Here it is, the internet famous original healthy chickpea cookie dough dip recipe!
Chocolate chip cookie dough dip
This is one recipe that everyone should try, if you somehow haven’t already!
With multiple celebrity fans and thousands of food bloggers posting their own versions of the secretly healthy cookie dough dip, it is definitely worth all of the hype.
Currently with over one hundred million views and shares, this famous chickpea cookie dough dip recipe has been featured by Cooking Light, Bon Appetit, CNN, Shape, Glamour, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Fox, ABC, the TODAY Show, and The Huffington Post.
You’ll be shocked at how much it really does taste like actual cookie dough!
You may also like this Brownie Batter Dip
Chickpea cookie dough party dip
But will “normal” people like it?
This was my question after first creating the recipe all the way back in 2011.
While I luckily have adventurous friends and family to taste test recipes, they all know by now that anything I ask them to try will be healthier than traditional desserts.
We fell in love with this chickpea dessert dip, making me wonder if the general population not used to healthy desserts would love it too.
My main goal with all of my recipes is not just for people to say they are good, for a healthy dessert.
I want the recipes to be good, for any dessert!
The following is directly from my page About Chocolate Covered Katie.
I refuse to believe one must give up delicious food in order to be healthy. Healthy food can taste incredible when it’s prepared the right way.
Chickpea cookie dough dip recipe video
Above: Watch the video of how to make the healthy dessert dip
Healthy cookie dough dip?
I brought the chickpea cookie dough dip to a party, not telling anyone it was healthy or that it was mine.
I simply set the dessert dip down on the table amidst the other classic party snacks.
Something amazing happened…
People tried the dip.
They went back for seconds.
Then thirds.
Everyone kept asking, “Who brought the cookie dough dip? I need this recipe!”
And I constantly overheard statements like, “Ugh I need to stop eating this stuff” or “Where are my fat pants?”
Healthy dessert lovers also enjoy Avocado Chocolate Mousse
When I finally revealed the secret ingredient, no one could believe it.
Therefore, this chickpea cookie dough dip recipe is absolutely a winner.
It’s like an unbaked form of the popular Deep Dish Cookie Pie.
I don’t know about you, but when I make that chocolate chip cookie pie, quite a bit of the raw dough gets consumed in the process.
So I figured, why bother baking it at all?
Whether in winter or summer, this easy chickpea cookie dough dip is a great way to quickly get your chocolate chip cookie fix without turning on the oven.
Serving suggestions
For the party, I served the healthy chickpea cookie dough dip with graham crackers and pretzels. Sliced bananas, strawberries, apples, or other fresh fruit are also lovely.
If you are serving it at a holiday event, ginger snaps are a festive dipping option.
Many readers have even written in to say they use it as frosting for pancakes, waffles, cupcakes, or a double layer Vegan Chocolate Cake.
You can of course eat this healthy cookie dough dip by the spoonful.
Or try dipping in any of these Healthy Cookies Recipes.
Chickpea cookie dough dip ingredients
The recipe calls for chickpeas or white beans, pure vanilla extract, chocolate chips, oats or almond flour, nut butter or an allergy friendly sub, milk of choice, and a pinch of salt and baking soda.
You may use chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans), navy beans, great northern beans, cannellini beans, or butter beans.
Since you will be draining the can and rinsing the beans very well, it is fine to buy either no salt added beans or a can with salt.
If you wish to substitute cooked white beans for the canned beans, the recipe calls for about one and a half cups of cooked beans.
Want to use black beans? Try this surprisingly delicious Chocolate Hummus.
Adding peanut butter will give the recipe a tasty peanut butter cookie dough flavor. If you prefer a more neutral cookie dough taste, go with almond butter, cashew butter, Coconut Butter, or regular butter or vegan butter.
Thicken the recipe with quick oats or oat flour, almond meal or almond flour, or ground flax seeds. Regular flour will also thicken the dip, although it is currently debatable as to whether raw flour is safe to eat.
Why baking soda?
One of the most common questions I receive about this dip is why baking soda is included in a no bake dip.
The short answer is that I had initially intended to bake the mixture the first time I came up with the recipe.
But even more importantly, baking soda adds a slightly salty “cookie dough” flavor to the dish. You can absolutely leave it out if you prefer.
In fact, why not try it both ways to see for yourself, it really does add something extra!
Vegan chickpea cookie dough dip
This cookie dessert dip is easily vegan as long as you use dairy free chocolate chips and plant based milk, such as almond milk, soy milk, or coconut milk.
It can also be gluten free if you choose almond flour, flax meal, or certified gluten free oats or oat flour.
2015 edit: When I asked readers to vote for their top 5 absolute favorite recipes from the blog to include in the new Chocolate Covered Katie Cookbook, this chickpea cookie dough dip won by a landslide!
