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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Thank you SO much for this recipe. I have a major sweet tooth and am always trying to find healthy, delicious recipes (dessert or otherwise). I was extremely skeptical about this because of the chickpeas, but this recipe really is incredible! I used canned chickpeas, which I rinsed thoroughly, and followed the recipe to a T. It did come out much darker than your photos, but who cares? It tastes delicious, and I can’t wait to surprise my boyfriend with this on Valentine’s Day! He is one of those ‘food is fuel’ kind of people who loathes putting unhealthy things in his body, and this allows me to give him a treat. I’ll definitely try your other recipes now.
Can you bake this and make actual cookies?
I don’t know what I did wrong, but it was overwhelmingly sweet. Yummy, but just too sweet for me.
can you figure out the Point Value on this? and other recipes. This will be such a BIG hekp for people doing Weight Watchers. Tx.
Just made this and it is super yummy. If I hadn’t made it I would never believe that it was made from chickpeas. I used cocoa nibs instead of chocolate chips as I’m also not eating artificial sweeteners. I also added 1/3 cup chopped unsalted almonds. Seemed like it was calling for some cinnamon, so added a good dash, maybe about 1/4 tsp. Thanks for the recipe, going to try it with apple slices later.
Would anybody happen to have figured out the WW points for this?
This was delicious! As per all your recipes. 🙂
I used dried and cooked small white beans. I have tried this with canned chickpeas before and the white beans definitely blend better, especially if you overcook them slightly. For anyone who has been struggling with a blender instead of a food processor, try cooking your own white beans (until they’re quite soft) and blending with a little bit of the cooking water first. You might not need to add any milk later.
I also used less than the full 1 1/4 cup dates. I used 8-10 small dates and it was perfect. Left out the baking soda too because I don’t care for it.
Variations I might try next time:
almond butter and extract instead of pb and vanilla,
apple pie flavor? maybe blend in some apple butter and cinnamon,
gingerbread flavor? molasses, ginger and other warm spices
I also forgot to soak the dates! Will do that next time…
Thank you so much Katie for helping me feed my 3-year old twins a delicious and healthy dessert! Heh heh- they don’t know they are eating beans!!! Thank you.
How many calories are in the no sugar cookie dip?