I love making healthier versions of the classics using chickpea flour or chickpeas, like I did for my Chickpea Blondies, Chickpea Flour Banana Bread, or Chickpea Flour Pancakes. Chickpea is a simple, nutritious, and affordable ingredient that turns out great in baking recipes. Chickpea brownies are fudgy chocolate brownies made with canned chickpeas. It is similar to my vegan brownie recipe, but with a richer, higher in protein batter. They are healthy baked goods, high in protein, and fiber, and also vegan gluten-free.
Ingredients and Substitutions
To make your own vegan chickpea brownies, you need:
Canned Chickpeas – Make sure you are using canned chickpeas! Don’t use raw garbanzo beans for this recipe. Even soaked overnight, they wouldn’t work in this recipe. They would remain hard, and it wouldn’t be possible to blend them into a brownie batter. Natural Peanut Butter – Natural peanut butter fresh from the jar works the best. In fact, an old jar of nut butter can be dry, and therefore, it would make any baking recipe drier than it should be. Other options are almond butter, tahini, or cashew butter. Find out how to pick vegan peanut butter. Maple Syrup – Or any unrefined liquid sweetener you love like rice syrup, date syrup, or agave syrup. Almond Flour – Ultra-fine almond flour taste better than almond meal. It avoids a gritty texture in your brownies. Another option is homemade oat flour. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – Make sure you scoop, pack, and level each tablespoon. Cocoa powder is high in fiber. If you add too much of it, your chickpea brownies won’t be as fudgy. Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Baking Powder and Baking Soda – for a slightly fluffy texture.
How To Make Chickpea Chocolate Brownies
Chickpea brownies are easy healthy 1-bowl brownies made in a food processor using only plant-based, wholesome ingredients.
Storage Instructions
These brownies must be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. They last up to 5 days if you can wait that time to eat them all. Another option is to freeze them in a sealed bag or box and thaw them at room temperature the day before serving.
Allergy Swaps
Yes, you can make nut-free chickpea brownies by replacing the ingredients below:
Peanut Butter – Replace it with the same amount of sunflower seed butter or tahini, also known as sesame butter. Both can deliver a light, bitter aftertaste in your brownies, but they are nut-free. Almond Flour – Replace it with the same amount of oat flour or sesame flour, or sunflower seed flour. You can also use all-purpose flour but the brownies won’t be as fudgy.
More Vegan Chickpea Recipes
I love to bake with canned chickpeas because they are nutritious, tasty, easy, and fulfilling. Below I listed more recipes you can try using your canned chickpeas to make healthy protein snacks or desserts:
