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 agree! Sugar ISN’T the devil! NO foods are the devil! I don’t have the biggest sweet tooth in the world, but I never feel guilty when I do eat sugar…or fat…or anything.
O.K., so I kind of tried the new recipe. I did not have quite enough dates, but I put what I had (whole pitted dates-83 grams) along with about 1/3 cup turbinado sugar and 1/3 cup boiling water. I threw that (without soaking) along with the chickpeas into my food processor and let to blend away. I then added the other ingredients–no milk. I let the oatmeal blend in too. I added the chocolate chips last and let them blend a little so the flecks of chocolate are smaller. Yum, yum, yum!!!
Aw yay I am so so glad it worked for you! 🙂
Oh my!
I just made this and it is fabulous!!! I think I might even like this version better than the one with sugar! YUM!!!
Also, I was brave and took it to a Friday morning prayer group that I go to, and everyone was going crazy for it. I had to tell them afterwards that it didn’t have any sugar or butter. No one would believe me, and now they all want the recipe! Thanks for yet another successful CCK recipe. I don’t know how you do it, girl!
I am in love. I found your blog over the weekend, from pinterest, and I made this (the regular version) the first possible chance I got. Well, fast forward a few days and I have now made the regular version three more times AND I made this new version today! My college roommates and I are all in love with you now. We want to be your foodie groupies (in a non weird way)!!! We love both versions, and not even all my friends are health food nuts like me!
can i replace the chickpeas by anything else?
You can use any white beans or cannelini :).
I’m really excited to try these, but I have a couple of questions. Are the chickpeas required or could I use some other white bean? Also, I’ve never sweetened with dates, so I obviously don’t have them in my home. Would raisins be similar (probably a dumb question) or are dates REALLY what it’s all about? Thanks for posting, by the way. I found you through pinterest and I’m really excited to see what else you have. I’m cutting out the white sugar but occasionally still have those cravings for sweets, not necessarily with sugar, you know?
Yes, you can definitely sub another bean :). I’m not sure about the raisins… it might be good! I’d be curious to know, so if you try it, let me know how it goes! Otherwise, look for dates in the dried-fruit section of a regular grocery store. I never use the fancy, expensive ones. I like the Sunmaid ones that come in a red package. They seem softer than the expensive ones anyways!
Whoops. Didn’t realize the comments went to another page. 🙂 I’d still like to know about the dates, though.
Yay! Yay! Yay! I babysit my younger siblings every Tuesday and lately, those nights have turned into sister bonding time making healthy desserts together (usually from your blog). 😉 We made the deep-dish cookie pie a couple weeks ago, which was deliciousness of course! I recently started “clean eating” and that was the first time I had any type of refined sugar in several weeks. This is a big deal because I am a recovering sugarholic. 😉 So, I am super dee duper excited to see this recipe! I am going to put on a bag of chickpeas to soak tonight just so we can make this next week!
Aww that makes me so so happy!!! And makes me miss my little sister who is off and living alone now. She’s not so little anymore :(.
I had all the ingredients to make the sugar version of this recipe, but then you came out with this one which is very exciting bc I love dates (sadly it means I have to wait till I go to the grocery store to actually GET the dates). A few people were talking about substituting stevia in the recipe and I wondered if anyone had tried Whey Low in theirs instead? Its an all natural sweetner (not close to natural but completely natural).
I don’t know how it would work with a sugar free diet, and it has a tiny aftertaste but I’m pretty sure it would be better than stevia. Just a thought!
I don’t think anyone’s commented saying they tried it, but I do know that a few people have substituted splenda in the recipe and liked it. I guess it just depends on personal tastes. I hate splenda and like stevia, but I know a lot of other people feel exactly opposite! 🙂
Just a little FYI brown sugar is white sugar, it just has molasses added to it. So you are still consuming white sugar. If you really want to go healthier try honey powder.
Ahhh I can’t wait to try this! I love chick peas, but have never tried sweet chick peas….ooo the possibilities.