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These Vegan Chickpea Desserts are delicious, high protein, healthy, sweet recipes featuring the versatile legume – chickpeas! No one will know there are beans in there!
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Although I love using chickpeas in savory recipes to bulk up the protein, we’re talking all things sweet today!
I’ve asked some of my favorite blogging buddies for their best sweet vegan dessert recipes using the humble chickpea.
You’re gonna love these chickpea desserts!
Chickpeas, also called Garbanzo Beans, are a versatile legume. They’re small in size, but big in nutrition. Full of protein, fiber, folate, and iron, chickpeas are an inexpensive ingredient you should always have in your pantry.
Whether precooked from a can or dry beans cooked from scratch, their nutty flavor and creamy texture lend well to not only hummus, but sweet dessert recipes as well.
Don’t forget to save the liquid from a can of chickpeas (or the liquid from cooking the beans from scratch) – this bean liquid is called aquafaba and can be used in place of eggs in many recipes, like my Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bars, Chai Spiced Layer Cake, and my Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Bread.
FAQs
Blended chickpeas can be used to replace some, or sometimes all, of the flour in a recipe. Aquafaba, the liquid from a can of chickpeas, is often used as an egg or oil replacement.
Desserts, whether vegan or not, should be eaten in moderation. While plant-based versions, like these chickpea desserts, may provide more nutrients than your average sweet treat, they may be high in fat and generally still contain a sweetener of some kind. Even unrefined sweeteners should be limited.
Having said that, everyone needs to quiet their sweet tooth every now and then and reaching for a vegan version definitely makes me feel better about my choices overall.
Nope! If I’m making roasted chickpeas I will remove the loose skins I see as they have the potential to burn. But, if you’re blending the chickpeas to add to a recipe, the skins will blend right up as well.
Truffles and Small Bites
Brownies, Blondies, and Bars
Cookies
Cakes
Dessert Hummus
Aquafaba
Sarah De la Cruz
Is there anything the humble chickpea can’t do? Love these ideas!!!
Jenn S.
I really don’t think so. 🙂 Thanks, Sarah!
Jordan
Awesome roundup! I love using chickpeas in unexpected ways – especially desserts. Thanks for including our cookie dough. 🙂
Jenn S.
Thank you for your delicious recipe!
Sarah McMinn
What a great roundup! These all look so incredible.
Jenn S.
Thanks, Sarah!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Lorie! I hope you get a chance to try some.
Kristina @ Love & Zest
It amazes what you can do with chickpeas! These are some fantastic recipes!
Maria
You had me at the first recipe! There are so many here I need to try!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Maria. Let me know if you try any of them. Enjoy!
Alisa Fleming
I am seriously intrigued by that chocolate chickpea bark!! What a fun round-up. Who knew chickpeas were so versatile?
Jenn S.
I know, right? So creative!
Taylor Kiser
I love how versatile chickpeas are! What a great roundup of chickpea recipes! Everything looks so delicious!
Jenn S.
Thanks, Taylor! They are perfect in so many things!
Laura
I LOVE baking with beans! Especially chickpeas! Thank you for including my blondies! Yum!
Jenn S.
You are so welcome, Laura! Loving those blondies! Chickpeas are just the best!
amanda -runtothefinish
I was sooooo obsessed with making dessert hummus for awhile, I had to stop because I was eating it all the time, ha!! Great reminder to get back to some of these fun, healthy desserts.
Jenn S.
HaHa! It’s a good thing to be obsessed with! Now you can turn your dessert hummus into fudge or brownies. 🙂
Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day
Who knew there are so many ways to use chickpeas in desserts? Talk about a super food!
Jenn S.
Totally! And you can’t beat easy and inexpensive too! 🙂
Becky Striepe
Oh my gosh – these all look so good! I’m pretty sure there’s nothing chickpeas CAN’T do!
Jenn S.
I think you’re right. They’re so versatile and so delicious! Thanks, Becky!
Mary Ellen @ VNutrition
Every one of these looks delicious! I’m now craving your cinnamon truffles!
Jenn S.
Thanks so much, Mary Ellen! Those cinnamon truffles are so super easy! It’s going to be chickpeas all-the-things in my house for the next week! 🙂
Mel
Great round up and great subject! I adore chickpeas! Thanks so much for including my recipes.
Jenn S.
Thanks for your yummy recipes! I love how versatile chickpeas are! And so inexpensive too. Win-win!
Jana@Nutritionicity.com
Great roundup Jenn!! Thanks so much for including my Chocolate Chickpea Bark 🙂 I am definitely going to try your Cinnamon Chickpea Blondies first. They look amazing!!
Jenn S.
You’re so welcome, Jana! Thanks for creating such deliciousness! I would have never thought to use roasted chickpeas like that and I LOVE the idea!