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!
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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?”
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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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This looks amazing! I’m curious, though- is it possible to substitute the chickpeas for say, some sort of white beans? I’m allergic to chickpeas but I really want to make this!
Yes, any white bean.
loved this! thanks a million.
but i have a question for you: what bean do you think has the mildest “bean” flavor. the husband isn’t a fan of the bean taste or texture. i think the blender plus milk (yum yum yum) eliminates the distinctive texture, but do you know if there a milder bean than garbanzo?
your blog is fantastic. thanks!
I’ve heard that organic brands have less of an aftertaste. Also, make sure to drain the beans and rinse VERY well.
Otherwise, it’s just a taste preference… some people like cannelini, butter beans, garbanzo, white kidney beans, etc.
thank you! i’ll definitely be trying other bean varieties in attempt to convince my hubby to try these. 🙂
This looks soooo delish! I am new to the healthy eating front. I use ground flaxseed in my breakfast smoothie. Would this work as the flaxmeal? I’m allergic to oats, so that is out. 🙂
Just researched my own question and found my answer. 🙂
I am so happy I found your website! My husband and I are slowly changing the way we eat, and it is so nice to see healthy desserts! It may not be so hard now. Do you have nutritional facts for all your recipes? Thanks from you newest fan!!
I do have them for many of my recipes. Just click on the link that says “Nutritional Info” found right after the recipe instructions. If a particular recipe has nutritional info, it’ll be listed there.
Oats are not gluten free! I checked with both coeliacs in the family. Can you use almond meal instead of flax meal?
Look for certified gf oats, like Bob’s Red Mill oats. But yes, you can probably use flaxmeal.
Mine turned out really urny, why is that and what do I do to fix it? I used oil instead of butter so I was thinking that might be why?
I’m not sure what “urny” means, but it doesn’t sound good…Do you mean runny? If so, please read other comments. (You can press “control f4” to search the scary amount of comments for keywords such as runny, to see what people have said. Hope that helps!)
I am always trying to find recipes that include healthy ingredients so that I can trick my toddler into eating good for him food and this one was a hit! Not only did he love it, but so did I and since I am expecting again, I have a feeling that this is going to be made a lot! Thanks for a great recipe! I can’t wait to try your others!
Just curious, can you actually bake the cookie dough to make cookies or is this strictly a uncooked dessert? I like healthy and have friends looking for gluten free. Thanks for sharing!
Yes! You definitely can :).
I have recieps on my site for blondies, truffles, and even deep-dish cookie pie. They’re all posted under the tag beans” https://lett-trim.today/tag/beans/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I am totally new to cooking and baking. When you use the abbreviation T (2 to 3 T oats)
What does that mean? And if I’m using Stevia how much should I use?
Thanks!
Kendyll
T is tablespoon, and I wouldn’t recommend it with stevia. Although I like it with stevia, most people prefer the sugar and I’d never bring it to a party with stevia ;).
I am not a “healthy-food” person or anything near it but I absolutely LOVE this dip! I made it for my family to try and they cannot get enough of it. This will be my favorite sweet snack from now on!