Creamy Chocolate Dessert Hummus
This creamy chocolate dessert hummus is a protein-packed dessert or snack! Perfect for dipping fruit and pretzels in, it's made with chickpeas, peanut butter, cocoa powder, and sweetened with maple syrup.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 223kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup natural peanut butter or other nut butter
- ⅓ cup almond milk or dairy milk - add more as needed
- 2 teaspoons espresso powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
- pinch salt
- 19 oz chickpeas drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Combine - In the base of a 7 cup food processor fitted with a steel blade, combine all ingredients except for the chickpeas.
- Blend - Blend for 1 minute, scraping down the sides of the food processor half way through, until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
- Add chickpeas - Add the chickpeas and process for 2-3 more minutes, scraping sides down a and adding more milk as needed.
- Serve - with fresh fruit, cookies, rice cakes, toast, or pretzels.
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Notes
Storage
Dessert hummus keeps in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Equipment
If you do not have a food processor, a high speed blender like a Vitamix may work. Cheaper blender models won't be able to blend this hummus.
Ingredient swaps
- peanut butter may be swapped for almond butter or SunButter
- almond milk may be swapped for your favorite dairy or non-dairy milk
- overcook your chickpeas (if cooking from scratch)
- peeling your chickpeas- squeeze the skin off using your thumb and forefinger
Nutrition
Serving: 1/8 of batch | Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 320mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 0.9mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 2.5mg