The sprinkles made me do it.
Sprinkles can be very convincing.
Yesterday, one of my friends threw an impromptu party, and we were all supposed to bring a dish to share. Since a lot of people came straight from work, there ended up being an overwhelming number of packaged hummus containers, spinach dips, and pre-cut veggie trays. However, one dish stood out from all the others:
A giant bowl of buttery vanilla cake batter.
Cake batter healthy enough that you can eat it with a spoon.
Cake Batter Cookie Dough Dip
(can be gluten-free)
Recipe found here: Recipes with Beans.
- 1 1/2 cups chickpeas or white beans (1 can) (250g after draining)
- 3 tbsp cashew butter or a butter-type spread like Earth Balance (See nutrition link below, for all substitution notes on this recipe) (43g)
- 1 tbsp applesauce (or omit and increase cashew butter to 1/4c) (15g)
- 2 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp baking soda (to everyone who’s been asking: this is for flavor)
- heaping 1/8 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup xylitol or sugar (or coconut sugar or evaporated cane juice) (160g)
- 1/4 tsp butter extract (adds a cake-batter flavor, but you can omit) (It is vegan.)
- 1/4 cup quick oats (20g) (or ground flax or rolled oats, or even 1/4c cake mix)
- optional: sprinkles!
Drain and rinse beans very well. Blend all ingredients in a food processor (not a blender) until very, very smooth. (If you must use a blender, please read my notes in the “nutrition info” link below, before attempting.) Dip apple slices or crackers or pretzels, spread on a banana or toast or pancakes or cookies, or eat with a spoon!
What’s your favorite party dip?
Spinach-artichoke dip? Seven Layer Dip? Or something sweet, like pumpkin or cookie dough dip? Here in Texas, queso is really popular. And of course guacamole.
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Here is the BEST guacamole dip some of you were asking for up there in the comments: It’s Crazy healthy for you (but not vegan with the greek yogurt)
Creamy Spinach/Sweet Onion Guacamole Dip
1 Tbs olive oil
1 medium sweet onion like Vidalia or red
1 clove of garlic
1 cup frozen chopped spinach
1 avocado or already packaged organic guacamole
1 C plain GREEK yogurt
1 tsp grated lemon zest and 1 Tbs fresh lemon juice
salt and pepper
Saute onions in oil on low- med heat until caramelized, add garlic to saute last minute of cooking, throw in frozen spinach to thaw. Puree the avocado, Greek yogurt and lemon, then combine all and chill.
I LOVE your blog katie! Since most of my friends don’t eat healthy, it was hard for me to stay confident in my food preferences. However, after reading your blog and all of the wonderful comments, I realize that I’m not alone! You really can have your secretly healthy cake and eat it too – guilt free!! (from peer pressure or otherwise!) You even inspired me to begin my own blog, summertimedaffodily.blogspot
Thank you for your AMAZING recipes and, more importantly, inspiration!
I can’t wait to make this Katie. I was craving something like this today too, so perfecto!
thank you so much! 😉
Sprinkles can be oh-so-convincing 🙂
For my favourite I’d have to go with buffalo chicken dip…so so good! (I’d be curious to see that one veganized, actually – I bet it’d be tasty!)
I love pretty much any and all types of dip, lol. Veggie dip, chip dip, guacamole, hummus, spinach and artichoke dip, fruit/yogurt dip, brownie batter dip… It’s all good! Besides, who doesn’t love finger food? 😉
i love baba ganoush. i don’t know if it counts a dip though, or even how to spell it correctly. i made a really great dip with goat cheese and greek seasoning for a potluck this summer that’s going to be on rotation from here on out.
i’ve never actually tried a sweet dip before. i never think of it.
Made it last night and it is amazing! I had to make a few substitutions (some for my own benefit, others for lack of ingredients). I used 1/4 sugar and two packets stevia… might get away with only one packet next time or just try soaked dates. Also, no cashew butter, so instead I soaked three Tb of cashews for 20 min (because I was too impatient to wait any later) and tossed them in the blender. The recipe (despite the lack of chocolate, hehe) is delightful!
