You would never know there are chickpeas in these sweet fudgy Vegan Chickpea Blondies with Oat Flour.
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I love sneaking healthy ingredients into recipes where you don't know that they're in there.
These Vegan Chickpea Blondies with Oat Flour have not only chickpeas but peanut butter and oat flour as well. They are a filling snack or dessert.
Chickpeas make a great addition to bars because they add a creamy texture as well as help to hold the bars together.
These are pretty much foolproof. I've made Pumpkin Chickpea Blondies and Trail Mix Blondies as well because they are so easy.
Other recipes to try are my Vegan GF Chocolate Chip Cookies and my Vegan 4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies.
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❤️ Why You'll Love Them
- They are sweet and rich.
- Made with chickpeas, they are healthier than regular blondies.
- They're a foolproof recipe.
🧾 Ingredients
- Chickpeas (garbanzo beans): Make the blondies fudgy and moist. Adds protein.
- Oat flour: I used oat flour, but you could also use gluten-free 1:1 baking flour or almond flour. You can make oat flour by grinding rolled oats in a food processor or Nutribullet with the milling blade.
- Peanut butter: Adds more protein and acts as a binder.
- Maple syrup: Adds sweetness. You could also use agave syrup or my easy homemade date paste recipe, which I tried with these and they turned out just as good.
- Baking powder: Give them a little lift and a lighter texture.
- Vanilla extract: Enhances flavors.
- Salt: Enhances sweetness. I like to use sea salt.
- Chocolate chips: Adds a sweet chocolaty flavor. You could also use dark chocolate baking chunks.
To see the full list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
📖 Variations / Additions
- Almond butter, cashew butter, another nut butter or sunflower seed butter
- Roasted and salted peanuts, dried cranberries or raisins, and pumpkin seeds to make trail mix blondies
- Almond flour or another flour
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Step 3: Fold in chocolate chips, reserving ¼ cup for the top.
Step 4: Oil or line a baking dish with parchment paper. Spread the mixture into the baking dish. Sprinkle the rest of the chocolate chips on top and push them into the bars.
Step 5: Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
💭 Tips
- If you have a peanut allergy you could use another nut butter or a seed butter.
- As always, taste as you go. You may want more salt than I've included or less chocolate chips. Just keep in mind wet-to-dry ingredient ratios. If you want more maple syrup, for example, you will be adding more moisture.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge. They will last about a week if you can control yourself!
- For Edible Chickpea Cookie Dough, leave out the baking powder and use ½ cup maple syrup.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe FAQs
These chickpea blondies are made with chickpeas, oat flour, peanut butter, maple syrup, baking powder, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips.
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📋 Recipe
Vegan Chickpea Blondies with Oat Flour
Equipment
Ingredients
- 15.5 ounces chickpeas drained and rinsed
- ½ cup oat flour
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix all ingredients in a food processor except chocolate chips.
- Fold in chocolate chips, reserving ¼ cup.
- Line a 7 ½" x 9 ½" (or similar size) baking dish with parchment paper.
- Spread mixture in baking dish. Top with the rest of the chocolate chips and push them into the bars.
- Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
Nutrition
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*Note: Nutrition information should be considered an estimate only. Different nutrition calculators give you different results.
Rene says
Fantastic! I used choc zero maple syrup and chocolate chips to keep the added sugar at zero, used single ingredient peanut butter, and cut the chocolate chips to 1/3 cup to reduce saturated fat. I only baked for 30 minutes uncovered, then 5 with foil on top, and they're perfectly fudgy-textured. They taste like peanut butter and chocolate, and used ingredients I always have on hand. I will definitely make these again.
Willow Moon says
Thanks Rene, I'm so glad you liked them! And I'm glad you were able to customize them to make them even healthier!