Healthy Vegan Chocolate Chip Chickpea Blondies are sweet and gooey. Made from plant-based ingredients like chickpeas and oat flour, these blondies are a healthy treat. Ready in just 30 minutes!
Can we take a moment to celebrate the beautiful blondie?
Blondies are definitely underrated in the dessert space and it's one of my personal missions to make them more appreciated.
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What is a blondie?
Blondies are just like brownies, except without the chocolate. They've got most of the same ingredients, are baked in a pan, and cut into squares. All without the chocolate - they're blonde!
They still have a delicious flavor! Blondies taste like vanilla & caramel in a fudgy bar.
These vegan chocolate chip blondies are a whole food plant-based version of the classic blondie.
Why I love these Healthy Vegan Blondies
- Dietary needs - this recipe is plant-based, gluten-free, oil-free, and refined sugar-free.
- Rich and fudgy - the key to a deliciously fudgy texture in plant-based baked goods is an ingredient like chickpeas or sweet potatoes that adds some density in what would have otherwise been a dry, boring bar.
- Secretly filled with fiber - I used chickpeas as the texture-making ingredient in this dish, giving the blondies a healthy serving of fiber. But you'd never know there are chickpeas in these blondies!! You can't taste them.
- Easily customizable - these are chocolate chip blondies, no naturally, they're filled with chocolate. But the more add-ins the better! My favorite combo: chocolate chunks and pistachios. Divine!
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Chickpeas: chickpeas are the KEY to a fudgy blondie. You wont taste them but you'll love the texture of the finished blondies. Alternatively, use an equivalent weight of baked or steamed sweet potato - it works the same!
- Oat Flour: I used homemade oat flour, which you can make by blending rolled oats in a food processor. You can also use store-bought oat flour.
- Nut Butter: I used cashew butter. Any neutral-tasting nut butter like almond butter or mixed nut butter will work. Avoid using peanut butter unless you want peanut butter flavored blondies
- Maple Syrup: maple syrup is my go-to sweetener for baking recipes like this. BUT if you want a completely fruit-sweetened dish, you can use date syrup. Since these blondies are light in color the date syrup will turn the bars a brown/red color
- Flax Egg: a mixture of ground flaxseed and water. The flax egg does what a real egg does in baking - it helps to bind the batter together
- Vanilla Extract
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Vegan Chocolate Chips or Chunks: I used some vegan chocolate chunks. Feel free to use your favorite chocolate chips or sub in some nuts, dried fruit, whatever you like!
How to make Chickpea Blondies
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a brownie pan with parchment paper.
Step 2. Make the flax egg by combining the ground flax and water. Let it sit for a few minutes.
Step 3. Add the chickpeas, oat flour, nut butter, maple syrup, flax egg, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt to a food processor. Process until the chickpeas are blended fully and all the ingredients are combined.
Step 4. Stir or pulse in the chocolate chips.
Step 5. Spread into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with additional chocolate chips, if desired. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the pan comes out clean and the blondies feel firm to the touch.
Step 6. Let cool at least 10 minutes before slicing. Cut into 9-16 bars. Enjoy!
FAQs & Expert Tips
I used an 8x8 pan for thick blondies. But a 9x9 pan or even a regular cake pan works too.
Nope! That's the genius of these healthy blondies. They get a rich, fudgy texture from the chickpeas.
And chickpeas are neutral enough in flavor that any bean taste is masked by the other ingredients.
This recipe uses oat flour. Oats are naturally gluten-free and are therefore a great option for those avoiding gluten.
If you are allergic to gluten, make sure to buy certified gluten-free oat flour to avoid any trace amounts of gluten that can be added to oats during processing.
These blondies are ready when a toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean or with just a bit of batter.
A clean toothpick means the blondies will be more cake-like, while a bit of batter means they will be on the fudgy side.
Don't want to add vegan chocolate chips? Here's a few other fun ideas:
- Add some pistachios to make pistachio chip
- Raisins
- White chocolate chips
- Nuts: walnuts, peanuts, pistachios
- Pretzels
- Nothing! These blondies are delicious without anything added
Since these blondies are healthy and WFPB they won't last as long as regular sugar + oil blondies.
Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days. Or in the fridge for 5-7 days.
Recipe Prayer
Praise Jesus for sweet treats like these blondies. Help us to enjoy the marvels of Your creation. Amen.
More Healthy Blondies and Brownies
Love blondies? Try these other vegan blondie recipes next:
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📖 Recipe
Healthy Vegan Chocolate Chip Chickpea Blondies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 15 Ounce Can Chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1 Cup Homemade Oat Flour
- ½ Cup Nut Butter
- ½ Cup Maple Syrup
- 1 Tablespoon Flax + 2 Tablespoons Water
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Cup Vegan Chocolate Chips or Chunks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a brownie pan with parchment paper.
- Make the flax egg by combining the ground flax and water. Let it sit for a few minutes.
- Add the chickpeas, oat flour, nut butter, maple syrup, flax egg, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt to a food processor. Process until the chickpeas are blended fully and all the ingredients are combined.
- Stir or pulse in the chocolate chips.
- Spread into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with additional chocolate chips, if desired. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the pan comes out clean and the blondies feel firm to the touch.
- Let cool at least 10 minutes before slicing. Cut into 9-16 bars. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is an estimate.
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