It is so crazy how much this healthy and sugar free cookie dough dip not only looks like cookie dough but actually tastes so much like real cookie dough!
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No Sugar Cookie Dough Dip
On Friday night, my original Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip went viral, with over 2 millions views!
It’s been such a wild past few days.
Thank you to everyone who’s been sharing it!
With so many more people finding that post, I spent yesterday afternoon doing something I’d meant to do for a long time: creating a sugar-free version of the cookie dough dip.
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Since posting the original recipe, I’ve received many, many requests for a sugar free option.
But until now, the only suggestion I had was to replace the sugar with stevia.
I do not recommend using only stevia in this recipe; very few people will think the result tastes good.
Instead, here is a brand new sugar free version that does taste good and is sweetened only with fruit!
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Above – watch me make the original version
Do you ever watch the amount of sugar you eat?
A lot of people will probably disagree with me on this, but I do not believe sugar is evil. I think it is fine in moderation for the general population.
However, it seems like the more sugar you eat, the more you crave.
Then it becomes a problem, because – if you are anything like me – too much sugar makes you feel sick and lethargic.
When I was in high school and hated being skinny, I put myself on an incredibly high sugar diet that included multiple slices of layer cake and pints of ice cream every day.
It was super fun for a while… until I went off to college and started eating even more sugar, with very few vegetables finding their way into my daily diet.
I was tired all the time. Once I realized the source of my lethargy was all the sugar, I drastically changed my eating habits.
Now, since I eat much less sugar, I find that I do not crave desserts that are anywhere near as sweet.
People always ask why I have a dessert blog if I do not like sweets. The answer is that I still do love desserts; I just like them creamy and rich, not sweet and saccharine.
I might not like sugar, but I sure do love dessert!
*Chocolate version here: Chocolate Hummus
Sugar Free Cookie Dough Dip
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas or white beans (For low-carb, try this Keto Cookie Dough Dip)
- heaping 1/8 tsp salt
- heaping 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup nut butter of choice
- 1 and 1/4 cups pitted dates (I used SunMaid, from a regular grocery store)
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips OR Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
- 2 tbsp oats or almond flour, optional
- milk of choice as needed (I used a few tbsp)
Instructions
- *Using peanut butter will give a peanut butter cookie dough flavor. If you prefer a more neutral taste, you can use almond butter, cashew butter, regular butter spread, coconut butter, or oil.In a bowl, cover the dates with 1/2 cup water. Let this sit for at least 8 hours. Then add all ingredients (including the dates' soaking liquid), except chocolate chips, to a food processor (for best results, not a blender) and process until very smooth. This can be served as a dessert dip, as a spread (maybe in between apple slices or crackers?), eaten with a spoon, mixed into oatmeal, stuffed into cupcakes, or even used to top pancakes!
Notes
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I’m going to the store to just buy those dates. I’m at a point where I’m limiting my sugar intake. This certainly helps cut corners if you know what I mean. Thanks for the recipe, I’ll let you know how it goes.
I’ve been sugar, gluten and dairy free for a while now and it’s been driving my roommate crazy because she is all sugar, all the time.
I made this today and, after one bite, her eyes got huge and asked what on earth that piece of heaven in her mouth was. I just told her, welcome to the dark side- we still have cookie dough 🙂
LOL!
The dark side is way more fun, right? After all, chocolate is on there ;).
This did not turn out right for me 🙁
Can you please be more specific about what you did and what about it turned out wrong? If you don’t give specifics, it’s impossible for me to figure out what you did wrong 🙁
mine came out runny too, but I think I didn’t drain the chic peas enough. Do you rinse them?
Yes, you should rinse and drain very well!
And be sure to use a good food processor, not a blender.
Hi Katie! (and other cookie dough lovers)
I have now made both the brown sugar recipe and the dates recipe. The sugar one was heavenly! When I made the dates one I put a leeeetle bit too much milk in it (because it wasn’t pulverizing as fast as I wanted it to) and it came out more the consistency of a spread. Like saaaayyy a peanut butter! 🙂 WHICH I LOVE! I used PB2 in place of regular peanut butter, 3T of it. So with the chickpeas to make a lot of it, you can use it as peanut butter and it is a much lower calorie/fat peanut butter. SO, all that to say…even when it doesn’t come out “just right”, it can often be an awesome discovery.
thanks for everything!
Quick question can I use the dough to bake cookies with and if so what temp would I set the oven to and for how long?
I’d say 350… but you’ll have to experiment to find how long. Let me know how it goes! 🙂
I have made this twice now, once with soy nut butter and once with nutella. The nutella spread tastes like no bake cookies, which is I love. However, I was wondering what kind of nut butter you used in the original recipe? The soy nut butter did not work out well for me.
Thanks,
Monica
I used peanut butter, but I like the slight pb taste. (I used Whole Foods brand, salted)
Hi Katie! This looks absolutely delicious!! I can wait to try it! Do you by any chance have the nutritional information on it?
Can I leave out the dates?
Try the original version. It has no dates :).
Thank you soooooo much for this delicious recipe! I have made it twice now – both the sugar-free version and the original. They were both utterly divine! I have been looking for ways to give my kids (and myself) treats without feeding them garbage that’s loaded with sugar and totally devoid of nutrients! This is a fantastic kid-friendly treat: high in protein and fiber and deliciousness! You have given a gift to mothers everywhere! THANK YOU!
What the nutritional info on this sugar free cookie dough dip?
Swimmer, I entered it into the SparkPeople.com recipes to get the info. My method declared it 8 servings, omitted the oats and milk – and I used regular milk-chocolate chips. You can click the “Create a Recipe Makeover” button to add/remove ingredients specific to how you made it – and it will recalculate.
Here’s the link to how I entered it:
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=2001443
235 cal, 8.3 g fat, 0 mg chol, 69.8 mg sodium (dried chickpeas, NOT canned), 42.5 g carbs, 9 g fiber, 5.5 g protein