The inspiration for these chick pea blondies came from this recipe for black bean brownies and this recipe for chick pea blondies. I wanted a recipe that incorporated eggs (sorry, vegans) because the batch from my first attempt at making black bean brownies came out flat and lacked the ‘brownie’ texture that I love so much. The first recipe included eggs but it also called for 1 cup of butter, which I didn’t have. Plus I wanted to incorporate some fun ingredients such as almond butter and bananas. So I mix ‘n’ matched ingredients from both the recipes and then improvised the measurements as I went.
This tasty yet healthy ‘dessert’ packed with fiber and protein, can be eaten anytime of the day in my [cook] book!
Ingredients:
- 1 15 oz. can of chick peas
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup ground oats/oat flour (or regular flour)
- 2 TBSP coconut oil, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
- 2 TBSP almond butter
- 1/2 banana
- 1/4 cup ground flax seed
- pinch of salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Place chick peas and eggs in a food processor/Magic Bullet/blender and grind until mixture reaches a batter consistency
3. Add remaining ingredients (besides ground flax seed) and continue to grind
4. Transfer mixture into a mixing bowl and stir in ground flax seed
5. Pour batter into a greased 11×17 baking pan
6. Bake for 22-25 minutes at 350 degrees F
7. After blondies cool down, cut into 12 squares. Enjoy!
Well?
For one, the eggs gave it some lift so they were more cake-like while the beans and banana gave it a fudgy consistency. I think the addition of healthy fats from the almond butter and coconut oil made it much more satisfying, overall.
Try it for yourself. Give it a whirl!
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Old Jars New Gifts
The main reason why I made granola yesterday is because I’m giving some of it away! Don’t worry, I made enough so that I had plenty to eat for myself! However, I didn’t know what containers/bags to use that would look cute i.e. NOT a Ziploc bag.
Then all of a sudden it came to me that I had a bunch of empty jars that would be perfect for the job.
1 pumpkin butter jar and 1 almond butter jar….put to good use!
I’m going to put a label on the side of the jars to personalize them a bit.
Recycling never looked so good.
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they look SUPERB allie! i will have to try these blondies. what a great healthy twist on a not-so healthy dessert that i love
These look delicious!!! I would’ve never thought!
I definitely want to try the blondies! might have to add chocolate chips though….
Yeah I know I”m doing tonight… making chickpea blondies!! My roomies and I are HUGE fans of recycling jars. We save all of ours for drinking glasses and other storage uses.
Hi Allie!
Just wondering if you could substitute canola oil for the coconut oil in the Chick pea blondie recipe? I’ve never used coconut oil so I’m not sure what it is like. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. I try to save and recycle jars too. I use the little jars from minced garlic all the time, like taking some salad dressing to the office or storing ground flax seed.
Ah so glad you posted the recipe! The onlt downside is I don’t have coconut oil
Did that add a particular flavour, or would any oil do?
Ha yay for recycling jars!! I often taken breakfast smoothies to lectures in recycled jars :p doing my bit for the enviornment!!
Just printed this out!!! I cant wait to make these this weekend
I love keeping old jars around! If I like the company or label a lot, I keep the label, too, though for a gift I would take it off. I’d love to try these blondies!
@Sarah @ Freya: You cab use any oil for this recipe. You could also use butter if you prefer.
i love your use of oat flour!! i really need to experiment with using that more! and that granola looks like the best gift ever!
Yum yum!! I am so making those Chick Pea Blondies ASAP! Great looking recipe girl! And cute use of recycled jars!! PS: You can send me some granola anytime! Haha!
Those jars are going to be SO cute with their own personalized labels on them
Great idea. Granola looks pretty tasty, too 
Mmm both look good and I love the personalized recycled gift giving!
Cute! I’m always looking for new things to do with my glass jar collection (that steadily grows and grows).
Thanks for posting the recipe, the blondies look amazing! You’ve really inspired me to make granola now – weekend task I think!!
Those chick pea blondies sound pretty damn good! x
that recipe sounds so good! thank you so much for posting it! i’m definitely going to try it out soon! i really like the addition of coconut oil and almond butter! some chocolate chips or dried cranberries would be really good in these too i bet
I’m really excited to try your chickpea blondies because the other bloggers I noticed making them didn’t seem to have as much success. Good thing I’m not a vegan anymore!
Also, I definitely applaud the use of your old glass jars. I just made almond butter for a coworker and put it in a really pretty jar that had honey in it. My whole family can expect homemade nut butters for Christmas and birthdays this year!
AH man, I wish I had seen this post sooner–I just finished a baking sesh….oh well, tomorrow is another day:)
Yum, these blondies look awesome! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Love the granola jars too!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
I’ve seen chickpea blondies swirling around at a lot of blogs lately, but these definitely look the most tasty! I think you’re right that the addition of almond butter and coconut oil makes for a better blondie. Although, maybe I should give them a try just to confirm that
Love your blog, by the way! xoxo G
There was something missing when i made blackbean brownies too. I think i will need to make some chickpea blondies soon.
Oh…I’ve been waiting all day for that recipe. THANKS!!
Great idea to put the granola in jars.
Yum! I’ll have to give this recipe a try!! They look amazing!!
Thanks for the recipe, Allie!
Those chickpea blondies looked truly amazing
Brazilian XOXO´s,
Gabriela
I love that recipe for the brownies because I actually believe I could FIND all of those ingredients. There are so many creative and delicious looking bloggie recipes that I would love to try, but they include ingredients that can be pretty scarce for those of us without a TJ’s or WF’s.
I am going to make these babies (but with fake eggs =P). And, I love using recycled jars for my grains, granola, seeds, nuts, etc.
I love recipes that hide extra healthiness, so fun. And I also love things in jars, everything in my kitchen that can be in a jar is in a jar. Now how can I get my friends to make me granola for gifts??
I’m really impressed by your adventurous personality in the kitchen. You never know what delicious eats you may create unless you try.
…and I love that you recycled your jars for granola gifts =] Whoever they receivers are will be very happy.
I seriously love how you just experiment with baking-that is tough to do! These look delish! We get these little plastic containers from a local grocery store (filled with nuts, dried fruit, etc.) and they are perfect to reuse them for lunches. I love those 3 R’s.
Hey! I got a comment from Anna (?) I think that was it…for this post, and I had a different one from you for another post I think
I can’t wait to make these!!
are there any substitutions for the flax seeds? I dont have any but really want to make the recipe
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