Looking for the perfect protein-packed snack for a busy day? This is it!
Meet these delicious Chickpea Cookie Dough Bites from our friends at Rily! Packed with the goodness of chickpeas, they’re a better-for-you alternative to traditional cookie dough.
These tasty little bites offer the perfect combination of sweetness and nutrition and are great for snacking or as a healthier treat. For even more of a protein boost, you can also add collagen or protein powder!
Chickpea Cookie Dough Bites
Equipment
- Food processor or blender
Ingredients
- 14 oz can or 1.5 cups of cooked chickpeas (unsalted) rinsed and drained
- ¼ cup nut butter
- ½ cup oat flour
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 3½ tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips
- ¼ cup collagen
- * If you want to add protein powder only use ¼ cup of flour
- 1 bar of quality dark chocolate or 3/4 cup of bitter dark chocolate chips
- ½ tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Combine everything in a food processor, excluding the chocolate chips and coconut oil. Blend until smooth. Mix in the chocolate chips and add to the fridge for 15 mins.
- Form walnut-sized balls with the dough and place on a tray lined with parchment paper. If the dough is too sticky feel free to add a little bit more flour. Then freeze the balls for 30 minutes.
- Melt chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave or double boiler.
- Dip each ball in melted chocolate, top with flaky salt then freeze for 10 more minutes until the chocolate hardens. Keep in the fridge.
Want to know WOT Rily is all about?
Rily Founder Meredith Holbrook was inspired when her father was diagnosed with cancer in 2019. While researching the best food options for her fathers diagnosis Meredith encountered a large web of contradictory information spread across many sources.
Rily was born to fill the gap that she found in the online information. A place where the family or person affected by an illness could find clear information and delicious recipes to help their diagnoses and really enjoy what they are eating and cooking from licensed nutritionists.
Their platform offers a hand-crafted filtering system of over 900 ingredients and over 40 conditions, —thoughtfully put together by our team of nutritionists.
Enjoy!
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Recipe and images by @rily.good