If you love chickpea-based dessert recipes, you might have tried my chickpea cookie dough and chickpea blondies. This chocolate hummus recipe never disappoints, it’s one of the best, easy and cheap snacks. It’s packed with protein, refined sugar-free, and so good as a dip to cookies, fruits, or simply spread on rice crackers or bread. Let me show you how to whip up a batch of dessert hummus in less than 15 minutes.
Why Chocolate Hummus?
Chocolate hummus is a dessert version of your favorite hummus recipe. It’s a thick chocolate dip or spread made from the same two basic ingredients that make hummus so good: chickpeas and tahini. Then, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, and maple syrup are added to turn the recipe into a sweet chocolate dessert. It’s a great allergy-friendly dessert, 100% gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan-friendly.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Canned Chickpeas – Drained out of the can. Tahini or any nut butter you love like peanut butter or almond butter. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – or cacao powder. Dark Chocolate – I used 70% or 85% for a stronger cocoa flavor. Maple Syrup or any liquid sweetener you love including agave syrup, rice syrup, or coconut nectar. Almond Milk or any non-dairy milk you have at home. Vanilla Extract – for flavor.
How To Make Dark Chocolate Hummus
There are many ways of making chocolate hummus. I love the dark chocolate version for its stronger cocoa flavor. To achieve it, you have to add melted dark chocolate to the dip. This is totally optional, but I love how it firms up the hummus in the fridge, turning this into a chocolate spread texture. To make this chocolate hummus, you need a food processor or high-speed blender.
Expert Tips for Perfect Texture
If you like your chocolate hummus ultra smooth, peel off the skin of each chickpea. This is time-consuming, but it might be worth it if you don’t like the slightly crunchy texture.
Storage Instructions
This dark chocolate hummus recipe lasts up to 4 or 5 days in an airtight container in the fridge. You can freeze leftovers and thaw the hummus in the fridge the day before serving it.
Serving Suggestions
Chocolate hummus is a healthy chocolate dessert or delicious high-protein snack. You can use this as a dip to:
Cookies – like Biscoff cookies or vegan chocolate chips cookies. Plant-based marshmallows Strawberries Apple slices Banana
Or, refrigerate the hummus for a few hours until it firms up and spread it onto toast:
Wholegrain bread with banana slices and crushed peanuts Rice cracker wheels
Recipes Pairing
Here are some tasty recipes to spread this chocolate hummus recipe.
Eggless Pancakes Vegan Crepes Buckwheat Crepes
Allergy Swaps
Here are some ingredient substitution ideas if you have food allergies to the one used in the recipe.
Nut-Free – Replace almond milk with any nut-free plant-based milk, including oat milk, coconut milk, or soy milk. Tahini-Free – Swap the tahini for sunflower seed butter, pumpkin butter, peanut butter, or almond butter. Sugar-Free – Swap the maple syrup for any sugar-free liquid sweetener. Low-Saturated Fat – You can replace the tahini with a plant-based yogurt, like oat yogurt or soy yogurt.
Below are my answers to your most frequent questions about this easy healthy chocolate dessert hummus recipe.
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