Vegan Blondies are similar to vegan brownies. Well, except for the color, hence their name. Brownies are named for their chocolate color, the same is true for blondies. They are blonde because of the lack of chocolate in their dough, replaced with vanilla.
Ingredients and Substitutions
This is the key to making blondies with canned chickpeas. All the other ingredients you need are pretty simple pantry staples:
Canned Chickpeas – Canned chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo beans must be drained and towel-dried, to remove any excess water that could make the blondies too soft and fragile. If you love chickpeas, try my other chickpea recipes. Maple Syrup – or any unrefined liquid sweetener of your choice, such as coconut nectar or rice malt syrup. Peanut Butter – you need to use fresh, runny natural peanut butter with no additives (no oil, no sugar). Dark Chocolate Chips – or pieces of 70% dark chocolate. Most dark chocolates with more than 70% cocoa are vegan-friendly.
How To Make Chickpea Blondies
Chickpea blondies are fudgy healthy blondies bars made in 10 minutes in your food processor using canned chickpeas. The trick to making a fudgy blondie with chickpea is to drain and towel-dry the chickpea first!
Step-By-Step Video
Tip For Other Flour Types
This recipe is flourless, meaning there is no all-purpose flour used. Instead, the recipe uses almond flour, which is fine, blanched ground almonds. Another option is oat flour that you can make at home by pulsing rolled oats in your blender for 30 seconds.
Allergy Swaps
While I love the combination of chickpeas and peanut butter in this recipe, there is a nut-free option! First, you can replace peanut butter with sunflower seed butter (be careful, as it might turn the batter slightly green). Next, swap the almond flour with oat flour. Finally, if you can eat almonds and you are only looking for a peanut-free option, replace peanut butter with any other nut butter, such as almond butter or cashew butter, and keep the almond flour.
More Healthy Vegan Dessert Recipes
If you love these healthy vegan blondie bars, you will probably love my vegan brownie recipes!
