenda with good results :).
I’m pretty sure I messed up the recipe somehow.
What I’m not sure if it’s because I didn’t use vanilla, had to cook the chickpeas myself (couldn’t find canned where I live) and used melted margarine instead of applesauce (couldn’t find either) but I could taste and smell the chickpeas, sooo sad.
I might give it another try with the white beans. If anyone knows wich was my mistake please let me know.
Vanilla definitely helps. And maybe the amount of chickpeas you used was somehow off?
This is delicious!! I made it with xylitol and a bit of blackstrap molasses instead of the brown sugar. It turned out great!!
Sindy, my guess is that your mistake was not using vanilla. Maybe it helps hide the chickpea taste. I cooked the chickpeas myself too and mine turned out fine. I used about 3 cups of chickpeas.
Rebecca
You were right! I tried it again, this time with the vanilla, and the smell was gone.
But I still didn’t nail this one, when my pie was hot is was ok, but after it was cold it was barely edible. Either this one is just not my taste or I still need to adjust my substitutions.
Thanks for the help.
Okay, I just made this again for our Christmas party, and it was a huge hit! This time, I used 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup chocolate chips, and 1/2 cup dried cherries. So delish! I also should have mentioned earlier that this recipe works great at high altitude (we’re at about 6200′). Yummy!
OMG Katie, I have looked at this recipe for a little while (ever since I discovered your site) and was a bit nervous to try it because all I could focus on were the beans but oh my lord is it delicious. I gave some to my youngest before telling him what was in it and he said it was amazing – I don’t often get that sort of reaction. Thanks Katie. You are amazing. Have a lovely Christmas. xxx
Aww you too!! 🙂
I added….
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
3 tablespoons of peanut butter instead of oil
1/4 cup of oil instead of apple sauce
1/2 cup of flour instead of oats
And I used black beans instead of white or chickpeas
This was amazing…..I had to force myself to put it in the oven and not just use it as a dip! But warm out of the oven with gooey chocolate chips it was a good call to bake it!! I’m never going to make brownies with 2 cups of sugar again….thanks so much!! I’m not a vegan but I love chocolate and really appreciate your low in sugar recipes!!
Oh wow, that sounds incredible!
Oh and only 2/3 cup of sugar!
Its sooo good I want to make it every single weekend and eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner!
I am eternally grateful to Pinterest because it keeps leading me to your recipes! 🙂
Awww lol!
Pinterest is dangerous… I want to make everything I see on there!
oooooooo yum. A friend made this and bought me a huge piece to try- DEVINE! we are a group of breast feeding Mums, and some/most are on dietary restrictions of either or all of gluten/dairy/egg/soy, so this was a perfect substitute, and was so delicious! She just used dairy free dark choc insteads of regular choc chips. I will be making it for sure! Thanks so much for your inspiration, and providing really healthy allergy friendly alternatives!!! Jenny in New Zealand
Aww I am so so glad you liked it!!
I made this last night and although it was tasty, you could tell it was not the real thing…it had an off quality to it and I could notice the garbanzo beans. Any tips to get that flavor out? Thanks!
Did you make sure to drain and rinse the beans very well? And use the full amount of fat/sugar?
Also peanut butter instead of the applesauce hides the bean taste very well….and also making sure you mix very very very well starting with the beans alone and then adding the other ingredients one by one…I have made this about three times already using only a mixer and not a food processor….we love it! I could eat a whole pie! This weekend I’m going to try the muffin idea!!