Chocolate Hummus
Chocolate hummus - The perfect healthy sweet treat! Vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free.
I’m not sure why I waited so long to jump on the “sweet hummus” train. At first, it sounded like a weird concept. Who would add sweet ingredients to chickpeas, olive oil, tahini, and lemon!? But once you take out certain ingredients and replace them with sweet substitutes, you can see how genius this concept actually is!
In the health world, you can find tahini and chickpeas in most vegan desserts. If you follow Ambitious Kitchen, you know she is the #tahiniqueen for all of her most recent desserts like my personal fav grain free tahini brownies.
What’s great about this hummus is…. it’s still hummus! Which means you can eat this as a snack, use as a spread, or for dessert and still feel good about yourself.
I mentioned this in my IG stories a few weeks back but in order to create a super creamy hummus, you need to boil the chickpeas with baking soda until the chickpeas become mushy.
I have stayed true to this tip for both my savory hummus like roasted beet hummus, and this one. The only downside of this trick is that your hummus will be lighter in color, but sometimes choosing texture over aesthetics is better.
By making a creamy hummus you could almost use this as an icing! I think I might be onto something here. So, while I figure out how to make a chocolate cake to go with this hummus, how ‘bout you check out how to make this chocolate hummus?
Feel free to add fresh strawberry sauce as the “olive oil” and chocolate chips and cacao nibs as garnish!
Looking for a protein boost?
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When using protein powder in your recipe, consider adding a scoop to your mixture. You might need to adjust the consistency by incorporating some water to achieve that perfect hummus texture, as omitting this step may result in a drier hummus.
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Chocolate hummus - The perfect healthy sweet treat! Vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free.
INGREDIENTS
1 canned chickpeas (washed and drained)
¼ cup tahini
¼ cup cocoa powder
2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
Place chickpeas in a medium saucepan with ½ tsp baking soda. Cover the chickpeas with several inches of water, then bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for about 20 minutes or until the chickpeas look bloated, soft, and their skins are falling off. In a fine mesh strainer, drain the chickpeas and run cool water over them.
Add the chickpeas to a food processor along with the rest of the ingredients.
Blend until the mixture is thick and creamy. Scrape down the sides and add more water as necessary.
Pour into a bowl and serve with various fruits, pretzels, and cinnamon sugar pita chips!
NOTES
You can make this hummus without having to boil the chickpeas. The hummus may just be chunkier but the flavor is still there!
Looking for more protein? Refer to the notes above for my top protein booster recommendations along with some discounts!