Healthy Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chickpeas or white beans (1 can, drained and rinsed very well) (250g after draining)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- just over 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup nut butter of choice or allergy friendly sub
- up to 1/4 cup milk of choice only if needed
- Sweetener of choice (see note below)
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
- 2-3 tbsp quick oats or almond flour or flaxmeal as needed to thicken
Instructions
- Sweetener Notes: I used 2/3 cup brown sugar when I first made this for the party. Liquid sweeteners (agave, maple, etc.) are fine as well. You can get away with less sugar – some people will be perfectly fine with just 3 tbsp for the whole recipe! See the following link for: Sugar-Free Cookie Dough Dip.Add all ingredients (except for chocolate chips) to a good food processor, and process until very smooth. Then mix in the chocolate chips. (Some commenters have had success with a blender, but I did not. Try that at your own risk, and know the results will be better in a high-quality food processor such as a Cuisinart.) If made correctly and blended long enough, this should have the exact texture of real cookie dough!View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
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Also, if you want to make your own homemade vegan cookie dough ice cream, try stirring spoonfuls of the cookie dough into my Coconut Ice Cream or the following four ingredient Keto Ice Cream.
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I second Carrie’s comment!
I was reading Food Network Magazine and it said some people have a certain gene that makes them love creamy foods. I think I have it! I like cookie dough more than cookies, frosting more than cake, and ice cream is definitely my favorite dessert.
And I guess this answers the question of “Are you a chatterbox?”
I tried something like this and it was SO so good!! 🙂 I also brought it to a party and it was the first thing to go!! 🙂 Awesome!
Have a great day!
Oh and just out of curiosity, what does the baking soda do?
I add it for flavor. Chocolate chip cookies have baking soda (the best ones do anyway!), and I really think it adds a little bite/tang to the flavor of the cookie. 🙂
I was curious about the baking soda, as well, and here is what I found:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/bakingsoda.html
The flavor?! Blegh! I’m pretty sure baking soda is only to be used as a leavening agent in baked goods, not for flavor. It certainly doesn’t have what I would call a pleasant flavor to add to a dish!
But hey, it makes it taste more like authentic cookie dough 😀 At least that’s what I thought lol. 😀
Just a little bit too much baking soda and your cookie dough will taste like soap
I actually made this recipe before criticizing it, and it was fantastic. The baking soda is imperceptible, but I know exactly what flavor Katie was hoping to impart. If you don’t like it, why don’t you skip it?
I tried this recipe today – yum!
I found this bit on baking soda in hummus on Smitten Kitchen: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/01/ethereally-smooth-hummus/
Basically, baking soda can reduce the gassiness associated with fresh-cooked chickpeas.
Thanks for sharing!
Can you bake this cookie dough?
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Yes, you can bake it!
it tastes absolutely horrid when baked
Can this recipe be frozen?
We haven’t personally tried but many of the commenters say yes!
What would be a good replacement? I’m out of it!
Tried without chocolate chips and my husband said it tasted JUST like hummus. We served at the Superbowl party with baby carrots and celery sticks. Absolute knockout! Kiddos loved it too! Thanks so much Katie! Highly recommend!
Helps it rise and gives it the proper consistency
looks delicious! question: if you don’t have a sweet tooth, why do you only make desserts? I know you want to prove that “healthy can tast naughty” but if you don’t like the taste of “naughty” then what’s the point of replicating it to begin with?
I guess it does sound funny that someone who writes a dessert blog doesn’t have a sweet tooth… but all I mean is that I don’t like my desserts sweet. I still like dessert!!! I just love rich desserts better than sweet ones, if that makes any sense. Like really dark chocolate desserts. Or creamy desserts.
I’m not big on sweet things like candy or syrup-y dessert… or even things like sorbet. (Some of my recipes, like the cake batter doughnuts, were made more with my readers in mind than me.) But I love desserts like chocolate fudge cake or dark chocolate brownies or pudding.
You said this a while back, but I have to say that I am glad to find I’m not alone. I like a touch of sweetness but I dislike most regular strictly sweet things. I still crave them at times but I have such a fondness of “creamy”. One of my favorite ice creams is very creamy and milky tasting, but not so sweet. Though, I’m trying to omit non-fruit sugar and it is probably still astoundingly too sugary. Worried if I try this (or your dates version) – I might just get too addicted and literally eat the whole bowl. 🙂
Thank you so much for healthy, rich recipes – that I feel like I could trust to actually taste good since you have a similar flavor preference.
Sometimes, I am a chatter box.. and then sometimes I am in silent mode. It is funny – when I am at work, I kind of stay off in my own corner of the building.. because I have stuff to do. I went out with a bunch of teachers a while back.. and there were SHOCKED.. they were like.. WOW.. you talk.. and you talk a lot!
It depends on the environemnt, I suppose!
You are a genius… everyday I come to your blog ready to drool and then ready to bake, or blend 🙂 Can’t wait to try this!
What a great idea!! I love dip batter 🙂 Next time I go to a party, I’ll keep this recipe in mind =.
Cookie dough dip sounds so much better than cookie dough hummus! Great photos girl!
LOL I saw a TON of bloggers make cookie dough hummus a few months ago, but I never felt an interest in getting in on the trend… I think the name turned me off. But I guess my dip is pretty similar to that; I didn’t even mean to make a dip… the recipe came about by accident when I discovered I liked the blondie BATTER better than the actual blondies I was making! 🙂
Everything you make looks insanely delicious- I hate my cooking being on hiatus due to exams! My friends and I are planning on having a CCK based celebration picnic after our exams; this dip is definitely added to the list of recipes 🙂
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Oh my gosh, wow, I am so honored!!! And if there will be chocolate, can I please come? 😉
Of course there will be chocolate! And I’d love you to come but how’d you feel about a flight to England? 😉 x
I hate flying… but for a chocolate party and to meet some sweet girls it might be worth it :).