Last year it seemed the recipe for Chocolate Covered Katie’s cookie dough dip went viral. At first glance the recipe sounds awesome – I like dip, and I like cookie dough. But then you go on to read the recipe and you realize that the primary ingredient is chickpeas.
Now I love chickpeas a lot. But in cookie dough? I had horrible flashbacks to the black bean brownies I tried 3 years ago that scared me for life regarding legumes in baked treats.
Lately it seems that this dip has been making a resurgence in popularity – I’ve seen it popping up all over Pinterest. I re-visted the recipe and realized that there were over 800 comments on her post! My interest was piqued.
Finally one day a major sweet tooth craving hit me. I didn’t really want something super sugary, so I figured the time had come to make the infamous ‘cookie dough hummus.’ I didn’t have any chocolate on hand, so I whipped up some 3 ingredient chocolate (coconut oil, stevia, and cocoa) which works great if you like very dark, bitter tasting chocolate.
I threw the ingredients into my food processor and hoped for the best. With trepidation, I took a spoon and went to taste the dip….it was great! I had pretty low expectations but I was blown away.
In the recipe preamble, Katie tells a story of how she brought this dip to a party and most people couldn’t tell it was a healthier dessert. I’m not sure I would go that far…it does have a bit of a chickpea taste and I can see where it wouldn’t really pass mustard with someone who was expecting a really decadent dessert. That being said, if you are used to ‘healthier’ desserts this is definitely tasty.
My only regret is that I was stubborn and waited so long to give this dip a try!
*Note: following Katie’s suggestion, I did use a bit of brown sugar in the dip, but she does give some suggestions for making the dip completely sugar-free.
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Not gunna lie. I want to eat that entire bowl of goodness in one bite.
I need to give this another shot. I tried it once and couldn’t get into it… but the concept seems so great. Maybe with some brown sugar!
I haven’t tried the dip yet… I made her blondie’s which was a very similar batter, but baked, and they were okay, but I think I would have liked it a little sweeter. Yours looks delish! Glad it surprised you in a good way. š
I have quite a few cans of chickpeas in my pantry. I should give this a try – if just once! It does sound rather unusual though. I have never thought of having legumes in my desserts. Yours does look very good though xx
That looks really good… I always like trying to fool people into health with stuff like this. It gives my inner nutritional evil genius a good “Mwah ha ha!”
I tried to make that last year and really enjoyed it! Though it was really chickpea-y for me. I think if I made it again I would use less chickpeas!
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