I made this with soaked dates–about 6, including the liquid–and it was delish. I didn’t have the butter extract so I used strawberry b/c my 4-year-old requested it, and it was still great. We used chocolate chips instead of sprinkles b/c of their benefits (anti-inflammatory) so ours was awesome because chocolate makes everything better.
Jacque- That sounds a lot like Katie’s sugar-free chocolate chip cookie dough dip!! You should try it, it’s AMAZING! (Fair warning it’s extremely addictive and Might be known to eat a whole batch in 2 days by myself :P)
Katie,
I love your dips. One question, I made this one last night and it was not thick like your picture. It is the same when I make the chocolate chip cookie one. Mine are more of a hummus consistency where yours look like cookie dough.
I used 1/8 c agave and a heaping 1/4 c brown sugar. Is the agave watering it down? I also used rolled oats and even adding some extra because it was so thin. Still delicious but I would love to get a thicker consistency.
Put it in the fridge for a little while!
Hi Katie,
I’m becoming a vegan and i learnt that humans are naturally herbivore. But if we are herbivore, than why do we need B12? B12 in vegetables can’t be used by humans.
People argue that our ancestors were herbivores and got their intake of Vitamin B12 through small insects, bacteria and microorganism from the soil – they didn’t wash their fruit or veggies like we do now. Soil traces on produce are a good source to get VitB12 (I didn’t try it personally, tho, haha) .Google it, there a so many website with answers to you questions – answers from actual experts instead of food bloggers or commenters like me 🙂
Duygu– if humans were naturally herbivore, why do we have canine teeth? Canine teeth are used specifically to chew meat. I’m all for veganism/vegetarianism, but it there is no scientific backing for that theory.
Taylor,
Actually there is overwhelming evidence suggesting that humans were meant to be herbivores. Contrary to what many “think” many strict herbaceous species have canines which are necessary to slice through fibers of plants-not meat. If they were meant for meat than our back teeth would be modified like lions, wolves, and even domestic carnivores like cats and dogs. Notice when a cat or dog chews their dry food that they snap it down and chew with their mouths open? this is becasue there teeth are modified to only rip and swallow. As an herbivore species we chew our food in a grinding motion, carnivores are unable to grind they can only tear. Herbivores digestive systems are 45% shorter in length than carnivores because meat putrefies when it goes through long intestinal tracts causing high blood toxicity levels. However, I do i agree that humans bodies were and are built to handle opportunistic animal consumption (like monthly). Yet, even back in the “cave man” days this was very seldom considering to take down a pre-historic ungulate (which were 5-10 times the size of the current species) would take an entire group and exuberant amounts of energy. We evolved from neanderthals who were built much differently than us as well. And Duyguy, we can process the B12 in vegetable sources, we just have to have other “compliment” nutrients that increase absorption. (Ex: w/o magnesium and zinc we would not be able to absorb calcium)
Confession: I made this last night and I found myself in the fridge at 3 AM sneaking a spoonful and I never snack at night unless my blood sugar is low!
I made the following substitutions and it worked out great (mostly to cut down on calories even more):
3 Tbsp Better ‘n’ Peanut Butter
2 Tbsp oats
4 packets stevia
Awesome!
You should try PB2! It has even half the calories of better n’ peanut butter brand. Only 45 cal, 1.5 grm fat, and 5 whole grams of protien for two tablespoons! I used it for EVERYTHING!
I can’t find it anywhere! I guess I have to order it online. Grrrrr! Thanks for the heads up! Does it taste like peanut butter?
Hey Sarah!
It tastes exactly like peanut butter! It awesome, all it is is de-fatted peanut flour. Go to netrition.com, they sell it in bulk too! Search for “powdered peanut butter”
Awesome! Thank you! It’s cheaper there than on the company page! 🙂